Crafts Galore Encore March 2023

Things are getting exciting at home. We have two weddings in the next couple of months and one little princess in particular is thrilled to get two new pretty outfits. I'm not so happy at the thought of dress shopping for myself though. I rate it just above visiting the dentist - I'm doing that next week too. But, I'm determined to power through and find "Mother of the Bride" suitable outfits. 

But before I put on my comfy shoes and brave the stores ...

.... 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:

Jan's Digi Stamps

who are offering a $6 voucher for their store for our lucky winner.

I have an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) Easter card to show today.

I cut some mixed media card to make the matting layers for the card base, image panel and sentiment. I coloured the edges with lilac Copic pen BV02 to match the image. The yellow mats are Papermania card.

I glued a piece of Easter egg tissue paper to the yellow card mat.

I used the super sweet egg and bunny image from the Easter Hippity Hop digi set and coloured it with my Copics. There are two more eggs, two sentiments and a cute little bunny also in the set. The set comes with coloured images as well as the black line drawings, all in PNG and JPG format.

I added colours to this sentiment from the digi set.

I made paper flowers using mixed media card coloured with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink and added them to the card with a seam binding ribbon bow.

To finish the card I cut some egg shapes from yellow card and white card that was coloured with the lilac Copic  pen.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using  Jan's Digi Stamps 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:

https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/2023/03/anything-goes-march-2023.html

https://worldwidecrafterscoloristschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/worldwide-crafters-and-colorists.html x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2023/03/march-2023-anything-goes.html

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/03/classic-design-challenge-march-2023-3.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-3.html x

https://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/2023/02/march-challenge-leanns-world-101.html x

Creative Artiste #90 February 2023

The Creative Artiste team has been taking a break during January to recharge their creativity.

But now we are back!

So, 

 ....Welcome to the first challenge of 2023 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 in December. 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.

Normally I don't like flying insects. Actually, I don't much like insects at all, but I kept finding myself attracted to these rather fabulous looking moths and finally treated myself to them for Christmas. I have showcased them on a canvas and called it

"Time to Fly"

I made the moths, cogs and clocks from resin using Prima moulds. They are Mecha Moth, Clock Faces, and Machine Parts.

I used texture paste through a Tim Holtz star stencil randomly over the canvas then painted it with DecoArt acrylic paints in shades of blue.

Before fixing to the canvas, I painted the moths using DecoArt acrylic paints. Whilst the paint was still wet I sprinkled gold gilding flakes on the wings and dabbed them in place. I sealed the wings with Matt Mod Podge once dry.

 I assembled the resin elements - except the moths -  with Prima's Heavy Body Gel onto the canvas. Once dry I painted the elements with White and Baby Blue acrylic paints. I then added touches of DecoArt Prussian Blue Fluid acrylic paint, allowing it to run onto the canvas around the arrangement.

Lastly, I added the three moths and dry brushed all the elements and areas of the canvas with gold acrylic paint.

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 

February challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/miucb-63-anything-goes-optional-no.html x

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/ltccb-72-anything-goes-ltccb-71-winner.html Top Pick

Crafts Galore Encore February 2023

Yay! It's February which means that winter is moving on and, hopefully, temperatures are rising and the weather is improving. We have an unexpected day off today as the school is closed due to the teacher's strike. The little princess is not happy as she loves school so I'll have to find some way of amusing her. Maybe we'll venture out to cuddle some giant rabbits and feed the wallabies? Fingers crossed that the wind and rain stay away today.

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:

SheepSki Designs

who are offering a prize of 3 digi stamps from their store to our lucky winner.

I've made a 6"x 6" birthday card to show you.

I first created a watercolour page of "smooshed" Distress Oxides using Broken China and Peacock Feathers with water. I then cut the page into a square for the backing, a panel to go across the centre and a small piece for the sentiment. I matted them all onto blue card.

I chose to use the Wild Roses image and coloured it in with my Copics. (I claim 'artistic license' for choosing to make the roses blue and changing their orientation). I cut around the image before attaching it to the card with foam pads.

I wrapped some fabulous gold ribbon (Thank you Pam) around the horizontal panel before fixing it to the card and stamped the sentiment onto the small panel which I also attached with foam pads. I finished the card with some gold 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 SheepSki Designs 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:

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/classic-design-challenge-february-2023-2.html x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2023/02/morgans-artworld-challenge-2.html DT Fav

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/02/challenge-81-anything-goes.html x

Crafts Galore Encore January 2023

 Happy New Year everyone!

Here's hoping 2023 is going to be a healthy, happy and prosperous year for us all.

It's gong to be a busy week to start the year. The Christmas tree needs dismantling, the decorations need packing away and the children are still off school and need entertaining. And I still need to find time to play with my new crafty presents.

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:

Hetty Clare

who is offering a prize of 2 digi images for our lucky randomly drawn winner.

I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) card to celebrate the beginning of the new year.

I have used papers from The Gift of Giving paper pad by Craft Consortium. I have matted the papers onto red card. I printed the sentiment and cut out the individual words. I matted them onto the red card.

The image I chose is called Happy Hour. I coloured it with my Copics and matted it onto the red card.

The paper pad has a page of just images and I cut some balloons and the champagne bottle and glasses out for embellishments. I fixed them to the card with foam pads for dimension.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the wonderful projects and cards created by our talented team using Hetty Clare 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 #89 December 2022

 ....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'm a firm believer in recycling and I'm not keen on single use plastics, so, I wanted to do something with the bowl a take away salad came in. I turned it into a snack dish to use for all those naughty nibbles we like too much at Christmas. 

The first thing I did was to use a DecoArt gold acrylic paint through an Aall & Create stencil around the bowl on the outside. I also painted under the rim too.

Next, I coloured some white tissue paper with red DecoArt Media Mister. Once dry, I tore the tissue into strips and glued it around the outside of the bowl with PVA. I then used a brush to dab gold acrylic randomly around the bowl.

To finish off I painted four glass beads with the gold Acrylic and stuck them to the sides of the bowl with some green beads.

Now I have a dish in my favourite Christmas colours of red, green and gold. It will get plenty of use over the festive period, and maybe beyond.

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 

December challenge. 

This is the last challenge of the year and Creative Artiste will be taking a well earned break in January. The crafty fun will resume on Friday February 3rd 2023.

Enjoy the festive season everyone!

I have entered this dish in the following challenges:

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/miucb-62-anything-goes-optional-open.html x

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/11/ltccb-71-anything-goes-ltccb-70-winner.html x

https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/november-challenge-and-october-winners.html x