I've Got Your Back

Hello, Jennie here today with a card to share that I made using In Tandem:

 The image was stamped using Love Letter Memento Luxe ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The patterned paper is called Stationery Noted from Teresa Collins. Super easy layout!

Don't forget that The Craft's Meow is a proud sponsor of this year's Hope You Can Cling To card drive over at Splitcoaststampers! You can find more info HERE.

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,

 

 

World Card Making Day Discount!

Hello, friends! What are you all up to on World Card Making Day? Me, I'm just trying to catch up after being out of town for a few days visiting my dad. I had a wonderful time, but completely forgot to post about World Card Making Day! Please forgive me! If I'm lucky, I'll be able to sneak into my craft room to play a little today.

In the meantime, in celebration of this wonderful day, I'm offering a 15% discount in The Craft's Meow store through tomorrow! Just enter the code WCMD2013 at checkout, once you've logged into PayPal, to receive your discount. I have a tutorial >HERE< in case you need it... it can be a little confusing.

I've also just restocked many stamp sets, so just about everything is back in stock. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend!

A Special Meaning Card!

Hello!! Larissa here today to share a very Special Card!!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this disease has been a part of my Mother-In-Laws life for the last 15 years!! She is one strong woman and I wanted to create this card for her!!

You could create this card for lots of different occasions though!! I wanted to use the Beautiful Rose Stamp Set and the Chalkboard Faith Stamp Set for my card today!! I am LOVING both of these sets because they are so versatile!!

I started by stamping the Roses onto some Colored Cardstock (once on pink and once on green) then I water colored them both with darker shades to add some extra dimension!! I fussy cut it out and pieced it together!! I then stamped the Chalkboard Sentiment onto some Dark Grey Cardstock and Embossed it using white Embossing powder by Ranger!! I wanted to make parts of it Pop so I layered it by Embossing the same sentiment again in Gold Embossing Powder and cutting out the flags and hearts and piecing it together!! I LOVE the way it looks!! I added it to a FUN Die Cut Frame that I covered with some Gold Mica Textured Paste!! It looks so neat in real life!! Here is my finished card!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by today and if you missed the Blog Post Yesterday please check it out!! There are some VERY AMAZING Challenges and Prizes being shared over on the SplitcoastStamper's Blog!! The Craft's Meow is a Proud Sponsor and these cards mean so much to those who receive them!!

Have a Fabulous Day!!

Hope You Can Cling To

Hello, friends! I'm popping in today to share with you that The Craft's Meow is a proud sponsor of this year's Hope You Can Cling To card drive over at Splitcoaststampers! Below is some information about this fabulous cause. I hope you'll play along. Of course, we'd love to see your TCM stamps in use! There are lots of wonderful prizes up for grabs, including four $25 Gift Certificates to spend in the TCM store. But the greatest gift of all is encouraging someone with messages of hope. :)



"Splitcoaststampers is proud to partner with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center for our fourth annual month long card drive to benefit those affected by breast cancer.Whether your stamps cling to acrylic, wood, or to your hard drive, they hold the power to convey hope and lift the spirits of anyone who sees what you create with them. That is the inspiration for our “Hope You Can Cling To” stamping campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 

We are kicking this campaign off on World Card Making Day - a day of celebration of the power of a handmade card. We encourage papercrafters across the globe to put their talents to work creating beautiful handmade cards to send to patients and their families at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and, in the process, turn our gallery pink! 

Hope is powerful medicine. Here is part of a letter from MD Anderson after last year's event: 

“On behalf of the breast cancer patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas I’d like to say thank you for the beautiful handmade cards that you sent to us! The “Hope You Can Cling To” month long campaign was very much appreciated. The volunteers in our Breast Center enjoyed filling baskets with these special cards. As they made their visits each day and introduced themselves to patients, they encouraged each to select one of your handmade cards. These special cards truly offered hope and lifted the spirits of everyone during Breast Cancer Awareness month! I personally have had the pleasure of opening each envelope. What beautiful work you all have done for our patients.” - Maggi Suttles, Assistant Director, Volunteer Services, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Many in our community have been affected by breast cancer, directly or indirectly. We would love for each of the patients at the UT MD Anderson cancer center and their families to feel this same encouragement and inspiration and we know this community always rises to a challenge. 
There will be special challenges in our Splitcoaststampers Hope You Can Cling To Challenge Forum to inspire you throughout the month, and we will have some fun giveaways, including of course, some pink! 


We'll begin the campaign with three challenges on October 1st, and we will have challenges each day in October."


Now, let's get crafty, shall we? Enjoy!

Check Out Our Newest Addition

The Craft's Meow

is proud to announce

its newest Design Team member

Stacey Schafer

embraced on October 1, 2013,

at 12:01 in the morning

And here are a few words from our newest member:

How exciting to have the opportunity to work with The Craft's Meow stamps and alongside the talented TCM gals!  I'm a wife, a mom of three, and a special education teacher living in rural Illinois... and I LOVE to get lost in my craft cave!  My passion for paper-crafting started once I attended a stamping party. I was instantly hooked with the magic of an inked stamp meeting the paper!  I'm thrilled to be able to share projects with you using The Craft's Meow stamps and I hope you'll be inspired to get crafty, too!  I'd love for you to stop by my blog, Stacey's Stamping Stage, to see all of my latest creations!  

  

Team and member are doing fine 

and are looking forward to an exciting and creative year together!