Welcome to TCR and to the release of Palette #95 Today.

We have a gorgeous set of palettes for January, specifically designed for the new ranges of products at MEGS GARDEN, who are sponsoring us for the month of January.  See the amazing creations the DT have come up with using the papers!

 

THIS WEEK BRINGS US

A rich and luxurious palette from the "Family Room" ......

Releases from our RDA Artists!

Some gorgeous works of Art from our Designers

Megs Garden is our Sponsor for the month of JANUARY which brings us a Guest Designer this week.....(Scroll down to see)

Remember to play along using the palettes and stay as close to the colours as you can for a chance to win a RAK from our sponsor this month.

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If you are new this week Welcome to The Color Room.  Please have a wander around and we hope you can play with this weeks Palette.  If you have some queries about How to Play see HEREfor the run down.

If you want any information about uploading or Adding in detailed shots see HERE

Remember that we are over HERE on FACEBOOKtoo.....

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We would loveto see you there.

The palette and card sketches get posted there too for quick reference.

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ok then......Lets get started with Our features!

If you would like to read about how we go about selecting work for our Featured Projects See HERE

 

We are considering adding categories to our featured Projects each week, but to do this we are going to need more Card makers, Digital and off the page artists uploading, so if you like creating off the page are a digi artist or a card maker........get uploading!!!!!!!

 

FANTASTIC GIRLS!  congrats on the features!!!!

Remember all you need to do to be featured is to upload before the next release (See countdown clock beneath the release) and stay as close to the current palette as you can.

We have two amazing artists who have been regular players on TCR for quite some time now.

For the month of January we have......

 

Go say welcome to them both HERE.

NOTE......You may have noticed Lynnise's absence last week, and again this week.  I received word from her last week, and she has had some serious computer issues (lightening strike) and has lost everything on her computer.  For a digi scrapper you can only imagine what this means.  Utter chaos!  It would be like losing every scrapping item in your stash!!!!!  This means she is missing out on her last two weeks as RDA which is really regretful.  But she will return to TCR as soon as she can!

We also have the third of our January Guest Designers this week, all belonging to The Megs Garden Design Team.  They will be sharing some fabulous works using Megs Garden gorgeous range of Vintage Papers.  This week we have Megs Garden Designer, Sandie Edwards .

My name is Sandie, my partner John and I live in one of Australia's many mining districts - In Geraldton, Western Australia.  I am a Criminologist, though currently a stay at home Mother, to our son Jesse who turns 2 in March, 2012.

I originate from an extremely artistic family which extends through many generations. For as long as I can remember I have dabbled creatively in a wide range of crafts. My paper-crafting journey began just over a decade ago.  However, I only briefly played up till the birth of my son. The last 12 months has seen my love of paper-crafts grow to the extent that my 'hobby' has overtaken the house, and our Burmese cat, Malinki has developed a major paper fetish!

My blog: http://delightfullycrazytoo.blogspot.com/

and here is a sample of her talent with the Palette and the Megs Garden Papers featured this week.....

and she even created a card for this week too.  Isn't it gorgeous........

 

Now some other things you dont know about Sandie

Where do I scrap?
I have my own room, though rarely use it. I have a near 2 year old son (Jesse), and locking myself up in a room is just something I cannot contemplate at the moment.  So, currently I do all my work in the family room, which thankfully is large, and full of wonderfully lit windows. Both Jesse, and I can be happy in 'our time' together in this room - Jesse with toys, DVD's, etc, and myself with a pile of scrapping items.

Favourite Tools to use?

My favourite tools at the moment would have to be my distressing tool and distress inks.

What colours do I like at the moment?

My favourite colours at the moment are white, cream, black, pink, olive - all dusky shades, vintage colours!  I'll always be passionate about pink.

What do I scrap about the most?

Mostly I scrap about my family, even delving into the historical side of very early photographs.  Pulling out the story behind the photograph, I believe is the most important part of scrapbooking. Its an interesting journey, and one I am truly enjoying.

When do I find time to scrap?

I get up very early and find some quiet time before my son wakes. This is the best time for me to be creative. Finding time to create, is something I 'need', it is not a want, but a need. I attempt to be creative on a daily basis, even if it is a merely getting in 10 minutes.

 

SO......Your Challenge this week is THIS..........

A delightfully rich palette from the Family Room!  So elegant to work with.....ESPECIALLY is you happen to have this gorgeous Megs Garden Paper range to work with.  Scroll down to visit their store!

 

You can share your thoughts on each palette HERE and all palettes can be seen under the heading PALETTES in the Navigation Bar above

 

Today's  Sketches look like this and are totally optional.

A layout...... 

 

and a card......

 

 

 

If you want a little more of a challenge, why not make a quick and easy card this week with your left overs before you pack up.

Upload it on The Photo Wall for an extra shot at getting the Monthly RAK from our sponsor.

Label it " CRC#95-'title' " for your chance to win.

See The current and past Color Room Card sketches HERE

 

and first up.....here is the wonderful work our RDA has done for us this week!!!!

 

Phenomenal!!!! Hope you are all inspired to go create something wonderful this week with this bright sunny palette!

 

Remember to stay as close to the Palette colours as you can, and You can include neutral colours. (Like white, black, brown, cream or kraft.)
All the best ladies.....hope we can inspire you to get creating! Keep in mind you can submit cards, albums, and off the page items as well as Layouts.

 

 

 

There is a video for you today!!!!

This is one done for the Shimmerz Blog this week, using Megs Garden Papers and Shimmerz Paints.

There are many video Tutorials in the Tutorial section of the forum. To watch some of them..... see HERE.....

 

 

Meg’s Garden

http://www.megsgarden.com

info@megsgarden.com

http://www.megsgardenblog.blogspot.com 

Meg’s Garden of papercraft delights is a dynamic Australian internet based company which thrives on providing a unique product range of papers, accessories & ephemera to its customers.  The philosophy of the company is to be a trendsetter with new & gorgeous products; to make the store an inspirational haven, by creating an image so that the customer can come in, stroll through the garden & fill the garden basket with ideas.

The papers are Australian designed & Australian printed by Designs Galore (a wholesale company owned by Meg’s Garden).   The embellishments & ephemera are sourced from local & overseas markets in order to provide a fabulous range with which to accessorize & complement the papers for collage, scrapbooking & all other papercraft projects. 

The new Collection, just published this January, is The Belle Jardin Collection of papers. It is designed by Denise Ann & this Collection reflects the aim of the Company – ‘the papers are just gorgeous & so elegant’.  The accessory pack of Elements has been carefully chosen - it is a pack of ‘loveliness’.

Come Stroll through the Garden.

 

 

Just an extra note......
It is very important for you to follow the palette as close as you can, (See exact details in the forum HERE) if you wish to be considered for the Featured Artistor the monthly RAK. The layouts must be eligible to be selected.

It makes it much easier for us if LO's are TAGGED correctly.
For further deatils see HERE
The tag bar is beneath your newly uploaded image
The first tag should be the palette number- this week #94. You don't need TCR or anything else- just the symbol for numerals and the number (followed by any other tags you would like to be considered with-in a search, eg. flowers, ink, glimmermist.) This is relevant not only for us selecting favourite LO's- but also for you when you would like to see a particular palette and all it's submissions together...... Just type the palette number in the search bar on the Photo Wall, and all the LO's tagged with that number will show up together.
It's a great tip and makes looking at particular palettes much easier.

 

Remember that we are over HERE on FACEBOOK too.....

Please stop by and say HI. We would love to see you there.

Add any quick questions or anything you'd like us to know....

The palette and card sketches get posted there each week for quick reference and to spread the word..... Lets see if we can get some more Facebook members....... LIKE us over there!!!!