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.