Challenge #14 Inspiration Cards

Have you played in this month's mixed media card challenge yet? We've got an easy and fun theme! Link up your (golden) butterfly-inspired creations here.

Check out the cards that Melissa and Lee-Anne created to inspire!

MELISSA

This card was made with stencil, stamps, some ink blending, homemade embossing paste, and gold embossing powder.

LEE-ANNE

Stencils, stamps, Distress Inks, gold ink, clear embossing powder, sequins, and gold butterflies

Challenge #4 One More Round of Vintage-Inspired Mixed Media Cards

Hello, everyone! Here's one last reminder to let you all know that there's just a little over 3 days left to enter the October challenge. Have you checked out the gallery? Thirty-six artful entries and counting...it's got to be our most eclectic collection of mixed media cards to date!

Here is one last dose of inspiration from the mixed media card girls. Check them out and then link up your mixed media cards here!

SANNA

Distress Stain "faux watercolour" background, layered stamping, doodling around the edges, embossing enamel details in gold and white, blue and white ink splatters and layered old/vintage embellishments

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LOLL

Stamped and sponged background in Distress inks, stenciled harlequin design with glass bead gel, candles stamped, colored with Copics and fussy-cut

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MARIA L.

Tim Holtz paper as background. Used punchenella to create dots with distress inks. Distressed and inked the sides. Added metal brad from Stampin' Up! and some twine.

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DEEPTI

Chalkboard technique combined with distress inks and some texturing can create a fun vintage look

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SHERY

Paper with a vintage Christmas design embossed, distressed, and sponged with chalk ink and PanPastel; stamped poinsettia colored with alcohol markers; background die-cut oval stamped with watermark ink and colored with PanPastel for a reverse resist effect; vellum laid over DP to soften images and colors; finished with a spattering of antique bronze distress paint

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JENNY

Stencil made with silhouette, paint, stamping, Versamark heat embossed, Spray mist and dry embossing

Challenge #4 More Inspiration Cards

We've got a little over 10 days before the current challenge ends, so if you've been thinking of playing along, know you have plenty of time left still! And have you checked out this month's entries? Twenty-five beautiful vintage-inspired mixed media cards we have!

Here's another dose of inspiration from the mixed media card girls. Check them out and then link up your mixed media cards here!

LOLL

Black heat embossed image, sponged with ink and then coated in Twinkling H2O, copic colored ribbon, sponged vintage designer paper with torn edge

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SHIRLEY

Gelli Plate print from lace and bubble wrap, markers, ribbon, twine, fibre, brads

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MARIA F.

Spritzing, ghosting and stencilling with Dylusions, splatters, metal

Challenge #3 Inspiration Cards

We've got 22 awe-mazing autumn-inspired mixed media cards to date and we can't be any happier! Why not play some more? We have inspiration cards below -- check them out and then link up your mixed media cards here!

This month's challenge is sponsored by Add A Little Dazzle. Create a mixed media card with the optional element (metal or leaves or both) and you'll get a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to use towards products in the AALD Boutique!

SANNA

Dry embossed, alcohol inked and fussy cut Add a Little Dazzle metal sheet leaf; toned structure paste through a TCW stencil; misted splatters and stamping.

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CHAR

Embossed leaves with gold embossing and used Gelatos and Distress inks to color.

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LOLL

Watercolored panel with gold heat embossed stenciled leaves; foliage diecut from Add a Little Dazzle metal sheet.

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JULIA

I Inked the back inside of my embossing folder, die cut metal leaves painted with Distress Paints raised up on foam dots, added 3 enamel dots.

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SHERY

Diecut leaves from Add A Little Dazzle craft metal sheet and colored with Adirondack alcohol inks; modeling paste applied through stencil; background stamped and sponged with Distress inks.

Challenge #2 {One Last Hurrah for Summer}

Where has the month gone? The August challenge is almost over and so is summer for most of us. There's a little over 3 days left to enter your summer-inspired mixed media cards! Link 'em up here.

Here's one last hurrah for summer from the mixed media card girls.

Deepti

Elina

Kripa

Loll

Lyndal

Maria L.

Shery

Challenge # 2 {More Inspiration Cards!}

Forty-one (41) beautiful mixed media cards are in the gallery and we're so impressed! We've got 10 more days left before the challenge ends, so plenty of time to still play! Enter as many times as you like -- play 'til your gesso, embossing paste, paints, or your favorite mixed media supply runs out ;o)

Check out the inspiration cards below and then link up your mixed media cards here.

Loll

Shirley

Jan

Jenny

Shery

Deepti

Julia

Challenge #2 Inspiration Cards

Our second challenge is off to a great start! We've got 20 fabulous summer-inspired mixed media cards in the gallery and we've still got 17 days left before the challenge closes. Thanks so much for playing along with us!

Want to play some more? There's no limit to our little mixed media party! Check out the inspiration cards below and then link up your mixed media cards here.

Julia

Jenny

Loll

Shery

More Challenge #1 Inspiration Cards {Or We Can't Stop Making More Mixed Media Cards!}

Okay, it's confirmed: we now know there's a bunch of us card-makers who love mixed media and can't quit making them it looks like!

SIXTY (60) delicious mixed media cards and tags in the gallery to date! The gallery is a feast for the eyes. I believe it's gotta be one of the most awesome collections in all of blog land if I may say so. And I'm ecstatic that so many of you have embraced this artsy, fun card-making style! :o)

Don't stop now...keep making those cards and sharing them...we've got a little over 7 days left to play and be messy! Link up your fabulous mixed media cards here. We've also got a link tab above so it's always easy to access the current challenge.

And if you're still a little intimidated by the term "mixed media", please check out this page here to read about how we define a "mixed media card" as it pertains to our challenge blog. You might even be surprised to discover that you've made this type of card before!

As for the girls in the design team...we're back with more inspiration. We just can't stop making more mixed media cards too!

Shirley

distress Ink, distress paint, stencil, twine, pen, textured embossing powder

Lyndal

recycled book paper, gesso, stencil, distress inks and copper heat embossing

Shery

distress and archival inks, embossing, stencil, and modeling paste

Loll

distress Inks, monoprint of ferns from my garden, dry embossing, burlap

Deepti

watercolors (Twinkling H2O and Gelatos), markers, die-cuts

Julia

layered die cuts, inks, stamps and enamel dots

Challenge #1 Inspiration Cards {Or We Couldn't Help Ourselves So We Made More Mixed Media Cards!}

Well, judging by the number of submissions we've received for the first challenge to date, ya'll are liking creating mixed media cards! We're only a week and a half into this month's challenge and already there are 35 stupendous mixed media cards in the gallery -- from CAS to no-gesso-or-embossing-paste-spared cards...we're having a blast looking at your creations! Isn't mixed media fun or what?

Want to enter again? You certainly can. There's a little over 2 weeks left before the challenge ends. Create and enter as many mixed media cards as you like based on the current theme. Link up your fabulous mixed media cards here.

You're not the only one having fun with the first challenge. The girls in the design team are too! So here are more mixed media cards from us for this month's challenge. Hope these get you inspired to create too!

Loll

Shirley

Shery

Maria F.

Deepti

Julia

Char

Jan