March Challenge Winner and Highlights

There were  70 beautiful spring-inspired mixed media cards were in the gallery in March! Thanks so much to everyone who played!

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

#7 Mackie

Congratulations, Mackie! 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: #6 Seikku

Deepti says, "The colors and stamped details on Seikku's background are incredible. Love it!"

Elina's Highlight: #7 Mackie

Elina says, "The background is amazing: Loved the idea of using crackle paste with a stencil. Looks great! Also the butterfly/flower cluster in the center is so beautiful!"

Jan's and Maria F.'s Highlight: #63 Irma Tirza

Jan says, "Such a beautiful watercolored flower garden! Great textured bird and natural string adds interest."

Maria F. says, "Irma's watercolored background reminds me of an out-of-focus photo of blooming trees and bushes in the springtime. Wonderfully done."

Jenny's Highlight: #27 Becca Cruger

Jenny says, "I love how Becca made her background with the black stenciled over the colours and the gold  perfect pearls sentiment on the black."

Julia's Highlight: #68 Kris

Julia says, "Great layering of paints and florals - love the sunny green/yellow colors."

Lyndal's Highlight: #16 Karen Dunbrook

Lyndal says, "LOVE the fabulous watercolour garden Karen created, it really pops against the red border and white space below."

Loll's Highlight: #18 Hannelie

Loll says, "The beautiful colours of watercolouring really enhances the gorgeous white embossed design."

Sanna's Highlight: #57 Gelsomina

Sanna says, "I loved this card for it´s romantic look, the color combination was just fabulous and  all the pretty layers just made me feel spring! Fabulous card!"

Shirley's Highlight: #42 Susan B 

Shirley says, "I love the background of splattered glass beads tinted with pink."

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. PDT (GMT-7) for the April challenge.

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