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

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. 

Creative Artiste's October's Challenge

 Time for another great mixed media challenge over at Creative Artiste.

 Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram entries.  

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 I made for this challenge, a page for my art journal book.

I made my collage is using images I have collected from some art show advertisement pamphlets, business cards and magazine images. I used a combinations of acrylics, stencil, posca pens and inks for the background. 

closer views

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to Creative Artiste this month and join this challenge and be inspired by our talented design team.  

A Place to Start - January's Anything Goes Challenge

Welcome back and a Happy 2022 to you all.

We have a new challenge this week at A Place to Start and our theme is as always "Anything Goes".

Our sponsor this week is 

Remember to visit their store to see the great selection of digital stamps and papers.

Remember they have a new challenge every month., visit their challenge blog to be inspired.

 

I made these two cards that follow using our sponsor's images. 

For my first card I used

Le Pine: Grace Selfie

I just love this bold cute selfie image.  I used some of my mix media paper for the background to the card.  The paper was made using a Gelli print that I made using acrylic paint, stencils, glitter and a black permanent marker.  The image was coloured with Copic Markers, and glitter pens in several colours was used n the background, boots and dress,  It is was a fun card to make. 

Closer look

For my second card I used

Le Pine - Mary R. 

I think this image is such a cool lady. I coloured her with Copics and highlighted her hair with a sliver gelly roll pen.  The arrows and bicycle wheels are both die cuts by Tim Holtz. The background paper is from my stash.  

Closer look

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. 

I am entering the card in the following challenges

Classic Designs - AG

CHNC Patterned Paper - AG

Colouring in Scrapland - AG

Incy Wincy Designs - AG

Lil Patch of Craft and Crafty Friends -  AG

Mirtillamente Chaleenge - AG