Creative Artiste #131 October 2026

 ....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 recently purchased an MDF Monolith Pack from Samantha K. The pack has three different monoliths, an 8" x 4" (20 x 10 cms), an 8.5" x 5.5" (22 x 14 cms), and a large one at 11.5" x 8" (29 x 20 cms). I have used the two smaller ones here to create an Autumnal display.

I also used some of the elements from the Mixed Media Backing Pack, also from Samantha K.

1. I started by prepping the boards and bases with white gesso and then randomly stamping a small text stamp over the boards and bases.

2. and 3. I used AALL and Create stencil #20 with texture paste to create texture on the boards.

4. I printed out some images of flowers from the Shabby Autumn Flowers set from Art House Whimsy and glued them onto homemade greyboard tags.

The other Art House Whimsy images I used are from Gear Head Wings and Things, Flutter Fusion 4 and Grit and Grace.  I also had some butterfly images from the Butterfly Effect Tags set by 7 Dots Studio. I trimmed the images and glued them to some of the MDF panels from the Samantha K Backing Pack and used the text stamp lightly on them.

5. I sparingly used Distress Sprays Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber and DecoArt's Quinacridone Gold Fluid Acrylic to add touches of colour to the image elements.

6. I also coloured some paper flowers and mini paper clay butterflies.

7. I used the Distress sprays and lots of water to add colour to the Monoliths and bases.

8. I fixed all the elements in place with Prima's 3D Gloss Gel.

Once the glue was dry, I added more of the sprays and paint for definition.

I finished by adding some tufts of string to both Monoliths and blacking the edges with ink.

*I will used the large Monolith for another project*

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 Monolith pair in the following challenges:

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/10/challenge-141-autumn-andor-halloween.html

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/miucb-85-anything-goes-optional.html

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/ltscb-181-anything-goes-ltscb-180.html

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

Crafts Galore Encore October 2026

October means the start of months of dark evenings and chilly temperatures. I'm not quite ready for that just yet, so, I've made a Summery card to celebrate my sister's birthday this month. I know she'll agree with me.

While I still dream of Summer...

....Welcome to

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:

Conjurer of Dreams

who are offering a prize of 2 digi sets (4 images in each set) to our lucky winner.

I started with an A5 card blank (21 x 15 cms) and matted it with a turquoise textured card. I chose a butterfly patterned paper from First Edition Paradise Crush to layer on a red card and added a panel along one side of another Paradise Crush paper onto turquoise card. 

I chose the Summer Cocktail digi set which has 4 fabulously colourful images of fun looking drinks. I printed one of the images and matted it onto turquoise card.

I created the sentiment  squares on the computer and matted them onto red card, then I finished the card with a blue bow and some blue 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 Conjurer of Dreams 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: