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

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.

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - April's Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed media.

Welcome to another challenge at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

This is my project for April an altered wood canaster box.

I hope you will join us this month. 

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.

I created my box to hold my computer cords etc where I keep my charge

cord in my kitchen. I was trying to create the box to fit in with my  1940's pottery cookie jar.

 

I purchased a set of wooden canisters box at a thrift store a few years ago. I like them to alter because they are made of good solid wood and they have a lining of plastic that can be taken out if required. They are neat to alter and can store trinket, jewelry, cookies etc ......

Old Canister

I found at a thrift store, these metal leaves and flower that I altered.

The leaves were from a bathroom shower curtain. 

The metal flower was at a local garage sale and I think it came off a necklaces. 

Shower curtain leaves and metal flower from a necklaces.

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More view of the project.

I decoupaged a large bee from a napkin to the box and used a die cut honey bee - honey comb for the background.

Side of box

Top of the box

Back of the box

My counter with the antique cookie jar and altered Bee Happy Box. 

The box was painted with Acrylic paints, distress walnut ink, some crackle paint and waxes. 

When the box was finished I sprayed it with a clear acrylic paint spray to protect the design. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join the fun this month. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to see the projects of our design team.

Creative Artiste Challenge Blog - Anythin Mixed Media Mixed Media

  Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is as always 

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook 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 March project for Creative Artiste. 

Creating my collage. 

I had started this mixed media board but did not care for it so I decided to re-think my plan and add some collage details. 

I used a combination of papers, acrylic paints, stencils, molding paste and a mixture of papers from my stash.  I love the sentiment Richelle Goodrich, it was the inspiration for the collage along with the butterflies I collected in my stash. To complete the collage I added orange cord to the sides of the frame. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to view the different projects of our creative design team. Hope you will join us this month.  Just create your project and enter it here. 

Creative Artiste February 2025 - Mixed Media Challenge Blog

 Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. 

Our theme is as always 

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Welcome back to our first Challenge Blog at Creative Artiste for 2025. Hope everyone had a very  Happy Holiday Season. I am really looking for to crafting with all of you this year.

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook 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 for February. I have created a mixed media wall hanging using pieces I have accumulated in my stash over the years.

 

Product I used for this wall hanging are:

a door knob plate

parts of a large belt made some different shaped metal decorations

another belt  that was made of many with different metal circles

Crackling paste

metal corners

several different ink and waxes

Dollar store gems

Thank you for stopping by and have  a creative week. Hope you will join us this month, we would love to see your mixed media projects. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Creative Artiste Challenge - May 2024 - Theme - Anything Mixed Media Goes

 Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste. Our theme is always is

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not currently accept Instagram or Facebook entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please. 

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 for this month, I created an altered note book for my hubby to use on holidays this summer. We are taking our RV north for an exploratory adventure of northern Canada (The Yukon and the North West Territories)  for 6 weeks.

More  views

The gentlemen and the trains pictures were taken out of a Canadian history magazine. I added metal gears and collaged the names were the areas that we are planning on visiting. 

The texture cover of the book was created using a crackle paint called  Kroma Crackle and distressed spray inks.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired aby our talented design team.  Hope you will join us this month, just create your mixed media project and enter it here. 

Creative Artiste - February 2024 - Anything Goes Mixed Media

Welcome back to Creative Artiste Challenges.  I hope 2024 is a very creative year for all of you.  There is so much going on in our world that sometimes so nice to hide out in our craft rooms. 

As always our challenge is anything mixed media.  Your project must be Mixed Media and can be an ATC, tag, card, layout, altered art or an off-the-page project as long as you follow the challenge specifications. You must use at least 3 different mediums on your project to qualify for our mixed media rules.

This is my project for this challenged, an altered wooden canister. 

I made the project as a gift for my 4 year old granddaughter to store her little treasures in. 

This is the wooden canister  I started out with. I love using the wooden canisters as my canvas because they allow me to be creative and make something that I can make a to use as a gift  or a box can be used as a gift box. Most of them I have found in thrift stores foe vey little money and they usually have a plastic liner which means the box can hold cookies etc.

I sand the boxes then add my gesso, acrylic paints, assortment of inks, glitter, gel pen, stamps, die cuts, copic markers, Nuvo and findings. 

I hope she will like her little gift. It was fun to make. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Remember to check out all of the projects of our talented design team members.  Hope you will join us this month.

Creative Artiste - December 2023 - Anything Goes Mixed Media - Optional Christmas

Time for another great challenge at Creative Artiste.  

Our theme is always

"Anything Mixed Media Goes" with an optional twist of a Christmas Theme. 

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects.

One of our members has donated a lovely gift for the winner of this month's challenge 

We are also celebrating reaching our hundredth challenge.

This is my project for this challenge. I have been a member for many years and really have enjoyed the group immensely and have learned lots from the group, they are all very  talented ladies. 

I created a little Christmas scene for my project this month using:

a wooden canvas frame in reverse

dollar store snow

small branches from the forest close by

the deer and trees are from the Tim Holtz's collection of cutting dies

acrylic paints

snow paste by Stamperia

winter snow houses paper is from a Christmas paper pack by Stamperia

Distress inks

Distress Mica Stains

Faber-Castell - Pitt artist pen

Thank you for stopping by and supporting our group. Happy Holidays to you and your family and all the best in 2024.  We are taking a month break in January and we will be back in February. Hope you will join us then. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

The Paper PLayers - Christmas

Inspire Create Challenge - Christmas

We Love to Create - anything goes Mixed Media

Alphabet Challenge - R is for Reindeer

For Seasons Challenge - Winter

Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste - Anything Goes Mixed Media Challenge

We have another great challenge happening over at Creative Artiste, as always the Challenge is anything goes mixed media. 

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 for October - Steampunk man, an altered metal trivet plate.

 This is the metal trivet plate I found at a the thirft store that was the inspiration for my altered picture.

I have been trying to use my stash of art supplies in my projects lately so when I added my rust effects to the metal I used a couple of different brands of paints.

After this pic was taken I added more copper and texture to the frame. 

To create the scene I used a rubber stamp called Steampunkman by Sheene Douglas.  I used wooden gears, clocks etc from my stash and some gear die cuts to create the pattern. I also add so metal findings such as a keys and small clock. The wording was from some designer paper by Stamperia. 

I added a sheet of dark gray paper behind the picture so that the pieces stood out more.

Closer look

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month at Creative Artiste and remember to stop over to our blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Creative Artiste Challenge July, Anything Goes as long as it is Mixed Media.

Time for another great 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 or Facebook entries. Only correctly linked blog entries please. 

This is my project for this months challenge, an altered jug. 

The products I used to create my mixed media jug (vase) are

acrylic paints
gesso
metal findings from my search of local thrift stores
gesso

stencil

various Tim Holts distressed inks

gold wax

Other views

I do not have a picture of the bottle before I started the project, I forgot to take one. 

 Side Views

with my feather bouquet

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. My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes