The Mixed Media Card Challenge #12 {Collage}

Hello, June! Welcome to our 12th challenge! It's amazing how the year has flown by. Next month, we're entering our second year. Thank you so much to everyone who has made our little mixed media card challenge blog a success. This challenge is a little bittersweet, as 5 of the original design team members are stepping down: Char, Deepti, Jan, Loll, and Lyndal. They'll be sharing their last mixed media cards in this challenge. I and the rest of the mixed media card girls are going to miss them. Thank you so much, ladies, for being part of this team! 

As we say goodbye, we're going to be saying hello to 5 8 new mixed media card artists in July. So thank you so much to those who expressed interest in becoming part of the design team. I will be contacting our new recruits this Friday :o)

For June, our theme is "COLLAGE". Show us your collage-inspired mixed media cards. "Frame" 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 June 25, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).
6. We'll announce the winner and highlights on June 30.

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So how did the design team interpret the theme?  Take a look at the cards below. We hope they inspire you to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your beautiful cards!

JULIA

Cabinet Card Frame distressed with ink and embossing powder; Found Relatives photo card colorized with Distress Markers; Mirrored Stars, Word Band and Arrow colored with Alcohol Ink.

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SHIRLEY

Diecuts, tissue, gold pearl texture paste, washi tape, gold thread.

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MARIA F.

Magazine and book pages, produce net, texture paste with stencil, embossing.

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JAN

Stamps, archival ink, stencils, embossing paste, found natural materials-bark, flowers ferns, Krylon make it acid free, handmade paper with string and paper with bark, gel media, acrylic paint, Inka gold and microbeads.

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LOLL

Stencil Monoprint background on mixed media paper using sprays and honeycomb stencil. Collage stamping with script background, flowers and bees.

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DEEPTI

Woodgrain background paired with stenciled texture paste and all the die cut elements to dress up the card makes for my mixed media card.

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JENNY

Layered stamping with pigment and dye inks, water- colouring, stitching, buttons, charm and lace

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CHAR

Patterned Paper pieces glued down than drybrushed paint over the top, then I used different stencils with molding paste that I colored

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MARIA L.

Dylusions paints in on background. Ripped paper collaged over the painted background. Stamps and doodling over it all. Stamped the butterfly and colored with watercolors.

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LYNDAL

Felt, dictionary paper, button and thread flowers, wood veneer birdcage, copper medallion,

Crate Paper Lemongrass diecuts, Lil Davis "treasure" and MME sentiment stickers.

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ELINA

Blue, green and white Distress paints in the background, mixed together with water. Fish hand-cut and decorated with black and grey markers, see weeds die-cut from blue and green cardstock. Old book page strips inked and glued down with gel medium.

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SANNA

A piece of watercolor paper covered with old border stickers, silver ribbon and pieces of patterned paper. Then added a layer of pastel green (chalk) in dauber over that layer. Next stamped randomly with black ink here and there. After that added some Glimmer Mist here and there. After that ran thru Big Shot to cut the frame form. Next applied some black Glimmer Glaze and glued down on the card base. Finally, added the puffy sticker sentiment and some enamel dots and some doodling around the edges.

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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.