Introducing Autumn Borders!

Hello, friends of TCM! Welcome to our September Release Festivities! We're so excited about this month's release... a little bit of autumn and a little bit of Christmas all rolled into one! We have FIVE new stamp sets debuting on Saturday, September 21st for your paper crafting pleasure. I hope you'll join us this week as we take a peek at what's coming!

We're kicking things off with a new stamp set designed by the amazing Clare Buswell! Clare has taken the stamp designing world by storm with her beautiful designs, and this month's offering is no different. Today's set is called Autumn Borders, a must-have for your fall season and Thanksgiving cards and projects. Take a look at what our designers have created with this fabulous set...

Amy Crockett

Angelica Suarez

Clare Buswell

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

Jennie Harper

Jessica Fick

Jinny Newlin

Karen Baker

Larissa Heskett

Lin Brandyberry

Nina Brackett

Sharri Seffens

I'm in love with those images and in love with the beautiful font! Fall is my favorite time of year! What's yours?

I have a set of Autumn Borders to give away to one lucky person who leaves a comment on this post by tonight at 8:00 pm Pacific. The winner will be announced in tomorrow's post. Good luck!

Tomorrow we're previewing another fall stamp set, which also happens to be the new free gift with purchase. You won't want to miss it! See you then!

Relax and Enjoy the Day

Morning, friends!  It's Jinny here to share a card inspired by the colors of fall.

I LOVE the look of stamped images on patterned paper, so that's where I began with this creation.

Throw in a couple other patterns, lots more stamping, and a trio of textural elements, not to mention a hint of glitter, and that "RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR DAY" sentiment gets this card ready for a number of different occasions, which makes it the perfect addition to my stash.

Those little envelopes also make a great spot for a gift card for the intended recipient.

Thanks so much for stopping by, y'all!  Have a truly blessed weekend!

Folk Art Blooms

Jar of Sunshine

Laugh till it hurts.

Good morning!

I have some cards to share with you that I created using the Good Times stamp set from The Craft's Meow.  My cards are pretty self-explanatory so I'm not going to go into much detail.

Card Details

Stamps: Good Times (TCM)

Ink: Stampin Up

Paper: PaperTrey Ink white and patterned paper strips

Accessories: My favorite Things white felt; PaperTrey Ink cloud dies; seam binding ribbon; corner rounder

Card Details

Stamps: Good Times (TCM)

Ink: Stampin Up

Card stock: PaperTrey Ink white and patterned

Other: Studio Calico wood boat die cut colored with Copics; seam binding ribbon; My Favorite Things white felt; Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps heart die cut; sewing machine; corner rounder

Have a 'good times' and 'laugh till it hurts' kind of day! ;)

Jessica

September Blog Hop!!!

Welcome back to The Craft's Meow blog!

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way, and, of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

For September, we're featuring...

T E C H N I Q U E S!

We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!
Here's the hop order:

Amy Crockett
Angelica Suarez
Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan
Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Karen Baker
Larissa Heskett
Lin Brandyberry
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

We want YOU to join us
by linking to your own technique card below.
We'll pick a random winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate to
The Craft's Meow, good for the purchase of any item in stock!

So all you gotta do is:

- Make a new card
(anything goes!)

- using TCM stamps.
- Then post your card online, and

- link to it here (label with your name) 

- by the deadline (8:00 p.m., Pacific, Sunday, September 15th)!

 The winner will be announced on Monday the 16th!

Enjoy!!!

Birthday Greetings

Hello, Jennie here today with a ghosting technique to share using Craft's Meow stamps, stencils and Tim Holtz Distress inks.

First I sponged some Distress inks onto a white cardstock panel using distress inks and gathered a stencil and water spritzer.

Place the stencil on the inked cardstock panel and spray the panel with water.

Gently roll a paper towel roll over the stencil/panel to absorb the water.

Lift the stencil and finish the card as desired. I added one of the sentiments from Chalkboard Birthday

Here is The Craft's Meow stamp set I used on my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,