Monday, 7 November 2016

Blog Hop Prize #1

Wouldn't it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful...?
Author unknown, c.1949



Good morning Friends and Followers!
It's Monday and you know what that means?
As promised, it's time to announce the winner of my surprise prize picked via Random draw from all the people who are currently linked up on the Challenge Blog Hop page which you can find HERE!


So without further ado ... our winner is ...10. DebiB


Congratulations Debi!
I will be sending you an email shortly!

Thanks for playing along everyone and remember ... there are still 3 more chances to win one of my surprise prizes!!!

(Hugs) Cara

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Just Released!

Hi Everyone!
The newest edition of Through the Craft Room Door has just been released! I’m so excited about this release and I hope you are too!

Inside you'll find numerous Holiday cards and projects to inspire including some favorite holiday recipes from some of the DT and so much more! The Design Team has outdone themselves with over a dozen tutorials for your crafting pleasure. We have a fun and creative Kids Craft from Aly. Deonna is giving us our final lesson in our Junk Journal Journey and Angela had created a couple of recycled projects you are going to love just to name a few!

Our Featured Digi Artist is Vera Ma of Lemon Shortbread. One very talented and generous lady so make sure to check out the inspiration from her Design Team.

If you are not a subscriber, $18.00 for the first year is a great deal as you receive access to back issues, including a variety of video tutorials, cutting files, templates and digi images. If interested, you can create a profile on the Website (HERE) and subscribe via the subscription tab. Once payment is received, an invitation to access the Subscribers Only Area of the Website will be sent to you.
NOTE: if you are a subscriber to TTCRD Magazine by 11-30-16 and you are playing along in the blog hop this month, you get another chance in the drawing for prizes!

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Submission winners from the current edition are announced below and are selected via Random Draw and have until December 31, 2016 to claim their prize by contacting me at TTCRDmag1@ gmail.com

Please put "Magazine winner" in the subject line.
Prize offered is a gift card (as noted) to Amazon.com

Submission Winners for cards/scrap pages: $5.00 Gift card
Ema Martinez
Rachel Taylor

Submission Winners for Tutorials/Craft related articles: $10.00 Gift card
Jeanie Ellis
No member submissions were received for the 2nd $10 gift card

Winner of the September-October Magazine Challenge: Scrapbook Page
$10.00 gift card to Amazon.com
Jan Thompson

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The November-December magazine challenge is open to members of Through the Craft Room Door. You do not have to subscribe to the magazine, but you must be a member since you will be required to upload your project to your gallery here with the tag " TAG16" by December 20, 2016 to be part of the drawing.

The challenge is for you to create a tag. Can be a tag shaped card, but the tag must by clearly visible.

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Submissions for the January / February 2017 Edition are due December 1, 2016
THEME: Babies, Valentines, Friendship

Please note: You do not have to subscribe to the magazine to submit but you do need to be a member of Through The Craft Room Website.


Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Winner and Top 3 picks for the week of October 25, 2016

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.  ~Barbara Jordan 

Good morning Everyone!

Just a quick public announcement: Our 2nd Annual Celebration Blog Hop has started and will last the full month of November. We have a give-away every week and lots of awesome Sponsors and prizes! 

Thank you all for joining us for last week's Anything Goes Challenge sponsored by Dr Digis House of Stamps!

Where you will find monsters, aliens, odd balls and Dundertons as well as many many more wonderful digital stamps with a sense of humour.
  
Our Winner this week, selected via Random.org is ... 41. Kevin aka McCrafty's Cards


Congratulation Kevin, you have won 2 digital stamps from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps!

Please contact Deonna at TTCRDCoordinator@gmail.com no later than Monday November 7, 2016  to claim your prize and Guest DT spot!

This week's top 3 picks, in no particular order

Melanie - The image is gorgeous. Love all the pastel colours :D So pretty
 

Cicci - A beautiful piece of art !!! Love The winter feeling !!! BEAUTIFUL 
 

Ann-Marie - I love all the layers and the whole composition and then the turquoise against the white just makes it stand out.
 

Congratulations everyone! Please remember to grab your badges from the sidebar! Just right click over the image, save the image to your personal files and you can then upload to your blog side bar.

To those of you who continue to play along with us every week, thank you so much! We appreciate you sharing your creations with us and truly enjoy your talent!

PLEASE NOTE:
  • The  November/December edition of Through the Craft Room Door is due out this coming Sunday. If you are not a subscriber you might want to reconsider! You are missing out on lots of great tutorials, articles and free digi images.
  • If you are interested in having your projects published for a chance to win a gift card, there is still time to get your entry in. Please check out the tab above for more information or contact me at TTCRDmag1@gmail.com.
  • If you are interested in becoming a Designer or Guest Designer for Through the Craft Room Door, please check out the link HERE for more information.
  • The weekly winners are selected via Random.org (or if there are multiple nominations from the Design Team) and the top 3 picks are selected from nominations by the Design Team Members of Through the Craft Room Door and will be published in the upcoming November/December 2016 issue of TTCRD Magazine and will be placed in a drawing for a chance to win a $5.00 gift card to Amazon.com.