Welcome Suzanne Bier as Our August Guest Designer!

I'm popping in today to introduce you to our August guest designer, the fabulous Suzanne Bier!!!

Hi! I’m Suzanne Bier and I’m thrilled to be a guest designer for The Craft's Meow!

I live in Washington State with Scott, my husband of almost six years, and our dachshund, Midnight (who is often my crafting companion)! 

I’ve been crafting for as long as I can remember, and I love to color, create, and fussy cut! I began scrapbooking five years ago, and switched to stamping and card making shortly after! I'm now a stay-at-home-crafter, but in my previous life, I worked in public relations and graphic design, which have both come in pretty handy as I progress in my creative career!

It’s never easy to move every few years (my husband serves in the military), but I’ve been lucky to make so many wonderful friends through crafting, and that makes each transition a little easier!

Thanks so much for the opportunity to share my creations with you all this month! I hope they will inspire you to create something totally fabulous!

Please stop by Suzanne's blog to welcome her and show her some TCM love!

We start sneak peeks of our August release tomorrow! I hope you'll join us!

Have a great day!

Bold & Blingy Blog Hop with Want2Scrap!

Happy Friday!

We are so happy to have you visit with us today

as the designers of The Craft's Meow are joining

with the designers of

for a fun & fabulous blog hop!

You should be joining us from the

Want2Scrap Blog

If not, it's just one stop back and we'd love to

have you hop along because there are some fabulous

prizes being offered by both companies.

We'd love to give you a 'sneaky peek' of what you

will find when you stop by each of our

designers blogs...so here we go!

Nina used 'Love Dwells Here' to create her lovely, dimensional creation

 Amy created her lovely design using a combination of

'Retro Foundations' & 'Hope Blooms'

Julie Ranae played with color using

'Stitched Flowers' & 'Stitched Sentiments'

Elizabeta created a beautiful set using

'Lovely Labels 14' & 'Ladies & Gents'

 

'Simply Delightful' describes this gorgeous design from Iwona

Jessica created her stunning layers using three sets

'Retro Foundations', 'Nature's Beauty' & 'Inspired by Audrey'

What a fun design by Jean using 'Summertime with Fibi & Lilly'

Karen's creativity shines through using

'Inspired by Audrey', 'Hope Blooms' & 'God's Blessings'

 

Sparkle & Elegance describe Jen's card using

'Inspired by Audrey' & 'Flower Garden'

 

Simply sweet is what you will find as Aimes used 'Oh Deer'

Lindsay's Clean & Simple fabulous look uses 'Lovely Labels 14'

Mabelle's bold & beautiful design uses 'Summertime with Fibi & Lilly'

Jackie's fun design was created using

'Typically Teen' & 'Sweet Taste of Summer'

Bold colors & design describe Lisa's card using

'Stitched Flowers' & 'Stitched Sentiments'

Sooooo....that's quite a peek, huh?!

How would you like to win 

a TCM Stamp Set of Your Choice?

 

Just join us for the hop...visit our designer's blogs, leave a

little love along the way and we'll do a random drawing

to choose a winner!

Deadline to leave comments to win is 

11:59pm ET, Sunday August 12th

We'll announce the winner here on the blog

on Tuesday, August 14th.

Before you go, we want you to know about

The Craft's Meow Summer Sale!

You can save up to 50% off stamps & accessories

that will be retired...so once they're gone...

they're gone!

So get your order in today!

Here is a complete list of the designers who are

participating in the blog hop...ENJOY!

Want2Scrap

The Craft’s Meow

Karen Taylor

Nina Brackett

Amy Tsuruta

Julie Ranae
Elise Durenberger

Elizabeta Kushner

Iwona Palamountain
Mimi Leinbach

Jessica Fick
Alyssa McGrew

Jean Martin

Karen Baker
AJ Otto

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Amy Wanford

Lindsay Amrhein

Mabelle R.O.
Keely Yowler

Jackie Rockwell

Lisa Hjulberg

DESIGN TEAM CALL !

The Craft’s Meow

Open Design Team Call
August 6-20, 2012

Do you love to stamp?  

Even better, do you love to stamp with TCM images?

Do you enjoy inspiring others?

Then it may be YOU we are looking for!

Design Team Term:  

6 months

Sept-March, 2013

Open Internationally

Requirements: 

*1 project post for each new release set

(average of 4-6 new releases per month)

during our previews and New Release Blog Hop

 and at least one other time in the month

prior to the next release

(which can include our sketch challenge)

*Promote The Craft’s Meow on your blog, online galleries

such as Flickr, Splitcoaststampers, Two Peas in a Bucket, etc

and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter & Google+

It is NOT a requirement to be a part of these sites, but we do

encourage you to be a part of SCS & Two Peas

*An active blog and good photography skills.

All TCM projects will be required to be uploaded

to the TCM Gallery

The Craft’s Meow will provide:

* Approx. $60-$80 in stamps and product specific

to The Craft’s Meow for each release during your term

(six releases scheduled)

* Compensation for any PRINT publication projects

which feature stamps & product specific to The Craft’s Meow
(compensation will be in the form of free stamp sets)

*  Product discounts on orders from The Craft’s Meow

*Exposure for your blog including direct links

each time you participate with a required post or

TCM blog hop event

To apply, please provide the following:

* Your name

*Your blog name and link

* Photos of three (3 only please) projects 

that showcase you as a designer

We only need three to get a feel for your style!

Because of the number of submissions we receive

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS
NOT LINKS TO PHOTOS/RESUMES

PLEASE SIZE THEM APPROPRIATELY FOR EMAIL VIEWING

We do ask that you limit additional 'links' to additional information.

With the number of blogs we will have to visit, we will not have

time to visit resume links, credit links, etc,

so please include the specific information in your submission.

Of course, we would love for you to use stamps from

The Craft’s Meow

but it is not required to apply

* A list of your current/past DT experience

(no experience required)

* A list of creative credits such as publications,

blog/guest features, etc, if any

Send the above information to:

tcm.dt.call@gmail.com

Design Team Call deadline

11:59 PST, Monday August 20, 2012

We look forward to hearing from you! 

Celebrating with CASE Study!

Hi Everyone & welcome to

The Craft's Meow!

Julie Ranae here to share a terrific challenge

that TCM is sponsoring.

It's a Sssuper Ssspecial time as TCM designer

Iwona Palamountain and her challenge celebrate

their 2nd Anniversary!

They are having a terrific blog hop and you participate,

you could be the winner of a

Stamp Set of Your Choice

from The Craft's Meow!

The theme of the anniversary challenge is to

'Create something that reflects your OWN personal style'

A few of our designers here at TCM are sharing their

personal style with you to inspire you to play along.

We actually share two designers as well, so you will

get a double-dose of inspiration to be sure!

Jessica

Jessica used TCM's 'Telegram' set

Her signature style: sewing, die cuts, flowers, patterned papers

Elizabeta

Elizabeta used TCM's Lovely Labels 14 &Ladies and Gents sets

Her signature style is simple elegance

Amy

Amy used TCM's One Scoop or Two? & Sweet Taste of Summer sets

Her signature style is Clean & Simple (CAS)

 

 

Jean

 

Jean used TCM's Love Dwells Here and Hope Blooms sets

Her signature style is vintage/shabby chic

 

 

We hope you will show your support of the

CASE Study Challenge and play along.

Someone is going to win a TCM stamp set of their choice

and we would love for it to be YOU!

Have a great day!

The Craft's Meow August Sketch Challenge!

Well, Happy August!

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

Rosemary!

Congratulations Rosemary! 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! 

Amy T here to reveal The Craft's Meow August Sketch:

Another FABulous sketch by our own NinaB!  So many possibilities with this sketch!

Get ready to be inspired by the lovely ladies of The Craft's Meow Design Team!

Karen Baker

Love her use of 3 The Craft's Meow sets:

Retro Foundations

{stamp illustrator:  Karen Baker!}

Beautiful Spring

 {stamp illustrator:  NinaB}

Love Dwells Here

{stamp illustrator:  NinaB} 

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Way to rock the hexies!

Check out  

Thanks Bee to Thee

{stamp illustrator:  NinaB}

Iwona Palamountain

How sweet is this?!

Chupa used

Oh Deer

{stamp illustrator:  Amy Wanford}

and

Stitched Sentiments

{stamp illustrator:  NinaB} 

NinaB

Darling card!

Nina used

Giddy Up

Amy Wanford

clean, crisp & perfect!

Amy used

One Scoop or Two?

{stamp illustrator:  Amy Wanford!}

Elizabeta Kushner

Such a striking card!

Eli used

Ladies & Gents

{stamp illustrator:  Elizabeta Kushner}

and

Lovely Labels

{stamp illustrator:  Elizabeta Kushner} 

and

here's mine:

I used 

Sew Lovely

{stamp illustrator:  NinaB}

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 August 31st @ 9:00 pm pacific to link up!