The Craft's Meow New Release Blog Hop!!

Hi everyone!  I want to thank you for joining me this week as I joined the fabulous Design Team over at The Craft's Meow!  It has been such a pleasure to help TCM celebrate their Birthday!  Today we are in the midst of the new release Blog Hop.  You should have arrived from the lady who does vintage so elegantly, Ivana Camdzic.  If you did not, you really need too! 

Today we got to choose any of the sets releasing and use it for our Blog Hop project.  I really needed to get a jump start on some of the other cards I will be needing, so I decided to use Beautiful Spring for my Father's Day card this year.  I decided to do some simple "masking" technique and stamp the leaf image down the side of my image panel. 

Here is the stamp set Beautiful Spring that I've used for my card.

Now get ready for this.........Do you want to win ALL 6 of these new set??  To be eligible, you will need to visit & comment on each blog on the hop!!  If you get lost along the way, make sure to visit The Craft's Meow blog for the full Blog Hop list!  But your next stop is Iwona Palamountain and you don't want to miss what fabulous project she has for inspiration today!  Thanks so much for joining me this week and for all the wonderful comments.....I've enjoyed reading every one of them! 

{Happy Father's Day}
Stamps:  Beautiful Spring (The Craft's Meow)
Paper:  SS White, Soft Stone, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Ink:  Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Dies:  Linen IP (PTI)
Misc:  Rustic Wood Button (PTI--no longer available), Button Twine (PTI)

The Craft's Meow Birthday Bash---Day 1

Well today is the day!  Today marks Day 1 of the festivities around here for The Craft's Meow Birthday Bash and their new release!  Can I get a woot woot?  Alright, first up did you see the newest designers for TCM??  Please welcome:  Karen Baker (stamp illustrator), Amy (Aimes) Wanford, Jennifer Cuthbertson, and Jackie Rockwell.  These ladies are way talented and I get to be among them for the month as a March Guest!

Today I get to show you a project using 2 new sets designed by Nina Brackett of Nina B Designs called Beautiful Spring and Mother and Father.  I LOVE creating cards like todays!  You know why?  I love to add embellishments and layers.  These types of sets are just my style....literally.  I could NOT wait to get my hands on this stamp set to use my most favorite technique on:  Emboss Resist.  **I did a photo tutorial on it last week and you can find it HERE.  It was also a featured technique last week over on the Moxie Fab World Facebook page!**  I've used the sketch below for my card today.

The Craft's Meow, in celebration of their Birthday during this week, is having daily challenges!  Today's challenge is to use the following sketch by Amy Tsuruta.  For complete rules on the challenge(s), please check out TCM blog for details.  There will also be prizes daily so leave those comments for your chance to win that days featured stamp sets!  The deadline to leave those comments is 9:00pm PDT, Friday, March 23rd.

Please stop by again tomorrow for more from The Craft's Meow Birthday Bash!!!

 

{MOTHER}

Stamps:  Beautiful Spring, Mother and Father (The Craft's Meow)

Paper:  SS White (PTI)

Ink:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Spun Sugar, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Antique Linen Distress Inks (Ranger), Versamark

Dies:  Flags and Tags (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder (SU), Janome Sew Mini, White Filigree Embossing Powder, Foam Tape, Pearls