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Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Craft's Meow's February 2013 Release Hop

Welcome to The Craft's Meow's February Release Blog Hop. Thank you for joining us today. If you came from our Guest for this month, Lynn, then you're at the right spot. To see the full list, make sure you visit the TCM blog. I have 2 cards for you today using my two designs being released today, Baby Shelf and Soaring High, this month's Free set with $50 purchase!

My first uses Baby Shelf set, which coordinates with Beautiful Shelf. It uses one of my Polaroid frames that I shared earlier. I stamped and fussy cut the lamp and put against the "wall" and adorned it with some Want2Scrap heart bling. The bear is actually felt.
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I've always wanted to stamp on felt, so now I have to show you something I learned when doing this. I found that the best inks for this is pigment. You can see the comparison on the crispness of the stamped image using dye ink Memento on the left and the Pigment Versafine on the right. Both inks are by Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts.
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I love the added "fuzziness" of the felt for the teddy bear. The banner is placed there to provide balance. The pearls are by Want2Scrap and paper by Authentique.
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My second card uses my Soaring High stamp set. This is a little bit more formal and elegant. I had to pair the image and sentiment with Spellbinders' new Brackett Borders One dies.
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Here's a close up...don't you just love how perfectly the bird, sentiment and die cut border fit together? :)
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The Craft's Meow is giving away the 5 new sets. Readers will be eligible to win all 5 new sets.
  Participants are not required to leave comments on each blog, but they have a better chance to win because TCM will randomly draw a name from one of our blogs for a winner.
Your next stop is my friend -->> Sharri<<--. 
Before you go, I also want to let you know that the NinaB Designs blog hop is going on till tonight! There are two prize packages up for grabs!
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42 comments:

  1. Sweet baby card & I love your sympathy card!

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  2. Gorgeous cards, Nina - love the sympathy one!
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  3. Beautiful cards - can you say a sympathy card is beautiful? It is anyway. Thanks for the tip with the felt - I thought it was flocking of some sort until a kept reading. Great idea. Teddies should be fuzzy. Thanks.

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  4. Nina,

    I want to make some felt teddies now. Great idea. Sympathy card is very elegant and appropriate, dove is perfect for this kind of card.

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  5. Both cards are so nice; but I love the second one with that pretty border!

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  6. the cards are gorgeous! Love the felt teddy idea! Take care!

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  7. Both cards are so beautifully crafted, love the bear card design and the second is so pretty with the border!!

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  8. These are so beautiful! I really love that gorgeous yellow and white card!

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  9. Gorgeous cards. Love how the teddy sits in the "window" of the first card.

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  10. Your cards are just beautiful. You have designed some really wonderful stamp sets.

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  11. I love them both. So very pretty. Wonderful job on your details.

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  12. Always an inspiration. Beautiful cards and designs. Thanks

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  13. I love both of your cards! I like how you stamped the teddy onto felt...clever!

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  14. Wo s cute idea for th teddy and just love the colors on your other card. So pretty and sentimet.

    marg0006 at verizon dot net

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  15. The polaroid look is so cool. I really like your card.

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  16. The stitching and the banner are my favorite parts. They look great.

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  17. Very sweet baby card--I like how you stamped on felt. The second card is so elegant!

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  18. These are both lovely. Thanks for the tips on stamping on felt! The bear looks perfect on your card!

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  19. Love both cards, but the baby card with the felt teddy bear is my favorite! Never thought of stamping on felt! thanks for sharing your inspiration and creativity!

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  20. Both cards are beautiful Nina! I love your Soaring High set! TFS

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  21. Really lovely cards, as always. Cheers.

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  22. Nina, great cards. I never thought of stamping on felt before. I will have to try it.
    God bless,
    Peggy Allen

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  23. So far, these are my favorites! Stunning!

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  24. Great cards Nina! Thanks for designing these cuties!

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  26. Both of your cards are really crisp and amazing. I do love the Spellbinders borders. They finished off your card perfectly. And the pearls so perfectly aligned. Thanks for the instructions of stamping on felt. Whatever could be a more perfect use of felt than with a Teddy Bear? Great creations.

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  27. What an incredible teddy bear! This is a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!

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  28. I love the use of the photo frame! The sympathy card is just fabulous too!

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  30. Love the Baby's Shelf set but your second card is just gorgeous! And that's my favorite stamp set out of this release. The Spellbinders dies are just perfect and are now at the top of my wish list!

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  31. Love your felt bear, and the yellow you've used is sure to lift the spirits of the recipient :-)

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  32. both very lovely cards and love that felt teddy bear. So adorable for a baby card
    ColleenB.

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  33. Cute baby card, especially the little felt bear : )
    Your white and yellow card is amazing, I love it, it's just perfect : )

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  35. beautiful set of cards... love that sweet little felt teddy!!

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  36. Love your cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  37. I love your creativity! Very nice cards.

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