February Challenge Winner and Highlights

Eighty-eight (88) jaw-dropping love-themed mixed media cards were in the gallery last month! Thanks so much to everyone who played!

Here's the mixed media card that the design team votes as the winner:

#24 Pamellia

Congratulations, Pamellia! Please grab your winner badge below to display proudly on your blog.

And now here are the highlights. The girls in the design team picked an entry to highlight. It's the entry that uniquely impacted us in some way -- a specific technique that was used, the colors, the creativity, or something in it that touched or impacted us.

Char's and Julia's Highlight: #2 Filharmonica

Char says, "Love the stitched heart, and the distressing around the butterfly, layers and that pretty lace doily!"

Julia says, "Gorgeous layerings of heart, doily, butterfly, stitching and lovely tan/brown colors!"

Maria F.'s and Elina's Highlight: #85 Lee Ann Barrett

Maria F. says, "I would love to see this card IRL. It is so powerful."

Elina says, "Love the contrast between the red light house and the white background. Looks good!"

Deepti's and Kripa's Highlight: #75 Lisa Minckler

Deepti says, "The way Lisa designed her card with the puzzle pieces is incredible. Congrats!"

Kripa says, "Creative use of puzzle pieces for the base and the sentiment made this card standout for me."

Jan's Highlight: #70 sarascloset

Jan says, "Fantastic blending of colors and techniques."

Jenny's Highlight: #36 Myoriah

Jenny says, "I love the unusual technique of paper pulping used by Myoriah to make the heart and the the butterfly stamped on the acetate."

Loll's Highlight: #51 Mikey's Mom

Loll says, "I love the CAS design with the soft flow of watercoloured Gelatos."

Shirley's Highlight: #10 Jenny Marples

Shirley says, "I love how Jenny used the Distress Paints to create a gorgeous marbly effect."

Congratulations, ladies! Grab your badge below to display proudly on your blog.

Get your artsy supplies together and check back tomorrow at 6 a.m. PST (GMT-8) for the March challenge.

Be artsy. Be messy. Be creative! :o)

Challenge #8 {More Inspiration Cards}

Hi there. There's still 3 days left to join in the fun in our February Challenge, which is all about L.O.V.E!  Click HERE to enter.

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Maria F

Shirley

Julia

Stenciled background, embossed metal layered blossom, coloring with Copics, home made enamel dots and layered stampings. 

Challenge #8 {More Inspiration Cards}

Another week has quickly flown by and with it , Valentine's Day. I hope you all enjoyed the day with your loved ones!

Well, even though Valentine's Day has passed, you can still share the love by making a Mixed Media Card for our current challenge. You can interpret the theme in any way you like. For instance you might have a new product you just love.

We have some more inspiration for you from some of our design team.

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Chipboard heart, tape, button, stencil, Pan Pastel, acrylic paint, glass bead gel medium, Distress Ink

Lyndal

Gelato on watercolour paper pig, patterned paper, die cuts, fussy cutting & inks

                                                                             Deepti

                            Stamping paired with stencilling with translucent embossing paste

                                                                       Jenny

                                             
                                                                         

Stamped image with memento dye and distress inks, Gold leaf, mica beads,  dry embossing,

book paper and designer paper and bling.

Loll

Stamped background in Versamark and heat embossed with mix of Shabby White Frantage and gold embossing powder, balsa wood hearts coated in Red Inka Gold beeswax.

                   You have until 25 February to enter. You can enter the challenge here.

                   

Challenge #8 {More Inspiration Cards}

Have you played in this month's challenge yet? We've got a few more mixed media cards below to inspire you . Check them out and then link up your mixed media cards here!

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JENNY

Heidi Swapp Color Shine, Die cuts and dry embossing, stamped and gold embossed sentiment 

You still have 3 weeks to enter.  The deadline is 25 February and you can link up your cards here.

                                       

The Mixed Media Card Challenge #8 {Love}

Hello, mixed media card artists! It's a brand new month which means we're starting a new challenge here at The Mixed Media Card Challenge. This month, our theme is "LOVE". Lots of ways to interpret that theme. "Buttons" is an optional element.

HOW TO PLAY
1. Create a mixed media CARD based on the theme, with or without the optional element.
2. Display the challenge graphic on your blog post and link back to this challenge post.
3. You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is different.
4. You may combine a maximum of 7 challenges (6 other challenges plus ours).
5. Submit your projects by February 25, 11:55 p.m. PST (GMT -8).
6. We'll announce the winner and highlights on February 28.


How did we interpret the theme? Take a look below. We hope our mixed media cards inspire you to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your beautiful cards!

CHAR

Inked and spritzed back of a stencil with water and laid on paper. After it dried I laid the stencil back down and used embossing paste. 

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JAN

Inked background with distress marker spritzer, layers of distress stains and stamped distress inks. Watercolored children and embellished with sparkly fluff and snow glitter.

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MARIA F.

Stamped, masked, inked, masked, stamped and stamped more. Splattered, stitched and added embossing paste too.

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JULIA

Splattered Plaster technique background, layered stamping, embossed plastic button, wrinkled seam tape.

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DEEPTI

Masking, inking and inlaid die cutting with some embossing paste makes for my CAS Mixed Media card.

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SHIRLEY

Acrylic paint, translucent paint, Distress paint, modelling paste, ribbon, button, tag, washi tape.

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MARIA L

Pattern paper on red cardstock

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JENNY

Memento dye inks, Memento Luxe inks and Distress inks and Color Shine spray. Lots of sponging and stamping and a die cut. 

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LYNDAL

Gelato watercolour background for sheep & hearts,

fussy cutting, die cuts, layers, and textured patterned paper.

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KRIPA

Texture paste, gesso, chipboard, mists and paints

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ELINA

Background is made adding layers of book page pieces, gesso, texture paste, acrylic paints and stamped textures. Heart shaped flowers are made from paper yarn. Flowers and buttons glued on card front with gel medium.

January Challenge Winner and Highlights

There were 47 super wonderful mixed media cards in the January gallery! Thank you to all of you who played along last month.

Here's the mixed media card that the design team voted as the winner:

#17 Susan

Congratulations, Susan! Please grab your winner badge below to display proudly on your blog.

And now here are the highlights. The girls in the design team picked an entry to highlight. It's the entry that uniquely impacted us in some way -- a specific technique that was used, the colors, the creativity, or something in it that touched or impacted us.

Deepti's Highlight: #10 Manuela

Deepti says, "The unique design of Manuela's card, stole my heart. Congratulations!"

Elina's and Lyndal's Highlight: #17 Susan

Elina says, "[The] background of this card is stunning! Love also how the bright red poppies stand out and create a strong contrast to the background."

Lyndal says, "Absolutely LOVE poppies and Susan's are stunning against her fabulous background - you can check out her blog for details of how to create the background!"

Jenny's Highlight: #38 Calex

Jenny says, "I love the dreamy, yet vibrant Brusho background, with the gorgeous shine from the Liquitex class beads and the crackle effect. The stamping is perfect for this background."

Julia's Highlight: #29 Juhi

Julia says, "She used lots of mixed media - Gelatos, heat embossing, sprays, water and glitter hearts!"

Maria F.'s Highlight: #31 Vicki

Maria says, "Amazing the interest some gesso, tissue and Brushos can create. I just love the color explosion."

Sanna's Highlight: #5 Nancy Littrell

Sanna says, "I loved this card for its simplicity and beauty. The monochromatic design and the chrystal "splodge" make it simply perfect! "

Shirley's Highlight: #40 Nikki

Shirley says, "I love the frosty colour scheme and all the layers and dimension of Nikki's card."

Congratulations, ladies! Grab your badge below to display proudly on your blog.

Get your artsy supplies together and check back in a couple of hours to see the February challenge.

Be artsy. Be messy. Be creative! :o)