A Taste of Summer Blog Hop Winner Announcement

Hello there folks!  It is finally time to announce the winners from the A Taste of Summer Blog Hop, that took place in July. I was really hoping that more people would join in but sadly it wasn't the case. I do want to say a special thank you to those of you who were able to join us.

I've finally managed to pull all the information together provided by my 'Interim' Design Team. In order to win a section of the kit you needed to comment on the specific post of the DT Member offering it. In order to win the full kit and/or the TTCRD Magazine Subscription, you needed to link your name to the link up that appeared on the Blog Hop post on my blog, leave a comment on ALL the Blog Hop Stops, AND be a follower of my blog. So, without further ado, here are the results...

Winner of the Floral Elements section of the kit offered up on Susan's blog...

LINDA W.

Winner of the Brads, Buttons & Bows section of the kit offered up on Marji's blog...

EDWINA

Winner of the Sticker Elements section of the kit offered up on Pippa's blog...

MARY TREUSCH

 Winner of the General Elements section of the kit offered up on Helen's blog...

KT FIT KITTY

Winner of the Bonus Glitter Papers section of the kit offered up on Donna's blog...

DESIRE FOURIE

Winner of the Bonus Natural Textures section of the kit offered up on Katrina's blog...

 

OLGA FINK

Winner of the Textured Papers section of the kit offered up on Suze's blog...

 DONNA M.

Winner of the Patterned Papers section of the kit offered up on Julie's blog...

 MIGDALIA

Winner of a second set of the Floral Elements section of the kit offered up on Pat's blog...

 CARA

Winner of the entire A TASTE OF SUMMER KIT offered up on my blog...

 

2AMSCRAPPER (HELENE)

Winner of the 1 YEAR TTCRD MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION offered up on my blog...

TEE HALL

The entire kit was also offered up as a prize to two lucky winners over at TTCRD. One person from the magazine won a copy and one person from the blog won a copy. Both of these individuals have already been notified by TTCRD staff, although, neither has come forward to claim their prize as of yet.

Congratulations to...

CINDY

the lucky winner of the draw held in the July / Aug edition of Through the Craft Room Door Magazine

and also to...

MARI K.

the lucky winner of the draw from the Followers of the TTCRD blog

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!

If you are a winner, I will hopefully have the chance to contact you within the next week in order to make arrangements for you to receive your prize. I appreciate your patience.

Thanks again to everyone who joined us! 

I want to say a special thanks to the amazing ladies who came together to present this hop...

SUSAN 
MARJI

PIPPA
HELEN

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE 

JULIE

PAT

You are all truly wonderful to have shared your time and talents and I am especially blessed to have each of you in my life. Thank you for all your hard work to help pull not only the hop off but also for being there beside me for my magazine debut! I ♥ you all!!!

Well folks, that is it for this one! I hope to see you again soon!

Until next time,

I've Been Published: TTCRD Featured Artist... July/August Issue

Woop!  Woop!  Yes, you've read that correctly.  I have been published and I'm so excited to tell you all about it!!!  

For the last week I have been hinting at some good news that I wanted to share with all of you and the time is finally here. Back in May, Cara Malmrose, the owner and publisher of the on-line crafting magazine and challenge blog, Through The Craftroom Door, approached me and asked me if I would like to be the featured artist in their July/August issue. I was so honoured by her request, how could I possibly say no!

Well that edition is finally available to subscribers. If you are not currently a subscriber and interested in obtaining a subscription, the cost for the first subscription year is $18.00. This gives you access to two years of back issues containing tutorials, articles, digi images and more! Simply click HERE to be taken to the website where you will see payment instructions.

Check out the cover.  Yup!  That is little 'ole me....

This particular issue has well over a dozen tutorials and articles for your crafting pleasure. Hopefully there is a little bit of something for everyone.  In addition to the articles, tutorials and other inspiration between the pages, there are also a couple of special giveaways specifically for a couple of lucky Subscribers which will be drawn at the end of July (winners will be notified via email). The first prize is a water color palette created by TTCRD Design Team Member Alessandra, and the second prize is from me and I'll talk about it in just a bit. 

If you happen to enjoy tutorials, and crafting articles and like to seek out inspiration, learn about digital artists out there in our crafting community AND like to get freebies, then you should really consider purchasing a subscription to the Through The Craftroom Door Magazine.  On top of all of that, there is a special challenge each issue for members for a chance to win a $10 Amazon gift card. As mentioned above, if you are a first time subscriber, the cost is $18.00 for the 1st year which gives you access to two years of back issues and images. Then you pay just $12.00 per renewal (six issues per subscription year), each year afterwards.  To subscribe, you simply need to be a member of Through the Craftroom Door (membership is free), as this give you access to the subscriber tab which will allow you to pay via PayPal. Cara has been working hard to add items of interest for magazine readers and welcomes suggestions. They have also added different challenges offered in each magazine, added a kid friendly craft tutorial and even have a "Pay it Forward" article whenever possible.

I have been a fan and supporter of the Through the Craftroom Door Challenge Blog for awhile now.  However, it was only when Cara came on board that I started to sponsor challenges as well.  I'm pleased to announce that Cara will be celebrating her 2nd year as owner come this November which will be celebrated with a month long blog hop (as it was last year). Details are in the works and will be shared as we get closer to the anniversary date. In terms of the challenge blog itself, Sandra van Blaricum, the Site Administrator, does an outstanding job bringing in an array of talented people to be a part of the TTCRD Design Team and Deonna Bemish, the Sponsor Coordinator, works hard to line up an amazing bunch of sponsors for the weekly challenges! In addition to having a weekly winner, TTCRD has also added Top 3 picks from the Design Team. Projects who receive a Top 3 honour are all published in the magazine and earn a chance to win another prize.

I encourage you to go and check out Through the Craftroom Door if you haven't already.  The website address is http://craftrmdoor.ning.com/. For more information regarding submissions to the magazine, one can access the challenge blog at http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/ and click on the tab "Magazine Submission Guidelines".  Of course, you can click that same link to check out their weekly challenges.  For more information or to talk with Cara privately one can email her directly at TTCRDMag@gmail.com.

Now when Cara asked me to be the featured artist, among the general details that I had to provide for the article, she also asked that I provide two to three freebies. Here are preview images of the digital paper freebies that subscribers will receive in the July/August edition of the TTCRD magazine...

 

Cara also asked that I provide samples from my design team using these items.  Now of course, I don't have a design team for my personal designs yet so this request was a bit tricky.  However, what I do have is a great group of talented ladies that I know from my work with other challenge blogs and every single person that I asked to help me out, came through for me in a big way!

To thank these amazing ladies for helping me out, instead of just offering up the three papers you see above, I decided to make a whole kit for them.  With summer coming up it was the perfect time to introduce a summer set to my collection! Here is a peek into my new A Taste of Summer Kit...

So even if you aren't a subscriber to the magazine, you're still going to get to see the FABULOUSLY AWESOME creations that these ladies made using items from this kit as I'm excited to tell you all that we're going to be doing a blog hop to celebrate my featured artist spot and this new digital kit.

I hope that you will join us starting Tuesday, July 5th at 12:01 EDT! I will be offering at least one freebie to start off with plus blog hop participants will have the opportunity to win the full kit; PLUS each section of the kit will be offered up as a random prize on each stop along the hop route! To top it all off, Cara has also generously offered up a 1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine for one lucky blog hop participant! The hop will end at 11:59 p.m. EDT on July 8th, which should give you lots of time to join in. If you don't get the chance to join the hop, a copy of the kit will be offered to one random subscriber of the magazine AND I'm also offering it up to one lucky random follower over on the TTCRD Challenge blog. Winners of both these prizes will be announced on July 30, 2016 over at TTCRD. 

So please mark your calendars and get ready to enjoy A Taste of Summer coming in just two days! 

I hope to be back tomorrow with a freebie in honour of Independence Day and also a couple more sponsorship announcements!

Until then,

Card Design: Pattie's Creations Challenge #161…Beach/Under the Sea

Hello there everyone! I'm back here today to announce the next challenge over at Pattie's Creations Design Challenge. This time around for Challenge #161, the theme is Beach/Under the Sea. For those of us in North America, summer is in full swing so it is a great time to make a card that reflects the season.


General Project Info:

• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop). I will print it out and assemble it a later date. 

FRONT

Digital Images Details:

• William Whale can be found in Pattie's Etsy shop. This image was coloured in digitally using digital colouring and then the sky and water were created using other elements. Credits include:
• the sky was created using a watercolour background that I previously created with my Rebelle program. 
• I have applied a water layer style to the water coming out of Will's spout. This style was purchased from Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.
• the waves were created with elements from the General Elements section of my A Taste of Summer Kit (details below).
  

INSIDE

Digital Images Details:

• I also added William Whale to the inside of the card.

OVERALL
 Digital Sentiment Details: 

• Both the sentiment on the front and the one on the inside were created by Paulette from Create with TLC. They are from her Wishes & Kisses bundle. For great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome sets for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store. It has been coloured digitally to match my project colours.

Digital Paper Products:

• All three papers used are from sections of my A Taste of Summer kit. The various paper sets are available separately or everything can be purchased in the bundle. It can be purchased in the Scribbles Designs store. You can find it HERE. 
• The background on the front and inside, along with the sand textured paper on the front can be found in the Natural Textures section and the Shell paper can be found with the Patterned Papers.

Digital Embellishment Details:

• The brads on the front were created using the Water Splash from the General Elements section of my A Taste of Summer kit along with a template purchased from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.
• I have used basic shapes in Photoshop Elements to create matting in behind the image and sentiment.
• I have applied shadow layer styles to give certain elements some depth. These styles were designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com -- Always Anything Goes
• https://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes

You have until September 5th to enter our challenge which should give you lots of time to get a creation done. Remember the theme is Beach/Under the Sea. I really hope that you will be able to join us. You can enter twice per challenge and of course MUST follow all the challenge requirements that are posted for each challenge (please click HERE to become familiar with all the rules).

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out what my fabulous teammates have offered up for inspiration. Oh and don't forget…Pattie offers up a new freebie the first Friday of the month and it will remain up for approximately two weeks; so, be sure to pop over and check it out as well!

Well guys, that is it for this one. Have a wonderful August and I'll see you again soon.

Until next time,

A Taste of Summer Blog Hop--EXTENDED

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BLOG HOP HAS BEEN EXTENDED!  

YOU NOW HAVE UNTIL JULY 15TH TO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS &

LINK UP YOU NAME TO WIN THE PRIZES OFFERED.

Hello and welcome to a special blog hop!

I am so excited to be the

Featured Artist in the July/August edition of the

 Through The Craft Room Door Magazine!

To mark the occasion, I put together a brand new digital kit

and asked several of my crafting buddies to help out by 

creating samples for the magazine!

We've all come together to celebrate this event by bringing you a blog hop

featuring projects made by this group of incredibly talented woman using items from...

 A TASTE OF SUMMER

 

It all starts right

H E R E !

To kick off the event, I am providing a free summer themed word art creation...

This word art creation is 1851 pixels x 745 pixels, in png format and published at 300 dpi. I've used resources from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper; and Heather Green, HG Designs.  Full credits in the file. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the word art image, its preview sheet, the full credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

 How would you like to win some goodies?

 Comment at EACH stop along the hop for your chance to win

the full digital kit as shown in the preview up above.

You will also need to add your name to the Link Up below

so that I have a way of contacting the winner.

One lucky person will also have the chance to win a

1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine!

In addition to leaving a comment on EACH stop along the hop,

AND adding your name to the Link Up below,

in order to qualify to receive this special prize graciously offered by 

Cara Malmrose, Owner & Publisher of Through the Craft Room Door, 

you will also need to be a FOLLOWER of my blog.

Additionally, each person in the blog hop will be offering up

one of the individual section of the kit.

Simply comment on that person's post for 

your chance to win the offered set.

You have until 11:55 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 8th, Friday, July 15th to submit 
your comments for a chance to win one of the above mentioned prizes.

Blog Hop Participants

If you can't wait to check out what the projects are going to look like,

here is a little tease for you....
 

The hop continues RIGHT NOW over on Susan's blog.

Click HERE to head on over there!

In case you get lost along the way, here is the whole list...

LISA<-You're HERE

SUSAN 

MARJI

PIPPA

HELEN
   

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE
 

JULIE

PAT

H A V E    F U N    E V E R Y O N E !

We hope you enjoy this little
TASTE OF SUMMER!!!

Link Up Below:

Blog Hop: Summer Fun with TLC Creations

Hello everyone! It is officially summer in the northern hemisphere. During the hot summer months there is nothing better than dipping ones' toes in the water. I've been fortunate enough to dip my toes in the actual ocean a few times. However, it hasn't happened often since I live in the middle of the country, thousands of kilometres from the nearest coast. Now, even if I can't get to the ocean I can still dream of it and the fun of summer and today's blog hop will help. It will also help you to build up your TLC collection as well!

Many of us on the Create with TLC Design Team will be hosting a spot during the blog hop. All of us will share a creation that we have made using at least one if not more of Paulette's elements and just YOUR luck, the image that we all use will be available for free download on each blog hop stop along the way! You'll also be able to pick up a free word art creation at Paulette's blog.

You should have arrived here from the talented Ileana's blog. If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

For my card, I got to use the Trio at the Beach image you see below; so, be sure to head on over to Paulette's BLOG and leave her some love if you grab it!

To save image, left click to bring it up in the lightbox in its full size and then right click and scroll down to 'save image as'.

Time to check out the card I created...

General Information:

• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop).

FRONT

Digital Image Details:

• Trio at the Beach: As mentioned previously, the image used on the front is the freebie that Paulette is allowing me to offer up on my blog. You can grab it above. 

Digital Embellishments:

• The pennant shapes were created from a template picked up from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper. They have been paper pieced with papers from my A Taste of Summer Kit (details below).
• The brads I have used are also from this same kit. (link below).

INSIDE

Digital Sentiment Details:

• The circular sentiment stamp is from the Dolphins set from Imagine That Digistamp. You can find it in the store HERE.

 

• The Old is Hot sentiment is one of Paulette's sentiments as well.

OVERALL
Digital Paper Products:

• The papers used are from my A Taste of Summer Kit. The papers and the Brads are can be purchased in the Scribbles Designs store. You can find it HERE.

Digital Embellishments:

• I have used basic shapes in Photoshop Elements to create matting in behind the image and the sentiment. 
• I have applied shadow layer styles to give certain elements some depth. These styles were designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button**

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• Avenue 613 -- Anything Goes with optional twist
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays: Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes

Next stop on the route is Lisa Lynn. Click HERE to head there now!

If you missed any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list. You are definitely going to want to check out what all my fellow team members have in store for you!

Desire

Edwina

Faith

Hetty

Ileana

Lisa D. <-------- That's ME

Lisa Lynn

Lynne

Rhonda Sue

Carol 

Shelly

Vicky

Wendy    

Be sure to say thanks to Paulette over at:
TlcCreations  

Well that is it for this one. I hope to see you again soon!

Until next time,

Card Design: Pattie's Creations Challenge #158…Birthdays

Hello everyone! I'm back here today to announce the next challenge over at Pattie's Creations Design Challenge. This time around for Challenge #158, the theme is Birthdays. Spring is a busy time for birthdays in my household. My mom celebrated her 75th birthday at the start of March, my hubby and I celebrated our birthdays at the end of April, and my dad celebrates his 79th birthday just a few days from now! I have had lots of occasions to make a birthday card and so for this challenge I made one for my hubby.

General Project Info:

• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a Mock Up (courtesy of Frisk Shop). It was printed, assembled and handed out on April 22nd.

FRONT

Digital Images Details:

• Party Gnomes can be found in Pattie's Etsy shop. 
• This image was coloured in digitally using digital colouring and paper piecing. Credits include:
• The beards were paper pieced with an image from Robert Owen-Wahl
• The hats were paper pieced with my Dots patterned paper from the future Birthday Bash Kit. Details below.
• The overalls were paper pieced with a paper from the textured papers section from my A Taste of Summer Kit. Details below. 
• The shoes were paper pieced with a leather texture from Textures 4 Photoshop
• The grass is a couple of different images also courtesy of Textures 4 Photoshop
• The sky and cloud background is one I created with my Rebelle program
  
• The rest of the elements were digitally painted in Photoshop.

Digital Embellishments:

• The button and string are created with templates designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.
• The tag shape template I used for the pennant was designed by Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.

INSIDE

Digital Images Details:

• 3 Balloons is also a Pattie's Creations image. It was a freebie offered up on the challenge blog.

Digital Sentiment Details: 

• The sentiment was a freebie created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  For great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome vintage items for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

OVERALL
Digital Paper Products:

• The paper used to paper piece the gnome's hats and also for the little pennant shape accent on the front is my Dots patterned paper from my future Birthday Bash kit. It is available as a FREEBIE and you can find it HERE.

• I also used another of my FREEBIES on the front of my card. You can find this one by clicking HERE.

• Finally, the blue textured paper that I used to paper piece the gnomes' overalls plus for the background of the front and inside of the card and the yellow textured paper used as matting are from the Textured Papers portion of my A Taste of Summer Kit. You can purchase these papers or the entire kit over in the Scribbles Designs store by clicking HERE.

 

Digital Embellishment Details:

• I have used basic shapes in Photoshop Elements to create matting in behind the image and sentiment.
• I have applied shadow layer styles to give certain elements some depth. These styles were designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com -- Always Anything Goes
• https://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes

You have until June 6th to enter our challenge which should give you lots of time to get a creation done. Remember the theme is Birthdays. I really hope that you will be able to join us. You can enter twice per challenge and of course MUST follow all the challenge requirements that are posted for each challenge (please click HERE to become familiar with all the rules).

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out what my fabulous teammates have offered up for inspiration. Oh and don't forget…Pattie offers up a new freebie the first Friday of the month and it will remain up for approximately two weeks; so, be sure to pop over and check it out as well!

Well guys, that is it for this one. Hopefully it won't be too long before I see you all again.

Until next time,