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The July-August edition of Through the Craft Room Door Magazine is in the Subscribers Only area for your viewing pleasure.

We have some amazing Tutorials and Articles for you to enjoy.

3 videos for your viewing pleasure and several Studio files for some fun Summer cards.

Learn how to make popsicle stick bracelets in our Kids Korner. Check out our 101 Tutorial on how to use those fun Gelatos and see how a water bottle is transformed into a work of art that is both lovely and useful as a pencil holder.

Come play along in our Christmas in July Challenge and adventure to several blogs on a mini treasure hunt.

Our Featured Digi Artist is Deedee Anderson, the artist and owner of Deedee's Digis!

She has provided us with 3 awesome sets of images as well as inspiration from her team using the images!

As usual, we have awesome inspiration for the summer and Christmas!

So grab that glass of something refreshing, kick back and enjoy!

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Happy Crafting!

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It's time for another anything goes challenge over at Through the Craftroom Door!  This week we are sponsored by the lovely Decosse Dynamite Doodles, and I've used some of her digital goodies in my project today. 

Challenges:

Inspiration Destination #42

Craft Your Passion Challenges #271

DTS #17

Halloween Spoils

It is time again for another challenge over at 613 Avenue Create!  

This week there is NO optional twist to our Anything Goes theme - 

It's All Anything Goes!

This week, I was able to work with one of our sponsors, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, and some wonderful digital papers from her Trick or Treat kit.  I used both the Bat paper and Dot paper from the Patterned Paper Set 1 in my creations this week.

I chose to make a few more "goody" containers for Halloween.  Between all of my grands and the littles in my new neighborhood, I'm going to need a bunch of these this year! 

I used a small "Paint bucket" container that I got at work, and put a strip of the bat paper on the inside.  I made a tag from some black card stock, mirror paper, and the dot paper.  My sentiment actually came from a larger stamp (from the dollar bin at Michael's), which I masked off, and was embossed with black embossing powder onto vellum.  I added a few "Halloween" colored gemstones (I believe I picked them up at Hobby Lobby last year) to the tag then popped it up on some dimensionals.    A few pieces of dotted Offray ribbon were tied on the handle as well.

I had to finish the top and bottom with circles cut from the dot paper.  I also added this super cute pumpkin 3D sticker that I picked up at Walmart last year.

For the treat bag, I printed the digital papers in a bit larger size, and created a rosette.  I edged all of my papers with Distress Ink, and embossed a sentiment from another dollar bin stamp with gold sparkle embossing powder.  

I edged the circle of paper with black pearls,  and also used my WoS pen to coat a few of the bats on the paper with some sparkle.   I wrapped the bag with some wide black satin ribbon from my stash and attached the rosette.  

I had a ton of fun making these!  Please be sure to check out the wonderful inspiration from my teamies over at 613 Avenue Create, and join our Anything Goes challenge this week!  

Challenges:

Anything Goes with a Twist (New Challenge Blog!)

Inspiration Destination (New Challenge Blog!)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Halloween

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