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