The Mixed Media Card Challenge #9 {Hints of Spring}

Goodbye, February. Hello, March! Are you ready for a new mixed media card challenge theme? For March, our theme is "SPRING". Show us your spring-themed works of art -- we'd love to see them! "Bird" 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 March 25, 11:55 p.m. PST (GMT -8).
6. We'll announce the winner and highlights on March 31.


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

I watercolored the background and embossed with a wood grain stamp and various other stamps with white embossing powder. The heart is done the same way and the bird is watercolored.

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LOLL

Brusho watercolour background mixed with shimmer paint, then sponged over top with a leafy stencil. Die-cut branch and leaves which are sponged and shaped with stylus for dimension.

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MARIA F.

Stamped and stenciled backgrounds and sentiment. Embossing paste. Heat embossing on vellum. Distressed edges.

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JULIA

Rubbed card base through Distress Stains and water, sponged Distress Inks through Dot Fade stencil, flicked with water, embossed layered sun die and bunny die, used a rub-on bird.

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DEEPTI

Textured patterned paper paired with spring field of poppies created by masking and coloring makes for my Mixed media card.

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ELINA

Stamped image, masked with masking fluid before watercolouring and stamping the background.

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SANNA

Pink Distress Stain on the background to create a faux watercolor effect. Some partial stamping with grey dye ink, Glimmer Glaze splatters in pink, an old sticker, some wood veneer birdies and tiny leftover paper hearts here and there. In addition doodled frame with a grey pen.

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JENNY

Watercolour paper with distress ink background, stamping, stencilling, 

Twinkling H2os and machine stitching.

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KRIPA

Small bits of pink tissue, paints, texture paste through stencil, stamping, clear gesso, more paints and stamping in that order to create the background.

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JAN

Background-smooshed distress stains and dry embossing with Gold lame accents. Butterfly embossed with distress inks. Accented with Inka Gold and Mica Gloss and gold foil.

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SHIRLEY

Acrylic paints, chalk paints, gelli print, modelling paste through stencil, black and white pens on bird.

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LYNDAL

Gelato watercolour with salt background with Gelato watercolour bird fussy cut and pop dotted

A friendly reminder: We are a CARD challenge, therefore please only submit card projects (no layouts, altered projects, ATCs, etc.). Non-card projects will be deleted.