Creative Artiste #59 April 2020

I hope everyone is keeping well. These are certainly difficult times and, hopefully, we will all stay safe and can look forward to brighter times in the not too distant future. I must admit, I'm finding it hard to remember what day of the week it is at the moment as every day seems the same.
But, I know that today is definitely the first Friday of April,
so it must be the start of  ....

.... A new challenge at

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a 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 March. Your projects were all fabulous and our winners have been announced on the blog.

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

I have used a 12" (30cm) circular canvas to make a project to share today.

I started by priming the base with a couple of coats of white gesso. I then added colour with Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress Oxides and water.
I used Faded Jeans DOX to ink up Aall & Create stencil #45 Digital Bubbles and pressed it down over the base and around the edge.

I used Aall & Create's #30 Bubble Block stamp randomly all over and then knocked everything back by sponging with white gesso.
I mixed soft matt gel with Twisted Citron DOX and passed it through Aall & Create #48 Tribal Lines stencil.

The flowers were created with Aall & Create's #199 Eclectic Stems stamp on card coloured with Scattered Straw and Squeezed Lemonade DOX. I sponged on white gesso to dull the black ink and added dots with a black Posca pen to the centres before cutting them out.

I added splashes of white and black with Posca pens and glued circle die-cuts and some black straws across the canvas before arranging the flowers.

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

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/ltccb-45-april-anything-goes.html x
https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/miucb-36-anything-goes-fancy-fold.html x
http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2020/04/take-it-make-it-challenge-april.html x
https://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2020/04/geometric-shapes.html ?
https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-183.html x

Crafts Galore Encore April 2020

It might be April 1st but I'm not sure April Fool's is appropriate today.

I hope everyone is coping with the current health challenges we are globally facing at the moment. Being isolated with a bored six year old is providing challenges of a different kind. Like balancing Netflix with schoolwork!

In the meantime, 

 yet another different kind of 

challenge ....

.... The challenge at  

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with March'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:

Vera Lane Studio
who are offering a fabulous prize of 2 digi sets to our lucky winner.

I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20 cm) card to show you. I wanted to use bright colours as we all need some cheering up at the moment.

I used a brayer with watered Distress Oxides Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry onto watercolour paper for the background.

Once dry I then added texture paste through a dotty stencil and inked the edges of the base with Picked Raspberry DOX.

I chose to use the Contessa digi set which has two images and two sentiments. I resized one of the images several times and welded them together in a graphics program before printing them out a few times so I could decoupage the image.

I used the second image and one of the sentiments in the corner.

I finished the card with a couple of off cuts from my watercolour pad. I coloured them with the DOX and fixed them down the side.

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

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in the April challenge.
Stay safe everyone!

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/classic-design-challenge-4th-birthday.html x
https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html x
https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/ltscb-132-for-girls.html x
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-challenge-408-anything-goes.html x
https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/ltccb-45-april-anything-goes.html x

Creative Artiste #58 March 2020

We've had a few sunny days this past week but some of the more usual rainy ones too. Hopefully the nicer days will get more frequent and a lovely spring is just around the corner. Until then I think I'll stay indoors and keep crafting. So ....

.... Welcome to my March challenge post for

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a 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 February. Your projects were all wonderful and our winners have been announced on the blog.

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

I have made an 8"x 8" (20 x 20 cm) canvas using Tracy Evans #143 Time Flies and Olga Heldwein #195 Flowers and Gears stamps by Aall & Create.

This canvas is based on one of the classes I taught last month and the techniques proved very popular.
The canvas was first coloured with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide and water.

I then used 2nd generation stamping randomly over the canvas and dried everything well before giving it a light coat of white gesso.

Circles were stamped with different sized bottle tops using Picked Raspberry DOX and lightly spritzed with water to diffuse them slightly.

Next, circles were stamped with Versamark and heat embossed in gold. Splashes of gesso were also gold embossed. The canvas base was finished with splashes of white gesso.

The flowers were stamped onto gessoed card with Picked Raspberry DOX and lightly spritzed with water. Once dry they were overstamped with black Versafine. The sentiment was done the same way.

This technique with the flowers creates a lovely watercolour effect. Once they were dry, the flowers and sentiment were cut out and the centres glued onto the canvas. I used some watered Weathered Wood Distress Ink to create shadows around the flowers for dimension and around the edges of the canvas.

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

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/miucb-35-anything-goes-smooshing.html
https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/ltccb-44-march-anything-goes.html
http://moremixedmediachallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/more-mixed-media-challenge-anything.html
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-3-2020-anything-goes-and.html
http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-3-anything-goes-mixed-media.html x

Crafts Galore Encore March 2020

Brrr, what a cold, wet and windy month February was! Hopefully March will bring some nice Spring sunshine and warmer weather. Until then ...

.... There's a new challenge at  

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog. 

Thank you to everyone who joined in with February'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:

Morgan's Artworld
The lucky winner will win the three digi images the design team have used.

I have made a 7"x 7" (18 x 18 cm) card. I think it has a Springtime feel so gave it an Easter sentiment.

I created the base with water and Distress Oxides Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade. I matted it onto yellow textured card.

I chose to use the cute Teddy World 5 and coloured the image with Copics. I then used a hexagonal die to cut it out.

I dipped a length of white seam binding in the wet DOX and used it to make the ribbon and bow. I also tied a plain white bow. I fixed them all to an off cut of the yellow textured card.

Now please visit the  Crafts Galore Encore challenge blog where you can see the fabulous projects and cards created by our talented design team using the three Morgan's Artworld images for the winner.

Grab some inspiration while you're there and enter your "Anything Goes" creations in the March challenge.

I have entered this card in the following challenges:
https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-perfect-time-to-craft-challenge-for.html x
https://abitmoretimetocraftextra.blogspot.com/2020/03/abmttc-extra-challenge-march-anything.html x
https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2020/03/morgans-artworld-challenge-3.html x
https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/classic-design-challenge-march-3.html

Creative Artiste #57 February 2020

Welcome to my first challenge post of 2020 for

Creative Artiste

Creative Artiste is a 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 December. Your projects were all fabulous and our winners have been announced on the blog.

Our theme is always
"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

I've been having fun making a canvas in one of my favourite colour combos.

I started by gessoing the 8"x 8" (20 x 20 cm) canvas and adding a layer of DecoArt Crackle Paste over random areas.

When that was dry, I used DecoArt Prussian Blue Hue Fluid Acrylic and lots of water to colour the background.

I stamped the clock with Tracy Evans stamp #143 by Aall & Create in black Versafine. I overstamped it in Versamark and heat embossed in gold, removing some of the powder first to give a distressed look.

I built up the composition using a die-cut and some lace scraps. I then added Prima Artstones around the canvas. Those were coloured with Prussian Blue Fluid Acrylic.

I sprinkled some gold Frantage over the Artstones and canvas and added a few glass pebbles to finish.

Now it's your turn to have fun and create your mixed media projects. You can enter our challenge up to three times. A full list of the rules is on the challenge blog. For more inspiration please visit the Creative Artiste Challenge Blog to see the wonderful mixed media projects created by our talented team and meet our newest DT member.
Remember to have fun crafting and enter your "Anything Mixed Media Goes" creations in our February challenge.

I've entered this project in the following challenges:
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/02/february-2020-splatters-splashes-drips.html
http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2020/02/challenge-2-anything-goes-mixed-media.html Top 3
http://moremixedmediachallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/more-mixed-media-challenge-anything.html
https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/02/miucb-34-anything-goes-stenciling.html x