Creative Artiste - December Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed Media / Optional Twist ,Something Related to Christmas

 

This is the last challenge of 2025 at Creative Artiste. We have had a wonderful year of crafting  and fun with our talented design team. I have learnt so much from these wonderful ladies. 

The challenge this month is as always, anything goes mixed media. The optional twist for this challenge is to create a project related to Christmas. 

I created with picture of a heron flying in a winter storm using encaustic

wax as a present for Christmas for one of my sister who is a very devoted volunteer at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve. 

To create my project 

I used a 12 inch wooden frame

I covered the surface of the frame first with a thick 

layer of hot bee's wax and smoothed it out.

The rocks on the bottom of the picture were created using Citra Solv National Geographic Magazine pages then cutting them into shapes to fit composition. you can find directions for the use of Citra Solv and the National Geographic Magazines  

The flying heron is a pencil and charcoal drawing which I also added to my composition.

I used bee's wax for the sky along with several shades and colours of encaustic wax.  My rocks and heron were attached to the picture with waxes and then to added some interest by making markings in the sky and rocks and highlighting them with a small amount of brown oil paint.

Once I had completed my project I polished the waxes with a soft cloth.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great holiday season. Hope to see you back here again in 2026.  

The Creative Artiste Design Team will be taking their usual winter break in January but we will be back on February 6th 2026 with more mixed media inspiration.

Happy Holidays - Judy

A PLACE TO START, DECEMBER, 2025 - ANYTHING GOES w/OPTIONAL TWIST: WINTER THINGS

Last challenge of 2025 at A Place to Start.  As always the theme of this  Anything Goes and the optional 

twist of winter things.

This is the card I made for this challenge. 

Another view of the card

The products I used for this card are:

Snow

Copic Markers

Nuvo in several colours

Easel die cutter

Sentiment by 

Assortment of Christmas papers from my stash

Digital Stamp - Christmas Eve Count Down

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. All the best this holiday season. Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful art work in 2026.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

Hugs Judy

 

Crafty Gals Challenge - Anything Goes - Optional Twist - Tis the Season

Time for another great challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner.

 The theme for this challenge is: 

~ 'Tis the Season ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order)

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize ~ 2 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!

This is my project for this challenge. 

a wall hanging using a stamp from 

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

called

Choir of Angels

 

Using: Choir of Angels

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

I used a round wooden piece of wood for my base of my project, along with a star stencil and blue acrylic paint.

I added music symbols , Copic markers, glitter

and a wooden "Noel" from my stash. 

The background paper is from my Christmas stash of paper.

Hope you will join in the fun. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful Christmas. 

Hugs Judy

Creative Artiste - November Anything Goes - Mixed Media Challenge

  Welcome to another challenge at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

This is my project for this month - a Mixed Media Christmas Hanging.

 

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.

To create my project I used a wooden craft frame as my base. I painted a base coat then used a large star stencil and stenciled the frame with stars. I had a few small frames in my stash that I used that I decided to paint and add to my collage and filled with Christmas theme elements.

Some of the elements I used were Christmas Bells, die cut deer, flowers, snowflakes and  Christmas paper from my stash.  I also added some gems, glitter, small paper flowers,  Mega art stones and Metallic Gilding Polish.

It was a fun project to make. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join our challenge this month. Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see the beautiful art work of our talented design team .   Hugs Judy

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Optional twist Sparkle and Shine

Time for another great challenge at 613 Avenue Create and the last challenge of 2025. 

As always the challenge is anything goes and the 

 Challenge Twist:  Sparkle & shine (create something with bling & or shimmer)

I created this Christmas card  for the challenge and added sparkling stars, Wink of Stella, and Nuvo on the Christmas bulbs. I love this old lady sitting in her chair waiting foe Christmas. The image I believe is from the Dr Digi collection that I have has in my stash for a long time. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog, 613 Avenue Create and be inspired by our talented design team.

Have a wonderful holiday season and we hope to see you back here again in 2026.

Merry Chritmas and a Happy New Year. 

A Place to Start November - Anything Goes with Optional Twist - Try Something New

 We have another great challenge happening at A Place to Start 

The theme of the project this month is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of  "Something New"

I was looking through some of my Christmas craft supplies and found the Christmas tree rubber stamp by Poppy that I have used on this clip board that I also found in the box. This is not the only stamp I found in the Christmas box that had never been used. The paper I used for the tag was also in the box, I believe I purchased it at Michaels at the end of the season.

To make my Christmas Clip Board I also used 

Wooden Clip Board

Snowflake tape

Sentiments by Poppy

Distress Inks 

Ribbon 

Copics

My plan for the clip board is to add paper behind the Christmas scene and add my Christmas card list for up coming years. 

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.

613 Avenue Create - November - Anything goes or optional twist Thank you! (create a thankful project)

Time for another challenge at 613 Avenue Create. The theme of this challenge is anything goes with an optional twist of creating something to say thank you. 

This is my "thank you project" for November's challenge.

 I create a Christmas present box for a gift to say thank you to a friend for how she has helped me in some hard times. I have some earring that I am going to add to the box

I used a small metal box for the base of my project that I painted blue with acrylic paints and added a white doily for the background. I added some dollar store gems around the  top of the lid that I also painted blue then added Metallic Gilding Polish to give them some shine. 

The top of the box I decorated with die cut poinsettias which I painted with acrylic paint, Christmas greenery and a sentiment.  I hope she enjoys my gift.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. 

Hugs Judy

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.