TCM March Release Hop

***To see the list of winners from the Nina B Designs' 1st blog hop, please scroll down below or go HERE.***

Hi, friends. Have you enjoyed the previews? It's been a great time for The Craft's Meow's 1st Birthday Celebrations. Thank you for sharing this special event with us. The party isn't over yet. There are still challenges and prizes to be won, so make sure you check out The Craft's Meow's blog for more info. If you came here from Michelle's blog, then you are on the right order of the hop. If not, feel free to check out the hop list on the The Craft's Meow's blog.

I have two cards to show you today and they are my favorites for this release. I did a unique layout and used my Want2Scrap Borders and Corners bling! For my first card, I colored the butterfly from Beautiful Spring with Copic markers to match  the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline papers.

The doily die cut is one of my Spellbinders designs, Moroccan Accents dies. The sentiment is from the Cherished set.

You can see the fancy flourish bling here up close. I just love these!

My second card uses the same layout, same patterned paper collection, and the same Beautiful Spring set. The sentiment, however, is from Timeless Tags.

The big flower is also colored with Copics. And here's the bling up close and personal.

I am the last stop in the hop. I hope you have enjoyed it and found many inspirations. Don't forget to check out The Craft's Meow's blog for more info on the prizes, challenges and the free stamp set with purchase to celebrate TCM's first birthday! Thanks for your visit!

NinaB Designs 1st Blog Hop Winners!

Thank you all for joining me in our very first Nina B Designs Dream Team Blog Hop. I am glad you enjoyed the parade of projects shown by the team and inspired you one way or another. We sure did have fun making and showing them to you!

Now the moment you've been waiting for...the WINNERS!

Spellbinders' Layered Flowers from Mona's blog...Chris - Creations in Bloom
SB Aster Flower dies from Linda's blog...Payne Holler Cards
SB Bauble Blossoms #1 dies from Beate's blog...Jan Garber
SB Bauble Blossoms #2 dies from Julie's blog...Nicole
SB Classic Decorative Inserts #1 dies from my blog...Miriam Prantner
The Craft's Meow's Timeless Tags stamps from Vio's blog...Michelle
TCM Sending You Sunshine stamps from Clare's blog...Marsha
TCM Lovely Birds stamps from Heather's blog...tonya
TCM It's a Banner Day stamps from Lea's blog...Debby
TCM Fruity for You stamps from Jennie's blog...marose6
Want2Scrap Borders and Corners bling from Beatriz' blog...Pendra

Winners, congratulations and may I ask you to do two things:

1. Please leave me a comment below, so I can know you read this post and that you are the right one picked for the draw. 
2.  Please email me via tab (Disclosure and Contact info) above, to claim your prizes. Put "NinaB Designs' 1st blog hop winner - Designers' blog" in your subject line, with "Designer" referring to the blog you were picked from the list above. It's much appreciated, so your emails won't be lost in my overflowing inbox :).

Thank you for playing along and for your wonderful encouragement! We will have another blog hop in April. Stay tuned for more info! Finally, there is another Want2Scrap giveaway on my Nina B Designs Facebook page that is still going on now. I will pick the winner tomorrow on FB.

TCM Previews: Thanks Bee to Thee

Welcome to day 4 of The Craft's Meow's 1st Birthday Celebrations. Today's stamp set called Thanks Bee to Thee is truly special because it's the very first Free with Purchase set that TCM is offering. I designed this set that will allow you to customize your background/border with the very trendy honeycomb design.

Thanks Bee to Thee has a border and different images that you can stamp inside the honeycombs. I created a card set for you today. I picked the colors to match the twine I have available :).

 

Here are closeups of two of these cards. I picked some punny sentiments that cover many occasions.

I colored the inside of the wings with Copic markers. Notice the embossed background? That's Spellbinders' new So Trendy M-Bossabilities. It's much prettier in real life.

There will be prizes and other fun stuff going on as we celebrate TCM's birthday. Make sure you check out The Craft's Meow's Blog for more information on giveaways and more info about today's Birthday Celebration challenge! The prize is something you really want to win! :)

TCM Previews: Cherished

Welcome to the second day of The Craft's Meow's 1st Birthday Celebrations.I hope you enjoyed yesterday's challenge and project inspirations from the TCM crew. Today, we're showcasing another set by me called Cherished. This set includes a vintage collage with a hydrangea image as the focal point.

For my card, I colored the flower with Copics and mounted it with foam dots. The papers are again My Mind's Eye. The solid butterfly is from Beautiful Spring, which we previewed yesterday. I kind of went crazy with the layout. I kept adding elements to create balance, but it was fun to try something new. :)

I included several words that represent some key women in our lives: mom, aunt, sister, etc. This is not only useful for the upcoming Mother's Day, but for any occasion that celebrates these cherished ladies. I am blessed enough to have many precious ladies who deserve to be celebrated every day!

There will be prizes and other fun stuff going on as we celebrate TCM's birthday. Make sure you check out The Craft's Meow's Blog for more information on giveaways and more info about today's Inspiration challenge! Thanks for your visit!

TCM Previews: Beautiful Spring, Mother & Father

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's FIRST Birthday Celebration! We have lots of new and exciting things the next few days and I hope you can celebrate along with us.

I'm so glad you can join us today as The Craft's Meow's team previews two of my sets for March, Beautiful Spring and Mother and Father. Happy Spring is perfect for those who love to color. But even for those who don't, there are solid images in the set. I love to color, but don't always have the time to invest, so the solid images come in handy. Mother and Father is a sentiment set that honors our beloved parents, just in time for the upcoming Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrations.

For my first card, I stamped and colored the butterfly from Beautiful Spring with Copic markers in two hues. I did this previously on another butterfly and I received inquiries about how I did that. I'm no Copic expert (haven't had the opportunity to take a class since they don't come to Croatia :), but I will do a tutorial on this on a future post. The sentiments are from Mother and Father.

The lovely papers are My Mind's Eye. I stamped the line art flower image on the patterned paper. I die cut that border lace using Spellbinder dies. The gorgeous flourish bling is by Want2Scrap.

My second card is inspired by today's challenge, which is to create a card following this sketch, created by our very own Amy Tsuruta:

And here's my interpretation, using both Beautiful Spring and Mother and Father sets.I colored the flower and leaves with Copics. The papers are again My Mind's Eye.

Don't you just love that bling? I can't get enough of Want2Scrap products!

We have tons of new exciting things going on with TCM, including some new members of the team. Please welcome these talented ladies with us:

Karen Baker (new illustrator)

Amy Wanford  (new DT member)

Jackie Rockwell  (new DT member)

Jen Cuthbertson (new DT member)

Amy Kolling (Guest DT for March)

Deborah Nolan  (Guest DT for March)

Of course, there will be prizes and other fun stuff going on as we celebrate TCM's birthday. Make sure you check out The Craft's Meow's Blog for more information on giveaways and more info about the challenges! Thanks for your visit!