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It's the final day of our New Release Previews from

We have two final fabulous sets to share with you today
one of which is our FREE GIFT w/$50 purchase.


The first set was designed by Kaitlyn Ord
and I decided to go total *spooky* with it . . .

The banners & sentiment come from this fabulous set called 'Good Times'
The paper, tag & brads collection is brand new from My Mind's Eye called
'Lost and Found Halloween'.  I love this BIG spider punch from EK Success!
It was the perfect fit for the spider web.

Now for something completely different . . .

The beautiful new set designed by Karen Baker
'Golden Days'

This is our September Gift w/$50 purchase.

I love the sentiments that Karen designs and this set
contains a variety that will be perfect for your autumn cards.
I created the wreath using a Sizzix EF and simply adorned it with
pearl flourishes from Want2Scrap and topped it off with
a sweet pumpkin from yesterday's featured set 'Fall Blessings'.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away each new release

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Gina K Designs & Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Lost & Found Halloween by My Mind's Eye
from StopandScrap.com 
Stamps: Good Times & Golden Days
both by The Craft's Meow 

Embellishments: tags & brads from My Mind's Eye
pearl flourish by Want2Scrap
Tools: spider punch from EK Success, Big Shot
Wreath EF by Sizzix

Fall with Fibi & Lilly

It is Day #3 of New Release Previews over at

and today we have TWO fabulous sets
we are featuring designed by the
talented Mabele R-O
and I had a blast playing with both of these sets.

The first is called 'Fall Blessings'

As you can see, all I did was choose the images I wanted to include,
stamped, colored and layered each one.
The clouds were cut using my die from Lil' Inker Designs

The next set is called 'Fall with Fibi & Lilly'

Again...such a simple CAS card!
I just cut & colored the image, layered it on a frame created
with oval dies from Spellbinders and added Stardust Stickles

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away each new release

each day, so make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

Project Recipe:

Stamps: Fall Blessing & Fall with Fibi & Lilly
both by The Craft's Meow 

Embellishments: Stardust Stickles by Ranger
Tools: cloud die by Lil' Inker Designs, Big Shot
Standard Ovals die by Spellbinders, Copic Markers

Fall ...

Welcome back to The Open Window.

I hope you had a lovely weekend.  The temps took a real 'dip'

the past few days and inspired me to create using a lot

of fall themes, beginning with today's project for

I hope you will hop with us today because there is always

a terrific prize at the end.

If you made your way here by way of our

September Guest Designer

Wendi's blog

If not, just a couple stops back is the

EAD Designs blog

where you can get started !

This week, I enjoyed playing with the 'Fall Harvest' Stickerz from EAD.

I pulled out some beautiful paper from last season from 

Little Yellow Bicycle called 'Hello Fall' and layered

all of my elements on top.

I twisted three different baker's twines from The Twinery

in Mandarin, Honeydew and Cappuccino and tied my

tag with a 'rag' knot.

Here is the set I used

and don't forget . . . 

So great to have you come by today.

I hope you will be inspired to create for the autumn season.

It's time to send you on your way to

Liz's blog Liz's Paper Loft

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall by Little Yellow Bicycle

Embellishments: Fall Harvest by EAD Designs
baker's twine in Mandarin, Honeydew & Cappuccino

from The Twinery, gem flourish from Want2Scrap

Happy Fall from The Craft's Meow

For the

Sizzix Fresh Vintage

Blog Hop Post

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It is Day #2 of the New Release Previews from

and today we feature the lovely designs of

Maree Truelove, one of our newest stamp designers.

This sweet set is called 'Happy Fall'

I thought it would be fun to use the solid design

of the pumpkin and create some texture by

using houndstooth paper and the Swiss Dot

EF from Cuttlebug.  I also accented the clouds

the same way.  Check out that tiny acorn!  Ca-ute!

Make sure you visit The Craft's Meow blog

and check out the rest of the design team's

projects.  You will get a real taste for this set

by the time it is released on Saturday! 

You can also win a set, 

so make sure to leave

a comment before you leave.  
TCM will be drawing a name 
each day

and you never know 
it could be YOURS!

Project Recipe: 

Designer Paper: 'Kay Autumn' by MAMBI,
Dots & Stripes Candy Shoppe by Echo Park Papers
Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento, 
Stamps:  'Happy Fall' by The Craft's Meow

Tools: Cloud die by Lil' Inker Designs
Swiss Dot EF from Cuttlebug, Distrezz-it-All by Zutter,
Notebook border punch by EK Success
Embellishments:  Bakers twine in Mandarin from The Twinery