Through The Craft Room Door - October 7-21

The challenge starting today on TTCRD is sponsored by Deedee's Digis.  Her digis are new to me but I really like them.  I hope you will participate in this challenge.  It's always Anything Goes.  To me anything goes challenges are the easiest.  I chose Deedee's 'Endless Beginnings' for  my project.  There was a colored digi, line art digi, and lots of sentiments with this set. 

Card Supplies:
5X5 card base - From the Cricut Cartridge - Creative Cards
Banner and Scrollwork - Creative Cards Cricut Cartridge
Image and Sentiment from Deedee's Digi's 'Endless Beginnings' Set
CTMH Ink - Olive for inking edges

I know this is a clean and simple card but it conveys the message I want to send my friend who is suffering from stage 4 cancer.  Unless God performs a miracle (which we're all praying for) he'll not be with us long.  It brings back so many memories of my husband's battle with cancer.  Those memories are etched in my brain forever.

Thank you, dear friends for stopping by today.  If you haven't seen the latest issue of Through The Craft Room Door magazine, please click on the video at the right of this post.  I hope your week will be blessed.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy 

Challenges for this card:
Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Anything Goes and/or Thankful
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge - W, SIO, must use digi - Anything Goes.
House of Cards - M, cards (CAS, Classic, Cute, Vintage), C10 - (October) Punch and/or Die
Love to Scrap - 2W, 3E, F, digi or real stamping - (Week 1) Anything Goes
Lunagirl Moonbeams - 2W, E3 - (Week 2) Put a Bird on It
Make My Monday - W, C6 - (Week 2) Die cuts and/or Punches
My Craft Creations - 2W, Challenge links on top - (Week 2) Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - 2W - (Week 2) Always Anything Goes
Path of Positivity - M, any positive/inspirational project or idea welcome - (deadline Nov 2)Courage
Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Shaped Card
Whoopsi Daisy - W, SIO - Things with Wings

100 Days of Tombow

I am so excited to have the opportunity to participate in the "100 Days of Tombow" program.  For Tombow's centennial year, they are spearheading new avenues of creative growth.  They have been creating innovative products for the past 100 years that help us, the everyday artists, do our best work.  

For each participant, Tombow will donate $100 of  product to the Council for Arts Education, a national nonprofit dedicated to promoting and supporting art education and quality art programs nationwide.  Their goal is raise $10,000 worth of product for this dynamic cause that shapes the future crafters and artists of America.  Contact Barbara Pritchett (barbara@eosmarketing.com) for your products to be a participant.  

I will show you the products they sent me later but first I want to show you my project I created.

These are the products Tombow sent me.

Volume 8 - Very Pale Tone - Irojiten Color Pencils
A Set of Water Based Markers
A Tombow Stamp Runner - I will be buying more of this adhesive runner.  It is the best I have used.

Card Recipe - 
Card Base, Label & Scroll are from Cricut Cartridge Creative Cards cut at 5.5 in.  This cartridge makes it easy to make a card.  I did not use all the elements with this card, only part of them.
Image is from Scrapbook Society.com.
I colored the image with the colored pencils and used some of the markers to highlight the leaves & hair.  I love how it looked when complete.
I inked the edges of all the elements with Anna Griffin Blue Ink.

Here is a close up of the image.

Please contact Barbara and tell her you want to participate in their "100 Days of Tombow" program.  They are so nice over there.  I hope you will join us again soon for some more inspiration.  God Bless You!!!!  Peggy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CRAIG! Creative Cards

Hi Everyone!  It's been soooooo busy around our house the past two weeks.  I went to Baltimore for a conference leaving my husband, son, and dog here to fend for themselves.  Now if that doesn't strike fear in your heart, you're a better woman than me!!  Well, I came home on Friday to lots of hugs and thirty minutes after getting home, Jacob was running a fever of 101.5.  He came down with a stomach virus that lasted for three days - OMWOOOORRRDDD!!!!  Then on Sunday, I had to take Mom to the Emergency Room.  Yes, she has been sick too!!!  She is on the mend now, thank goodness!!!  Anyway, it was an eventful weekend!

So I said all that to say that I haven't had time to craft and today is my husband's birthday.  So I borrowed the Creative Cards cartridge from Mom and have to say, LOVE IT!!!!!!!  It made making a card so fast and so easy.  I didn't have time to try and figure out what to make the card look like and by using this cartridge all I had to do is pick the paper and push the buttons! 

Using DCWV Citrus paper, I cut the card and all the elements of the card at 7".  One problem with doing that size which I found out after the card was made is you can't cut the envelope at that size.  So I guess hubby will get a card without an envelope unless I find one that the card will fit in - keep your fingers crossed.

Here is the front of the card:

and here is the inside.  I used the negatives that I had left over from the items cut for the front of the card.

If you need a cartridge that will let you cut out cards and all the elements of the card with just the touch of a finger, this is the cartridge for you.  Thank you for stopping by today - we appreciate your visits and your comments.  Until another day, God Bless You!  Donna

Totally White-Totally Cricut Card

I have had a totally white card rolling around in my head for a while.  So today I decided to give it a go.  I ended up using all Cricut products to make it, except for the pearls.  It was nice making all the cuts out of one sheet of paper.  I must say I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Card Recipe:
5X6.5" Card Base
"Scalloped Edge" Cuttlebug Folder for the embossing
Flowers - Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge - Cut in 1/4" increments.
Leaves - From the Creative Cards cartridge
Butterfly - From the Indie Art cartridge 
Pearls   

This is the inside of the card.  As you can see, I continued the same all white theme for decorating the inside.

Donna came over yesterday afternoon and we added a new little work space to my craft room.  I was thinking of getting a table but she suggested I get some of storage units from Michael's.  Good idea, Donna.  I already had two of them under my desk for paper storage so we just moved those out and added 2 more for another pedestal.  Donna had one of the shelves she wasn't using so we laid it across the top.  I must say I love it.  My computer is sitting on it now but I have a Silhouette Cameo on order and that will be it's home when it gets here.  I can't wait.

 

Thank you for stopping in today.  I hope you enjoyed out little piece of the blogoshere and that you will come again.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy

 

Rachael - Sugar Nellie/Creative Cards Cartridge

Petaloo is sponsoring CDAC again.  It will begin March 15 and go through the 31st.  Details to follow later.  They sent the Design Team some items to create with.  We are busy getting our DT projects ready.  I have mine posted but thought since I had some of the flowers left, I would create one I could post on my blog.  This is it.  This card will be entered in the CDAC/Petaloo Promo as well.

Card Recipe:
A2 card cut from the new Cricut Cartridge Creative Cards.  I personally love this cartridge.  I usually cut the cards as is on the cart but add my own spin to the card. This card is 2A. I inked the edges with CTMH Blush ink .
Paper - I actually used some of my scraps.
Image is called "Rachael" by Sugar Nellie.  
Petaloo flowers 
Gems
Promarkers used to color the image:
Skin - Ivory, Satin
Eyes - Meadow Green
Hair - Spice, Ginger
Shirt - Meadow Green, Apple Green
Lips - Coral
Pebbles Chalk to shadow the image background

Thank you for visiting with us.  You know how important your visits and comments mean to us.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy 
   

Birthday Card-Creative Cards 1a

I found out today that tomorrow is my new friend, Joan's, birthday.  I wanted to make at least one more card with the new Creative Cards cartridge while we had access to some of it for free.  So I used Card 1a.  I think Joan will like how this turned out.  I will be entering this card in the CDAC Anything Goes Challenge.  Please click on the link to find out more about it.

Card Recipe:
Card 1a - Creative Cards Cricut Cartridge set to be released today.  Cut at 5.5".  This is a tri-fold card.
Paper - French Country Paper Stack by DCWV
Leaves were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.
Flowers are some Donna & I picked up at Michael's in the $1 bin.  Oh, did I tell you, we have a new Michael's near us.  That's probably not a good thing.  
I used chalk to do some shading on the birds so they wouldn't be so plain.  I also layered the birdcage separating the layers with foam adhesive.

Here are a couple of other views of different parts of the card.

Thank you for visiting with us today.  We love your comments and suggestions.  God Bless You!!!!!!  Peggy    

Creative Cards-Card 3a

Provocraft is releasing another new cartridge Thursday, February 21.  The name of it is Creative Cards.  The reason I know is I was online at Cricut.com and stumbled upon it.  As a matter of fact they are allowing us to cut some of the cards for a week (that would be through the 20th) using Cricut Craft Room.  I think this is one I'm going to want. To make it easy for you to find it there is a link here.

My granddaughter-in-law is having a birthday this week so I decided to use these free card cuts to make her card.  I used Card 3a.  It was easy.  My problem is making up my mind which paper to use, therefore I made it take longer than it should.  What do you think?

Card Recipe:
Cricut Craft Room - Creative Cards - Card 3a- cut at 5.5.  It makes an A2 card.  Oh did I say, this cartridge also cuts the envelopes.  I forgot I hadn't made it.  So after I get through writing up the card, it's back to the crafting table.
Paper - I used paper from several different stacks of DCWV paper.  It's just what kind of mood you're in.  Stephanie loves green so I tried to use as much green as I could.
A button with Memory Thread through it as the center of flower.  The cartridge has a center for the flower but I wanted to add a little something extra.

Here is a close up of the flower.  

This is the inside of the card.  I used a leftover cut for the message label, then cut some more leaves and added them as interest.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to follow the link above to preview this new cartridge, then go to Cricut Craft Room and cut out the cards they're offering this week.  I'm sure you will like them.  We so appreciate your visits.  God Bless You!!!! Peggy