Get Well Kitty - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Knitty Kitty!

Knitty Kitties started life as quirky hand-knitted cats made by Annabel to sell at craft fairs. As their
popularity grew, Annabel began to design digital images based on her own gang of mischievous pets. The antics of cats Georgez and Berts, along with their long-suffering doggy housemate Holly Poocherson, have inspired digital stamps for you to download, colour, and use for your own projects
at home.

Join the Knitty Kitty Digis group on Facebook for membership freebies and follow knittykittydigis on Instagram for alerts on the next giveaway!

To shop the full range please take a look at the KKD Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Eekers

For my project, I decided to use the Knitty Kitty Cone of Shame because I'm scheduled for a surgery later this week and will be healing kitty myself for a few weeks.

Poppies - TTCRD, alcohol marker on tissue, collage

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Stamplorations!

California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer clear stamps, stencils, thin metal dies, and coloring pages for stampers, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all other kinds of crafters. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!". New products are added every month.

Prize: $15 gift code 

https://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stamplorations/
https://stamplorationsdigi.dpdcart.com/

For my inspiration piece, I used one of the images from Cupful of Blooms with tissue paper and alcohol ink markers.

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.

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.

Paint My World - TTCRD, Distress crayon

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stamp On It!

Stamp On It had it's humble beginnings in Holland MI 25+ years ago.... started out as a "home" business, soon became a storefront on the north side of Holland, grew to a 2nd storefront in Grand Rapids, before closing the Holland store and enlarging the Grand Rapids one! We began doing small craft shows years ago, slowly adding rubber stamp conventions to our schedule, expanding to almost full-time shows on the road before making the decision in the fall of 2009 to either close or sell the store. Before we were able to close the store, one of our employees voiced her desire to purchase the store! Long story short, we "sealed" the deal by the end of 2009 and became pretty much full-time rubber stamp convention vendors on the road.

Our FB link: https://www.facebook.com/Stamp-On-It-189444731096410/
Our web site link: www.stamponit.net

PRIZE; 3 images

For my card, I used the Art Palette and Painter for a colourful, rainbow and paint inspired card.

Meow-o-Clock - TTCRD, coloured pencil on kraft

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Hetty Clare!

I’m Helen Pearce and I am an illustrator, teacher and digi stamp designer. I work under the name of Hetty Clare.
I discovered Etsy in May 2018 when I was looking for another outlet for my art. I discovered digi stamps and knew that it was the perfect choice for the kind of creative drawing I love to do and Etsy is the perfect platform to reach a worldwide audience.
Being invited to take part in blogs and competitions is a real pleasure as you get to speak to other creative people from around the world and see the amazing craft results of others using your digi stamps.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HettyClare

Prize: 3 free images from the shop

For my inspiration card, I used Wakey Wakey with Prismacolor pencils on kraft coloured MiTientes paper.

Yellow Roses - TTCRD, watercolour, sympathy

This week's sponsor for Through the Craftroom Door is Stamplorations!

California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer clear stamps, stencils, thin metal dies, and coloring pages for stampers, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all other kinds of crafters. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!". New products are added every month.

Prize: $15 gift code

https://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/
https://www.facebook.com/stamplorations/
https://stamplorationsdigi.dpdcart.com/

For my card, I used one of the images from Coffee and Roses. I painted it with Daniel Smith watercolour and added a sentiment from Stampendous.

Special - TTCRD, tag, coloured pencil

This week, our sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is very familiar to me, Sheepski Designs!

Living in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, working full time as a Management Accountant, currently working on 2 design teams and an obsessive crafter and creator of cards. I have no actual style as yet but do love the unusual and quirky. I may be known for producing cards in soft pastel colours.

I love anything arty. I've always drawn stuff, for as long as I can remember. In my younger days I sold a few watercolour paintings. I recently found mixed media which is a joy and love creating canvases with flowers.
I had a battle with digital drawing for about a year and finally found some software I could gel with. January 2016 a challenge team I worked on was short of a designer's images to create with so I drew some. I opened my shop a month later so I could sponsor challenges and give something back to the crafting world, to the lovely ladies who have supported me on my journey.

I've a Facebook group SheepSki Designs where I hold challenges, some for fun to win digis as well as my monthly card challenge. I've a SheepSki Designs challenge blog as well. Things are growing slowly (thankfully) so I still manage to spend at least a little time with my hubby :D
Welcome to my world

My project features Forget-Me-Knot on a bookmark tag with Tombow pencil colouring and Distress Oxides on glossy paper peeking out from an Elizabeth Craft Designs tag die with a Unity Stamps sentiment.

Ballerina - TTCRD, mixed media

This week's sponsor for the Through The Craftroom Door challenge is Gecko Galz!

Gecko Galz is a digital craft products shop that was started by a group of paper artist and designers who wanted products that they could not find anywhere else. They wanted to bring their love of paper arts and altered art works to others and inspire them with beautiful papers, stamps and ephemera. The idea of Gecko Galz came to fruition in 2012 when they opened their shop on Etsy and since then have offered hundreds of products, ideas and classes to others 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz
http://geckogalzscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

For my inspiration project, I decided to use the Ballerina Girls collage sheet to make a mixed media plaque using a Kaisercraft frame, chipboard filigree from Southern Ridge Trading Company, paints and waxes from Prima and Ranger, Nuvo drops, a Tim Holtz wing, and beaded stick pins.

Tiny Fairy - TTCRD, coloured pencil, gel plate, die cutting

Our sponsor this week for Through the Craftroom Door is Babycakes. The prize is 2 free images.

Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/babycakesdnd?ref=hdr_shop_menu 
Zibbet Shop - https://babycakesdigidesignstwouse.zibbet.com/ 
Facebook Group Page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643440135938124/
Merry Whatever Blog - http://babycakesmerrywhatever.blogspot.com/ 

For my inspiration card, I used Staedler coloured pencils and Nuvo glitter markers to colour the shy fairy and then embellished her with die cuts, a background made with a gel plate, and Nuvo gemstones.

Enjoy - TTCRD, alcohol ink on acetate with embossing

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stamplorations. The prize is a $15 gift code.

California-based STAMPlorations™ is owned and managed by husband-and-wife team, David & Shery Russ. We offer clear stamps, stencils, thin metal dies, and colouring pages for stampers, card makers, scrapbookers, mixed media artists, and all other kinds of crafters. All of our products are proudly made in the USA. Our clear stamps are made from the finest photopolymer resin. Through our stamp line, we hope to encourage crafters of all ages and experience levels to "Stamp with all your ART!". New products are added every month.

My project uses one of the backgrounds from Fluttery Gardens embossed on acetate and coloured with alcohol ink to resemble stained glass.

Three Wishes - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil, embossing, die cutting, shaped card, easel

Three wishes for a happy birthday, my inspiration card for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge features a digital stamp set from The Paper Shelter, our sponsor for this week.

The winner of the random draw will get 3 digital images from their vast collection.

Owl - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftoom Door challenge is Jeremiah Ketner, Small and Round.

Jeremiah Ketner paints a world to which fairytales belong. His paintings often depict richly colored environments inhabited by a cast of pensive, dreamy young women and whimsical sprites. Each character presents a unique brand of beauty. Renowned throughout the US and internationally, Ketner attributes his influence to Art Nouveau, Japanese Aesthetics and Anime. He resides and creates from his studio in Tokyo, Japan.

Coloring pages: http://etsy.com/shop/smallandround
Coloring group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jeremiahketnercoloring/members
Visit my shop: http://smallandround.com/
View my portfolio: http://jeremiahketner.com/

Prize: 5 images (winners choice) and 30% off coupon for any coloring pages on my Etsy store 

For my inspiration project, I coloured Owl with Prismacolor pencils with Nuvo drop and Aqua Shimmer accents to make an oversized card.

Spring Fae - alcohol marker, stencilling, mixed media

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

Sakuems is a French self-employed illustrator creating fantasy inspired characters around nature and magic. She has been working on her art for more than a decade and is currently running her etsy store with original watercolor pieces, drawings, high quality prints and coloring book along with other merchandizing featuring her characters.

The prize this week is the 3 images the design team is using for the inspiration projects.

For my project, I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers with accents of Spectrum Noir metallic pen and Nuvo Aqua Shimmer on the image. I framed it with a Kaisercraft frame I had decorated with Marabu shimmer spray and Nuvo mica mist using stencils from Dylusions and Teresa Collins.

Matryoshka - TTCRD, colored pencil, tri-fold card

This week's sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door blog challenge is Kitchen Sink Stamps!

I am Maria Colosimo, the creator, and founder of Kitchen Sink Stamps. My husband Jim and i have been very proud to offer stampers around the world a variety of our original stamp designs, specializing in Multi-Step (layered) stamping in high-quality clear photopolymer, manufactured here in the USA by a leader in the industry, ever since the beginning.

It is very important to us that every one of our customers are happy & successful multi-step stamping with their Kitchen Sink Stamps. This is why we give our customers whatever support they need! We offer our customers free Color Recipes (available for most of our multi-step stamp sets), Multi-Step Tutorials (written & video demos), projects, and samples which all can be found and accessed after registering to our KSS Forum. We also give one on one direct help support through email at kitchensinkstamps@gmail.com. AND... if our customers ever lose a stamp or have a stamp that tears, just email us and we will replace it free of charge.

The prize for the challenge is a $25 gift certificate!

For my card, I used the Nesting Dolls set from Kitchen Sink Stamps in a tri-fold card. I coloured the dolls with Koh-i-Noor with Nuvo drop accents. I added a Jillibean Soup sentiment die and a sentiment from Unity Stamps on the inside with the smallest doll.

Celebrate - Through the Craftroom Door, 3D embossing, die cuts

We always have something to celebrate, so get some champaign and we'll set off the fireworks.

This week the sponsor for the Through the Craftroom Door challenge is Stix2!

Stix2 is based in the UK and supply amazing products to the Craft, Hobby, Scrapbooking & Stationery Market. We have 100’s of different types of adhesives, tapes, glues, PVA’s, hot glue, foam pads…. To suit everyone’s preference. And then we have  a whole host of ancillary products to go with them, you can see the full range – www.stix2.co.uk

Based in the North East of England we supply to craft shops around the world, making many of our products on our premises

My card features 3-D embossing from Tim Holtz, and dies from Tonic Studios and Elizabeth Craft Designs with a background of Cosmic Shimmer and Nuvo Mica Mist.

Bear Hugs - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil

My project today is heralding the latest challenge from the Through the Craftroom Door blog! Our sponsor this week is Morgan's Art World.

Facebook Shop Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/163615714504851/

Facebook Group Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/848616968526756/

Challenge Blog Link: https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/

My card features the adorable Ted No 2 coloured with Koh-i-Noor pencils on Mi Teintes paper. 

Feliz Navidad - Through the Craftroom Door, coloured pencil, shaped card

Merry Christmas! My festive card features a Mexican beauty from a Kraftin' Kimmie / Annie Roderique stamp coloured with Prismacolor pencils under a California-Spanish architecture inspired arch embossed and coloured with Cosmic Shimmer and decorated with Memory Box poinsettia.

Come join us in the Anything Goes challenge with Through the Craftroom Door. If you got new craft supplies in your Christmas stocking or under the tree, you could even use them on your project. The prize this week is a 1 year subscription to the Through Craftroom Door online magazine!

Sunflower - Through the Craftroom Door, watercolour pencil

Autumn is a time of harvests and thanks.

Though the Craftroom Door's blog challenge is sponsored by Di's Digi Designs this week. I used the Scarecrow Bear to create an Autumn Thanks.

Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. 

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and it’s just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Bride - Through the Craftroom Door

A lovely Halloween bride graces my inspiration card for this week's Through the Craftroom Door blog challenge. Our sponsor this week is Oddball Art. I used the Bridal Party digital stamp for my card.

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, t-shirts and more..... limited only by her imagination the possibilities are endless. http://www.oddballartco.com/