Card Patterns Sketch 113

Today's card is for this week's Card Patterns sketch. And our sponsor is one of my favorite stamp companies, Layers of Color Art Stamps. I used one of the prizes LOC is offering, Embroidered Butterfly, on my card. I colored it with Copics. The papers are Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden.

I hope you can play along and be entered to win a fabulous prize package from Layers of Color Art Stamps. The colors were inspired by The Shabby Tea Room.

The Craft's Meow's May 2011 Release

Thank you all for your kind comments about my new venture with The Craft's Meow. I sure enjoyed designing these and I hope you enjoy using them! Here are the stamps:

Happiness Is... (card samples HERE)

Fly Free (card samples HERE)

Butterfly Kisses (card samples HERE)

Simply Delightful (card samples HERE)

Butterfly Kisses Blog Hop

Welcome to Release Day with The Craft's Meow! I hope you have enjoyed the previews. Aren't I blessed to have such a great group of talented ladies showcasing my stamp designs? They are a treasure for any stamp designer and I get to be theirs through TCM! What a treat for me.

But, before anything else, I just want to note that the Fly Free set from yesterday's post was inspired by no other than Sarah Martina. The brilliant open birdcage with butterflies was her idea and I just merely interpreted it with my pen. She deserves all the credit for that beautiful concept!

Today is a hop with more prizes up for grabs. You should have come from The Craft's Meow's blog. If not, you should begin there to get all the details for the hop.

The Butterfly Kisses set, as I have already mentioned, was inspired by my girls. The fairy is a silhouette of my youngest, who had hair just like this when she was 3. My middle child is a big fan of Tinker Bell, so she was so tickled when I showed her this little fairy. And my oldest helped with the sentiments. And all three love to blow on these dandelions. So, they're having a ball now as these weeds are everywhere.

Butterfly Kisses coordinates with Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime collection.

Here's my 2nd card using the butterfly image.

Sarah Martina has created a fabulous kit using these papers and stamps together as well. You will want to check it out, along with the new stamps on The Craft's Meow's blog.

These are today's prizes. You can find the details of the giveaways on The Craft's Meow's blog:

1. Butterfly Kisses stamp set (being showcased today)
2. Lush 2 Turquoise Prize Package from My Mind's Eye!!! Includes one each of the patterned and flocked papers shown, plus all the accessories! Thanks again Nick!
3. Sarah's Butterfly Kisses Card Kit

Once again, the prizes will be awarded based on random drawing from the comments left on THREE of the Team blogs listed below! You won't know whose blog has the prize... neither do I, actually, until I draw from a hat...so you'll want to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win. But please play fair... only ONE comment per blog!

You have until 11:00 pm Pacific tonight (May 1st) to make the rounds! The winners will be announced in tomorrow's post.

Now, you need to hop on to my very talented friend, Alice Wertz. I know you will not be disappointed.

Fly Free with The Craft's Meow

I hope you are enjoying the previews. We sure are enjoying showing them :-). Today, we're featuring the Fly Free stamp set. It's a small set, but is so versatile.

It comes with a birdcage image, some butterflies and three sentiments. And wait till you see Sarah Martina's card kit that uses it. Wow, pure gorgeousness (but everything she makes is!)!

I decided to make a little note card using this set and Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden collection, which is what Sarah uses in her kit. Here's the front.

And the side view:

And here's a card using the My Mind's Eye Stella Rose papers:

Now, you're wondering what the prizes are for today's previews:

1. Fly Free stamp set (being showcased today)!!!
2. Lush 2 Orange Prize Package from My Mind's Eye!!! Includes one each of the patterned and flocked papers shown, plus all the accessories!!! Thanks again Nick!!!
3. Sarah's Fly Free Card Kit!!!
   

Once again, the prizes will be awarded based on random drawing from the comments left on THREE of the Team blogs listed below! You won't know whose blog has the prize... neither do I, actually, until I draw from a hat...so you'll want to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win. But please play fair... only ONE comment per blog!

You have until 11:00 pm Pacific tonight (April 30th) to make the rounds! The winners will be announced in tomorrow's post on The Craft's Meow Blog.

So off you go! Enjoy your first looks at Fly Free!!! Simply click on the links to be taken to the blogs to see the featured projects.

The Craft's Meow Blog

Amy Tsuruta

Debbie Pamment

Heather Jensen (on the TCM's blog)

Ivana Camdzic

Jean Martin

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein

Sarah Martina Parker

And, of course, another way to win is to Like our Facebook Page by April 30th! A set of the four stamp sets being released May 1st are up for grabs for every 100 Likes!

See you tomorrow for the release and blog hop!!! And a look at the fourth and final stamp set... one that was inspired by my girls!

Happiness Is...

Welcome to the second day of previews of The Craft's Meow's new stamps, available for purchase on May 1st. Today, the TCM team is showcasing the Happiness Is set. I had so much fun drawing these images. The set includes line art (perfect for Copic lovers) and solid images. It also has two bee images. They're little, but they took me more time to draw than the flowers. There are several phrases that will allow you to make 4 sentiments.

Here is my first card using the solid images. The papers are again Stella Rose by My Mind's Eye.

For my second card, I decided to use the line art and practice my coloring with Copics.

Just like yesterday, there are prizes up for grabs:

1. Happiness is... stamp set
2. Prize Package donated by My Mind's Eye from the Lush 2 Turquoise Collection!!! Includes one each of the patterned and flocked papers shown, plus all the accessories!!! Thank you Nick!!!
3. Maya Road The Sweetest Days Shadowbox Kit!!!

Once again, the prizes will be awarded based on random drawing from the comments left on THREE of the Team blogs listed below! You won't know whose blog has the prize... neither do I, actually, until I draw from a hat...so you'll want to leave a comment on each blog for more chances to win. But please play fair... only ONE comment per blog!

You have until 11:00 pm Pacific tonight (April 29th) to make the rounds! The winners will be announced in tomorrow's post.

Here's the TCM DTs' links for more card samples and a chance to win!

The Craft's Meow Blog

Amy Tsuruta

Debbie Pamment

Heather Jensen

Ivana Camdzic

Jean Martin

Kim Yu

Lindsay Amrhein

Sarah Martina Parker

For more chances to win, make sure you become a fan of The Craft's Meow's Facebook page. TCM will give away all 4 new sets per 100 fans!