Single Layer Challenge at Come and Get It

The challenge at Come and Get It this week is to create a single layered card.  Bugaboo is  our Sponsors and I have used an imaged called JJ call me a witch.

I coloured my card with Copics and added some glitter and Diamond Glaze to complete the card.   Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

Enjoy the Gifts of Nature

I love this image from SLS Lines called Fantasy Fox Shaman Medicine Woman and decided to make a art journal page using it.  I think Sal created a very stunning image. I coloured the medicine woman with PanPastels and Copic Markers. 

The background of the art journal page was painted, stamped and stenciled.  The top of the page is a gelli print which I used packing tape to remove the design from the gelli plate and I also added some feathers.  The sentiment is by  Inkadinkado which has been in my collection of rubber for a very long time. 

 Be sure to check out the stamps at SLS Lines as Sal will be discontinuing her stamps soon.  We are sorry to see her go, so be sure to grab the stamps you love from her store before they are gone forever. 

 Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

Make It Merry and Bright

I made two cards for this weeks challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week. The challenge is a technique challenge and I chose to use  a dry embossed technique and stitched technique for this card. 

This card was made with a cute image from Oddball Art  one of our great sponsors this week.  The image is called Bobby Baby Elephant with Antlers .  

Pop over to our challenge broad to see the beautiful inspiring creations of our design team. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.   

Use a Technique Challenge at Holly Jolly

Time for another Christmas challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week.  The challenge is to create a card with one of the following techniques Embossing (wet or dry), Stitching / Piercing or Paper Piecing .  I have used an inage from one of our sponsors for my Christmas card  Holly berry with ribbon from The Stamping Boutique. 

I used my sewing machine to sew the background of my card for my technique.  I used Copics, glitter pen, glitter, and a white gell pen to colour my card and added a sentiment using a button.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative day.  

Crafty Cardmakers Autumn Challenge

The challenge this week at Crafty Cardmakers is to create your card or project in the theme of Autumn. 

The rubber stamp I used is called Baby, Mama, Papa Boo by Stampassion and it was coloured with Copics. I made this card using several different techniques.    

 The background was created using some unmounted rubber stamps and Distress Inks. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. 

Hope you will join us this week for this great challenge.  Just create your card or project and enter it here. Remember to check out the inspiring projects and cards of the design team. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Lots of Layers Challenge

Time for another great challenge at Come and Get it Challenges this month.  The theme is Lots of Layers.  One of our sponsors  this month  Polkadoodles  and I have used a image called   Sticks and Bones - Mammoth/ friend/Dinosaurs.

I had fun colouring the image with my Copics.  I coloured their hair in rainbow colours after being inspired by a video I watched by Sandy Allnock.  The video is called Swinging Mermaid and is part of her mermaid series and can be found on YouTube.  The hair is called rainbow hair.

I layered the card with several papers with animal prints , added some Washi tape and corners to complete the card.

Hope you will join us this week at Come and Get It.   Thank you for stopping by.  

So many books, so little time

I thought I would show you my card I made with one of the great images from SLS Lines for my son who just loves books.  I can see so many possibilities with this image.

Pop over to the SLS Lines Challenge blog to view the inspiring creations of the design team.

 Be sure to check out the stamps at SLS Lines as Sal will be discontinuing her stamps soon.  We are sorry to see her go, so be sure to grab the stamps you love from her store before they are gone forever. 

Thank you for stopping by.  

Enjoy Dahlia Flowers

I love this image from SLS Lines called  Dahlia Flowers Bouquet and decided to make a card using it.  Flower cards can be used for many occasions and always nice to have on hand. 

The image was coloured with Copic Markers, a gell and glitter pen then  die cut and layered over several layers of pattern paper. To complete the card I added a couple of brads, one with a sentiment on it. 

 Be sure to check out the stamps at SLS Lines as Sal will be discontinuing her stamps very soon.  We are sorry to see her go, so be sure to grab the stamps you love from her store before they are gone forever. 

 Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

Polka Dot Challenge

This so glad we are friends care was made for the Polka Dot Challenge at Come and Get It Challenges this week. I used this cute image from Bugaboo Stamps called  Bug Brat Sister2

To make my card I used a background embossing folder from We are Memory Keeper, I thought the background went well with the card.  I coloured the image with Copics, added some dots in the background with a rubber stamp by JRL Design.   The sentiment is by Stampin Up.  I added a flower, gem and glittered corners to complete the card.  

I hope you will join us this week at Come and Get it. Thank you for stopping by. 

More than One Fold Card Challenge

We have another great Christmas challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges and the theme is more than one fold. I have used a an image from one of our great sponsors, Fred, She Said called Dancing Penguin.

For the challenge I chose to use a tri-fold card for my more than one fold part to the challenge.  I love Fred's cute penguin with the cute puffy cheeks. I coloured the image with Copics, added some Wink of Stella, diamond glitter, and Chunky White embossing power. 

To complete my card I added a snowflake, sentiment  and ribbon. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will pop over to our challenge blog to see the more than one fold cards that the design team has created to inspire you. 

Write Your Story - Layer It Up

Time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers this month and the theme is layer it up.  Time to show us your creativity and add lots of layers to your card or project. 

 I have used a piece of my gell print paper from my stash that is in yellows, purple, white and gold for my background. I love using my gell plate to get a layered back ground.  Next I used several rubber stamps over the gell print to give the card interest and texture.  

My final layers were the added images that I stamped, inked, coloured and die cut or cut to create the top layers.  Some of the stamps were by Tim Holtz along with Tim Holtz, Inkadinkado, Rubber Stampede, and Toy Box. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see the inspiring creations of the design team.  Hope you will join us this challenge. 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania - Earth Tones
Crafts and Me- Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge - Anything Goes, Steampunk - Industrial. 

Beatnik Cat

I made this quick art journal page for this weeks inspiration over at SLS Lines.  I was inspired by several dictionary prints that I have seen on the web and thought I would give it a try with this neat image that Sal has designed for us. The image is called Beatnik Cat with Cigarette which can be found in SLS Lines shop here. 

I coloured the image with Copics, Posca Pens and a silver marker.  To complete the page I added a sentiment.  Hope this gives you a idea for your next project. 

We currently have a ongoing challenge at SLS Lines and the theme this month is a Tic Tac Toe. Please join in the fun.  If you would like to see some other great digital stamps check out the SLS Lines Store here.   

Flower Challenge at Come and Get It Challenges

Time again for another challenge this week at Come and Get It Challenges.  The theme of this challenge is "Flowers" .  I decided to do a mixed media canvas using an image called "image 856" from the Cat Lady.  I think she is such a cute image.  Check out the other digital stamps at My Bestie's by Sherri Baldy.  There is digital images for all occasions. 

I had fun making my mixed media project.  I used many products including: copic markers, acrylic paint, Prima and other fabric flowers, posca pens, Panpastels, lace, stencils, buttons, dies, gems and brands.  

I hope you will join us this week for this flower challenge.  Just create your card or project and enter it here. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to see the inspiring creations of the design team.  Thank you for stopping by. 

Mixed Media Challenge at Creative Artiste

I am back with my project for this month's anything goes mixed media challenge at Creative Artiste.  Our sponsor this moth is Scrapmatts.  

Scrapmatts is a wonderful paper craft company located in Australia and has a great selection of chipboard, stencils, paper tole products and other scrapbook and card making supplies.   

On this mixed media canvas I used many products including chipboard, stencils, wall paper, fabrics, lace, scissors, cheese cloth and gems. I hope you will join us this month.  Pop over to our challenge blog to view the beautiful creations of our talented design team. 

Creative Artiste has a DESIGN TEAM CALL ending 14^th September – to start 1^st Friday in October.

Hi everyone we have a design team call and are looking for 3 DT members who love working with different materials and mediums etc. No previous DT experience is necessary.

To Apply

You need to have an Active Blog and Facebook account to apply.

You need to be able to commit to deadlines once a month and making a project that is Mixed Media either from your stash or supplies from our sponsors.
So coloured images alone on a cards wont pass as Mixed Media.

Promote our Sponsors once the challenge has gone live.  This has to be done by using Facebook, Blogs etc.

Promote our Challenges using Blogs, Facebook etc... plus display our blog Challenge Badge on your blog.

Each month you will be given a number to comment on challenge entries, it's lovely for people participating to get a comment and we all enjoy receiving comments.

If at any time you think you can't comment, don't worry as sometimes life can get a bit hectic. 

It doesn’t matter if you are a  new or experienced crafter the call is open to any stages in crafting.

Above all we want you to have fun and meet some new teammates on the way.

So If you would like to apply or need to know anything else, just ask. We would like you to add your blog address to the application and also 2 projects, can be old or new, that give us an idea, about your style.

Remember to Apply
Please Email Both 

Avril Watson

 avrilwatson@gmail.com. 
and 
Rhonda Alman 
tillie65@bigpond.com

We look forward to seeing your creations 

Fridge Magnets

The theme for this month's challenge at Eclectic Ellapu for the purple team is "New Beginnings".  Celebrating new home, new baby, new job.....  I decided to make some mixed media fridge magnets to celebrate a new home.  It was kind of fun making some funky houses and I made them all different showing different stills of new homes. 

I used bits and pieces of left over gelli print papers for most of the magnets backgrounds. I had fun using different techniques and I hand drew some of the houses .

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by Eclectic Ellapu's blog to see the projects of the design teams.  Remember there are two different challenges at the first of every month. 

Altered Box - Art on the Go

Time  for another challenge at Altered Eclectics this month, as always it is another Anything Goes challenge as long as it is mixed media or altered art.    I am headed out in September on a 3 month RV trip to New Mexico and Utah and thought I would alter a box to put so of my crafting supplies in while travelling.

I found this box to alter at a flea market. 

I decoupaged pieces of maps from an old atlas I had for the first layer of my box then collages dollar store gems and added some wonderful original sentiments from Chris Stern of CS Designs. CS designs has some beautiful sentiments along with unique digital stamps. 

More views of the altered box.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Please join in our challenge this month.  Just create you project and enter it here.