Crafty Gals Corner December Challenge Anything Goes with Optional Twist and Bloggiversary Blog Hop Goes w/optional twist - Make it Merry plus ~We are also hosting a Blogiversary Blog Hop!

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Make it Merry ~

Our challenge sponsor for this challenge is  

Beccy's Place

Prize ~  $10 Gift Certificate

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This is my Christmas Project Using: Family Reunion from Beccy's Place, 

I made this little wall hanging for  my granddaughter.  

                         Blogiversary Blog Hop!

 In addition to our regular challenge, we are also hosting a Blogiversary Blog Hop! This marks 10 years that Samantha got challenges, sponsors and some WONDERFUL ladies together, to inspire you with beautiful crafty creations.

Now this would not be a celebration without some prizes, right? Well, we do have some wonderful prizes offered by Crafty Gals Corner and also from some of our wonderful sponsors, for this blog hop.  All you have to do for a chance to be win a prize is to leave some love on our teammies' blogs.  So come hop along with us, have fun, and good luck!
Please follow the blog hop schedule below,  and if you get lost you can just hop on back here :)

Crafty Gals Corner Anniversary Blog Hop

Billie
Cathie
Christopher
Jeanie
Judy V.
Judy Mc.  (you are here)
Kim
Lena 
Rae Ann

Our AMAZING sponsors for this blog hop are:

     

Colour of Love

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  1 Digi of your choice

Moondrea Designs

Prize ~ 1 Digi of your choice

Pattie's Creations

Prize: 1 Digi of your choice

The Paper Shelter

Prize: 1 Digi of your choice

Hope you all enjoy the hop. 

Thank you for all of your support in 2024 . Good luck with the Blog Hop and thank you to our wonderful generous sponsors. You are the best!

Happy holidays to you and your family and all the best in 2025. 

Creative Artiste - December Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed Media

 Creative Artiste - December Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed Media

  Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. This is our last challenge for 2024.

Our theme is as always 

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. 

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.

For this month challenge I have created  some large chip board Christmas tags for their gifts for under the tree. 

These are the Christmas tags 

For these tags I used the following products:

acrylic paints

Simmering paints

 Tim Holts dies and rubber stamps

Scraps of designer Christmas paper

Glitter paint

Ribbon and buttons

Snowflake dies

glitter paper

gems

Nuvo

glitter pens and powders

Copic markers

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month and a Happy Holiday season. Remember to stop by our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. We will not have another challenge into February 2025.

All the best to you and your family and the best to you in 2025. 

A PLACE TO START - DECEMBER 2024 - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Time for another great challenge at A Place to Start. As always the challenge is anything goes and December's twist is Happy Holidays. The twist is happy any holiday, the holiday is that of your choosing. This challenge is also the last challenge for 2024 but we will be back here in January 2025.   

This is my challenge project this month, a Chritmas Collage. 

Closer look. 

To create my collage I used the following products

small oriental metal garden gate. 

designer papers

acrylic paint 

die cuts from Tim Holtz  collection

chip board frame,

gems,

glitter

snow

silver ribbon

Tim Holtz Christmas sentiment

assortments of glue. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join in the challenge, create a card, tag, art journal page. There are so many posibilites to show us your art. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Just create your project and enter it here.

All the best to you this holiday season and we hope to see you back here again in 2025. 

613 Avenue Create DECEMBER CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST "WINTER HOLIDAY"

This is the last challenge at 613 Avenue Create for 2024.  The challenge this month as always is anything goes. Our optimal twist this month is  "Winter Holidays". 

This is my Christmas card I made for the challenge.

Opened card

 (card measures 5 1/2 and 7 inches- folded)

(Original paper 15 1/2 inches)

Inside of the card

Products I used for the project:

Nuvo 

Wink of Stella

Paper pack by Lost and Found

Copic Markers

Gold Leaf pen

Gel Pens

Distress Inks

Distress Glitter

Glitter pens

Christmas Sentiment Unmounted Rubber Stamp - Author Unknown

Steampunk digital images 

Santa digital image - Christmas Eve Countdown

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Season's Greetings to you and your family.  Enjoy your winter  holidays and we hope to see you back here again in January 2025 for another  year of fun crafting. 

I am entering this Christmas card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Glitter and /or Christmas + Sentiment

Allsorts Challenge - Ribbon or Twine/ ATG option

Crafty Calendar - ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG w/Bells and Baubles option

Allsorts Challenge - Ribbon or Twine/ ATG option

Crafty Calendar - ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

CRAFT Challenge - Christmas

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #261 - Anything Goes w/optional twist - Use 3+ Layers

Time for another great challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner. The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Use 3+ Layers ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  2 digis, 1 pad of digital papers "mini"

and the possibility of being Special Guest DT

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SheepSki Designs
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

This is the project that I created for this challenge 

Using: Gnome Punk - Image no. 280

SheepSki Designs

 I just love SheepSki's little Gnomes. It was fun making the picture and using things I had saved in my stash. For this layering challenge I chose to use a wooden frame to layer my image and findings and layers.

For the project along within our sponsor image I used

layers of paper from my stash

acrylic paint

gears and clogs

metal clock

sentiments, designer paper from  Stamperia - Voyages Fantastiques

gems

distressed inks on the frame

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join our challenge this month, just create your project and enter it here. 

Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see all the inspiring project of our talented design team members. Also visit our generous sponsors  sites to see all their lovely images they have created for you. 

A Place to Start - Anything Goes Challenge - Optional Twist Sentiments of Thanks

 Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start. The of November's challenge as always is Anything Goes and the optional twist is to used a Thankful sentiment

inside of card

This is the thankful card I made for this challenge. The face of the card is made using a die cut for the flower from my stash, along with a background made with alcohol ink on Yupo paper. I added a fence and a stamped thank you sentiment to finish the front of the card. 

For the inside of the card I used a digital Thank You sentiment from my stash along with a few die cut flowers that I  used on the front of the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. I hope you will join us this month, just create your project and enter it here.

613 Avenue Create - November Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional Twist Challenge " Give Thanks"

Time for another exciting challenge over at 613 Avenue Create. This challenge is as always anything goes with an optional twist of Give Thanks. 

I decided to use the optional twist for this simple thank you card.

I used some designer paper from my stash for the background of the card along with a rainbow digital stamp that I coloured with my copics and a Wink of Stella. I added some some hearts and a couple of clouds at the end of my rainbow. 

When I wrote the sentiment I was thinking about a very special friend I have that is always there for me when ever I ask for advice or need a friend to talk to. We have had many laughs and tears together over our long years of friendship. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join the challenge this month, just create your project and enter it here. 

Creative Artiste - November Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed Media

  Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. Our theme is as always 

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. 

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.

This month I created a wall hanging using pictures of my 6 weeks summer holiday  trip to the north. My husband and I travelled with our trailer and our old dog to Northern British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest territories. We went north  to Tuktoyaktuk, the most village in North America.   I took about 600 pictures but had problems with my camera and getting the pictures off the phone. 

This is my Project

I used 3 books for the project which I added my mixed media paints, crackle paint, inks, my photographs from the trip, tourist maps and brochures from different tourism places.

The smallest book contains my notes for the trip, places we went, dates, the price of camping, where we camped and food and gas prices. I made this first book a few months before the trip and it was one of my summer blog projects. 

I made the next two books in the wall hanging when we returned from our trip, one book contains photographs of some of our favourite places we visited and the other book are collages of the tourist pamphlets we gathered along the way. In both books I added notes of stories on our trip along the way. I used a belt from the thrift store to hang the books from and E6000 to attach the books to the belt. 

Some pictures from the Road Trip book (collages made from the tourist info we collected)

Some pictures from our trip ( we took over 500 pictures)

When we arrived at the Arctic Circle

When Glen, I and Lacey arriving at the Arctic Ocean

This was the picture that my inspired me to try and make an the off the wall hanging. The artist was Beryl Taylor.

I found the idea in the Winter 2006 addition of Cloth Paper Scissors. 

This is still a work in progress wall hanging. Every time I thing I am finished another idea pops into my head.

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 be inspired by our creative design team. 

Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge 260 - Anything w/Optional Twist - Make it Spooky

 Time for another challenge at Crafty Gals Corner

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Make it Spooky! ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: (listed in alphabetical order) 

Polkadoodles

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

The Paper Shelter

Prize: 3 Digital Stamps

This is my little collage using: 

 Frankenstein Monster Halloween Gnome

Polkadoodles

This was a fun collage wall hanging I made for my grandson for Halloween. I used a wooden matte for the base, then I stained the frame. Next I added designer Halloween background paper in layers along with inks, embossing dies, Halloween ribbon. To complete the project I added a metal key, a spider and a small skeleton face.  The mossy green paper behind the grome is some hand made paper I made several years ago.  I loved the texture of the paper. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. I hope you join us in this challenge. Check out the designs of the images of our generous sponsors. 

A Place to Start - October - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: USE THE COLOUR PINK

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start. As alway our challenges are anything goes or an optional twist.  This month's the twist is use the colour pink.

I made a box using a rubber stamp from Holly Berry House that I have had in my collection of rubber stamps for at least 10 years. I even remember where I bought it on a winter vacation in Arizona, in a little town called Cottonwood. The store was  the Art Glitter Company. check out both companies, they have some interesting products and art supplies. 

 

You can find the instructions for the treasure boxes here. I coloured the box with copics, glitter glue and Pearl EX.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will joint us this month at A Place to Start.  Just create you project and enter it here. 

613 Avenue Create OCTOBER 2024 - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST "LOTS OF LEAVES"

 Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue Create this month. The theme of this challenge is as always Anything Goes and the Optional Twist is Lots of Leaves. 

To create my card I used some pieces of s gel print I had in my stash that was in autumn colours. it is my favourite time of the year when the leaves start turning colours. I added splashes of gold ink, a border with my gold gel pen. 

The leaf die cuts and sentiment are from Tim Holtz collection of cutting dies. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month, just create you project and enter it here. 

Crafty Gals Corners - Challenge #259 - Anything Goes w/optional twist - Add a Ribbon

Time for another great challenge at Crafty Gals Corner. 

Challenge #259 - Anything Goes w/optional twist - Add a Ribbon 

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Add a ribbon ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are:  (listed in alphabetical order)

Last Minute Manda

Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis

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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.

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Using: Peek-a-Boo Raccoons

RAM Stamps

I painted a wood canvas orange  to use  as the  bases to my Halloween project. The digital stamp called Peek- A- Boo by Ram Stamps I used as my the centre point for the  canvas.  The image was coloured with my copics along with pencil crayons and glitter markers.

I added a halloween ribbon across the base of the canvas, Halloween paper in the background, along with stamped Halloween spider webs and spiders. 

I made this little picture for my granddaughter, as being one of her Halloween decorations. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month.  

Creative Artiste - October Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed media

  Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. Our theme is always is

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please. 

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.

I had this sketch in my stash of unfinished projects and I thought it would make a good art journal page.  I coloured the images with watercolour paint and added some butterflies and a sentiment that I have wanted to use for a long time. I splattered watercolour on my background, added a border and some stamped butterflies.

  Hope you will join us this month, just create your project and enter it here. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to check out our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team.

Creative Artiste September Challenge - Mixed Media

  Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. Our theme is always is

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please. 

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.

This is my project for September,a mixed media fairy birthday book.

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I purchased this chipboard album from Scrapbook.com to make this album for a friend's daughter who was having a birthday. 

I had lots of fun putting the book together. I used a combination from my collection of digital stamps, cutting dies and rubber stamps. 

I used designer card stock by Crafter's Companion called Cosmic Collection, assorted papers from my stash, rubber stamps, cutting dies,  acrylic paints,Distressed inks to create the background pages. 

I also added some sentiments and a poem. I left a few empty areas to added best wishes.To close the book I used a dainty chain and a key and lock set. 

I really liked how the book unfolded. 

closer look  at a few images

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month. We woould love to see your projects.