It's New Release Day at The Craft's Meow !

The day has finally arrived !

It's The Craft's Meow 
May Release Blog Hop

I hope you stopped by from my friend & new TCM designer

Jinny Newlin's Blog

If not, I would love for you to join us from the start at

The Craft's Meow Blog

because someone is going to win the

entire collection of new releases and it could be you !
More on that in a moment !

Today we are revealing our final set

and

the entire collection goes on sale!

Today's set is TCM's

FREE GIFT w/$50 PURCHASE

called

'Chalkboard Birthday'

illustrated by NinaB Designs

What a fun, FUN set !

I thought it would be fun to make a couple cards

using the washi tape I've been 'collecting'  LOL

I have jars full from Freckled Fawn, BasicGrey & Recollections.

I simply layered a variety of patterns

and coordinated with 'splatters' of ink using TCM's

'Typically Teen' set

{ which to this day, remains one of my fave sets }

I simply added a few fun silver pearls for a 'pop'

I thought it would be fun to go with a whole other color palette

Here is today's set . . .

and remember, it's only available for a limited time

FREE w/$50 purchase

YOU COULD WIN
the entire collection of new releases

pay a visit to our designer's blogs,

leave a comment and cross your fingers

all by 9pm PST, Thursday May 23rd.

One random winner will be chosen from one of the blogs

on the hop, so make sure you leave a comment.

Speaking of the hop, it's time to send you on to

Karen Baker's Blog

Thanks so much for coming by . . . I look forward to hearing from you !

Project Recipe:

Stamps: Chalkboard Birthday & Typically Teen
by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments:  washi tape from Freckled Fawn, BasicGrey & Recollections
silver pearls Recollections

A { Colorful } Challenge

It's quite a colorful day here at The Open Window

as we present a brand new challenge over at

This week, we are using the colors

Grass ... Rose Petal ... Hibiscus

I have been hanging on to a bunch of newer embellishments

from BasicGrey, including the 'Hey Girl' collection and I knew

this hanging banner would be perfect for these colors.

I grabbed some washi tape from Freckled Fawn & Recollections

to create a simple pattern on the base panel and brought

it all together with the sweet flower from Prima.

I find myself apologizing with nearly every post

for the poor lighting in my photos.  Yes, I have a light tent.

The problem is my creative space is getting smaller by the day

and I've not had room to put it back up, so I have to fiddle with

the editing of my photos more and more.

I love this card (I must admit) but the photos do nothing for it.

On a GREAT note . . .

You know I love The Twinery and we are happy to

be providing a prize from this fabby baker's twine company.

Make sure you get over to see all the yummy new

'Metallic Shimmer' twines !

I'll see YOU in The Play Date Cafe !

Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper & Banner Embellishment: Hey Girl by BasicGrey
Embellishments: washi tape from Freckled Fawn & Recollections

flower from Prima, pearls from Recollections

It's the Little Things with SRM Stickers

Hello . . . Hello . . . HELLO ! ! !

It's so great to have you swing by The Open Window today

because there's a brand new challenge over at

and I've got a fun card to share featuring this week's sponsor

Our design team received an aMAZing package of goodies from

SRM Stickers and we ALL had a great time creating with them !

Just wait till you see what my teammates made !

I used this fun paper from Prima's 'Doodle Deux' stack

to match up the color from the challenge.

Then I took the 'doodles' & sentiments from SRM

to create borders & greetings for the card.

OH  . . . the glassine bag is also from SRM.

I placed the sentiments over washi tape

which I think is always a fun touch.

I love how the paper shows through and gives the card

another dimension of color.

I made a simple bookmark to fit inside the bag and

of course, I grabbed my favorite baker's twine from The Twinery

to finish it off.

 

The small dimensional flowers are die cuts I made using

Sizzix dies by Stephanie Barnard.

I sure hope you can play along with us this week because

 

is giving away a terrific prize package to our

'Cup of the Week'

Thanks oh so much for stopping by today.

I hope you'll leave a quick note to let me know you

came by.  If you have a blog, you know how fun it is to

get just a quick note from your readers.

If you are like me, it's so easy to swing by, take a quick

peek and move on.  That's because there are 1,000's of

terrific blogs out there.

I'm so aware of how many there are .... it's part of my

business as a social media coordinator, so I want you to

know that I really do appreciate the time it takes & for

making my blog one of your many choices.

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Doodle Deux by Prima

Embellishments: We've Got Your Border stickers & glassine bag by SRM Stickers

baker's twine in Strawberry, Seaweed & Cantaloupe from The Twinery

mini brads from Zva Creative, washi tape by Recollections

Tools: Banners #2 Framelets by Sizzix, Big Shot

 

Many...MANY Thanks!

It's getting closer!

We're on the final day of the New Release Previews over at

Today's set is . . .

'Many Thanks'

designed by Kaitlyn Ord

I have a small selection of washi tape and have been dragging my
feet when it comes to using it.
When I saw that the challenge over at
Simon Says Stamp was to use washi tape, I was inspired get a roll out
and have fun.  This tape is from Freckled Fawn.

Because this roll has multiple graphic designs, I just

cut my each layer to the desired length & cut them free-hand into long banners.

I then die cut sentiment banners & placed them on top of each column.

The banners were cut using a die from Lil' Inker Designs.

I love this stamp set because of the multiple styles and sentiments

to say 'thank you' and I think you will too ! !

How would you like a chance to win this set ?

All you have to do is stop by the TCM blog and leave a note

to say you stopped by for a visit.

Each day of the previews will bring another set up for grabs.

You have until 9pm PST this evening to comment to be eligible.

I hope you will join us tomorrow as we share the
entire release during our team blog hop.
The day the stamps go on sale is always an exciting day !

See you soon ! ! !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Stamps: Many Thanks by The Craft's Meow

Tools: banner die by Lil' Inker Designs, Big Shot
Embellishments: washi tape from Freckled Fawn 
mini brads by Recollections