Crafty Gals Corner - July Challenge - Challenge # 269 - Fill in the Blank - .....

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Fill in the blank -  _____ July ~

(4th, Christmas, vacation, gardening, picnic, etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Pattie's Creations

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Ram Stamps

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:

I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

I am filling in the blank with celebrating July 4th, Canada Day.

The image  I used for this challenge is from the collection of digis' of Pattie's  Creations. The image is called 

 Cheers to you Ladies

The image of the ladies is from called  Cheers to you Ladies from the collection of digi's from 

Pattie's Creations

The sentiment stamp "Well behaved women seldom make history." 

Thank you for stopping by and remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired to by our talented design team. 

Hugs Judy

A PLACE TO START JULY CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: VELLUM

Time for another great challenge at A Place to Start this month.

The Challenge this month as always is Anything Goes with an optional Twist. This month's twist is to use vellum in your design. 

The vellum I used for this card has gold flex's in the design.  The embossing folder I used was an old one from my stash. I used blue background paper, Copic markers for colouring , vellum butterflies from some left over vellum from my staff. I also added some gems to give the card some sparkle.  I used a thin black sharpie to add a border on the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join us this month at A Place to Start. 

613 Avenue Create - JULY 2025 - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST ANY HOLIDAY

Hello fellow crafters. Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue create. As always the challenge is anything goes and this months optional twist is to create something for and holidays.

Challenge Twist:  Any holiday (create something for any holiday)

My holiday that I chose for this challenge is a Christmas theme card. 

I have had this cat theme knocking down the Christmas tree stamp for many years,  The stamp is from Technique Junkies one of my favourite companies from when I first started crafting. They also has a wonderful

technique news letter  that I reference still today.

The products I used for this card were:

Christmas tree die cut

Christmas designer paper from my stash

Christmas decoration (stars) - die cuts out of foil from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. I hope you will join us this week, never to early to start your Christmas cards . 

Hugs Judy

Creative Artiste - July 2025 - Mixed Media "Anything Goes"

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 July, a collage of old movies posts, faces etc. 

This was my inspiration for the collage that I found at a thrift store, movie reels.

To create my Mixed Media Collage of Old Movies I used the following products:

Old wooden frames used in reverse

decorative film reels

assortment of acrylic paints

wooden lettering and stars

stencil and distress inks

Gold 

Dimensional

Pearls and Stickles

pictures of movie stars from my stash, 

magazines, and from eBay

Copic Markers for colouring a couple of hand drawn film making tools

do you recognize a few of the movies and the stars.

The bowl of popcorn is from an Orville Redenbacher's package. For the bowl, I added acrylic modelling paste for texture and acrylic paint. 

This is the back ground I created for my project. 

Close up of a few sections on the collage.

 Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join us this month.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to see the projects of our design team.

Crafty Gals Corner - June Challenge - Challenge #268 - Fill in the Blank - Dad's .....

  

Welcome to our July challenge at Crafty Gal Corner , please join in.

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Fill in the blank - Dad's _____ ~

(day, cars, clothes, hobbies, sports, tools, birthday,  etc.)

  Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

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Sheepski Designs

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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For this challenge I chose a digital stamp from the SheepSki Designs collection called Bryan's Baby. 

~I filled in the blank with  - Dad's "wander lust for  travel" ~

The background paper is one I made using alcohol ink and a comb to make the striped design. The flooring in a piece of designer paper from my stash. The sentiments were from a set of rubber stamps from my stash.  I added clear Nuvo to the lights and other chrome accessories. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month. Create your card and enter it here. 

A Place to Start Challenge - JUNE, 2025 - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: RECYCLE

 

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start. The challenge this month is Anything Goes with an optional twist of Recycle.

For this challenge of Recycle I decided to recycle a birthday card I got earlier in the year.

I used the flower section of my card that I was recycling and cut it out in a circle and layered in with another circle slightly larger in the green of the flower stems. I stamped a birthday stamp on some white cardstock, added  some  distressed ink and a layer of the green cardstock.

The outside layer of the card is some scrap lined paper from my stash. 

To complete my card I added a ribbon, and butterfly from my stash. I also added gold Nuvo to the butterfly and clear Nuvo as water drops on my vase. 

Hope you will join us this month's challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Have a creative month. 

Hugs Judy

613 Avenue Create JUNE 2025 - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST FOR THE GUYS

Time for another great challenge over at 613 Avenue Create

The theme of the challenge is "for the Guys (create an masculine project). The alternative to our twist is Anything Goes.  

This is my card I made for this challenge

The digital stamp I used for this project is called Adventure Dad and is part of the Make It Crafty Collection. 

I  coloured my card with pencil crayons and Copics. I added some clear Nuvo for depth to my binocular's glass and also added some additional scenery to fill out my card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month. Remember to pop over to 613 Avenue Create to be inspired by our talented design team.