Life is Art. Paint Your Dreams ....

Welcome everyone to our March Moodboard Challenge over at Splashy Mix Challenges.  

Here is this month's inspiring moodboard.  I just love the colour scheme. 

I have created this mixed media canvas  inspired by the moodboard. 

Steps I used to create my project.

I painted my canvas with gesso and then used Distressed Oxide Sprays in the colours of  Picked Raspberries and Wilted Violet to colour the canvas.

My next step was to cover the canvas with a Tim Holtz  idea-ology tissue wrap which I used a Gloss medium to affix the tissue to my canvas.

My face was stenciled with this fantastic stencil by Stencil Girl called Pretty as a Peacock and purple  acrylic paint. The background paint for the stencil was made using both the Picked Raspberries and Wilted Violet Distress Ink Oxide sprays. 

 I then added some white markings to the canvas with white acrylic paint and a stencil by the Crafter's Workshop. 

The sentiment that I added to the canvas is a old  rubber stamp from my stash by Stampendous called Life is Art.  

I hope my canvas inspires you and that you will join us this month.  Just create your project and enter it here.   If you want to know more about my project and the steps and products I used please see my blog In Search of My Creative Side.

Prizes

- we will award two people: 

1. One topmost Winner - Will be chosen by our DTs.

2.  Random prize - we will draw from among all the works.

3. Top 5 projects will be chosen by DTs

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Sponsors

One winner will receive Rs.1000 worth goodie bag from our Main sponsor - Connect 4 Sale

 Connect4Sale is a one stop shop for Art And Craft Supplies, Children's Books, Accessories & Unique Stationery. If crafting is your hobby, you will find a lot of craft materials (Scrapbook Materials, Decoupage Materials, Mixed Media Materials, Art Supplies, Stamps, Cutting Dies, Embellishments, Ribbons, Tapes, Tools, Jewelry Making Materials, DIY Kits, Children's Crafts Materials and more) for children and adults

Website - https://connect4sale.com/

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One random winner will receive Rs.500 worth gift voucher from Creative Genie.

Website - www.creativegenie.in

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Click on the SPONSORS tab above to know them in detail.

Like their pages and follow them for additional points

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You can submit several works for the challenge, but please - no more than three.

The challenge lasts until 31/03/2020. Winners will be announced on 3rd April 2020.

Stay tuned to month-long inspiration from our team.  

I am entering my project in the following challenges:

ScrapMir:Challenge - Pink

Secret Inspirations - Spring Inspirations 

Cherrylana Designs - Tenderness

Charmedscrap - Moodboard (inspired by colours)

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Mixed Media Birdhouse Magnets

Hello Crafty Friends,

This is my  project I created that I made with month challenge over at Splashy Mix Challenges using the colours of our fantastic February moodboard. 

Here is my Mixed Media Birdhouses. 

Here are some closed views. 

I used a variety of products for my birdhouses including

Gesso

Acrylic paint

Copics

Nuvo Crystal driops

Diane Wakleys Bird Dies

Several Rubber stamps

Texture stamps

Inks

Stencils

Here are our Rules for the challenge:

- Create a project by the colors, elements etc. Of course, we also allow neutral colors (white, black, silver & gold);

- the project should be new, created for our challenge; may also be linked with other challenges;

- post a link back along with our moodboard in your blog. 

- remember to write about our challenge in your post or photo description on the Facebook page and place a link to this post ;

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Prizes

- we will award two people: 

1. One topmost Winner - Will be chosen by our DTs.

2.  Random prize - we will draw from among all the works.

3. Top 5 projects will be chosen by DTs

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Here are our wonderful generous Sponsors

One winner will receive Rs.1000 worth goodie bag from our Super sponsor - Dadarkar Arts

Dadarkararts.com is owned by Aditi Neel Dadarkar.

It has best and huge collection of almost every product in Art & Craft business though every good thing takes time so may be it will take a week to reach you but you'll be in love with these amazing Products and Tools. Use our product to easily create amazing Arts & Crafts. Choose from more than 10,000 Products to imagine & create. Browse thousands of beautiful products made by renowned international companies & 100% Authentic. It’s inspiring!!

Website - https://dadarkararts.com

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One random winner will receive Rs.500 worth gift voucher from Creative Genie.

• Creative Genie is brought to you by Chingari Ventures LLP (other brands include CraftGully and Scrappy Tales) with years of experience in creating products loved by crafters world-wide. They have  premium quality range   of acrylic paints,  chalk matte paints, texture pastes, etc. specially formulated for decoupage, mixed media, stencil art and other home DIY decor projects.

Website - www.creativegenie.in

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Click on the SPONSORS tab above to know them in detail.

Like their pages and follow them for additional points

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week .  Hope you will join in this challenge.    Check out our challenge blog and/or our facebook page.  

I am entering my project in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Creative Figures - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Art Divas - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Pretty in Pink - Altered Box

Time for another great challenge at Splashy Mix Challenges.  This is the mood board for this month's challenge.  

I love the colours and textures of the mood board and they inspired me to create this project. 

 I chose to alter an old Christmas card box, which I had in my stash of things to alter.

This is the box that I altered.

This is my finished project.

Here are my steps that I used to create my altered box.

painted my box with a few layers of  white gesso

created a mould using Stamperia Texture Impression - Lace and Stamperia Cream Mixed Media Paste and adhered it to the top of the box

added gems and ribbon

painted the project with Pink Chiffon Pearl acrylic paint

used Metallic Gilding Polish and Pentart Gold Wax Paste to highlight the textures

and added metal findings, moulded heart, and gold wooden birds to complete the project

Here are some other views of the project.

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Nakshathra Designz is the sponsor for our random prize 

Nakshathra Designz is one of the leading scrapbook paper manufacturer in India founded by Atchaya in 2016. They are involved in other paper crafting supplies and graphic designing too.

Facebook  - https://www.facebook.com/nakshathradesignz/

Click on the SPONSORS tab above to know them in detail.

Like their pages and follow them for additional points

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 Hope my altered mixed media project inspires you. I hope you will join us this month at Splashy Mix Challenges.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/splashymixchallenges/

I am entering this project in the following challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Shiny

Love to Create - Mixed Media

Challenge Up Your Life - Anything Goes

Creations in Pink - Anything Goes

Altered Coffee Container

Time for another mixed media challenge at Splashy Mixed Media Challenge.  

Create any mixed media project with inspiration from our mood board and let us know what inspired you.  Love these colours together. 

This is my project, an altered container that I made using the inspiring mood board. 

This is my container I started with.

I sanded my canister and removed the hardware then painted it with a coat of gesso primer. I added some designer paper from my stash in grey tones. Added some hand painted butterflies, splashes of yellow paint, handmade felt yellow roses, and created a top for the canister using the center of of a ribbon container and some paper flowers.  To complete the project I used ribbons and dollar store gems from my stash. 

Here is another view of the project.

Check out our prises from our wonderful sponsors.

Prizes
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CHALLENGE WINNER

(as voted by our DT)

$30 USD value prize from CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS

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3 DT Favourites

(as voted by our DT, in no particular order)

One DT favourite will receive Goodie bag from Letzcraft Store 

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1 Random Winner

(chosen by Random.org)

One Random winner from Indian Participants will get a goodie bag worth Rs.500 from Creative Minds

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to check out our challenge blog to see the inspiring ideas of our talented design team and the wonderful prizes for our lucky winners of the challenge.  Please join us this month. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Fairy Princess

Time for a new challenge at Splashy Mix Challenges for October. Create any mixed media project taking inspiration from the below mood board. We would love to see what inspired you, hence please mention it in your post.

When I saw this inspiring gold and white image I thought about this acrylic crown book that I had in my stash from Maya Road. 

I painted, stenciled and inked the pages of my book and created my Fairy Princess book for a little one in my life.

I added some fairies, Crown, sentiments, stars, ribbons, keys and heart. 

Here are a few of the inside pages 

We have some fantastic prizes for some very lucky winners. Check them out on our Splashy Mix challenge blog.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog or visit us on facebook to be inspired by the beautiful projects of your talented design team.   

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore- anything goes

Altered Bottle - Colour Challenge at Splashy Mix Challenge

We have another great challenge at Splashy Mix Challenges.  The challenge is a colour challenge.  Here is the mood board to inspire you.

This is my alcohol ink altered bottle I created for this challenge.

This is the bottle before I altered it.

I first painted my bottle white gesso and then sprayed the bottle with Kilz primer I purchased from a hardware store. I used several different shapes of yellow and purple Pentart Alcohol inks to create an interesting my pattern on the bottle.  The colours were inspired by our mood board.  I used small clear glass tiles left over from a kitchen project for the tiles on the bottle coloured with Alcohol Inks which I added small metal flowers to. 

Here are some more views of the completed project.

Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented  design team and to see the great prizes that out sponsors are offering.

I would like to enter this project on the following challenges

Mixed Up Challenge Blog - Anything goes 3D
We Love to Create - Anything Goes Mixed Media
More Mixed Media Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Mixed Media Academy- Mixed media