In Search of my Creative Side - March Mixed Media Challenge

 

Time for another great mixed media challenge at Creative Artiste.

My project for this month is an Encaustic collage. 

The products I used for this challenge are 

Bees' wax

Several colours of Encaustic waxes

Sewing Patterns Pieces from my stash

Inks Postage Stamps

Acrylic Paints

Book pages

Altered Old picture frame

The dancing Lady is from old photo grafts by in Holts in his 

 old photografts collection

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #273 ~ Anything Goes w/twist "Snowman" (1/14/2026)

 Time for another challenge over at  Crafty Gals Corner.

Challenge #273 - Anything Goes/ with optional twist "snowman"

This is my snowman project I made for this challenge.

I used a Digi image from my collection of Digi's. I believe the company is from Bugaboo Digital Stamps called Snow Couple. I believe  this digi is no longer available. 

I found this idea on Facebook from a very talented artist Julie' wreath you can see her demo at  on Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=saved&v=1961604138048167

Closer view of the snowman couple

I used a wooden canvas instead ( 8/2 by 11 size) and used many of the products she used but added red acrylic paint, Copic markers, Nuvo, glitter paint and gold ribbon around the edges.

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

Hugs

Judy

A Place to Start - January, 2026 Anything Goes, Optional twist Rainbows (lots of Colours)

 Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start.  The challenge as always is Anything Goes and this month's optional twist is Rainbows. Create a project using lots of colour. 

This is the card I made for our first challenge of 2026. The Unicorn image on this card is from a company found on Esty, https://pngtree.com/so/unicorn.

Along with the unicorn image I used butterflies , glitter paper, pens and Nuvo to give the card more colour, interest and texture. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. I am looking forward to see you colourful creations this month. 

 Hope you will join us this month, just create your card and enter it here. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. 

JANUARY 2026 - 613 Avenue Create ANYTHING GOES w/ OPTIONAL TWIST CHEERS TO THE NEW YEAR

Welcome to our first challenge over at 613 Avenue Create for 2026. The challenge as always is anything goes. Challenge Twist:  Cheers to the New Year (create something featuring any beverage)

This is my project for this challenge, a book with saying about wine. 

Judy

The wine saying came from different producers for wine sentiments.

I used the sentiments from the following rubber stamp artists along with other stamps that I know longer know who created them. 

Funny Bones

Rubbernecker Stamps

Quiet Fire design

Scrapbooking.com

Karen Burnston

I used wine cutting dies from 

Forever Time

Metal Charms

There are 6 pages in the book with pockets  that are decorated and 11 pages total also to decorate.

I used many different cutting dies on my book pages.

The lettering is from the dollar store.

I used Copic markers on some of the leaves and berries.

The book contains pocket pages with areas to do your notes or creative projects

Clear Nuvo on some of my berries for shine and texture

Tim Holtz bingo letters for the year - which I added purple glitter 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Happy New Years. I am looking forward to seeing all of your creations in 2026.  

Hugs Judy

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