Feed Your Soul - TTCRD, foiled embossing

A new challenge on the Through the Craftroom Door blog! Today's sponsor is TTCRD with a gift card for the winner.

For my project, I had food on my mind when I embossed and foiled a cutlery background stamp from Hero Arts, a cloche die from Spellbinders, and foody sentiments from Impression Obsession on a background paper from Hero Arts.

Holly Cherub - Sheepski Designs, alcohol marker

July is here and hot in the northern hemisphere. Let's bring in some of the winter cool with Christmas/Winter in July! This month's challenge for Sheepski Design blog is Winter/Christmas. My card features the Holly Angel with golden filigree and sentiment.

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Drama Llama - die cut colouring, watercolouring with ink

The March Krafty Klub from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps included one of the stamp sets that will be released on Saturday. Llamas! I paired one of the llamas with a die cut from Hero Arts, coloured both with Krafty Kolor inks, and added some Nuvo drop accents.

Believe - mixed media

This project started with me just playing with stuff at a Crafternoon with a friend and evolved into a magical scene using stencilling, Marabu shimmer sprays, Nuvo Mica Mist, Prismacolor pencils, Finetec mica watercolour painting, embossing, stamping from Hero Arts and Lavinia, and other elements for a mixed media wall hanging.

Handy Thanks - Zig marker

Thanks for all the handy things you do! My masculine card features stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie and a sentiment die from Hero Arts. The stamped image is coloured with Zig Clean Colour markers.

Butterfly Thanks - gel plate with stencil, oxides on glossy photo paper, die cuts

A mix of techniques was used to create this colourful thank you card featuring dies from Sizzix, Hero Arts, and Stampin' Up.

Wishes - watercolour pencil, embossing, die cuts

Wishes for your birthday! Featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp coloured with Nuvo watercolour pencil, an emboss and cut embossing folder from DoCrafts, and die cuts from Hero Arts and Impression Obsession.

Wine - Through the Craftroom Door, watercolour pencil

Cheers! A bottle of wine looking for some lonely cheese, my card features a digi from Sparkle n Sprinkle with Nuvo watercolour pencils on a Spellbinders embossed background.

This week Through the Craftroom Door has two sponsors. The second sponsor this week is Sparkle n Sprinkle and the prize is a $15 gift certificate!

Our products are not only hand-blended, hand-pressed, and hand-packaged in the United States, but our glitters, embossing powders, and flockings are also MANUFACTURED in The United States (not imported).

Sparkle N Sprinkle supports local manufacturers who make quality products using healthy,  environmentally-safe ingredients and fair labor practices. We hope that our loyal customers appreciate our efforts.

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Fin-tastic Birthday - watercolour pencil, die cutting

Hello! My card today features a mermaid surrounded by bubbles as a Fin-tastic birthday card.

Tea-riffic - shaker, die cutting

How about a nice cup of tea, or a nice shaker with a tea-riffic message? My card features a stamp, die, and shaker combo from Jillibean Soup accented with dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs and Hero Arts along with Prima Marketing paper.

Dew Drop Inn - Through the Craftroom door, watercolour, stencil, inside shadow box

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door's blog challenge is Pattie's Creations. The random draw prize is 3 images.

I am an Artist and Internet Technology Specialist. I have created my very own character and her best friend, her name is Pattieboop and her best friend is a very petite CAT named Allie. I love to draw and create my own digital images to use while crafting. My digital images that you find here are mine and I want to start sharing them with you. I am applying a small fee for my images and I know you will just love them.

My project is a square card with an inside shadow box that folds flat for mailing. I coloured the adorable Dew Drop Inn with Nuvo watercolour pencils and embellished it with die cuts from Hero Arts and CC Designs, stamps from Hero Arts, and stencils from Elizabeth Craft Designs, Stencil Girl, and FolkArt.

Book Kitty - stenciling, vintage buttons, single layer

Reading under a tree is the perfect Spring or Summer day for me. Newton's taking a nap with his book. My card features Newton Nook stamps, a stencil from the May My Monthly Hero from Hero Arts, Distress inks, and vintage buttons!

Cat Nap - Sheepski Designs, window card with stencilling

How fast and April is here! The Sheepski Design blog challenge for this month is Animal Magic. What's more magical than a kitty sleeping in a sunbeam.

For my card, I used the Sheepski Design Cat Nap on a window card with stencilling which is visible on the inside as well.

Love you - Resist technique, #MyMonthlyHero

All in the name of love, resist-ance is not futile. It can make some really pretty cards.

I fashioned this Valentine card using the emboss resist technique, a background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, and the January 2018 My Monthly Hero kit.

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Love Story - Sheepski Designs, Prismacolour pencils

The challenge for this February on Sheepski Designs challenge blog is Red, Hearts, Romance, and/or Love. My inspiration piece combines Fantasy Romance with all of those. Come join us with the challenge.

Fantasy Romance depicts an elven couple in a loving embrace. The alternate image, included in the download, added wings to the male.

I coloured the image with PrismaColor pencils and used an Umbrella Craft die to create a scalloped heart window to frame them with a heart-filled paper.

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Nixie - Through the Craftroom Door inspiration, Prismacolor pencil and Mixed Media

This week the sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Oddball Art!

Artist, Poet, Fruitarian............. Lizzy Love is a perfect combination of sweet and sour that glitters up the grunge! Easily lose yourself in her artistic realm of sometimes spooky but always delightfully cute, big eyed waifs and their animal friends. Lizzy’s whimsical, one of a kind dream world is easily recognizable by her signature style of creepy yet cute, all the way from the haunting darkness to the rainbowtastic, her original creations are lovingly sprinkled with a heartbreaking sweetness. Though she is completely enthralled by her Twinkling watercolors right now, Lizzy employs many different mediums when she creates, from drawing to painting, sewing and cutting, the end result always being the same; A gothic fantasy land painted in soft pastels and neon colors; filled with big eyed beauties, creepy little cuties and quirky monsters of all shapes and sizes. Lizzy Love’s artwork includes original paintings both acrylic and watercolor, giclee fine art prints, art dolls, digital and rubber stamps of her characters , hand painted merchandise such as bags, tshirts and more..... limited only by her imagination the possibilities are endless. http://www.oddballartco.com/

For my project, I used the Cute Whimsical Big Eyed Fairy - Nixie the Pixie. I coloured her with PrismaColor pencils and added her and her mushrooms to a wall hanging with Graphic 45 paper, stenciling, Distress Oxides, chipboard embellishments, and embossing.

As usual, the theme for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Anything Goes! Come join us this week for the chance to win 3 digital stamps from Oddball Art!

Hello Augie - Sheepski Designs challenge blog inspiration - oil pastel, Prismacolor,

Hello! This little bear is peeking from behind the door to welcome you to the birthday celebration!

This card features a brand new digital stamp from Sheepski Designs, Augie, and is my inspiration project for the first challenge of the year for Sheepski Designs. The theme for the January 2018 challenge is Anyhing Goes! Come join us for the challenge.

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Tarot - Death, watercolouring with Distress and stenciling with Distress Oxide and Perfect Pearls

This is my very first post as a member of the design team for Through The Craftoom Door (TTCRD). I am thrilled that the sponsor is the amazing Rick St Dennis with his wide selection of digital art.

For this project, I created a tarot card using REaPeR and Distress ink. The card I created is Death which can signify change. As the start of a stint as a design team member for TTCRD, this is a time positive change for my crafting and creative aspirations.

Rick St. Dennis MFA has been an artist, designer, stage designer and instructor for over 45 years. You can find his full Bio here. His digital stamp images can be found on Zibbet . Inspiration projects from the Rick St.Dennis Elite Design Team can be found on the Sparkle and Glitter blog, or for the darker images on the Airless Chambers blog. Rick also has a personal blog and on Facebook, there is the Rick St.Dennis Digi fans and friends group, where you can showcase your cards and other projects using RSD images to be eligible to win prizes.

The challenge for 10 Oct to 16 Oct on Through The Craftoom Door is Anything Goes. You don't have to use an image from Rick St Dennis, but we would love to see them, too. The prize is 2 digital images of the winner's choice (and there are a lot of really cool images to choose from!). Come join us in the challenge!

Stars! - Shaker card with die cuts, embossing, and stenciling

Hello! A retro look shaker card for a birthday greeting, such fun! And it's full of stars!

This shaker card features die cuts and more die cuts and a little bit of embossing and stenciling, too. The die cuts are from My Favourite Things, Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, and Echo Park. The papers are from Core'dinations, Stampin' Up, Recollections, and Simply Defined. Stencil and Embossing folder from Stampin' Up and Distressed ink finish the list.

I actually wasn't really planning a retro look when I started the card but I am absolutely lovin' the vibe of the finished project. Read on to see how I put it together.

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