The Craft's Meow May Release Blog Hop

Welcome to The Craft's Meow May Release Blog Hop, you should have arrived here from Angi's Blog. Today the DT are featuring the new Chalkboard Birthday stamp set, this set is the free gift with $50 purchase. I also used the motif stamp from Beautiful Hymns Two on my first card. I do love the chalkboard effect so I really love this set, it really makes it easy!

I stamped the sentiment using VersaMark ink and heat embossed in white onto some Core'dinations cardstock. I added some subtle pastel color to the embossing using blending chalks. The outlines and ruled lines I added with a white pencil, I also rubbed the edges and surface with a white pigment ink pad to achieve the chalkboard effect.

Cardstock is from the Adirondack Collection from Core'dinations and I embossed the turquoise cardstock using Embossalicious Petite Dot from Crafter's Companion. The Caribbean Twine is from SRM Stickers.

On my second card I used the new Chalkboard Birthday stamp set and the flower stamp from Side by Side. Cardstock is from Core Essentials Cardstock Brights and I lightly sanded the edges and surface using the Sand-It Gadget. The turquoise cardstock is embossed using the Chevron Ebossalicious embossing folder from Crafter's Companion.

If you haven't tried the chalkboard effect yet this stamp set is the perfect place to start, all the work is done for you.

Next up on the hop is the talented Deborah Nolan, you can visit The Craft's Meow blog to see the full list of participants today.

There's a chance to WIN all 5 new stamp sets by leaving a comment on each of the designer's blogs by 9:00pm Thursday May 23rd. Good luck! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

The Craft's Meow - May Release Previews Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of The Craft's Meow May release previews. Today the team are previewing the stamp set - Let's Face It by NinaB Designs. This is such a fun set, it's packed full of great mix and match elements. There's this lovely lady, with lots of different glasses to choose from, there's also masculine options too, as well as speech and thought bubbles not to mention all 11 sentiments!

I paper pieced the scarf with some patterned paper and to add some shimmer I heat embossed her glasses with gold embossing powder! I love how you can personalize each face, I colored my lady with Disress Markers. The saddle stitch grosgrain ribbon is from Craft Fairy.

Remember to leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning a stamp set, the deadline to leave comments is 9pm PST. Don't forget to visit The Craft's Meow blog to see all the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team. I'll be back tomorrow with another card or two for the new release blog hop! See you then! : )

The Craft's Meow - May Release Previews Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of The Craft's Meow May release previews. Today the team are previewing the stamp set - Side by Side designed by Karen Baker. This set includes thirteen sentiment elements and three fabulous flower motifs. My first card also includes the humming bird from yesterday's set Wildflowers.

I had so much fun stamping these flowers, I colored them with Distress Markers and cut them out. I love this beautiful sentiment.

I just had to add the hummingbird from the Wildflowers set, I just love how it brings the whole scene to life.

For my second card I used the same flower stamps from Side by Side but used them to create a patterned paper.

I used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to stamp the flowers and colored with Distress Markers.

I die cut a label and used the negative from the remaining patterned paper that I created. I used foam pads to add dimension and I added my sentiment to the center.

Remember to leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning a stamp set, the deadline to leave comments is 9pm PST. Don't forget to visit The Craft's Meow blog to see all the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team. I'll be back tomorrow with another card for day 4 of previews!