TTCRD -- Team B

I hope everyone has survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday!

Things just start rolling past so quickly this time of year.  Don't they?

Let's all try to take a deep breath every now and then to remember what is truly important.  Things that could never be purchased at any sale.

Working on my card for the new challenge at

Through the Craft Room Door

reminded me of that!

As always, our challenge is Anything Goes.

This week it is Team B who will be providing some inspiration pieces.

Here is my card:

Because the image and sentiment felt so powerful
to me, I didn't add any embellishments.
They just seemed unnecessary.

This incredible image is called The King.
You can find this along with Krista's
other artwork at Saturated Canary.
I paired it with a sentiment from Inkadinkado's
O Holy Night stamp set.

All layers were distressed.
The upper right corner of the wood grain
pattern paper was curled around
a bamboo skewer to add just a tiny bit
of dimension to my card.

Items used to make this card were:

Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics

DSP:  BasicGrey Hey Boy

Coloring Medium:  ProMarkers

Inks:  StazOn Black, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Tools:  Tonic Studios Paper Distresser, Perfect Layers Rulers,

Swingline Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Scotch ATG

Thank you so much for taking time to check out my card today.

I hope you have a chance to join us at

Through the Craft Room Door.

All of us on the Design Team love looking at your new creations!

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary -- Distress

Crafting Musketeers -- Layer it up

Digi Sketch Challenge -- Christmas theme
A Little Bit Crafty -- Christmas Cheer

Just Inspirational Challenges -- Team B

Thank you to everyone who was able to join Team B at

Just Inspirational Challenges

for our Kraft paper challenge a couple of weeks ago.

There were so many fantastic entries!

Today begins a brand new fortnightly challenge for Team B

with the theme of

Stitching: Real or Faux.

I decided to use faux stitching since my machine
is acting up and I've not taken the time to
figure out what the heck is wrong with it.

Our fantastic sponsor this week is

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

If you're looking for some really playful images,

you need to go check them out!

I received the adorable image "Gnome Sweet Gnome"
to use for this challenge.  Just looking at it makes me
smile and hear silly little gnomes laughing and singing.

I've been playing with rosettes
for a tutorial I have planned so be
sure to check back for that.

The ruffle you see on the left side of the image layer is seam binding.
I gathered it by gently pulling on a couple of threads along one side.
If you want a double ruffle, just pull on threads in the center.

Ingredients used to make this card were:

Coloring medium:  ProMarkers

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink

DSP:  Basic Grey "Hey Boy"

Stamps:  Michaels Dollar Bin

Seam Binding:  Glitter and Kitsch Etsy shop

Rustic twine:  Papertrey Ink

Brads:  Recollections

Button:  my stash

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin -- Anything goes with a twist of family
Party Time Tuesday -- Use twine or hemp
Paper Makeup Stamps -- Stitching
Ooh La La Challenges -- Stitching


This is such a great theme for our new challenge at

Just Inspirational Challenges.

Since there are so many of you that regularly add beautiful stitching 

to your cards, I expect this should be a busy one too.

Good luck to all who can join us!

Thanks for spending some time with me today!

TTCRD Challenge Nov 5 through 11

Today begins not only a brand new Anything Goes challenge at

Through the Craft Room Door...

it's also the very first time I will able to join in as a member of the Design Team!

Our sponsor this week is

Nicecrane Designs

I decided to use my ProMarkers to try coloring in sepia tone.

This fantastic image felt like it would be the perfect one to try out this technique.

As you can see in this photo, this is a twisting easel card.
I love doing those or regular easel cards!

Ingredients of this card are:

Cardstock:  Bazzill, Papertrey Ink

DSP:  Basic Grey "Hey Boy"

Punches:  Martha Stewart button, Recollections tag

Ink:  Brilliance Coffee Bean

Ribbon and embroidery floss:  My stash

Here's one last look at the card:

You can find this card in the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy -- Monochromatic 
2 Sisters Challenges -- Christmas, no red or green
A Gem of a Challenge -- Christmas is coming
Crafty Calendar Challenges -- All things Christmas
Clear It Out -- Smores: brown and white

I really had a lot of fun coloring in sepia tone.  What new technique have tried recently?  Which ones are on your "to do" list?  My list seems to grow by the day!  But what a great time I'm having checking them off one by one.

All of the Design Team at

Through the Craft Room Door

looks forward to seeing more incredible new projects this week.

Good luck to all who enter!!