Creative Artiste, April Challenge. Anything Mixed Media

Time for another great challenge at Creative Artiste this month. I have made by  altering a children's chip board book. 

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. 

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Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your entries. This is a mixed media challenge for cards and projects.

Front of altered book using rice paper

Back page of using rice paper

Inside pages using several different napkins, rice paper, butterflies, and acrylic paints.

This the children's book I started with.

In the lower page I used parts of the design 

from the books pages that tied into my card. 

Thank you for joining us this month at Creative Artiste. Pop over to our change blog  to be inspired by our talented design team.

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

Creative Artiste - November Challenge - Anything Goes 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 month I created a wall hanging using pictures of my 6 weeks summer holiday  trip to the north. My husband and I travelled with our trailer and our old dog to Northern British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest territories. We went north  to Tuktoyaktuk, the most village in North America.   I took about 600 pictures but had problems with my camera and getting the pictures off the phone. 

This is my Project

I used 3 books for the project which I added my mixed media paints, crackle paint, inks, my photographs from the trip, tourist maps and brochures from different tourism places.

The smallest book contains my notes for the trip, places we went, dates, the price of camping, where we camped and food and gas prices. I made this first book a few months before the trip and it was one of my summer blog projects. 

I made the next two books in the wall hanging when we returned from our trip, one book contains photographs of some of our favourite places we visited and the other book are collages of the tourist pamphlets we gathered along the way. In both books I added notes of stories on our trip along the way. I used a belt from the thrift store to hang the books from and E6000 to attach the books to the belt. 

Some pictures from the Road Trip book (collages made from the tourist info we collected)

Some pictures from our trip ( we took over 500 pictures)

When we arrived at the Arctic Circle

When Glen, I and Lacey arriving at the Arctic Ocean

This was the picture that my inspired me to try and make an the off the wall hanging. The artist was Beryl Taylor.

I found the idea in the Winter 2006 addition of Cloth Paper Scissors. 

This is still a work in progress wall hanging. Every time I thing I am finished another idea pops into my head.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative month. Hope you will join us this month. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design team. 

Creative Artiste September Challenge - Mixed Media

  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 September,a mixed media fairy birthday book.

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I purchased this chipboard album from Scrapbook.com to make this album for a friend's daughter who was having a birthday. 

I had lots of fun putting the book together. I used a combination from my collection of digital stamps, cutting dies and rubber stamps. 

I used designer card stock by Crafter's Companion called Cosmic Collection, assorted papers from my stash, rubber stamps, cutting dies,  acrylic paints,Distressed inks to create the background pages. 

I also added some sentiments and a poem. I left a few empty areas to added best wishes.To close the book I used a dainty chain and a key and lock set. 

I really liked how the book unfolded. 

closer look  at a few images

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Hope you will join us this month. We woould love to see your projects.

Creative Artiste July 2024 Mixed Media Challenge Blog

 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 July, a summer fun garden theme. 

This is the metal fence I found at the thrift store that became my canvas for my project. 

 I used an assortment of products from my stash to give my fence an antique look. The flowers were from a collection that I have had in my stash for many years.  I have been trying to use up my products in the last little while be for the dried up or were not in a condition to be used. 

The leaves were die cut out on a piece of a gelli plate background that I had previously made. The bird was a digital image that I coloured with my panpastels. I also added a round paper clip, a pearl and a sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a create month. Hope you will join us in this challenge. Remember to check out our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team.

Creative Artiste - June Anything Goes Mixed Media

  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, an altered Photo Box. 

Recipe for my altered box

old photo box

distressed ink - walnut

designer paper

faux screws

found toy glasses

antique effect paint in several colours

several rubber stamps from my stash

postage stamps

Different views

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, just create your mixed media project and enter it here. 

Creative Artist Mixed Media - Anything Goes Challenge for April

 Welcome back to Creative Artiste Challenges it is time for our April challenge.  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 month, an art journal page. 

 I used from my stash: 

bits and pieces of collected papers

acrylic paints

inks, 

stencils

 gelli plate 

butterfly stamp

glitter beads

old postage stamps 

die cuts

flowered tissue paper

stamped sentiment

brad

washi tape

leftover scrap of a alcohol ink print  project

This is a picture of the gelli print I had in my stash.

I had done this print quite a long time ago, was not happy with it and was going to throw it out but I liked the way it was with the flowered tissue paper over it. The inspiration for the colour of the project was the stripes on the washi tape.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you will join us this month. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Have a creative month. Remember my favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” 

Creative Artiste- Challenge March 2024

 Welcome back to Creative Artiste Challenges.  Time for our March challenge.  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 month, an art journal page using a napkin from my stash along with my paints, inks, stencils, gel plate, glitter beads and dyes. 

To create the background to my art journal page I used my gel plate, acrylic paints (green, aqua blue, gold, white) and a stencil.  The wolf's face is an napkin that I got from a friend at a get together. I thought it was to pretty  to use as a napkin. 

Once I added the napkin adhered to the page, added more lines on the wolf to show off his face more. I also adjusted the ears size. I stenciled the leaves over the background and around the wolf's face, added a couple of butterflies, a sentiment and a flower I layered with some die cuts and added gold beads for the center. 

It was a fun project. Lots of colours to play with. 

 I hope you will join us over at Creative Artiste this month. Pop over to our challenge site to be inspired by our creative design team. 

Thank you for stopping by.  

Creative Artiste November 2023 Challenge - Anything Goes Mixed Media

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 November project, a page for my Art Journal. 

I used a few different products for my page including, distressed inks, rubber stamps, tea dyed lace, a stencil and scraps from my stash, rice papers and antique/vintage papers from my collection. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative month. 

Pop over to our challenge blog to view the creations for our fabulous design team. 

Creative Artiste - September - Altered Pasta Bottles

 Time for another challenge at Creative Artiste for September.  

This is our 97th Challenge!

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. Only correctly linked blog entries please.

This is my project for this month, altered pasta jars.

I was looking for an idea for a vase to hold my beautiful  pottery flowers that  a very special friend brought back from Polland for me. 

This is what I started with. It came to me even with pasta in the jars. I do  remember a lot of years ago they would be displayed on the counter in the kitchens.  I sprayed the frame with a high gloss black paint so give the holder some life.

I decided to use these paste bottle because of the 2 different heights and their triangle shape. The pottery flowers I was given were in a selection of colours and their stems were not of the same consistance of metal or wood. 

 I decided to paint the bottles with white gesso and sprayed the bottles with Kilz primer so that my alcohol inks would have something to stick too and just not aborb into the gesso.

I played with many different colours of Alochol Ink trying to see what colours would go with my pottery flowers. 

Here are a few pictures of the vases of the sides of the vases.

I did add some butterflies and a title to the project when I was finished. I used a glaze over the vases to also protect the vases and give them some shine.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. I hope you will join us this month over at Creative Artiste. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our creative design tea. 

Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media

 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 August, a page for my art journal book.

To create my page I used a sheet from a package of designer paper by LTB  

The owl is part of a napkin that I purchased over at Ninny's Napkins, the napkin is called barn owl. I think he is very cute.

1. added a wash to my designer paper from the LTD Collection with a light coat of gesso

2. added more colour to the page with Pan Pastels

3. added the owl using a gloss medium and high lighted the parts of the owl with acrylic paint to make it stand out

4. the moths and butterflies were from some Tim Holts tissue paper which I also coloured with Pan Pastels

5. the moon is a cut out of the designer paper and Pan Pastels were used to give it a yellow glow

the sentiment was created on the computer and added to the project

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us this.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

Creative Artiste - June Challenge - Altered Box

 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. 

This is my project for June, an altered box.

This is the box I choose to alter. 

I thought the box had many interesting angles and creative real estate. I found the box at a thrift store.  The panels were a light metal and I used a product called Sophisticated Finishes to antique the metal portions of the box.  

 Other views of project

Top of the box

On the top of the box I used several different pieces of  wooden pieces from my stash with cooper paint and several colours of Pentart Paints. 

This was a fun project.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you can join us this month.  Create your project and enter it here. Remember to visit our challenge blog to be inspired by our  talented design team.