April 13, 2012

Sponsoring Clean and Simple at CAS-ual Fridays



Hello and welcome to a special day at
The Craft's Meow!

Julie Ranae here with you today and I am super-excited
to be your host today as TCM sponsors one of
my favorite challenges!



If you are new to CAS designs, it simply means
 'Clean and Simple'


This week's challenge is called 'Opposites Attract'.
The idea is to choose 2 colors on the color wheel that
are opposite one another and use those as the focus
of your project.
For instance, should you choose the lighter shade of lavender,
then the opposite color on the wheel is a lime green
and here is what I did with those colors featuring
'Beautiful Spring' & ' Lovely Birds'
sets by TCM.


The winner of the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays
will get to choose a stamp set of their choice!
So we really hope you'll play!

Several of our designers here at TCM got in on
the fun as well and here is what they created for the challenge....


featuring Beautiful Spring & Sew Lovely


featuring Beautiful Spring & Thanks Bee to Thee


featuring Beautiful Spring & All You Need is Love


featuring Beautiful Spring & Cherished


featuring Beautiful Spring & To My Parents


featuring Fall Fun


Thanks so much for visiting with us today!
We hope you'll play along with the Girl Fridays
over at CAS-ual Fridays....
YOU could win a set of stamps from TCM!




April 10, 2012

Back In Stock...and other goodies!

I'm popping in today to let you know that the following stamp sets are back in stock!


And don't forget, we're still offering Thanks Bee to Thee as a FREE gift with purchase of $50 or more and FREE SHIPPING in the US (discounted shipping for International orders) for purchases of $65 or more!!! Shop early for the best selection!


We also have a few Grab Boxes available! This is similar to a warehouse clearance sale! The Craft's Meow is no longer selling non-stamp products. Everything that remained after the end of last year has been distributed into Priority Mail boxes along with some additional goodies that never appeared in the store.




The Grab Boxes vary in content... above are pictures of some of the contents of two different boxes just for an idea of what you might receive. The value of the contents is far below regular retail prices.

The boxes contain products from My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Pink Paislee, Graphic 45, Crate Paper, Maya Road, LaBlanche, Tim Holtz and Bazzill, plus ribbon, flowers and buttons. A few even have additional surprises tucked inside. 

Note: not all boxes will have something from each of these companies/categories. If you purchase more than one box, I'll make sure you get boxes that are as different from each other as possible. 

For each Grab Box you purchase your name will go in a hat for a chance to win a $100 shopping spree at The Craft's Meow!

Get 'em while they're hot! Once sold out, they are gone forever... and we can have the drawing for the shopping spree!!!

We also have a limited number of Card and Box Kits by Ivana Camdzic still available. These, too, will not be restocked once sold out. Now's your chance to create like the beautiful Ivana! 



Thank you so much for your patronage and support! We know you have lots of choices about where to shop for your paper crafting goodies, and we're so proud that you choose us! Have a great day!

Note: I'll be out of town Thursday through Monday. The store will remain open in my absence. Orders received after tomorrow (Wednesday) will ship on Tuesday, April 10th. Thank you for your understanding and patience! 

April 2, 2012

Winners Winners and More Winners!

Please scroll down for the Lily Pad Cards Blog Hop!

Hello my friends! What a wonderful first birthday celebration we had! I'm still in awe and so very humbled by all the participation and good wishes and lovely comments left by you all. Thank you so much!!! We have lots more fun things coming to TCM over the coming months, so I hope you'll stick with us. ;)

I'm popping in today to announce the winners of our various birthday celebration challenges! Let's begin with our Facebook competition. We reached (and exceeded!) our goal of 1,500 likes on our Facebook page, which was to mean that two people would be awarded a $25 shopping spree at The Craft's Meow... one drawn randomly from all our friends (Likes) on Facebook and the other to the person who referred the lucky winner. However, an important glitch has come up in the form of the new Timeline. It does not allow me to see all of the Likes on the TCM page, only my own Facebook friends who like The Craft's Meow page

So, I have no choice but to slightly alter this competition. I have added a pinned post to The Craft's Meow Facebook Page to which you'll have seven days (or until Monday April 9th) to leave a comment for a chance to win the prize. I'll randomly draw the winner from all of those comments. Please mention in your comment who (on Facebook) referred you so that if your name is drawn, we'll know who also gets a $25 shopping spree.

I'm so sorry to have to do this, but there seems to be no other fair way to go about it. This was not a problem with the old Facebook page set-up when I started the competition, but it sure is now.

In better news, we have the winners of a TCM in-stock stamp set of choice randomly drawn from all of those who entered our Sketch Challenge, Inspiration Challenge and Color Challenge! And the winners are:







Congratulations ladies! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com with your selection of in-stock stamp set and your mailing address and I'll get your prize right out to you! Thank you for playing!!!

And now for the winner of a guest designer spot for April drawn from all of those who entered our Birthday Theme Challenge! And the winner is...



Congratulations Geri!!! Please contact me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com so that we can get you set up for our April release!!! Thank you so much for playing!!!

We announced the winner of the March Card Sketch Challenge yesterday, but just in case you missed it, the winner is...


Congratulations again to Gerri!!! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com with your choice of in-stock stamp set and I'll get your prize mailed right out to you!

Whew, that's a lot of winners!!! And there are always more chances to win. Our April Card Sketch Challenge is currently underway and there will be more opportunities coming up, so stay tuned!!!

Have a great day everyone! And don't forget the Lily Pad birthday blog hop (just scroll down)! Enjoy!

April 1, 2012

Happy Birthday Blog Hop with Lily Pad Cards!


For the BRAND NEW
TCM April Card Sketch Challenge
Please Scroll Down

As you know, The Craft's Meow just celebrated our First Birthday, and today
we are here to celebrate another First Birthday....



Our friends over at Lily Pad Cards turn one this month and
we are really excited to be sharing in the celebration with them!

If you've arrived here from
Godelieve's blog
then you are in just the right spot!

If not, we invite you to 'hop' back to the start at the
Lily Pad Cards blog
and get started there.  There are over $300 in prizes that will
be given away, including stamp sets from The Craft's Meow.
(more details in just a sec....)

Several of our designers created projects just for this event
so be ready for some pretty amazing inspiration....


Jean Martin


Karen Baker


Ivana Camdzic



Amy Tsuruta


Iwona Palamountain



Amy Wanford


Jen Cuthbertson

  
Julie Ranae



As we mentioned, there are lots of prizes up for grabs
and all the winners will be chosen by random draw.

Here is how you can have the best chance to win:

Leave a comment on the Lily Pad Cards Blog

Leave a comment on each participant's blog on the hop

Like LPC on Facebook
Note: you do not have to have a Facebook
account for a chance to win... this is just another way
to enter the contest.

You have until 12:00 pm Eastern on April 8th to make
the rounds and leave comments for chances to win!

Ours is the last stop on the hop.
We are so happy you 'hopped' over to see us today!

You'll find a complete list of all blogs on the hop
over at Lily Pad Cards.

Enjoy the party!

The Craft's Meow April Sketch Challenge!


Hello, it's Amy T here to welcome you to The Craft's Meow April  Card Sketch Challenge!

Thanks for the wonderful cards you all entered for the March Challenge!  The winner, randomly drawn from all entries, is...

#9 Gerri Morgan!!!


Congratulations Gerri! Please email Lisa at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com with your choice of in-stock stamp set and she'll mail your prize right out to you! 


Here's our wonderful April Sketch by the fabulous NinaB!


Here's how it inspired The Craft's Meow Design Team:



She used:



and





She also used




She used





...used






She used



Here's my card:


I used





...used



Now how is that for some inspiration?!

You may enter as often as you like, but we must be able to see the sketch in there somewhere. You are free to flip it or turn it as you like!

You do NOT have to use TCM stamps to enter the challenge. However, if you are the winner and you have used TCM stamps on your entry, you will not only receive a TCM stamp set of choice as your prize, but also a coupon for 15% off one additional stamp set of choice which can be used one time within 30 days!!! 

You have until April 30th at 9:00 pm Pacific to link your card below. 



Enjoy!