July Challenge Winner and Highlights

There were 89 amazing mixed media cards and tags in last month's challenge and all of us in the design team had a tough time voting! Every entry was beautiful and we so appreciate your talents and the time all of you put into creating these works of art!

So who's our first mixed media card rockstar? Drum roll, please...

#53. Lula

Congratulations, Lula! Your mixed media card is nothing but stunning. Your card so impressed us that we voted you the winner! Grab your winner badge below to display proudly on your blog.

 

Each one of us 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 impressed us.

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

We're so happy that so many have embraced this style of card-making. I'm especially ecstatic that our first challenge was so warmly received! I have an incredibly talented design team and much of the success of our first challenge was due to their amazing projects that served as inspiration to card-makers out there.

Are you ready for the August Challenge? Another month of mixed media fun starts tomorrow! We've got loads of mixed media cards to inspire you , so we'll see you then, okay?

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

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