Creative Artiste #110 November 2024

  This is my second post for today. Scroll down to see my Cards Galore Encore post.

....Welcome to a new challenge at

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a monthly challenge blog for everyone who likes to mix their media. So, as long as you like to use various mediums on your creations, we'd love to see you enter the challenge.

A big Thank You to everyone who entered the challenge last month. Your projects were all fabulous and our winners have been announced on the blog.

Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.

I joined a mixed media craft group on Facebook earlier this year. The group is run by Anna Hersom and involves creating fabulous craft projects with different mediums. The classes come with all the elements and mediums needed to complete the projects.

The substrate is a thick MDF board that measures 12" x 5.5" (30 x 14 cm)

I started by giving it a coat of white gesso before adding texture paste through a stencil.

Once dry I assembled all the resin elements and fixed them in place with Heavy Body Gel. I then sealed everything with a coat of white gesso.  I swapped some of the elements provided with the class and added the butterflies.

The next step was to add some colour. This was done by adding some brown pigment powder and spreading it with a brush and water. I then added the second colour. This time it was a turquoise pigment powder that I spread with a brush and water. 

I then added some more brown pigment to blend the colours better and add shadows.

I dry brushed some white gesso over certain areas to lighten them and finished the project with some gold Pebeo Gilding Wax.

I love this project and it is one of my favourite creations of all time.

I call it "The Secret of Time".

Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge as many times as you like. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the fabulous mixed media projects created by our multi talented team.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our 

November challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore November 2024

The temperatures have taken a nose dive, the trees are losing their leaves and the clocks have gone back. It's definitely Autumn now. Time to put the heating on and start thinking of indoor activities. Like Christmas crafting.

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

Fred She Said

who are offering a $10 store voucher to our lucky winner.

Even though it's only November, I thought I'd make a start on my Christmas cards and what better image to use than this cute penguin?

I decided to make the card look like a snow globe. I used a circle die to draw the shape on a 6" (15cm) card blank and a piece of gold card. I fixed the gold card in place and trimmed the card blank behind it.

I printed out the coloured version of the Dancing Penguin with the background. I die cut it before inking the edge in blue using a Copic pen and fixing it to the card blank. The image comes with a great selection of line digis and coloured versions of the cute penguin, with and without the background. 

I printed the sentiment on my computer and die cut some holly leaves and berries to finish the card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Fred She Said images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Creative Artiste #109 October 2024

  ....Welcome to a new challenge at

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a monthly challenge blog for everyone who likes to mix their media. So, as long as you like to use various mediums on your creations, we'd love to see you enter the challenge.

A big Thank You to everyone who entered the challenge last month. Your projects were all wonderful and our winners have been announced on the blog.

Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.

Whilst having a clear out recently I came across this wooden unicorn head. One side of it had been decorated with inks by the little princess. I decided to commandeer the unicorn so I could paint and embellish the other side.

1. I started by painting the head with white gesso and sticking down some resin cogs and domes with Prima's Heavy Body Gel. The cogs are mostly from Prima's Machine Parts mould.

2. I gave the cogs a coat of white gesso and then added watered down DecoArt Prussian Blue Hue fluid acrylic to the wood with a brush. I sprayed more water to spread and lighten the colour in some areas. I added the paint to the sides of the head. Then I dried the paint to fix it.

3. I next added watered down DecoArt Cobalt Turquoise Hue fluid acrylic. I sprayed with more water and allowed it to run down the sides. I used the brush to help to blend it in and dried it to fix the colour.

4. I dry brushed the cogs with white acrylic paint to lighten them and make them look more uniform. I painted the unicorn's eye with black acrylic paint.

I dabbed a sticky glue onto random areas of the cogs and sprinkled them with IndigoBlu Royal Peacock gilding flakes and brushed off the excess. I also did the unicorn's horn.

I gave the flakes a good buffing to make it all shine.

Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge as many times as you like. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the fabulous mixed media projects created by our multi talented team.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our 

October challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore October 2024

Welcome to Autumn!

There is definitely a change in the weather this past week, it's wetter and colder. Brrr! Time to dig out the coats, sweaters and fleecy pyjamas. 

Meanwhile .....

.... there is a new challenge starting today at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with last month's challenge. The winners have been announced on the challenge blog. This is a month long challenge and you can enter up to three times. There is a full list of rules on the challenge blog.

Our theme every month is the popular

"Anything Goes"

and our sponsor this month is:

The Paper Shelter

One of the things the children enjoy at this time of year is pumpkin growing and picking, so, I have made a card to celebrate that rather than just Halloween.

The card is 8"x 8" (20 x 20cms). I started by covering the card base with a green card from Papermania and layering it with an orange card and finally, a purple one. The other paper elements are included in the Halloween Spirit image set from our sponsor. I cut the circles and green panel out and arranged them on my card.

You also get the Halloween Spirit digi image in both JPEG and PNG formats, and a pre-coloured version too. I chose to use the PNG image and coloured it with my Copics. I mounted the image onto orange card and tucked it under the other paper elements.

I created the sentiment on the computer and finished the card with some paper flowers and purple gems.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using The Paper Shelter images.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in this month's challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Creative Artiste #108 September 2024

  ....Welcome to a new challenge at

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a monthly challenge blog for everyone who likes to mix their media. So, as long as you like to use various mediums on your creations, we'd love to see you enter the challenge.

A big Thank You to everyone who entered the challenge last month. Your projects were all wonderful and our winners have been announced on the blog.

Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.

I've made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) canvas.

I started by gessoing the canvas in white. I used an old Tim Holtz flourish stencil from Set 10 for the canvas and the wooden hearts.

I made some some texture paste with a pink acrylic paint this time and passed it through the stencil onto the canvas. I left it to dry.

I then spattered some watered down Salvaged Patina DOX and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink refill across the canvas.

While that dried I painted two wooden hearts with Pebeo matt Fairy Pink acrylic paint, dried them and used Picked Raspberry DOX with the stencil over the hearts.

I glued some lengths of ribbon across the canvas before gluing the hearts in place with Prima Heavy Body Gel and adding the pretty paper roses from Prima.

Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge as many times as you like. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the fabulous mixed media projects created by our multi talented team.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our 

September challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/09/miucb-73-anything-goes-optional.html

https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2024/09/challenge-170-not-card.html x

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/ltccb-82-anything-goes-ltccb-81-winner.html