Blog Hoppin' with Perfect Paper Crafting!

Hello, friends! We're having a very special blog hop this week with our friends at Perfect Paper Crafting!

The fun begins on the Perfect Paper Crafting blog, so you'll want to hop over there first.

What would a blog hop be without prizes??? Up for grabs are TWO $50 Gift Certificates, one to spend in the Perfect Paper Crafting store and one to spend in The Craft's Meow store!!! For a chance to win, take the hop and leave comments along the way, including on the store blogs. We will randomly select the winners from the store blogs, but the winner must have also commented on all the blogs in the hop.

Don't worry, there is plenty of time to complete the hop! It will stay open until Friday, November 22nd at midnight Pacific.

Perfect Paper Crafting is offering a 5% discount on their tools to our hoppers. Just enter the code meow5% at checkout to receive your discount. Click >HERE< to be taken to the Perfect Paper Crafting store.

The Craft's Meow is having a huge sale on retiring stamp sets! Prices are up to 75% off of regular retail! Click >HERE< to see all the stamp sets on sale.

Now, don't fall out of your chair... I actually made a card for the hop!

I really had fun playing with my new Perfect Paper Crafting tools! First, I used the Perfect Square to "square up" my card after simply stamping it on a piece of card stock willy nilly... I didn't have to worry whether it was perfectly straight because I had my Perfect Square to make sure of that! Then I used my Perfect Layers tool to create the mat for my image. What can I say, it's perfect! I love it! No need to worry that I might adhere the image panel crookedly on the mat! If you've never tried Perfect Layers tools, I highly recommend that you do, especially if you're like me and want your mats perfectly straight and even.

My card was made using Christmas Lantern by Clare Buswell. It's so much fun to color! Plus, I love that it looks great even without patterned paper (if I do say so myself).

Now, off you go to hop! Each blog should link to the next, but we've provided all of the links here just in case there's an unfortunate break along the way. Enjoy!

PerfectPaper Crafting & Laura Lynn 

The Craft's Meow & Lisa Hjulberg ---> You Are Here 

Jenny Gropp 

Jessica Fick  

Karen Baker 

Eva Uveunten 

Lin Brandyberry 

Sharri Seffens  

Pam Sparks 

Jennie Harper 

Deborah Nolan 

Roxie Glaza 

Jinny Newlin 

Amy Crockett 

Wendy Ramlakhan 

Larissa Heskett

Stacey Schafer

November Inspiration Blog Hop and Sale!!!

We usually have our inspiration monthly blog hop on the 7th, but we

decided to change things up a bit and share our 
design team's cards a wee bit early since things are

beginning to officially gear up for the holiday season!

We hope our projects will encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way and that you find a set or two 
that you MUST add to your own collection.

Our theme for November is….

C H R I S T MA S!

We know you're gonna love getting the holidays started!

Here's the hop order. Each blog will link
to the next, but we've included all the links in
case there's a break along the way.

Deborah Nolan
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Karen Baker
Larissa Heskett
Lin Brandyberry
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

Stacey Schafer

BEFORE YOU GO, WE'VE GOT EX C I T I N G   N E W S ! ! !

We've just started a  S A L E  on all Autumn/Fall Stamp Sets!
Click >HERE< to see them all. 

The sale ends at midnight Pacific on November 6th.

To receive a 20% discount, enter Fall20 at checkout after you've logged into PayPal.

We also have a $15 gift certificate for one lucky stamper to spend in the TCM store! 

Just make the rounds and then leave a comment on this post 

by  8:00 pm Pacific on November 6th. A random winner will be drawn from

all comments, so make sure you get your comment in!

Thanks for hopping with us and have a blessed day...

Deborah

Welcome to the October Blog Hop!

So glad to see you again here at The Craft's Meow blog!

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way, and, of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

Our theme for October is….

A U T U M N!

We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!

Here's the hop order:

Amy Crockett
Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Karen Baker
Larissa Heskett
Lin Brandyberry
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens
Stacey Schafer

We have a gift certificate for $15 waiting for one lucky
person who makes the rounds and then comes back and
leaves a comment on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific on
Wednesday, October 9th!

We also have a sale going on in the store in celebration
of World Card Making Day, which was this
past Saturday. The sale ends today at 11:59 pm Pacific, 
so hurry over to the TCM store! The code to enter
at checkout is WCMD15 to receive
15% off your total order!

And don't forget to play in the Hope You Can Cling To
challenges this month for chances to win lots of prizes! You're
also playing for a great cause! Read all about it in the
HYCCT forum.

Thanks for hopping with us! Have a blessed day!

Deborah

September Blog Hop!!!

Welcome back to The Craft's Meow blog!

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way, and, of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

For September, we're featuring...

T E C H N I Q U E S!

We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!
Here's the hop order:

Amy Crockett
Angelica Suarez
Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan
Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Karen Baker
Larissa Heskett
Lin Brandyberry
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

We want YOU to join us
by linking to your own technique card below.
We'll pick a random winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate to
The Craft's Meow, good for the purchase of any item in stock!

So all you gotta do is:

- Make a new card
(anything goes!)

- using TCM stamps.
- Then post your card online, and

- link to it here (label with your name) 

- by the deadline (8:00 p.m., Pacific, Sunday, September 15th)!

 The winner will be announced on Monday the 16th!

Enjoy!!!

Summer Blog Hop!!!

Hello and welcome back to

The Craft's Meow blog.

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way, and, of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

For August, we are celebrating...

S  U  M  M  E  R !

Although we have a summer category in our store, many of our other stamps work 
great for cards dedicated to praising the glories of the sunshine season. 
We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!

And to make it even more fun (!!!),
we want YOU to join us
by linking to your own summer card below.
We'll pick a random winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate to
The Craft's Meow, good for the purchase of any item in stock!

So all you gotta do is:

- Make a new card

- with a summer theme

- using at least one TCM stamp.

- Then post it online and

- link to it here (label with your name) 

- by the deadline (11:59 p.m., EST, Wednesday, August 14th)!

 The winner will be announced Thursday, August 15th.
If we don't hear from the winner by Wednesday, August 21st, we'll draw a new winner.

Enjoy the hop!

Amy Crockett
Angi Barrs
Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan
Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Karen Baker
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

Fabulous News!!!

Hey everyone! I'm sooooo over-the-moon excited!!! The Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To Gals are featuring The Craft's Meow stamps in their monthly Go-To Gals Designer Challenge today!!! Woot!!! Talk about a wonderful way to start my day with this wonderful surprise!!!

You can see all their fabulous creations by clicking on the links below:

Kimberly Crawford

Teri Anderson

Betsy Veldman

Laura Williams

Kim Kesti

Heather Campbell

My deepest heartfelt thanks to Kimberly, Teri, Betsy, Laura, Kim and Heather for showcasing The Craft's Meow stamps in such a special way!!!

Before you go off to hop, I want to announce the winner of all FIVE stamp sets from our July release, drawn from all comments left on Mindy Baxter's blog! And the winner is...

LISA PETRELLA!!!

Congratulations, Lisa!!! Please email your mailing address to me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com and I'll get your prize mailed right out to you! Enjoy!!!

Our July new release (and so much more) await you for your paper crafting pleasure. >>Click here<< to see what's new at The Craft's Meow! And thank you for joining us! We appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Have a GREAT day!!!

Sweet Inspiration - July Designer Blog Hop

Hello and welcome back to

The Craft's Meow blog.

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way and of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

For July, we are designing with
stamps illustrated by
Mabelle R~O

Mabelle inspires us to create with sweet characters & fun sentiments 

so our designers have some great ideas using her stamps.We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!

We appreciate the time it takes to make the rounds

on a blog hop and would love to offer a prize

for your participation.

Make the rounds to each designer's blog

{ only 16 blogs & you're already at the first! }

leave a comment before you move on

and YOU could be the lucky winner of a

stamp set of your choice.

The winner will be drawn from one of the

16 participating blogs, so make sure you say

hello at each one.

Deadline to be eligible for prize is

11:59 EST, Tuesday July 9th

 Winner will be announced Wednesday, July 10th

We are happy to have two guest designers joining
us for our July hop...
Suzanne Bier
and
Melissa Oeters

Here's who you have to look forward to:

The Craft's Meow
Amy Crockett
Angi Barrs

Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin
Julie Murray 

Lin Brandyberry
Sharri Seffens

Mabelle R-O

Melissa Oeters

Suzanne Bier

Today is also the final day to take advantage of our

20 % Off Independence Weekend Sale!

Simply enter code
July4thSale

(once you've logged into PayPal)
to get your discount
Sale ends at 11:59pm, PST
Discount applies to stock on hand
and does not apply to wholesale orders

Enjoy the hop!

Just For Him ~ June Designer Blog Hop

Hello and welcome back to

The Craft's Meow blog.

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way and of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

This month's theme is:  MASCULINE CARDS

Coming up with cards for the men in our lives
can certainly be a challenge, so we are here
to give you some great ideas using stamps
from TCM and lots of creativity from our designers.
We know you'll enjoy all the inspiration!

We appreciate the time it takes to make the rounds

on a blog hop and would love to offer a prize

for your participation.

Make the rounds to each designer's blog

{ only 14 blogs & you're already at the first! }

leave a comment before you move on

and YOU could be the lucky winner of a

stamp set of your choice.

The winner will be drawn from one of the

14 participating blogs, so make sure you say

hello at each one.

Deadline to be eligible for prize is

11:59 EST, Sunday June 9th

Winner will be announced Monday, May 10th

Here's who you have to look forward to:

The Craft's Meow
Amy Crockett
Angi Barrs

Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Jessica Fick
Jinny Newlin

Karen Baker
Lin Brandyberry
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

Our designers await your visit!

ENJOY!

Celebrating Spring with Flowers

Hello and welcome back to

The Craft's Meow blog.

Each month on the 7th, our designers get together

and create inspiration using a specific theme.

Our goal is to encourage you to use your

TCM stamps in a new way and of course,

we hope that you find a set or two that you MUST

add to your own collection.

This month's theme is:  FLOWERS

We appreciate the time it takes to make the rounds

on a blog hop and would love to offer a prize

for your participation.

Make the rounds to each designer's blog

{ only 13 blogs & you're already at the first! }

leave a comment before you move on

and YOU could be the lucky winner of a

stamp set of your choice.

The winner will be drawn from one of the

13 participating blogs, so make sure you say

hello at each one.

Deadline to be eligible for prize is

11:59 EST, Thursday May 9th

Winner will be announced Friday, May 10th

Here's who you have to look forward to:

The Craft's Meow

Clare Buswell
Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali
Jennie Harper
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Jessica Fick

Julie Ranae
Karen Baker
Lin Brandyberry
Lindsay Amrhein
Nina Brackett
Sharri Seffens

Our designers await your visit!

ENJOY!

Non-Release Blog Hop and Last Day of Sale!

Hello, friends! Our normal release day is finally here, and although we aren't having a typical release this month, we now have a new free gift with $50 purchase for you! It's called Sweet Sentiments and was showcased on our blog yesterday, in case you missed it.

Sweet Sentiments

by Nina B Designs

4 x 4

Free Gift With $50 Purchase

You can now purchase last month's free gift, Sweet Silhouettes!

Sweet Silhouettes

by Nina B Designs

4 x 4

$12

Note that the silhouettes in Sweet Silhouettes fit inside the frame in Sweet Sentiments, and that both frames are compatible with Spellbinders Labels 10.

To recap, we've been celebrating our normal release day (and TCM month-a-versary)...which is the 21st of each month...with a HUGE sale! Today is the final day of the sale. Until 11:59 pm Pacific tonight, you can take 21% off of your order by entering the code April21 at checkout! We don't normally have sales, especially sales of this size, so now's your chance! 

Orders totaling $50 or more net of the discount will receive Sweet Sentiments as a free gift. As always, orders totaling $65 or more receive free shipping in the US (discounted shipping for International customers). 

We will be back in May with our next new release! In the meantime, lots of goodness is yet to be seen on today's blog hop. We are a small hop this month... several of our designers are out due to illness or personal matters. We'll see them back next month! In the meantime, I think you'll enjoy what we have in store! The ladies played with this sketch:

The hop begins on Clare's blog and links from there. However, all the links are shown below in case there's a break along the way. 

Clare Buswell

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

Jennie Harper

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Lin Brandyberry

Nina Brackett

Now, for the BEST part! You have a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store! All you have to do is take the hop and leave comments along the way. We'll randomly select a winner from all comments left on one of the blog posts... which one is a secret. There's plenty of time... the contest runs until 8:00 pm Pacific on Tuesday, April 23rd. We'll announce the winner on Wednesday. Good luck!

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate from all comments left on yesterday's post is...

Kailash!!!

Congratulations Kailash! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com so that I can give you your gift code. Enjoy! 

Thank you so much for joining us during our non-release festivities! We know you have lots of choices about where to spend your paper crafting dollars, and we are so appreciative that you choose us. Have a great day!  

Day 4 of Our Non-Release Festivities and Sale!

Hello, friends! We're back for the 4th day of our non-release festivities, except today we have a twist! The stamp set being featured today is actually a new release, but it won't be available for purchase right away. It will become our new free gift with $50 purchase starting tomorrow!

Our HUGE sale continues, but you only have today and tomorrow to save 21% on your entire order! Just enter the code April21 at checkout to receive your discount. If you order reaches $50 or more net of the discount, you will also receive a free gift with purchase! Since you only have today and tomorrow to take advantage of our sale, to help you decide if you want to go for the current free gift with purchase, Sweet Silhouettes, or wait until tomorrow for Sweet Sentiments, I'm showing you both here!

Sweet Silhouettes

free gift with $50 purchase through April 20th

$12 for purchase starting April 21st

Sweet Sentiments

free gift with $50 purchase starting April 21st

Note that the silhouettes in Sweet Silhouettes fit the frame in Sweet Sentiments, and the frame is compatible with Spellbinders Labels 10.

Take a look at what our fabulous designers have created with this new set (many in combination with Sweet Silhouettes)!

Clare Buswell

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

Jennie Harper

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Jessica Fick

Lin Brandyberry

Nina Brackett

Sharri Seffens

Swoon!!!

Once again, we have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store to give away to one lucky person who makes the rounds and leaves a comment on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight! The winner will be announced in tomorrow's post. 

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate from all comments left on yesterday's post is...

Teresa Godines!!!

Congratulations Teresa! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com so that I can give you your gift code. Enjoy!

Thank you so much for hanging with us this week during our non-release festivities! Tomorrow is the final day, and we're hosting a blog hop with a chance for a HUGE prize... a $50 Gift Certificate to spend at The Craft's Meow!!! I hope you'll join us for the fun! 

Day 3 of our Non-Release Festivities and Sale!

Welcome back for Day 3 of our non-release festivities! In case you've missed all the fun so far, be sure to scroll down to the last two posts.

Our HUGE sale continues! From now through Sunday, April 21st, take 21% off of your entire order, including already low sale prices on retiring stamp sets, by entering the code April21 at checkout! If your order net of the discount exceeds $50, then place in your cart this month's free gift with purchase, Sweet Silhouettes! As always, orders of $65 or more receive free shipping within the US (discounted shipping for our International customers).

Today we're featuring Father's Day or Masculine cards! Once again, a feast for the eyes awaits you...

Clare Buswell
featuring Vintage Clocks and Sweet Silhouettes

Deborah Nolan
featuring Birthday Pun

Gayatri Murali
featuring Vintage Clocks

Jennie Harper
featuring Geometric Foundations

Jessica Fick
featuring Vintage Clocks

Lin Brandyberry
featuring Geometric Foundations and Birthday Pun

Nina Brackett
featuring Sweet Silhouettes

Sharri Seffens
featuring Fun{tache}tic

Once again, we have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store for one lucky person who makes the rounds and leaves a comment here on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight! The winner will be announced in tomorrow's post. Good luck!

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate, randomly drawn from all comments left on yesterday's post, is...

Emily Keaton!!!

Congratulations Emily! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com to receive your gift code. Enjoy!

Tomorrow, we'll be showcasing our one new stamp set for the month, Sweet Sentiments, which will be our new free gift with purchase starting on Sunday. I hope you'll join us!

Day Two of Our Non-Release Festivities and Sale!

Hello, friends! Welcome back! In case you've just stumbled on us, we aren't having our usual release on the 21st of this month. The reason for that is good, although I'm afraid I can't yet share what it is. In the meantime, we thought we'd go ahead and celebrate anyway by having a sale! Now through Sunday, April 21st, everything is on sale for 21% off!

Enter code

April21

at checkout to receive your 

21%

Discount!!!

This is a RARE chance to start or build your TCM stamp collection at a huge discount!!! I don't often have sales, or sales of this size. Quantities of many of our stamp sets are extremely limited while I await a huge re-stocking shipment. You might want to shop early for the best selection. :)

For today's non-previews, our designers were challenged to create a Mother's Day or an otherwise feminine card. Wowzaa, check these out!

Clare Buswell

featuring Beautiful Shelf, Vintage Clocks, Cherished and Baby Shelf

Deborah Nolan
featuring Cherished and Mother and Father

Gayatri Murali

featuring Hope Blooms and Mother and Father

Jennie Harper

featuring Stitched Flowers and Stitched Sentiments

Jennifer Cuthbertson

featuring Mother and Father

Jessica Fick

featuring Lovely Birds

Julie Ranae
featuring Hope Blooms and Cherished

Lin Brandyberry

featuring Beautiful Spring and Simply Delightful

Nina Brackett

featuring Beautiful Spring and Mother and Father

Sharri Seffens

Lovely Labels 14 and Beautiful Shelf

Once again, we have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store up for grabs for one lucky person who makes the rounds and leaves a comment here on this post by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight. We'll announce the winner in tomorrow's post. 

The winner of a $15 TCM Gift Certificate from all comments left on yesterday's post is...

VICKI!!!

Congratulations Vicki! Please email me at thecraftsmeow@gmail.com, and I'll give you the information about how to redeem your gift certificate. Enjoy!

I hope you'll join us tomorrow when we'll be back with more fun cards to share and another chance to win a $15 TCM Gift Certificate! See you then!

Welcome to Our Non-Release Festivities!

Hello, friends! Normally, we would begin previews today of the stamp sets to be released on the 21st. However, this month we're not having a release. No worries... the reason is a good one... a great one!... but it has kept me busy behind the scenes, focusing my efforts there. I was hoping to be able to announce what exactly that is today, but it isn't to be. You'll have to bear with me just a little longer.

We didn't want the lack of a release to stop us from celebrating something, so we thought about it and realized that the 21st is The Craft's Meow's month-a-versary! LOL! The 21st is, of course, also our normal monthly release day. Sooooo for a limited time we are offering a 21% discount off of everything in the store!!! That's right, everything! (The sale lasts through 11:59 pm Pacific on April 21st.)

Enter code

April21

at checkout to receive your 

21%

Discount!!!

This is a RARE chance to start or build your TCM stamp collection at a huge discount!!! I don't often have sales, or sales of this size. Quantities of many of our stamp sets are extremely limited while I await a huge re-stocking shipment. You might want to shop early for the best selection. :)

So, what we're going to do is share cards/projects with you every day through April 21st, just as if we're having our normal previews and new release blog hop. But instead of introducing you to new stamp sets, we'll be looking at some of the older, but not forgotten. Actually, I'm fibbing a little. We will have a new stamp set released on April 21st as our new free gift with purchase. That stamp set will be showcased on the 20th. You can still get Sweet Silhouettes as your free gift with $50 purchase (net of discount) through the 20th, or purchase a set starting April 21st.

So, on with the show! Our fabulously talented designers were challenged to create a card for a child for today's post. After seeing what they came up with, it's clear that Vintage Rides is a favorite! :)

Clare Buswell

featuring Baby Shelf, Sweet Birthday

and Lovely Labels 18

Deborah Nolan

Gayatri Murali

featuring Vintage Rides

Jennie Harper

featuring Birthday Pun

Jennifer Cuthbertson

featuring Vintage Rides

Jessica Fick

featuring Vintage Rides and Love Dwells Here

and featuring Life is a Carnival

Lin Brandyberry

featuring Baby Shelf and Santa's Little Helper

Nina Brackett

featuring Sweet Birthday

Sharri Seffens

featuring Vintage Rides

What would a celebration be without a prize?! We have a $15 Gift Certificate to spend in The Craft's Meow store up for grabs. For a chance to win, just make the rounds and leave my ladies some love, and then come back and leave a comment here by 8:00 pm Pacific tonight. We'll announce the winner in tomorrow's post. Good luck!

Please join us tomorrow when we showcase more stamp sets from the past and for another chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate!