Through the Craft Room Door Team B

I would like to invite you to a brand new challenge at

Through the Craft Room Door.

As always, our theme is

Anything Goes.

This week Team B is proud to have as our sponsor

Oozak.

A funny thing happened while I was making this card.
Without even intending to, I completely case'd another card.
I'm still unsure of how to do shading/highlighting with my ProMarkers so whenever I color an image for the first time I'll go look at how others have done them.

My search for this incredible Mo Manning image, "You're kinda' cute," lead me to a card done a few years ago by the massively talented Jak among a few others.  The use of the pins was something that really stuck out to me.  Hehehe...  When I finished my card, I went back to the search to see who should be credited with the idea.  That's when I saw that not only did I fall in love with the pins, but I also loved the trio of buttons, the flags of ribbons, and well, just about everything on the card.  You can go look at Jak's card here.

How I could possibly remember each little detail on this card after looking at for just a few minutes and yet I constantly walk into a room and have to wonder what the heck I'm doing there?  It has to be some sort of crafter's brain syndrome.  After I saw what I had done, I emailed Jak and asked if it would be okay that I included a link to her original card.  She (like most crafters) was so sweet and generous that she didn't hesitate in agreeing to me sharing.  I would like to again think her for her amazing inspiration and kindness.

This card can be found in the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil -- Animals, birds, bees...

The Cutie Pie Challenge -- For someone special

Love to Create -- Anything goes

Make sure to head on over to

Through the Craft Room Door

to check out all of the other inspiration pieces Team B has prepared for you.  There are some truly talented ladies on the team!  You'll want to enter your own new project this week too so you can be in the running for our prize from Oozak.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Just Inspirational Challenges & Delicious Doodles

All of us on Team B at

Just Inspirational Challenges

would like to thank everyone that joined us for our Brads challenge.  What a simple embellishment and yet so many great ways to use them!

We really have some talented folks entering our challenges...hope to see you all back this week and lots of new faces, too.

For this week, our theme is

Kraft paper

Our fabulous sponsor is

The lucky winner will be able to select some of the coolest digis available!  The variety at Delicious Doodles is incredible.  If you're looking for something a bit edgier, you'll love their images.  There are also some very feminine ones.  I think everyone will be able to find something that suits their fancy.

This week, I've really stepped out of my usual comfort zone and attempted to do something a bit Steampunk.  I'm not real familiar with the style so if I failed miserably, please be kind with your remarks!

This hot little Mama's name is Steampunk Sally and she looks like she has a "Take no prisoners" kind of attitude.  My kinda' chick!

Since our theme is Kraft, I printed and colored the image on Kraft from Paper Temptress.  It is the Colored Brown Bag Kraft that I've recently become addicted to using for coloring.

The paper used for the clock and the dry embossed mat at the bottom of the card are also from Paper Temptress.  It is the Eggplant Brown Bag.  I love the texture the sanding gives the embossed mat.  Since it is kraft core, it really adds a lot of visual interest.

In the photo above, you can see a bit of the dimension from the skull and cross bones.  I printed the image on white paper as well as the kraft.  The skull and cross bones was covered with a thin layer of Glossy Accents and fussy cut after it had dried completely.  It was then just paper pieced onto the colored kraft.

I used is a Tim Holtz sentiment stamp that fits Sally's attitude perfectly.

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting new discoveries."

Love that!!

The quote is actually from A. A. Milne,

most famous for "Winnie the Pooh."

Other supplies used for this card:

Coloring medium: ProMarkers

Paper for card base: Bazzill

Designer Paper: DCWV Tattered Time stack

Charm, gears and clock hands: Michael jewelry dept.

Rustic twine: Etsy

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Pile It On -- Embellishment crazy
Scrapbook Stamp Society -- Anything goes w/ optional kraft
Make My Monday -- Steampunk
SanDee & Amelie's Challenges -- Steampunk tic tac toe
~~I used clock, gears and ribbon/cord~~
The Corrosive Challenges -- Tic tac toe
~~I used patterned paper, image and sentiment~~
A Creative Romance -- Metal Mania
The Paper Shelter -- Easel cards

Everyone at Just Inspirational Challenges is excited to see your new creations using kraft paper this week.  Good luck to all that join us!!

Thanks so much for spending some time with me today.

I'd love to read your comments!

Hiding in My Craft Room with a Critter

It's Saturday so you know what that means....

the time has come for a new challenge at

Hiding in My Craft Room.

We were all blown away by the incredible entries in the Color It! challenge last week.  Thanks so much to everyone that joined us and we hope to see you all back with new projects for this week.

We would like to see what you can do with this theme:

Use a Critter

How much fun is that?  There are so many possibilities for this one....Thanksgiving turkeys, Christmas cuddly creatures, a layout with you pooch or kitty....anything with a critter.

This week one lucky winner will receive the Cricut Lite cartridge:
Wildlife

I've decided to use a dragonfly as my critter.

Maybe not too cute but still a critter; and I think they are really kind of magical.

That great silver paper you see is from Paper Temptress.  It's Patricia's Mirrored Reflective Cardstock and I'm crazy about this stuff!  It is so much shinier than it shows in the photos.  Plus, as you can see, it dry embosses like a dream.

For this card, I used my Cricut and the Home Decor cartridge.  The dragonfly was cut at 2 1/2" and glued to the Mirrored cardstock.  After the glue dried, I ran it through my Sizzix Texture Boutique.  I've kept this card A2 sized and very low in profile so it could be sent in with my next shipment of cards for Operation Write Home.  The only embellishments I added were the very small blue brads.

You can find this card in the following challenges:

A Creative Romance -- Add metal
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards -- Bugs and little critters
Crafty Hands -- Anything goes
4 Krafty Girls -- Anything goes
Delightful Challenges -- Winged things
Southern Girls -- Shine on
Digistamps 4 Joy -- Embossing

What kinds of critters are we going to be finding in this week's challenge?  It should be very interesting!  All of us on the Design Team are excited to see your new creations.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!