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 - Anything Goes with Optional Twist - Squares and/or Circles

Another great challenge over at A Place to Start this month, the challenge is to create a card with either squares or circles.

CONIE FONG IS SPONSORING and she has a 

October Discount this month 

Code:  PLACETOSTARTOCT

Check her store out.

This is the card I made for this challenge using Conie Fong's image called Birthday Bennie.

I decided to create a round easel card for this challenge.

The products for this card I used were

circle dies

glitter papers

birthday die

Copic marker and pencil crayons

balloon dies

and some coloured string

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to view the creative creations of our design team. Hope you will join in the fun. 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes with an Optional Twist: But First...Create a project that shows a beverage/your favorite beverage.

613 Avenue Create has a create challenge for October.

Optional Twist:  But First...Create a project that shows a beverage/your favorite beverage.

Our fabulous sponsor is 

This is my card I created for this challenge using a digital image from our sponsor. The image that I used is called Le Pine: Margaret Coffee

 In  coloured my  project with Copics, pencil crayon and a Wink of Stella.  I used a couple of die cuts from my stash to complete the card. Remember to pop over to our sponsor's store (Mirtillamente) to view her large collection of digital products. Pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by the creations of our fabulous design team.  Have a creative week.  Please join in the fun this month.

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - September 27, 2022

Time for another great challenge at Through the Craft Room Door.  As always the theme of the challenge is Anything Goes. 

Our generous Sponsor is ……….

KLMDesigns

The prize for this challenge is

$10 voucher for digital images from the store.

For this challenge I used an image from our sponsor called Sunflower Coffee Cup. 

This is the art journal page I made for this challenge.

I decided to do an art journal paper collage for my project for the card.

 I used the following ingredients to make my page,

Flowered background paper from a Daphne's Diary

Paper butterflies

Fabric butterfly

Copic Markers

Distress Inks

Die Cut flowers

Gems

Wink of Stella

White Gelly Roll Pen

I used part of the cups to make my flower bowl.

Sentiment comes with the set along with many other sentiment.

A closer look

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Remember to pop over to Through the Craft Room Door to be inspired by our creative design Team. Hope you will join this challenge. 

Crafty Gals Corner - Signs of Fall

Time for another great challenge at Craft Gals Corner.

The theme this month is Signs of Fall

Our fabulous sponsors are:

(in alphabetical order)

Crafty Sentiments Designs

Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

 

 

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!

I am using two digital images from Fred, She Said for my candy box.  I decided the Halloween theme for Signs of Fall because when I was in the store the other day (August 15th) there was already a display of Halloween costumes and candy. Why so early?  It is getting crazy out there. 

The images I used for the project are from Halloween Rosey and  Emma the Cat.

Dimensions of my project are:

6 by 4 1/2 in for the back of the stage

the background panel is 4 x 4 3/4

The candy box was a 5 1/4 by 4 1/2

(the end box is 4 1/2 long by 1 in sq. at the ends) 

Images coloured with Copics, pencil Crayon, Wink of Stella

To the background of the stage I added sentiment from Halloween paper, 

washi tape and black magic mesh.  I tied an orange ribbon around the box. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join the challenge and show us what you think the signs of fall are. 

Remember to stop by our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

A Place to Start September Challenge, Anything Goes/ Optional Twist Fantasy

Time for another great challenge over at A Place to Start, this months challenge is 

as usual Anything Goes with Optional Theme: Fantasy

Create a project using anything related to FANTASY:  Fairies, Gnomes, Fairy Tale Characters, etc.

Our fantastic sponsor this month is 

 SHEEPSKI DESIGNS:

This is the card I made for  this challenge using  Hello by Sheepskin Designs.

 To create my card I several die cuts including circle, corners and fish.  The images were coloured with Copic Marker, pencil crayons, Wink of Stella, distress ink and a bubbles stencil.

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

613 Avenue Create September - ANYTHING GOES W/Optional Twist: LEAVES (FOILAGE OR PAPER)

Time for another great challenge over at 613 Avenue Create. The theme this month is as always is anything goes and the Optional Twist: Leaves (Foilage or Paper) Create a project using leaves of book pages (sheet music, journal pages, Rolodex cards, mini albums, etc.)

Our generosos Sponsor this month is Conie Fong Art. 

This is my project I made for this month's challenge, a teepee card using Conie Fong's Image called  sitting pretty on a mushroom.

Front

Side

Back

To make my Teepee Card I used modified directions by an excellent Youtube video by Mixed Crafts. 

The paper that I used for the background is by Martha Steward called Woodland Paper.  The card is coloured with Copics, pencil crayons, ande a Wink of Stella.  I used several die cuts for the sentiment, flowers and butterfly.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us this month.