Purr-fect Love - TTCRD, embossing, shimmer powder

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Sheepski Designs!

My kitty couple enjoying the night together showcases Sheepski Designs Purr-fect Love, Nuvo shimmer powder, Nuvo expanding mousse, and embossed inkjet ink.

Morning - coloured pencil, stencilling, embossing

As part of the reward for my recent challenge win for the Outlawz Sunday Song & Rhymes, I was asked to be a guest designer! The sponsor for the challenge is Scribble Designs.

July Morning by Uriah Heep

There I was on a July morning

Looking for love

With the strength

Of a new day dawning

And the beautiful sun

At the sound

Of the first bird singing

I was leaving for home

With the storm

And the night behind me

And a road of my own

With the day came the resolution

I'll be looking for you

La la la la

I created a glimpse of dawn with a Sunny Flower from Scribble Designs (one of the many wonderful freebie stamps) using Koh-i-Noor pencils, MFT stencil, Nuvo embellishment mouse, Distress markers with spritzer tool, Distress Oxide spray, Spellbinders die, and Stampin' Up embossing folder. The inside sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co.

Cake? - stencilling, watercolour marker

The best part of a birthcake day is the cake!

My birthday card features stencils and stamps from Newton's Nook, Cosmic Shimmer, Nuvo mousse, and Distress markers.

Winter Magic - embossing, stencilling, die cutting, mixed media

Snow has always been magic for me. Snowflakes on my nose and my lashes really are one of my favourite things. I created a mixed media piece with die cuts, embossing folder, stencil, and a bit of crystal accent.

Frosty Frame - die cut, colored pencil, stencil

A snowy village is perfect as a frame for a Christmas picture. The village is a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp set coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils. The snowflakes are BoBunny glitter paste with a brand new stencil from Kraftin' Kimmie, Sparkling Snowflakes, to be released on Saturday.

Take Flight - mixed media, stencil

"Black singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly..." My wall decor item features a stencil from Carabella Studies with Cosmic Shimmer gilding paste, Glitter Kiss, and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse.

Blue Birthday - embossing, die cutting

My birthday card in blues, features a die cut from Memory box and an embossing folder from Sizzix with BoBunny glitter paste and Nuvo Mousse. "Age is just a number."

ATCs - embossing, Cosmic Shimmer and Nuvo Mousse

Artist Trading Cards are small cards, typically 2.5" x 3.5" that can be, well, traded or given to showcase a few your talents. My ATCs feature Unity Stamps, Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish, Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, embossing with Simon Says Stamp and Emerald Creek, and stamping with Stazon. Just a quick pair of lovelies.

Birthday Princess - Copic colouring, 3-D embossing,

Pretty as a princess waiting for her birthday kiss. My card features a Newton's Nook stamp set with Copic colouring on a Crafter's Companion 3-D embossed panel with Nuvo Embellishment mousse and gold embossing inside and out.

Technique: backgrounds with 3D embossing with Nuvo Mousse, Cosmic Shimmer, and Glitter Kiss, part 2

I love making backgrounds and will sometimes just spend some time 'playing' with various products to make backgrounds for unknown projects of the future. These 4 all use 3-D embossing folders and metallic pastes/creams to embellish them.

Technique: backgrounds with 3D embossing with Nuvo Mousse, Cosmic Shimmer, and Glitter Kiss, part 1

I love making backgrounds and will sometimes just spend some time 'playing' with various products to make backgrounds for unknown projects of the future. These 4 all use 3-D embossing folders and metallic pastes/creams to embellish them.

Wonder - Sheepski Designs, watercolour pencil, 3D embossing

My project today is an inspiration for the September challenge on the Sheepski Designs challenge blog: For the Kidz.

I created a card using Bubble Dreams which I coloured with Prima Marketing watercolour pencils and backed with a panel embossed with a Crafter's Companion 3D embossing folder and embellished with Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. Inside is stamped with a sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Fairy Box - Nuvo mousse watercolour

This jubilant fairy is on a small box with roses. The fairy is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and I coloured her with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse using a waterbrush with a little shadowing of Distress marker. I love the subtle sparkly of the mousse. The box is an Eileen Hull steel rule die by Sizzix coloured with an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions,  Nuvo Embellishment Mouse, and Prima Art Alchemy. The fairy is on a wobbler so she has dimension and bounce.

Popcorn and a Movie - watercolour pencil, box

One of my favourite summer activities is binging movies. It's a great way to stay out of the heat from the sun and in a cool shady location. So, I made a popcorn box for holding popcorn with a binge-watching, popcorn-munching girl as the perfect pairing for a movie night. The box features a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set coloured with Nuvo watercolour pencils, and two Spellbinders die sets. What summer movie do you want to watch first?

Peacock Carousel - Through the Craftroom Door, Prismacolour pencil, Nuvo Mousse with 3-D embossing

I love vibrant colours. I also love romanticised Victorian fashion and carousels. Thus my choice for this week's inspiration project for Through the Craftroom Door's challenge blog.

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

Heather Valentin is a lady who breathed art her entire life. She was drawing as soon as she could hold a crayon. Guided by her father. She found her truest joy in drawing and painting, in a BA in arts. Heather made her way in the world by creating original drawings and installations for various global companies / corporations for advertisement and display purposes.
Heather 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.

My project features the Peacock Carousel which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils on Craft with highlights of Gelly Roll pens.

The Kaisercraft wooden frame is covered with paper that's been embellished with Nuvo Mousse and embossed with a Crafter's Companion 3D folder.

Wild Roses Friend - Sheepski Designs, watercolour pencil, mixed media

The challenge for July on the Sheepski Designs challenge blog is "For Someone Special".

For my inspiration project, I used Wild Roses. I coloured the roses with Nuvo watercolour pencils and paired it with a frame cut with two Movers and Shakers dies. I used an embossing folder, Nuvo Mousse, and Prima Art Alchemy waxes on the frame and embossed a Unity Stamp Co sentiment.

Mermaid Kelp - Prismacolor pencils, die cutting, embossing

Smooooches! I can't help loving you! A mermaid in kelp giving a fish a kiss, what can be cuter? How about this as a birthday greeting?

The mermaid is from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps coloured with Prismacolor pencils. The kelp is a die from Scrapbooking Made Simple coloured with Nuvo embellishment mousse, Viva Decor, and Cosmic Shimmer. The bubbly background is an embossing folder from Taylored Expressions with colour from Nuvo embellishment mousse. And, the frame is a patterned paper from KaiserCraft. I think I put the kitchen sink in there, too, somewhere *smirk*

Hello Spring - stenciled 1-layer card

Spring with its glorious colours is coming. Easter with its fun eggs is soon to be upon us, too. I created a stencilled single layer card with Nuvo embellishment mousse on black cardstock to heighten the vibrancy of the colours. Hello Spring!

Flower Box - Big Shot Plus, embossing, mixed media, recycled packaging

A wonderful harbinger of Spring is a pot full of flowers even if the pot is made of packaging plastic with a Spellbinders Contour die decorated with an embossing folder and Nuvo Mousse and the flowers are paper.

Balloon Birthday - Through the Craftroom Door, gel pen

Today I am bringing you an inspiration card for the Through the Craft Room Door blog challenge. Our sponsor this week is Twinkle Lane.

Twinkle Lane Designs was started in 2015 - created by Suzanne Porter BA (Hons) Graduate in Fashion Enterprise. I have always been creative, I love all types of crafts, sewing, papercraft, drawing. As an avid cardmaker I created Twinkle Lane so I could make unique characters and papers to make wonderful cards.

My card uses the Hot Air Balloon which includes several images and digital papers. I used Gelly Roll pens, Liquid Applique, Glamour Dust, and Distress ink to colour the image and Nuvo embellishment Mousse with die cuts on the background.