NinaB Designs April 2013 Blog Hop, Giveaway and Winner!

Welcome to the NinaB Designs Blog Hop! The theme of this month's hop is Stamping Techniques. I challenged the team to do a technique, which could be as simple as coloring, die-cutting or more involved like emboss resist, making your own embellishments, etc.

I have two cards for you today. The first one uses a few techniques: fussy cutting, Copic coloring on the flower (Penny Black's Dahlias set), die cutting, embossing and stenciling the jar (Spellbinders' Homespun dies). I also made a background and tag for my sentiments using stamps from Penny Black's Embellishments set.

The sentiment is from PB's Treemendous set. The paper strip is from PB's Madison. A little bit of twine and button on the jar finish the card.

My second card uses my new The Craft's Meow's Take the Cake set. The techniques I used here are die cutting, fussy cutting, and 2-step stamping.

The papers are October Afternoon. The pearls are Want2Scrap. The die cut doily is Spellbinders' Persian Motifs dies.

Here are the products I used:

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize #1

 Prize #2: TCM's Crafty Shelf and Retired LOC Elegant Labels set

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Jessica Fick * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Rae Barthel

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on April 22 on My Blog. International commenters are welcome.

***Before I leave, here is the winner from my previous post...Leanne! Please email me via tab above with your info. Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Penny Black Inc.
 Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!

Happy Colors, Happy Cards

I have two cards for you today. I love the bright colors and the twine just shouts happy, don't you think? :) The first one was posted on the TCM's blog previously uses my new Take the Cake stamp set. The papers are October Afternoon. You can see details HERE.

I am not sure if I have shared the card below, but here it is anyway. It uses TCM's Geometric Foundations. I colored the Chevron stripes with Copics. The heart bling is from Want2Scrap.

I have exciting news to share with you tomorrow! And maybe we'll even have a giveaway...stay tuned!

TCM April Blog Hop: Friendship

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's April Blog Hop. Our theme this month is Friendship. If you came from Lindsay's blog, then you're at the right spot. Please check the TCM blog for the complete list.

I have two cards for you today. One is for a special occasion in a friend's life like birthday, graduation, engagement, etc. I used the Free with $50 purchase, Sweet Silhouettes, for my card. I die cut the frame using Spellbinders Labels 10.

The papers are Basic Grey's True Love collection. The pearl brad came from my stash.

My second card uses Take the Cake. I layered the cake using the colors of the pretty Fourteen collection by Crate Paper. I love this color combo!

Your next stop is Sharri Seffens. Happy hopping!

The Craft's Meow's March Release Blog Hop

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's March Release Blog Hop. Thank you for joining us today. If you came from Mabelle's blog, then you're at the right spot. To see the full list, make sure you visit the TCM blog. I have 3 cards to show you today. I could share more, but will save the others for later posts. I had so much fun with this month's sets.

My first card uses my Take the Cake stamp set. This time I made a wedding card. I went CAS on this one, but not all the way. I had to sneak in some lace, buttons and pearls in there somewhere :). I stamped the cake layers in inks that coordinate with my Basic Grey True Love papers.

For my second card, I went vintage shabby with the Sweet Silhouettes stamp set. Remember that you can get this set for FREE with $50 purchase. I distressed the edges of my papers and inked my Spellbinders Labels 10 die cut and stamped with the frame from the set. The papers are My Mind's Eye. The chipboard shape embellishment on the bottom are by Want2Scrap. This card would be perfect for Graduation, promotion, engagement, etc.

My third card uses Karen's Birthday Pun set. I love the sentiments. The papers are again My Mind's Eye. I was going to go for a masculine card, but I just had to add that lace there. :) I did more distressing here and random stitching. I found this black hemp twine and used it for a bow.

Here are my new sets:

Take The Cake

6 x 8, $24

 Sweet Silhouettes

Coordinates with Spellbinders Labels 10

4 x 4 - FREE with $50 Purchase

 
The Craft's Meow is giving away the 4 new sets to random commenters. Participants are not required to leave comments on each blog, but they have a better chance to win because TCM will randomly draw a name from one of our blogs for a winner. The deadline to comment is 9:00pm PDT, Saturday March 23rd.

Your next stop is my friend -->> Sharri<<--. 

TCM Previews: Take the Cake

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's 2nd birthday celebration! The team has lots of inspiration and giveaways to share with you during the previews and release. Make sure you check out the details on the TCM blog. Celebrating along with us is our guest designer, Stacey Schafer.

We are featuring today one of my new sets called Take the Cake. This set allows you to stamp your custom cake as high as your heart desires :).  There are two sizes of cakes and the layers have different patterns.This set is also good for Anniversaries and Weddings.

The sentiment is appropriate for either birthdays and anniversaries. The papers are October Afternoon. The Chevron Bling is by Want2Scrap.

TWO STAMP SETS will be given away each day to two commenters from the TCM blog. Deadline to leave comments is tonight at 9pm PST. The winners will be announced tomorrow. Happy hopping!