Creative Artiste #82 May 2022

 Happy Friday everyone!

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 recently took an online class with Finnabair through Art Workshops and this is what I made.

The class was all about exploring our "Signature Style". I discovered that I like circles, turquoise/blues and cogs/gears.

I first white gessoed a 12" (30 cm) canvas and then randomly stencilled circles using AALL & Create #87 Totally Dotty stencil with soft matt gel.

I worked on my composition using empty ribbon and tape reels. I made some cogs and flat back beads with resin. I fixed everything in place with heavy body gel and gave it all a coat of white gesso.

Once everything was dry I used watered DecoArt Fluid Acrylics Prussian Blue, Cobalt Teal Hue and Quinacridone Gold  to colour the cogs and canvas. I also added touches of Pebeo gold wax to the beads and some cogs.

I coloured Prima Art Stones with Cobalt Teal fluid acrylic and used Soft Matt Gel to add them to random areas. I chose a Tim Holtz Paper Doll and placed her on a pair of resin wings I'd made and painted in pale blue acrylic. Lastly, I added the words around the top half of the canvas with a dark blue Posca pen.

I've called this piece "My Sanctuary" as it represents my happy place.

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 

May challenge. 

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/05/ltccb-68-anything-goes-ltccb-67-winner.html x

https://mixedmedialovers.blogspot.com/2022/05/challenge-13-mixed-media-lovers.html x

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/miucb-59-anything-goes-optional-3-d.html x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html

Crafts Galore Encore May 2022

 Finally we have had some sunny weather and mild temperatures. Hopefully it will last for the whole May Bank Holiday so we can enjoy the great outdoors. 

But, before I pack the picnic ....

.... 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:

Elena ZinskiArt

who is offering two sets of her fabulous art to our lucky winner.

I first made a 5"x 7" (13 x 18 cm) scalloped card. I used Papermania textured dark blue card as a base layer.

I love the quirky Cups to Stack set of images. There are five A4 sheets of designs in the set, some in black and white and some in colour. I used this teacups image from one of the sheets and flipped it before printing to be a better fit with the words.

I created this sentiment on the computer to go with the image and printed both together to make the topper. I do love my cups of tea.

I made a resin teapot from a Katy Sue mould and used Gansai Tambi Cobalt Blue to add the colour.

I finished the card with three blue gems.

I also applied this fun image to an A4 canvas.

I created the background with AALL & Create stencil #48 Tribal Lines and blue acrylic paints. I used white gesso to mute and blend the colours before adding the image. I traced the sentiment and filled it in with a dark blue Posca pen.

I added colour to the sides of the canvas by stippling white and blue acrylic paints. Once dry I used the dark blue Posca pen to define the edges.

I'm sure I'll think of many more ways to use this fabulous set of lovely artwork.

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

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

I have entered these projects in the following challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2022/05/202205-may-2022-anything-goes-woptional.html

https://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/welcome-to-challenge-80.html

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2022/05/morgans-artworld-challenge-5.html x

https://classicdesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/05/classic-design-challenge-may-5.html x

Creative Artiste #81 April 2022

Welcome to April. This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for my post for the Crafts Galore Encore challenge.

April is going to be another busy month for us with Easter celebrations, school holiday activities and visitors we haven't been able to see for a couple of years. I'd better get on with the Spring cleaning to get the house ready. Meanwhile ....

....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.

This month I have made an Easter basket for yummy little chocolate eggs.

The basket is made from a piece of thick greyboard measuring 8"x 9" (20 x 23cm).

I measured, cut and scored the board so it could be folded into a basket shape. I covered the inside and outer sides with Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Entomology Collage paper using soft matt gel to stick it down. I kept the diamond shaped cut-offs to decorate the basket.

I glued the basket sides together with PVA and painted it with the Gansai Tambi Pearl Colours Lemon Yellow and Pearl Pink.

I coloured the diamond shapes with DecoArt Wild Rose Pink acrylic paint. I mixed some texture paste with Docrafts Artiste Canary Yellow acrylic paint and passed it through a distressed harlequin stencil.

I gave both sides of the diamonds a coat of Gansai Tambi White Gold to make them shimmer and outlined all the basket edges in black ink. I attached the diamonds to the basket with soft matt gel.

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 

April challenge. 

Please scroll down for my Crafts Galore Encore challenge post.

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

https://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/welcome-to-challenge-79.html x

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/ltccb-67-anything-goes-ltccb-66-winner.html x

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-15th-march.html ?

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/miucb-58-anything-goes-optional-fancy.html x

https://artydivaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-challenge-and-february-winners.html x

https://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-72-no-cards-allowed-anything.html x

Crafts Galore Encore April 2022

Happy April Fool's Day! I hope you haven't been caught out by any tricks today. It's always fun trying to spot the pranks in the news. 

Last month was busy with workshops (more on that next month) and an exciting trip away where our big princess said "Yes!" to her wedding dress. The countdown is now on to the big day next year.

Meanwhile ....

This is certainly not an April Fool's prank ....

.... 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:

Morgan's ArtWorld

who are offering the lucky winner the 3 new digis that the design team have used this month.

As soon as I saw this cute image I knew I wanted to make this fun Easter card.

I started with an 8"x 8" (20 x 20cm) card base. I made a background for the image by dabbing light blue and pale green acrylic paints onto watercolour card. I mounted this layer onto pale yellow card and added a yellow ribbon before attaching it all to the card base.

This super cute image is Easter 15 and I coloured it with my Copics before cutting it out in an oval to look like an egg shape.

I couldn't resist printing this fun sentiment on the computer. I cut it into banners and shaped them using foam tape to give them a curved appearance.

I finished the card by adding a bow to the ribbon and some yellow 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 Morgan's ArtWorld 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://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2022/04/april-2022-closes-25th-easter-or-animals.html x

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2022/04/challenge-60.html x

https://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/2022/04/morgans-artworld-challenge-4.html x

https://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/04/welcome-to-challenge-79.html x

https://aperfecttimetocraft.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-perfect-time-to-craft-open-challenge.html x

Creative Artiste #80 March 2022

 It's only the 4th of March but already March Madness has started for me. I have two online workshops, two trips away and visiting family this month so far. I'd better get myself organised because, at this rate, anything can happen.

But, before all that ....

 ....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 in February. Your projects were all wonderful and our winners have now 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 have made a pretty little trinket dish to show you. I used one of my favourite Christmas presents from a wonderful crafty friend for the pretty pearly colours. Thank you Pam!

To make the dish I used the top part of a paper cup and made a base from thick card for it. I simply trimmed the cup down, drew around it on thick card, cut the circle out and attached it with soft matt gel to the cup.

I covered the sides, both in and outside, with texture paste using a palette knife to give a rough surface.

Once dry, I painted the dish with my new pearl colour Gansai Tambi pigment paints. I used May Green and Cobalt Blue with a Koi water brush.

I made some resin flowers and painted them with Gansai Tambi pearl colours too. This time I used Lemon Yellow, Scarlet Red and Cobalt Blue. I attached the flowers with soft matt gel.

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 

March challenge. 

I hope you have a calm, crafty month ahead.

I have entered this project in the following challenges:

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/ltscb-154-anything-goes-ltscb-153.html

I used a left over paper cup

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/03/miucb-58-anything-goes-optional-fancy.html

https://lovetocraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2022/03/ltccb-67-anything-goes-ltccb-66-winner.html

https://mixedmedialovers.blogspot.com/2022/03/challenge-11-mixed-media-lovers.html x

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-2022-mothers-day.html

This is a Mother's Day gift