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