Holly Boots - TTCRD inspiration, Scribble Sticks watercolour with embossing

This is my latest design team inspiration for the Through the Craft Room challenge for the week of 21-27 November. This week's sponsor is Pickled Potpourri.

Pickled Potpourri Designs offers high-quality digital stamps, downloads and printables. Featuring old favorites from The Angel Company (TAC), as well as new, original designs, you'll find a potpourri of images in a wide range of styles to enhance your papercrafting, scrapbooking and other artsy projects at Pickled Potpourri!

Come join us in the challenge! 

Joyeux Anniversaire - die cut his and hers birthday cards in French

Birthday cards, in French, using the same die cut but one feminine and the other masculine.

These card use a die cut from Memory box, glittered cardstock, and foiled paper.

Frosty Fox - watercolour pencil and stenciling on patterned paper

To me, on a blustery winter day, a cup of hot cocoa or hot coffee is like a hug, warm and cuddly.

This card features a digital image and stencil from Craftin' Desert Divas, paper by Doodlebug, embossing, embossing paste, Perfect Pearls, and even some washi tape.

Cocoa Mouse - watercolour pencil

Mug o' Mouse, hot cocoa is wonderful on a frosty day, perfect for a winter birthday.

This card features a House Mouse and Friends image coloured with watercolour pencil, background paper ny Doodlebug matted with Glitter Silk, and sentiments from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Ho Ho Ho - Distress Ink watercolour and glittering with a stencil

A jolly elf in a red suit with his furry friend, Ho Ho Ho, this card features stamp sets by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Distress ink watercolouring, a stencil from Simon Says Stamp glittered with silk microfine glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs, a cabin in the North Pole, and an embossed sentiment! Tis the season to be Jolly! Fa-la-la!

Follow the Path - stamp layering

Autumn is a time of wonderful colours. Some of my favourites are from the maples along with the whirly seeds. Even as an adult, when I see those seeds on the ground and after quickly looking around to see no one is watching, I pick them up and toss them into the air to see them whirl around as they fall.

Winter Bags - die cut small gift bags

Two small gift bags with a wintery theme, snowflakes, winter wishes, and hot cocoa. The small bags are idea for a couple packets of hot chocolate and/or a few special treats.

The bags are made using a Craftin' Desert Divas die, Stampin' Up glassine paper, glitter paper snowflakes, and sentiments and bear from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Love One Another Calendar Tag - Distress Oxide and embossing resist.

My project today is a calendar added to a tag to hang in a small space with a friendly sentiment and 1960s feel. This project features a Unity stamp, emboss resist, and Distress Oxides.

Thank you - embossing and Perfect Pearls stamping

Can't ever have too many thank you cards on hand. I really love the Thank You background and this big scrolly Thank You. They work so well together. Enhanced by embossing and Perfect Pearls for a lovely Autumn coloured thank you.

Magic of Christmas - die cuts, embossing, watercolour

The warmth of family, peace, love, and joy are all the magic of Christmas.

This card features stamps by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, die cuts, embossing, and a touch of watercolour painting with Finetec micas.

Celebrate! Through the Craft Room Door 3rd Annual Celebration Blog hop! - single layer card with a digi

Through the Craft Room Door 3rd Annual Celebration Blog hop!

This month is our Celebration Month and today we are starting our 3rd Annual Celebration Blog Hop filled with awesome inspiration and sponsor prizes.

The image I am using is “Celebrate” (mp152-DS4J) which is one of the prizes from our Sponsor DigiStamps4Joy.

WE HAVE 9 SPONSORS THIS YEARS OFFERING GREAT PRIZES!

• Bugaboo Stamps (One Prize of $12.00 store voucher) https://bugaboostamps.com/
• Crafty Sentiments (One Prize of a Choice of 3 images from the store) http://craftysentimentsinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/
• DigiStamps4Joy (Three Prizes of 1 Selected image) http://digistamps4joy.co.za/eshop/
• Lacy Sunshine  (Two Prizes of 1 Selected image) https://lacysunshine.weebly.com/
• Wink Wink Ink (One Prize a of a $15.00 store voucher) https://www.etsy.com/shop/WinkWinkInk
• MHKDesigns (One Prize of 1 Selected Image set) https://www.etsy.com/shop/MHKDesigns
• SheepSki Designs (One Prize of 1 Selected image) https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheepSkiDesigns
• Unity Stamps (Prize: Three $20.00 vouchers to store) https://www.unitystampco.com/

Each stop on the blog hop showcases the sponsors and the great prizes. Make sure you leave comments on all the blogs for a chance at the prizes! Winners will be announced December 1st, 2017

Next stop on this hop is Cicci …

Scroll down for the rest of the hop, if you want to start at the top or if you missed anyone.

Ten Gallon Ted - Through the Craftroom Door, Lacy Sunshine, watercolour pencil

Hey there, Buckaroo!

The adorable Ten Gallon Ted Cactus, by Lacy Sunshine, is the focus of my inspiration card for this week's Through the Craftroom Door's "Anything Goes" challenge. Lacy Sunshine is our wonderful sponsor this week.

Heather valentin is a lady who breathed art her entire life. She was drawing as soon as she could hold a crayons . Guided by her farther. She found her truest joy in drawing and painting, in a BA in arts. Heather made her way in th world by creating original drawings and installations for various global companies / corporations for advertisement and display purposes .
Heather's true love has always been creating her original copyrighted characters and sharing them with her appreciative public. Her beloved characters are recognizable worldwide her signature eyes, and drawing style mostly featuring mismatched clothing and characters from days gone by. Making people smile with her art is heather's greatest joy.

The Through the Craftroom Door challenge is from 7 Nov to 13 Nov and the prize is 3 digital images from Lacy Sunshine.

Naughty or Nice - waterclour pencil on a plane, Distress Crayon blending

Do witches have to worry about Bird strike?

This card features a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps image, watercolour pencil coloring while in transit on an airplane, and Distress Crayon ink blending.

Seraphina - Sheepski Designs inspiration, watercolour on vellum and Distress Oxide on canvas

Sheepski Designs' Seraphina's Heart is featured as a magical wyvern carrying a wand through the sky trailing magic dust. You can't tame the spirit of someone who has magic in their veins.

My creation is my November inspiration for the Sheepski Design challenge blog. The theme this month is "Show us your Wings". Come play along with us!

SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog

SheepSki Designs Etsy shop

SheepSki Designs FaceBook group


My project features watercolour on vellum on canvas coloured with Distress Oxide, Perfect Pearls, and Glimmer Mist.