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.

A Place to Start September - ANYTHING GOES w/Optional Twist: FOR A MAN

Time for another Challenge over at A Place to Start. The theme this month is as always, anything goes and the optional twist is "For a Man"

I decided to use the anything goes challenge and show you a project I made in a Mixed Media event that I attended that was put on by a two dear friends, Mindy and Britt from Pip Art Creations. It was a fun weekend trying out new products and making new friend.

 To create this pretty butterfly board we used:

Papers from Stamperia

wooden frame

black foam

an assortment of embellishments

splattered paint

clear Nuvo

metal corner pieces 

gems

stamps

distress inks

Thank you for stopping by and have a create week. Hope you will join our challenge, we would love to see what you are creating in your craft room. 

613 Avenue Create - September Challenge - ANYTHING GOES W/ OPTIONAL TWIST "ME, MYSELF & I"

Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue Create. The theme of the challenge is anything goes with an optional twist "Me, Myself & I. 

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is

This is the card I made for this challenge.  I love to shop som I thought using Mirtillamente's shopping girl image I  would make myself a easel card  

The image is called Olives: Leyna Shopping

I used an easel die cut that I had in my stash for several years, Mirtillamente's image and paper from my stash. I coloured my card with pencil crayons, copics, and gel pens added a sentiment , designer paper, gems and enlarges some of the purses and presents. I enlarged a copy of the gift bags and added them to the front of the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join us again soon. I would love it if you would show us what you have been creating this month. 

 

Crafty Gals Corner , July Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional twist/Christmas

Time for another great challenge at Crafty Gals Corner. 

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist being Christmas! ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

     

Colour of Love

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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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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Both of our wonderful sponsors have beautiful images of all different digi stamps for all occasions. 

This is the card I made for this challenge.

Using:   Christmas Angel

Colour of Love

 I loved this image I used for this card, perfect for one of the little girls in my family this Christmas,  The image was coloured with Copic Markers , Wink of Stella, Nuvo, and pencil crayons.  I layered her on Christmas Paper from my stash, and some gloss gold paper.  A add glittered snow flakes to add some sparkle. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.

613 Avenue Create - July Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional Twist/Floral Delight/Just Add a Flower

Time for another challenge over at 613 Avenue Create this month. The theme of the challenge is Anything Goes with an optional twist of / Floral Delight/Just add a Flower. 

I chose this digital image from my stash for this card.

The image is from a digi company called Arty Pants. I have had the image in my collection since 2013 along with many others of their digi stamps. I do not think the company is still around. I have not been able to find any current information about them.

To colour my image I used my copic markers, pencil crayons, nuvo,  and gel pens. I added a sentiment and some gems to give the antique flower scene some sparkle. 

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

Creative Artiste July 2024 Mixed Media Challenge Blog

 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 July, a summer fun garden theme. 

This is the metal fence I found at the thrift store that became my canvas for my project. 

 I used an assortment of products from my stash to give my fence an antique look. The flowers were from a collection that I have had in my stash for many years.  I have been trying to use up my products in the last little while be for the dried up or were not in a condition to be used. 

The leaves were die cut out on a piece of a gelli plate background that I had previously made. The bird was a digital image that I coloured with my panpastels. I also added a round paper clip, a pearl and a sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a create month. Hope you will join us in this challenge. Remember to check out our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.

A Place to Start Challenge July - Anything Goes

 Time for another new challenge at A Place to Start. The theme this month is anything goes. I would like to see what you are working on this month.

This month I decided to make a simple card using some of my gelli plate papers and adding a a stamped octopus. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the company creating the stamp. That is the unfortunate part of   stamps no longer on blocks. The good thing is the we have more room in our craft room for more product.

I added some clear Nuvo to parts of the octopus to give texture and dimension.  I also added a sentiment that consisted parts of different sentiment from my stash. 

Hope you will join us this month. Remember to stop by our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. Have fun creating this month. 

Craft Gals Corner - June Challenge -Anything Goes w/optional Twist being Fancy Folds

 

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist being Fancy Fold ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's

Prize ~ 2 Digital Images

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LeAnn's World 101

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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This is the card I made for this challenge a fancy fold using: Flutterby Fairy

from the collection of LeAnn's World 101 digital stamps.

The fancy fold I used for this card is called stand up card. I have seen several versions of the card and adapted the card from Cards and Co.  I thought it was a cute design. I love LeAnn's world image and have made this card for one of my nieces children's birthday.  The fairy is adorable. 

I am not sure who created  designer paper , I had 2 pieces of it in my stash.  I thought it was very pretty. 

Another view of the card.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be  inspired by our talented design tea. Remember also to check out the digital images from bought of our generous sponsors. Hope you will join us this month.  

Creative Artiste - June 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.

This is my project for this month, an altered Photo Box. 

Recipe for my altered box

old photo box

distressed ink - walnut

designer paper

faux screws

found toy glasses

antique effect paint in several colours

several rubber stamps from my stash

postage stamps

Different views

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

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

A Place to Start Challenge, June 2024 - Anything Goes with optional twist - Anything but a Card

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start. The theme as always is anything goes. Our optional twist this month  is anything but a card.

Our generous sponsor this month is

I choose to create an art journal page for this challenge using our sponsor's image.

 

For the background of my art journal page I created it using my gel plate  and a stencil. I love the image of the the lady - part butterfly. 

The image I found on the internet and the author is unknown. I think it is a beautiful saying.

The extra butterflies on the page are rubber stamps from my collection of stamps. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a create month. Hope you will join us in this challenge. Remember to check out our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. Remember to also check out Mirtillamente blog to see her beautiful designs. 

 

613 Avenue Create - June Challenge - Anything Goes Optional Twist - For the Guys

Time for another great challenge over at 613 Avenue Create.  The theme as always is Anything Goes with an optional twist of  "For the Guys".

The background of the card is made up of a collage of different papers with a men's theme. I also used distressed inks, the 40 represents the person's birthday.

 I added gears that I coloured with inks and a sentiment to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog to be inspired by their talented design team.

Have a creative week. 

Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #255 - Anything Goes with optional twist -Lace &/or Pearls

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

~ Anything Goes with optional twist being Lace &/or Pearls ~

 Our sponsor for this challenge is: 

Moondrea Designs

Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

This is the card I made for this challenge

Using: Gina Antoinette

What a cute digital stamp. I can see many uses for Gina Antoinette, the cupcake she is carrying represents a celebration to me. I used pearls on her necklace and in her hair. The flowers also have pearls on them.The card was coloured with Copic markers and pencil crayon. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week Remember to pop over to Crafty Gals Corner to be inspired by our creative Design team. 

A Place to Start - May Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional Twist for a Lady

Time  for a new challenge over at A Place to Start, as always the challenge is anything goes 

with an optional twist of  "For a Lady"

Our generous sponsor this challenge is:

I have used a Polkadoodle digital image. Isn't she cute. 

I just love this image, she is ready for summer.  The image was coloured with Copics, pencil crayon, A Wink of Stella, white gel pen, and clear Nuvo. I added a flower and layer the image on some die cut papers  from a paper pack called Momenta. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this challenge. Remember to check out our challenge blog and our sponsors wonderful digital stamps.