Welcome Jenni Bowlin Studio!

Well . . . it's been far too long !!

It's been a busy holiday season at my house and I've not

had nearly as much time to create as I would like.

But I have a great reason to be doing so today

as we have a brand new color story up over at

and we are happy to share that as this challenge

runs right in the middle of Christmas, we are giving you

TWO WEEKS

to play along.

Our final sponsor of the year is the fabulous

Jenni Bowlin Studio

Each of our designers played along using new stamps from JBS.

I went quite Clean and Simple with this card using JBS's

Typewriter and Job Ticket stamps and the colors for this week.

Notice anything odd ??

I didn't notice until about 24 hours after I made the card.

Rather than 'fix' it, I decided to have fun and have a

LITTLE GIVEAWAY!

Leave a comment on this post with the 'typo' on this card

and I'll randomly draw from the comments for some

YUMMY BAKER'S TWINE

from 

 

After you leave your comment, make sure to get on

over to The Play Date Cafe and play along.

Someone is going to win

which will be a fabulous shopping spree for the New Year!

Don't forget to leave your comment here for a chance to win

baker's twine from The Twinery!

See you soon!

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: Typewriter & Job Ticket by Jenni Bowlin Studio

sentiment by The Craft's Meow

So 'Nauti-Cool' !

Happy Monday and what a fun continuation of my weekend!

I have had the honor being the Guest Designer over at

and today is a set that has quickly become a favorite

in my personal collection called 'Knotty'

I made use of some of my favorite die cuts from Lil' Inker Designs

and Die-Versions to spotlight these fun stamps.

I think the design speaks for itself and the recipe is at

the end of this post.

and of course . . .

I head back to the Clean and Simple design . . .

I love the colors using the kraft base and the beautiful

soft robin's egg blue.

I embossed the top panel using an EF from Lifestyle Crafts.

The accent lines on the base card were stamped along with the

anchor, waves & sentiment from the set.

Here's the fabulous set that has so many possiblities . . .

I love the tiny waves !

I'll be back for one more day {Wednesday}

with my final post for Avery Elle.

I've had a ball so far and I hope you will stop

by the Avery Elle blog

and say hello !

Nauti-Cool Project Recipe:

Cardstock: American Crafts
Stamps: Knotty by Avery Elle

Tools: Seaside Sunset die by Die-Versions, 

Rainbow & Clouds die by Lil' Inker Designs, Big Shot

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill & The Recollections
Stamps: Knotty by Avery Elle

Tools: Circle EF by Lifestyle Crafts, Big Shot

 

Guest Designing with Avery Elle

It's Day #2 Guest Designing with the folks over at

I'm just gonna say it . . . I had lots of fun creating this card

I used a Spellbinders die to create a frame from coordinating paper

then stamped the the hearts in their own 'geometric' pattern.

Look at that . . . talk about matchy-matchy !  Even the baker's twine !

Here's the set I used called 'Lots of Love'

I'm really happy to have two more days left sharing on behalf

of Avery Elle.  I'll be back on Tuesday & Wednesday but until then,

I hope you will stop by Avery Elle blog 

and say hello.

Have a great day !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Lots of Love by Avery Elle
Ink:  Memento by Tsukineko

Tools: Lacey Squares die by Spellbinders, Big Shot
Embellishments: baker's twine from The Twinery
pearls from Recollections

 

Honored to be Guest Designing with . . .

Surprise !

It's usually pretty quite here at The Open Window during

the weekend, but I have some very special posts I'll be sharing

with you over the next few days.

I'm honored to be a Guest Designer over at

and it's Release Week with brand new stamp sets

that I absolutely adore !

Today, I am sharing a card I made using a new set called

'Lots of Love'

Another Clean & Simple design for me.

I used my Heart border punch from Martha Stewart

and glued a few of the tiny heart punch-outs

next to the sentiment.

This card would also be great using each one

of the three heart images too.

Here is a look at the set I played with . . .

It's absolutely terrific !

I hope you will make a visit over to the

Avery Elle blog

and tell them I said hello !

I'll be sharing more fun cards over the next few days,

so I hope you'll stop by again.

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: Lots of Love by Avery Elle

Tools: heart to heart border punch by Martha Stewart

New Release Day with The Craft's Meow!

The day has finally arrived !

It's New Release Day at

All week long we've been sharing previews of the

November collection from TCM and today we celebrate each

set now on sale with our team blog hop.

You should have arrived here by way of my

talented friend & teammate

Jessica Fick's Blog

If not, please PLEASE make sure you stop back at

The Craft's Meow Blog

 because there is so much beautiful inspiration from

each designer and

YOU COULD WIN THE ENTIRE RELEASE

just by stopping by and leaving a little love with us !

My cards have been quite Clean & Simple of late and

although this one stays on that theme, it uses

three sets from TCM . . .

'Zoom Goes My Heart'

'Valentine's Wishes'

and from the previous release

'Holiday Foundations'

The only additions to this card were baker's twine from The Twinery

and beautiful gem flourishes from Zva Creative

Don't forget . . .

'Stitched Sentiments Two' is this month's 

FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase

AND

to be eligible to win this month's entire release,

make a visit to each designer's blog

{complete list over at TCM}

and leave a little love by 9pm PST, Sunday, Dec 2nd

Thanks so very much for coming by . . .

I won't keep you long because it's time to get your on your way 

to the most talented

Karen Baker's Blog

Always great to have you at The Open Window !
 

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Stamps: Zoom Goes my Heart, Holiday Foundations & Valentine's Wishes

all by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems flourish from Zva Creative
baker's twine in Blossom from The Twinery

Happy Birthday to Sweet 'n Sassy!

For The Craft's Meow Preview

and

The Play Date Cafe Color Challenge

Please Scroll Down

{it's a busy day here today }

I am so glad you came by for a very special celebration

and I'm so happy to be a part of it.

My friend Korin is celebrating her 5th Birthday

as owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

and it's quite a party !

I love the friendships I've made through my blog

and this is one I've had for a couple years now.

Korin is a creative designer and offers a variety of

images that appeal to so many styles.

I've been designing pretty Clean & Simply lately

and 'Forest Silhouettes' makes it really easy.

I had lots of ideas and settled on this one using

Memento inks.  This is a great set for Christmas too !

I want to wish a 

BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps !

There are terrific giveaways going on and all you have to do is

make sure you leave a comment on the participating blogs

on the hop.  The deadline to comment & win 

is 11:59pm EST, Friday Nov. 30th.

Winners will be announced over at SNSS December 1st.

Have a great time on the hop 

and don't forget to leave a

little love before you go.  

I'd love for YOU to win !

   

My Heart is Full

For The Play Date Cafe 

Color Splash Challenge

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It's the final day of the New Release Previews over at

It's going to be an exciting day tomorrow as all of the

releases will be available for sale !

Today's set is called 'Zoom Goes my Heart'

It's hard to believe that it's time to think of Valentine cards

and I know you will love this set !  So many fun possibilities.

I used Cosmo Cricket for my 'wallpaper' and layered my

scalloped hearts cut from Spellbinders dies.

You have a chance to win this terrific set !

Just make sure you leave a little love over on 

The Craft's Meow blog by 9:00pm PST tonight.

Tomorrow is Release Day & our Design Team Blog Hop,

so make plans to join us for the fun.

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Tea for Two by Cosmo Cricket
Stamps: Zoom Goes my Heart by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: baker's twine from The Twinery

 

It's Our Final Splash!

Hello and welcome to a very busy day here at The Open Window !

I am super excited to share our last 'Color Splash' challenge

of 2012 over at 

I love this graphic chosen by our Color Story Coordinator

Jaclyn Miller and I think it's perfect for the season.

This time, the 'splash' is Maroon

I recently ordered a couple of stamp sets from Mama Elephant

and have not had much time to create with them, so I thought this

was a perfect opportunity to play with the snow globe in the set.

I stamped the cityscape using Memento's 'Rhubarb Stalk'.

The sentiment is from The Craft's Meow

I sure hope you can make time to play along this week.

It's always fun to see what 'splashes' you come up with.

This week's winner will win something fun from our prize vault.

I'll see you soon !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Bazzill
Stamps: Mama Elephant & The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems from Want2Scrap

Simply Beautiful

It is Day # 3 of the New Release Previews from one of my

favorite stamp companies

Today we are 'dressing up' with a set called

'Beautiful Shelf'

I love this set !  It was so fun to place things on the little

 lacey 'shelf' . . . oh so girly !

Whenever I would visit my grandma's bedroom, she would always

have little 'knick-knack-y' things on her dresser and that's

what I thought of as I stamped this card.

I'm not sure why, but when I think of my grandma, I always

think lavender, so that's the color I focused on.

I embellished the hat and the card base 

with a little bakers twine from The Twinery and added

tiny pearls and brads to complete the look.

You have a chance to win this set !

Make sure you stop by  

The Craft's Meow Store Blog

and leave a comment . . . Easy-Peasy !

We're getting closer to the release, which is this Friday !

Thanks for stopping by !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: A Muse Studio
Stamps: Beautiful Shelf by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: bakers twine in Lilac & Ocean from The Twinery

 

 

Merry & Bright

Welcome back to The Open Window.

It's Day #2 of our New Release Previews 

Today our designers are sharing ideas using the brand new

'Stitched Sentiments Two'

This set is our FREE GIFT w/$50 PURCHASE this month !

This CAS card was so easy to make and of course, at this time

of the year, it's a great way to get our Christmas cards done.

I used the beautiful designs from the 'Holiday Foundations' set

for my 'bright' stars, embellished them with tiny gems

and layered my cardstock to give it dimension.

I know you are going to love all the new sets from TCM this month!

Each day during our previews, you can have a chance to win the

featured set of the day.  Just head over to the TCM Blog and

leave a comment no later than 9pm PST each day.

The winner will be announced during the next post.

 

Thanks again for stopping by!

I'll see you tomorrow with another preview from

The Craft's Meow.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Stitched Sentiments Two by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems from Recollections

 

Welcome to the Zva Creative November Blog Hop

For The Craft's Meow 
New Release Previews
Please Scroll Down

Happy Monday and welcome to The Open Window.

I am so very excited to be a part of my very first

blog hop as a member of the team over at

We welcome you to the November Blog Hop!

The Blog Hop begins at Zva Creative's blog!
*Be sure head on over to check it out! Leave a comment there for a chance
  to win an extra prize package just for visiting the blog and telling us
  that you stopped by!  You will also find a complete list of all the
  participating blogs there (in case there is a glitch along the way).

As you know, Zva offers many beautiful color groupings for pearls, flowers
and crystals. If you like what you see along the hop you can find a list
  of stores and online retailers that sell Zva HERE

I am totally getting into the holiday spirit using the beautiful bling & pearls

from Zva.  Create a centerpiece using a beautiful Zva rose and it's become

a pretty special card indeed.

For a dose of holiday inspiration from our design team, just follow along
the blog path. I am linking to one of the Zva designers and that designer
is linking to the next and so on. Be prepared to be inspired along the way

The Blog Hop starts today, November 26th and runs through midnight US
Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 27th.
  

****Prizes****

Hidden on FIVE of the designer's blogs is a Zva Creative prize package!

Winners will be randomly chosen after the hop is over. All you need to do
is leave a comment on this Blog Hop post... you do not need to leave a
comment on each and every designer's blog post to qualify. However, the
more times you comment along the blog hop path, 

the more chances you will have to win

The 5 winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 28th on ZvaCreative's blog 

*We will do our best to notify each winner, but it's best if you can pop in to Zva's blog
on Wednesday to see if you are a winner!

We also thought it would be more fun to add even more chances to win our blog hop prize! 

To increase your chances of winning:
Comment to let us know that you posted on your Facebook page about our
hop (link to any of the blog hop posts)

Comment to let us know that you "tweeted" about our hop 

(link to any of the blog hop posts)

Comment to let us know that you asked your local store to carry Zva
creative products. If they already do, that's fantastic, maybe you can
  suggest other products that they don't carry.

Hop over to Zva's blog and leave
a comment there to tell us that you made it there!

Your next stop is CAROLE MAURIN'S BLOG. 

Enjoy!

  P.S. Mark your calendar to join us again on December 31st for our 

next Zva blog hop!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: All is Bright by My Mind's Eye

Embellishments: Gem flourishes, pearls & roses by Zva Creative