....Welcome to a new challenge at
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.
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"
We have opportunities to be a Guest Designer for all our winners.
I have used some pieces of thick board to create a multi layered project with some products left over from a recent craft weekend.
I've used some thick laminated board for the base and layers. The base board measures 12"x 7.5" (30 x 19 cm).
1-3. I used Cadence gold Relief Paste through a sunflower stencil to cover the base and left it to dry.
4. I then used a mix of DecoArt acrylics and water to add colour to the base.
1. I cut up more board for the layers.
2. I designed and printed a paper using images from Art House Whimsy. I took a paper from Shabby Neutrals Collage Collection and overlaid some PNG flowers from the Muted Elegance Autumn Flowers collection.
3. I glued the images to the boards with soft matt gel.
4. I dabbed some gold Cadence Relief Paste on the images with the side of my palette knife.
1. All the elements, apart from the wooden gears, string and the two large metal flowers, were leftover from the craft weekend in January with Finnabair.
2. I cut up the business card from Finnabair and added some of the smallest elements to the metal flower dish.
3. is a badge with a fabulous sentiment.
4. I used Prima gold gilding wax as a highlighter on the metal pieces to finish.
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
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our
May challenge.
I have entered this project in the following challenges:
It fascinates me how you work out your composition Andree a grand technique. Loving those complimentary background colours that relief paste in a delight to work with. Love the warmth you created in this mixed media make... magical.
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Stunning mixed media make Andree with so much interest and fabulous mix of techniques and ephemera. Thanks so much for having me as guest designer for Creative Artiste this month xx
ReplyDeleteGreat piece Andree - I love seeing how you incorporate all those extra embellishments into a piece and how they all just fit so perfectly. Sometimes when I do it it looks like a hot mess lol!
ReplyDeletegorgeous Andree..........gr karin
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful make! Thanks for the inspiration, the layers that you created look amazing and it was a wonderful project to use up all those leftovers too - perfect ❤️. Sending you happy wishes this May! Hugs, Jo x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful creation, love all the depth and dimension, a real feast for the eyes to enjoy. Emmax
ReplyDeleteGorgeous composition, Andree! I love the creative use of leftover materials. All those shades of gold must make it look so stunning too--makes me want to pick up some gold wax now, haha! Hope you have a happy and creative May. Anita xx
ReplyDeleteThat's so brilliantly creative Andree - I love the way you've combined all those elements! Thanks for sharing it with us at Love to Craft challenge
ReplyDeleteDeborah DT
Can't stop looking at this piece Andree. So much detail. colours, composition, layers. How lucky to get to a Fin workshop. Some of my gilding wax has gone hard so need to fix. You always share such detail on how you create such beauties. Thank you.
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