February Challenge Winner and Highlights

Hey there, mixed media card artists! It's time to announce the winner and highlights for the February RED challenge.

Here's the winning mixed media card as chosen by the design team:

#11 Pamellia

Congratulations! 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.

13. Lee Ann Barrett

Melissa says, "Ooooowie, baby! Lee Ann's card grabbed my sorta CAS, red flower lovin', mixed media heart! I love her copic coloring, the way she added texture to the flower heads with Crystal Effects and then added clear seed beads too. Oh yeah!"

#21 Miranda

Sanna says, "This card immediately jumped out of the gallery! So much happiness and fun, bright color and feeling here. I just had to pick this as my highlight as it immediately made me smile and feel happy!"

#5 Stefania

Becca says, "This card was so stunning with its bold pops of color and grungy, scrawling script everywhere. It's so happy and full of life!"

Shirley says, "Stefania. I love the vibrancy of this card - strong colours great images, and a brilliant sentiment!"

#11 Pamellia

Yasmina says, "I'm really in love with Pamellia's design!! The colors, the style... everything is so beautiful!"

#26 Susan

Maria F. says, "There is so much mixed media to love on this card, but it was the touch of humor that had me LOL."

#39 Loll

Julia says, "Loll's thick shiny red letters are stunning against the black stenciling and stamping on her background."

#18 Sweet Kobylkin

Kripa says, "Ksenija Rizova's card stood out in my memory for the vibrancy and energy created by the clever use of arrows and other stamps and stencils."

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

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

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

January Challenge Winner and Highlights

Hi all! My apologies for the super late post announcing the January winner and highlights. Thank you to all who entered their gorgeous mixed media cards for January. Winner and highlights of the February challenge will be announced tomorrow, Monday, as scheduled.

Here's the winning January mixed media card as chosen by the design team:

#26 Tone

Congratulations! 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.

#27 Ann 

Maria L. says, "Love all the texture of metals and layers."

Jenny says, "I love all the mix of colours, texture, and materials which all meld so well together and make a gorgeous whimsical card."

#19 Naki

Maria F. says, "Stamps,ink,texture,dimension, technique - yep. And looks like it could have come straight out of a boutique."

#33 Mac

Julia says, "Such a cute design with the sweet chick breaking out of the golden egg!"

#12 Ann

Lee-Anne says, "Gorgeous colors and depth."

#26 Tone

Shirley says, "Love the composition of this piece!"

Becca says, "This card took my breath away! The vintage femininity combined with the ethereal composition was stunning!"

Yasmina says, " I really love the composition, the color chosen and all the elements on her card."

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

Challenge #20 [RED]

Just popping in with some final inspiration for our February challenge from some of our Design Team and if you are quick, you still have time to join in the fun. The Challenge ends on the 25th February, the theme is 'RED', the optional element is 'HEARTS' and you can enter here

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sponged the panel with various reds to give an ombré effect,  applied homemade embossing paste through Hearts All Over ARTplorations Stencil

Maria F.

Painted tag, heat embossed sentiments, die cuts, raffia.

Elina

Background decorated with stamped gesso hearts, inked with Distress inks, splashed with water. Foreground images stamped on white cardstock, colored with Distress inks. Finished with die-cut elements.

Mixed Media Card Challenge #20 [MoreInspiration]

Just popping in with a couple more inspiration cards from the Design Team. You still have plenty of time to join the challenge. The theme is 'RED' and the optional element is 'HEARTS'.

Melissa  

 ARTplorations heart stencil, acrylic paint, red water-color paint, splatters paint, white, gold & silver gel pen, black pen and ink

Jenny

Distress inks, dye ink, Distress crackle paint, stamping, stencilling and die cuts

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. Pacific (GMT-8).

Now it's your turn. You can link up your card here.http://themixedmediacardchallenge.blogspot.com.au/search/label/challenge

The Mixed Media Card Challenge #20 {Inspiration}

Hi there, Mixed Media Card lovers!  Are you playing along with this month's challenge?  The theme is RED with an option of hearts (of course!).

We've got a couple more cards for your inspiration:

Shirley

Distress paint, Distress Ink, Grungepaper, diecuts, dry embossing, brad, glitter foam

Maria

Ranger texture paste, Dylusions Spray, Stickles glitter, distress edges

The challenge is open until 25 January - click here to enter your 'red' themed card.  We'll be back soon with the winner and highlights of the January challenge.

The Mixed Media Card Challenge #20 {Red)

Welcome to a brand new challenge here at The Mixed Media Card Challenge! First, we'd like to thank everyone who played in our Beginnings Challenge last month -- we'll announce the winner and highlights in a couple of days.

For our challenge this month, we have a simple theme: RED, and optional element: HEARTS. So have a go at creating a mixed media card that follows the theme with or without hearts. The team can't wait to see what beauties you'll be linking up!

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. Pacific (GMT-8).

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Maria F.

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Lysa

Background: Distress ink'd edges, red distress paint through stencil. 

Chipboard elements: camera painted with gold acrylic paint, love and hearts colored with red gelatos. Glossy accents over red gelatos. 

Regular gloss gel as adhesive. 

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Sanna

Misted, stenciled and stamped background. Layered stickers, sewing garn, sequins, wood veneer, cork, ink splatters, texture spray. Stamped and inked sentiment. Misted and die cut paper rosette.

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Julia

Stenciling with ink, stenciling with embossing paste, doodling outline with Stabilo Pencil, sanded die cuts, stamping, and rhinestones.

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Lee-Anne

Monoprint background with Distress Inks, Gelatos on resist canvas, outlined with PITT artist pen, liquid snow with matte multi medium and glitter

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Melissa

Clear embossing powder, red embossing powder, white gel pen, red and green ink

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Yasmina

I play with my Gelli Plate for the background (acrylic paints and stencils). Highlight the hearts with a white Sharpie pen. I've got a video tutorial on my YouTube Channel. :))

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Elina

Printed image transferred with gel medium on a piece of white cardstock. Flower image repeated with stamping, coloured with promarkers. Entire card covered with clear gesso, shadows added with water-soluable crayons.

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Shirley

Clear texture paste through stencil, Distress paints, Picket Fence Distress Stain through punchinella stencil, sanded card, white acrylic paint, white gel pen, fibres.

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Tenia

All purpose ink, Faber-Castell Gelatos, Heat Embossing, Washi Tape, Sequins, Die Cut Heart, Watermark Ink, Sticker Stitches, Stickers

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Kripa

Gesso, dylusion spray, chipboard, stamping, washi tape, paint splatter

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Becca

using gel medium resist, Distress Inks, cork letters, feathers, twine, wooden embellishment, microbeads, Distress Spray Stains.

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