Crafty Gals Corner - October #271 - Fill in the Blank - Spooky .....

Time for another challenge at Crafty Gals Corner

 The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Fill in the blank -  Spooky _____ ~

(anything that is Spooky to you - can be cute 👻or not 💀)

Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

     

Last Minute Manda

Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis

I have created these small candy boxes and card using

Using: Lottie - Witch Costume from Last Minute Manda.

Spooky Halloween night. 

To make these cut candy Halloween boxed I dug into my Halloween left over Halloween paper and ribbon and used a few of the witch images from Last Minute Manda's Lotties - witch costumes. The sentiments are part of my Halloween rubber stamp collection. 

I made the  attached candy containers  6 inches by 1 1/2 inches. I added a couple of candies to each box. I used Art Impressions Wobbles to add movement to my cute Halloween Witches.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month.  Have a Happy Halloween. 

A Place to Start - OCTOBER, 2025 - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: PUMP IT UP FOR PUMPKINS

 Time for another challenge at challenge at A Place to Start. The challenge as always is anything goes and our optional twist this month is "Pump it up for Pumpkins".                             

This is the card I made for this challenge. This cute pumpkin girl is a digital image from My Bestie.

To create my card , along with my image I used several extras from my stash of Halloween papers etc. Halloween is a fun time to create cards. Hope you will join our challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.

OCTOBER 2025 613 Avenue Create - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST THINK PINK

I made this card for the October 5th challenge at 613 Avenue Create. The challenge is anything goes with and optional twist of Think Pink.  Think pink (create something for breast cancer awareness month)

 

I decided to make a "Thinking of You" card using paper from a paper pack called Fairy Tale Paper Bloc De Papier, the paper pack if a lovely assortments of papers in soft colours including pink and gold, perfect for my pink theme card. 

Along with a rubber stamped "Thinking of You" sentiment I added a butterfly, some gems and a ribbon. The rubber stamp thinking of you sentiment is from my collection of rubber stamps by Rubber Stampede. I also added a pretty flower to tie the colours together. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join the challenge this month. Just create your card and enter it here. 

Creative Artiste - September Mixed Challenge

  Welcome to another challenge at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. 

The term “mixed media art” is a broad definition that covers many forms of arts and crafts, including collage, assemblage, altered objects, handmade greeting cards, artist trading cards (ATCs) tags and art journaling  as long as you use different mediums.

The “mixed media” used includes paint, paper, pastes, sprays, powders, textural elements, clay, resins, fabrics, found objects, photos, metal, inks, pencils, markers and pastels to name just a few.

The best thing with Mixed Media is there is no right or wrong way of doing things. There are no boundaries or rules to follow, it is all about where your creativity takes you. Mixed media can be kept simple with minimal clean lines, or as fussy and manic as you like. It's a great way to use up your scraps too, we all are guilty of keeping those little bits and pieces thinking it's too nice to just through away, even those teeny tiny off cuts of ribbon and lace.

Mixed Media is also a great way to upcycle because anything goes. Empty packaging, glass jars or bottles can be transformed. Got a pack of cards that have a few missing - turn them into little mini pieces of art. The possibilities are endless.
Make mixed media work for you, don't doubt yourself thinking you can't do this that or the other because it's might not be your style etc., just add your own twist

 to things.

My October Mixed Media Project

My inspiration from a book I found at a thrift store - called BC Rail

by Chris Harris 

I textured the canvas for my collage using Acrylic paints  and sprays to create an antiquing effect. 

I added a found black ring

This is my October Mixed Media Project

Judy McKay for Creative Artiste 

 I had a few gears and clogs, and several stamped saying from some stamps from my stash.  I also used a rubber stamp called Steam Punk Man by Sheene Douglas. 

This was a fun mixed media project. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to stop by our challenge blog to view the inspiring projects from our design team. 

Hope you will join this challenge. I would love to see your project. 

Crafty Gals Corner - Fill in the Blank Challenge - Fall

 

Challenge #270 - Fill in the Blank - Fall ..... (9/10/2025)

The theme of this challenge is:

Fill in the  blank - Fall 

(leaves, florals, harvest, colours, activity, etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Fred, She Said Digital Designs

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

Fred She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - Digi's, Pre-colored images, Papers, Sets, Fred's Flower Kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred!

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LeAnn's World 101

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Polkadoodles

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

This is my card for this challenge and I am filling

 in the blank with  "Fall Colours"

This is my card I made for this challenge.

Using: Poppy Flowers Autumn Fall Fox

Polkadoodles

Love the image I used for this card. The little wolf is so cute and I can imagine using it for several different card including:

Thank you card

Autumn card

Remembrance day

I coloured the card with copic markers, white Posta pens, white gel pen and a black marker. I added a wrap around sentiment and a shear green ribbon to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. 

remember to pop by our change board to view the beautiful project made by our talented design team. 

Hugs Judy

September 2025 - Challenge at 613 Avenue Create. - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST LOTS OF LEAVES

 Time for another challenge at 613 Avenue Create. 

This is my card for this challenge.

I do love using leaves on my card. The brown background paper with the little leaves is from my stash but unfortunately  I have lost the cover of the paper stack and I do not know who's the designer of the paper is. The paper is so pretty. The textured brown paper that I added the black dots to is the glass wrapping paper from a friend studio. 

The leaves are die cuts from a set of dies by Time Holtz.   I added a small ribbon to connect the two leaves.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog at 613 Avenue Create, to see the beautiful creations for our talented design team. 

Creative Artist September 2025 - Mixed Media Art Journal

 Welcome to another challenge at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. 

The term “mixed media art” is a broad definition that covers many forms of arts and crafts, including collage, assemblage, altered objects, handmade greeting cards, artist trading cards (ATCs) tags and art journaling  as long as you use different mediums.

The “mixed media” used includes paint, paper, pastes, sprays, powders, textural elements, clay, resins, fabrics, found objects, photos, metal, inks, pencils, markers and pastels to name just a few.

The best thing with Mixed Media is there is no right or wrong way of doing things. There are no boundaries or rules to follow, it is all about where your creativity takes you. Mixed media can be kept simple with minimal clean lines, or as fussy and manic as you like. It's a great way to use up your scraps too, we all are guilty of keeping those little bits and pieces thinking it's too nice to just through away, even those teeny tiny off cuts of ribbon and lace.

Mixed Media is also a great way to upcycle because anything goes. Empty packaging, glass jars or bottles can be transformed. Got a pack of cards that have a few missing - turn them into little mini pieces of art. The possibilities are endless.
Make mixed media work for you, don't doubt yourself thinking you can't do this that or the other because it's might not be your style etc., just add your own twist

 to things.

This is my project for this month, a few more pages I have added to one of my art journal book. 

This is my project for this month

                                      Judy McKay for Creative Artiste

This was my first page I added to this week's journal pages.

I used a selection of inks and stamping for the background. The flower stamp is from my  collection of unmounted rubber stamp. I used a black pen to add definition to my circles.

The flowers are coloured with Pan Pastels. 

Some tags from my scraps I started with to make my tags for this page.

For the tags I used a combination of acrylic paint, tissue paper, inks, rubber stamps,  inks and found ribbon

Thank you for joining us ar Creative Artiste this month. Hope to see you back here again soon. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog  to be inspired by our talented design team.