It's a Shore Thing from The Craft's Meow

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Today we have something a little different for you - the very first set designed for The Craft's Meow by the fabulously talented Michelle Bertuzzi. It's a fun-lovin' set called It's a Shore Thing and will be available for purchase tomorrow from The Craft's Meow Store.

To see the complete set and snippets of the other DT's work check out our blog HERE. And if you get a chance please visit all the blogs and leave comments for a chance to win this stamp set for yourself. You have until 10:00 pm Pacific (June 31st) to finish the rounds and comment. Winners will be announced tomorrow on The Craft's Meow blog. There will be three winners from three different blogs each day. AND there will be a grand prize winner on Blog Hop Day of the entire release... all five sets.

We hope you'll come back tomorrow to check out our Release Day Blog Hop featuring all the sets being released.

Until then - hope you have a purrrrrfect day!

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Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Perfect Match Release Day Blog Hop

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Are you excited - it's RELEASE DAY for the Lil Perfect Match surprise release from Tickled Pink Stamps and we are hop hop hopping along to celebrate!

You should have arrived here from the ever amazing Angela's Blog if you're already hopping - otherwise head back to the oh so talented Amy's Blog to begin at the very beginning - a very good place to start - OH NO - am humming away now - LOL.

For my couple I've paired our gorgeous new Lil Lolita Christina with her perfect match Lil Lad Eric. I made this card some time ago as I couldn't help but colour this cute couple up as soon as I received Christina from Kellie. You can't tell here but I've used my glaze pen to pop some lenses into their glasses - as a wearer of glasses myself lenses are a must have - LOL.

Now before you go on check THIS out - Kellie is offering 2 lucky TPS followers the ENTIRE set of Lil Perfect Match Stamps (one set in rubber and one set of digis) AND their matching partners - so 12 stamps in total. This is in addition to the prizes on offer for the blog hop and is to celebrate Tickled Pink Stamps reaching 900 followers on our blog - wooohooooooo. 

Now I won't hold you up - you have more gorgeous couples to check out from the rest of the Pink Ladies - and your next stop is the delectable Emma's Blog where she will blow you away I'm sure!

If you do get lost along the way here's the complete hop list - you'll find all the links on my left sidebar under the Tickled Pink Stamps logo.

Amy, Angela, Debbie {me}, Emma, Eulanda, Fran, Jane, Kellie, Kylie Crossley aka Brown, Kylie Kueter aka Blondie, Louise, Stephanne, Yani

Until next time - Think Pink

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Sending You Sunshine from The Craft's Meow

Today we are previewing TWO gorgeous new sets from The Craft's Meow which will be available for purchase June 1st. This one is Sending You Sunshine by Nina Bracket. With a cute clothe's line and wonderfully different things to hang up on it this is such a fun little set.

To see both complete sets and the other DT's work check out our blog HERE. And if you get a chance please visit all the blogs and leave comments for a chance to win this stamp set for yourself. You have until 10:00 pm Pacific (June 30th) to finish the rounds and comment. Winners will be announced tomorrow on The Craft's Meow blog. There will be three winners from three different blogs each day. AND there will be a grand prize winner on Blog Hop Day of the entire release... all five sets.

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Timeless Tags from The Craft's Meow

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So are you ready to check out our next preview for The Craft's Meow. Today we have another Nina Brackett set called Timeless Tags and they were designed to fit perfectly with the Spellbinders Grommet Tags.

Since this is a sentiment set I wanted mine to "pop" so I used black embossing powder. If you look closely I've "fussy stamped" to get the fairies face from my Pink Paislee DP in the frame - it's a subtle detail but I LOVE it! When it came to my layout I was inspired by THIS card from the ever amazing Becca Feeken.

To see the complete set and snippets of the other DT's work check out our blog HERE. And if you get a chance please visit all the blogs and leave comments for a chance to win this stamp set for yourself. You have until 10:00 pm Pacific (June 29th) to finish the rounds and comment. Winners will be announced tomorrow on The Craft's Meow blog. There will be three winners from three different blogs each day. AND there will be a grand prize winner on Blog Hop Day of the entire release... all five sets.

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Lil Perfect Match Preview Day 5

Woohooo - it's day 5 of our surprise release from Tickled Pink Stamps which means one more day and one more preview before these guys hit the shelves! Today I have Lil Lad Jock Lestat to show you - he's the perfect match for 50s Lilith - but today I decided to forgo the romance and checked out Lestat's OTHER love - CARS!!! I found this fabulous car when I googled car colouring pages.

The sentiment is also from Tickled Pink Stamps and was cut with my favourite TPS die. Now don't forget to head on over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog HERE to check out what the rest of the DT have been up too - and leave a comment for a chance to win Lestat for yourself!

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Celebrating You from The Craft's Meow

Well it's that time of the month when The Craft's Meow are previewing the latest sets of stamps that will be going on sale on June 1st. We are previewing 2 different designers this week - the always fabulous Nina Brackett and the wonderful new designer on the TCM block Michelle Bertuzzi.

Today we are previewing Nina's set called "Celebrating You" and it features some gorgeous double fuschias. These were always on of my favourite flowers growing up as I could easily strike cuttings - we had pots of fuschias all over the house - LOL. The sentiment is one of several that come with the set and I added some extra depth to the picture by layering the leaves and popping them up on 3 levels.

To see the complete set and snippets of the other DT's work check out our blog HERE. And if you get a chance please visit all the blogs and leave comments for a chance to win this stamp set for yourself. You have until 10:00 pm Pacific (June 28th) to finish the rounds and comment. Winners will be announced tomorrow on The Craft's Meow blog. There will be three winners from three different blogs each day. AND there will be a grand prize winner on Blog Hop Day of the entire release... all five sets.

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Lil Perfect Match Preview Day 3

This week at Tickled Pink Stamps we have been previewing a SURPRISE release to celebrate one year since the Lil Lolita's were first seen in the stamping world. The release is called Lil Perfect Match as the new images are perfect matches for 6 of our already popular images. If you've missed the first 2 days of previews then hop on over to our blog HERE - you won't be disappointed!!! Release day is Tuesday, 31st of May.

Today we're showcasing Lil Perfect Match Pirate Lylah who is a perfect fit for Lil Lad Pirate Frankie. I've used both here on my card but they are FABULOUS images to use on their own too. You can check out some more inspiration with this gorgeous gal on our blog HERE.

I used a fun tutorial I found on CDAC to make Frankie into a postage stamp. I had planned for Lylah to be sending a pirate love letter to Frankie but it just didn't work out - LOL. I made sure the "stamp" fit my WoJ stamp die so cutting it out was easy! I actually made 2 stamps so you may see him pop up on a letter somewhere - LOL.

As always you have a chance to win this stamp for yourself - just leave a comment on the TPS blog.

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It's Time!

I've had this fabulous rabbit called "Late" from Mo Manning (available HERE) for some time and have just been waiting for the right project to use him on! On a recent trip to my local Op Shop (Thrift Store) I found the perfect thing - this fabulous little clock AND when I took it home and popped a battery in the added bonus - IT WORKED - LOL.

I pulled it apart and covered the base with some Bo Bunny DP and then came another bonus - my new Tim Holtz weathered clock die was a perfect fit - woohooo! I printed "Late" off to fit and then popped him and some chipboard cogs onto the base before re-attaching the clock mechanism. I've take a picture of the inside of the clock as the glass on the finished clock means the details are dull.

After painting the frame white I noticed the finish wasn't the best and so I covered it with more Bo Bunny DP - which I think I prefer anyway AND it was a lot less effort than stripping the paint back! Some more cogs and it was done! Now just to figure out somewhere to put it where the ticking doesn't bother me - I HATE the sound of ticking when the house is quiet!!!

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Digital Fun With Just INKlined

When I saw THIS card by my fellow Just INKlined DT member Joyce I was fascinated by the technique she had used - it was such a fabulous yet simple idea!

When you receive an image from Just INKlined it comes in 2 formats - jpeg and png. The jpeg is complately opaque but when you hold the mouse over the png image you will see some areas are blue and some areas may be white. IF they are blue that means that part of the image is transparent and can be overlaid on some digital DP and only the lines are visible - see left. GREAT for paper piecing.

In the case of the Big Cottage (available HERE) the background is transparent but the image isn't - so when you overlay it onto a digi DP you will get a coloured background but a white image to colour in - see left. I know Joyce used photoshop to achieve this effect but I'm glad this image was already set up to be used this way as I can't use photoshop at all - LOL.

I printed out my main image on a Bearly Mine Designs DP at a reasonable size as I wanted to use it as a backdrop for one of my Mini World Magnolias. I had already re-sized the DP to fit the front of my card so I wouldn't lose the stitching detail. These Just INKlined images are gorgeous on their own but also great to use this way. Tilda looks like she's setting off for a day of shopping down on High Street. A bit if ribbon and a few flowers was all it needed to finish off.

Hmmmm - think I'm in the mood for some retail therapy myself - or maybe just some window shopping today - LOL

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Magnolia Down Under Challenge #97

This week over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we are getting into the festive spirit and our challenge is "Christmas". Is it ever too early to ink up those Christmas stamps and start building your stash?!?!?!

I decided to kick my Christmas card making off with non-traditional colours. I had this gorgeos Magnolia DP in my stash and that was my starting point. After I punched the pink lace panel I thought it was a little bright - so I overlaid a sheer white ribbon over the top to tone it down - it does have polka dots on but if you use your imagination they could be snowballs - LOL. I made a bow from the same ribbon to hang my Christmas tree charm from. I love the mini world Magnolias - you can mix them with full sized elements for some fun.

Now I admit it took me a bit to get into the Christmas mood - resorting to getting my fellow DT members to "sing" me Christmas Carols via email - I even learnt a new one in Swedish - LOL.

Here's hoping the MDUC DT manage to help get you in the mood to create for Christmas too - you can check out their AMAZING inspiration at our blog HERE.

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