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

Heartfelt Thanks!

I'm so glad you stopped by today.

I am happy to share a colorful card with you today

to say 'Thank You' to teachers everywhere !

Yes . . . The Twinery is sharing all kinds of crafting goodness

this week in honor of educators.  

 

Our design team will be

sharing both cards & gifts using fun & fabulous baker's twine

in hopes of inspiring you to create something for the teacher in your life.

With four grandsons ranging from 4th grade to pre-school, I have had

the pleasure of making cards for their teachers for Christmas

 and the end of the school year.

I am definitely a card maker at heart & did I have fun putting

this card together !  I created the tag first and layered from there.

Both the tag & card base have washi tape from Freckled Fawn.

These alphabets remind me so much of grade school

[which was WAY too long ago]

I love putting a whole bunch of baker's twine together for

a tag 'tassel' and for this one, I used:

Charcoal, Mandarin, Buttercream, Marigold and the brand new

Rainbow Teal Shimmer.

All of these can be found over in The Twinery Store.

I used stickers from SRM for the sentiment & fun polka dots,

a fun pencil embellishment (which I've had for years)

and the flower is from Prima.

 

I hope you will stop by The Twinery blog this week and enjoy

the projects our talented designers have to share.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today !

 

 

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Embellishments: washi tape from Freckled Fawn,

pencil button by Dress it Up, stickers from SRM Stickers

flower from Prima, all baker's twine from The Twinery

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

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

'Plum' Good

It's time for another 'splash' of color over at

I love this photo and I love 'plum'

I cannot believe I traveled all the way to Christmas with this card,

but I ordered some new Gina K Designs stamps and couldn't

wait to play with them.  As soon as I saw the splash, I knew what

I wanted to do.  I used new paper from FarmHouse Paper Company

called 'Fair Skies' {ordered from StopandScrap.com} and the

shade was perfect.

The little bows are baker's twine from The Twinery and always

make a nice little embellishment.  I used Charcoal and Lilac.

I love CAS for Christmas !

This week, we welcome a brand new sponsor to The Cafe

and we welcome a brand new designer to our team !

So make sure you join us in The Cafe this week.

One more thing . . . 

In two weeks time, we will be celebrating our

THIRD ANNIVERSARY

at

The Play Date Cafe

and I am super excited about all the festivities.

I can't reveal anything now, but suffice to say, there will be

lots of great giveaways, five days of posts and some

terrific surprises.

If you are not yet a follower there, we encourage you to

become one.  We are aiming for 2,000 followers by then.

What a great milestone that would be!

Mark your calendar & spread the word!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Fair Skies by FarmHouse Paper Company

from StopandScrap.com
Stamps: Ornamental Holiday by Gina K Designs

Embellishments: baker's twine in Charcoal & Lilac by The Twinery

gems by Recollections