Friday, October 31, 2014

October Challenge Winner And Highlights

Forty-one (41) wonderful vintage-inspired mixed media cards -- what a treat you gave us in October!

So which mixed media card did the design team vote as the winner this time around?

The-Earth-laughs-with-flowers-mixed-media-card

Congratulations, Yvonne! The elements, colors, and design of your mixed media card won us over! Grab your winner badge below to display proudly on your blog.



And now here are the highlights. Each of us 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.


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




And so we start a new challenge tomorrow. Are you ready? Get your artsy supplies together and check back in tomorrow at 6 a.m. PDT (GMT -700) to see what the mixed media card girls have cooked up to kick off the November challenge.

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

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

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!


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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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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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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Chalkboard technique combined with distress inks and some texturing can create a fun vintage look
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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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Stencil made with silhouette, paint, stamping, Versamark heat embossed, Spray mist and dry embossing