And the Winners Are....

Okay, here we go! The post you've all been waiting for! The winners of a stamp set of choice randomly drawn from all comments made on Claire's Blog Waltz post is Ren-Yi!!!

And the winner of a stamp set of choice randomly drawn from all comments made on Julia's Blog Waltz post is Antje!!!

Congratulations ladies! Please email Claire (claire.brennan1@ntlworld.com) your selection and address and she'll post your prize when she returns from vacation. I believe shipping will resume on August 16th. Thanks for your patience!

Speaking of which, I'll do my best to keep you entertained while Claire is gone. Although I'm no substitute, I may be able to help you if you have a question, so please email me at TheCraftsMeow@gmail.com if you need an ear before Claire returns.

In the meantime, we wish Claire a wonderfully relaxing holiday with her family, and safe travels. She totally needs and deserves this break!!

August New Release _______________ Part 2

Hey everyone! Sorry I'm lagging a bit this week in posting. I've got the "summer thing" going on, which seems to be the case for all of us these days!

It's going to be worth the wait when you see the rest of the line-up from this week's release. Talk about FABULICIOUS!!! Or should I say spook-a-licious?

by Julia

by Laurie

by Lynn

by Mona

Wow! Claire and I are constantly in awe of the talent and unique styles of each of our design team ladies! Let's just say that Claire makes it easy with her AMAZING and totally creative images!

The poll to name our monthly new release "round-ups" remains open until 11:59 pm Eastern tomorrow night (Saturday July 31), so please vote! It's a close race!

I'll be back soon with the winners from the Blog Waltz!

...vacation

Just a quick heads up regarding the Store. We'll be doing a last minute roundup of orders at 9am (our time) on Friday 30th July, after we have shipped those orders, there will be no more orders processed until we come back. Our apologies for any inconvenience this might cause, hopefully our FREE SHIPPING offer will help dull the pain of waiting.

Orders containing items marked backordered will not ship in the morning as we will not be able to restock until we return.

We're extending the FREE SHIPPING (orders over £50GBP) offer until we return.

The store will of course still take orders but we won't be able to ship orders or respond to emails until the 16th August.

Orders will resume shipping on Monday 16th August, and we'll be picking up emails etc at that time.

See ya later alligator!

...footering in the Forum

Just a heads up, we're footering in the Forum today! we're not done yet, so there might be a few buttons missing here and there, shouldn't be too much longer!! apologies for the inconvenience!

August New Release ______________ Part 1

Hello GHOULS!!! How do you like Wanda's Pantry and Midnight Feast???? Tantalizing, aren't they? Bwaaahahhaaahaaaa!!! Yes, our Claire has done it again! These two sets are by far the most clever Halloween stamp sets I've ever seen... and as Claire and the design team ladies have shown, the possibilities with these two sets are endless! Throw in Halloween Party from last year's releases, and you are all set for every sort of Halloween project... cards, gifts, decorations and even scrapbooking!

You'll see that I've left the name of this post partially blank. That's because... as some of you may recall... last month I asked for suggestions for a better name for these posts than "round-up," which is what I'd been using. I'm delighted to say that many of you pitched some ideas, so we decided to make a bit of a competition of it!

I've deleted all of the comments to that particular post (but kept a copy, of course). Claire and I and the design team ladies have narrowed the suggestions to five. You will find them in the poll on our sidebar (to the right). Please vote for the one you like best. Not only will that become the new name of our "round-ups," but the lady who suggested the winning name will win a stamp set of choice! How does that sound?

The poll will remain open until Saturday night (July 31) at 11:59 pm Eastern. We'll announce the winner on Sunday, hopefully in time for Claire to mail out the prize before leaving for vacation. I can't promise that, but we'll keep our fingers crossed.

In the meantime, FEAST your eyes on these spook-a-licious creations!

by Anya Shrier

by Belinda Chang Langner

by Bonnie Sharp

by Claire herself

by Jennifer Holmes

by yours truly (Lisa Hjulberg)

Come back tomorrow for Part 2! Don't forget to Vote!!!