Creative Artiste #127 July 2026

This weekend I'm attending a crafty weekend retreat where I'll be taking classes with three awesome mixed media artists. Finnabair, Olga Heldwein and Nuneka. I love to learn new techniques, work with new products and craft alongside likeminded crafters.

But, before I head off ....

 ....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 found a gorgeous tea spoon at a car boot sale and couldn't wait to use it in a mixed media project. It's a gold, engraved spoon with Mother of Pearl on the handle.

The canvas board base measures 9"x 7" (23x 18cms)

I started by making the flowers.

1. I wiped a sheet of mixed media paper with Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet.

2. I spritzed the paper with water so the inks blended.

3. Once dry, I cut the flowers using Spellbinder dies.

4. I assembled the flowers with PVA glue and curved them to give them some dimension.

5. I coloured the edges of the canvas with Lucky Clover Distress Oxide and water.

6. I glued some torn floral papers to the canvas with Prima Soft Matt Gel.

7. I passed DecoArt Crackle Paste through a Tim Holtz stencil and left it to dry, and crackle.

8. I spattered DecoArt Baby Pink acrylic paint over the canvas. I also used the paint to colour some bottle tops and glass beads.

I stamped a couple of tea cups with Heartfelt Creations China Fragments stamps on watercolour paper. I then die cut them with the matching Spellbinders Nested Tea Cups dies. I lightly coloured the cups with Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick.

I coloured some seam binding with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide and made it into a bow with some cotton lace. I tied the double bow to the handle of the spoon and fixed the teaspoon to the canvas with Prima 3D Matt Gel.

I added the tea cups to the canvas with the help of some foam pads.

The flowers, fabric leaves, bottle tops and glass beads were added with Prima 3D Matt Gel.

I filled in some gaps with Prima Mini Artstones and finished by adding some pearls to a few of the flower centres.

Now I can display my pretty teaspoon instead of hiding it in the cutlery drawer.

This canvas is number 5 of a theme I have made called Tea for One.

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 

July challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore July 2026

Beautiful summer weather at last! Some people may have complained that it has been too hot here but I found it a wonderful change, as long as I could stay cool indoors. The children enjoyed the paddling pool, the family enjoyed a couple of celebrations with garden barbeques and I enjoyed an open air concert in the castle grounds. It's starting to look like a fabulous summer.

Now it's time for the new challenge 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:

Polkadoodles Crafts

who are offering a prize of 3 digi images to our lucky winner.

I have made a birthday card using a gorgeous crescent moon image from our sponsor.

The card is A5 size (8"x 6") (15x 21 cms)

This image is called Fantasy Moon.

The digi set comes with the image in four colour options plus a black outline image. It also has five sentiment quotes.

I used a pale blue Pan Pastel to colour around the image and then layered it onto a light blue card. I then matted that onto a dark blue card.

I printed elements of the image several times so I could fussy cut the flowers and leaves and mount them up with foam pads.

I stuck little gems and coloured pearls around the image and finished with a little white bow and my own printed sentiment.

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

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

I have entered this in the following challenges: