January Challenge Winner and Highlights

There were 47 super wonderful mixed media cards in the January gallery! Thank you to all of you who played along last month.

Here's the mixed media card that the design team voted as the winner:

#17 Susan

Congratulations, Susan! 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.

Deepti's Highlight: #10 Manuela

Deepti says, "The unique design of Manuela's card, stole my heart. Congratulations!"

Elina's and Lyndal's Highlight: #17 Susan

Elina says, "[The] background of this card is stunning! Love also how the bright red poppies stand out and create a strong contrast to the background."

Lyndal says, "Absolutely LOVE poppies and Susan's are stunning against her fabulous background - you can check out her blog for details of how to create the background!"

Jenny's Highlight: #38 Calex

Jenny says, "I love the dreamy, yet vibrant Brusho background, with the gorgeous shine from the Liquitex class beads and the crackle effect. The stamping is perfect for this background."

Julia's Highlight: #29 Juhi

Julia says, "She used lots of mixed media - Gelatos, heat embossing, sprays, water and glitter hearts!"

Maria F.'s Highlight: #31 Vicki

Maria says, "Amazing the interest some gesso, tissue and Brushos can create. I just love the color explosion."

Sanna's Highlight: #5 Nancy Littrell

Sanna says, "I loved this card for its simplicity and beauty. The monochromatic design and the chrystal "splodge" make it simply perfect! "

Shirley's Highlight: #40 Nikki

Shirley says, "I love the frosty colour scheme and all the layers and dimension of Nikki's card."

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

Get your artsy supplies together and check back in a couple of hours to see the February challenge.

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

Challenge #7 {More Inspiration Cards}

There's still a little over 9 days left to play in this month's challenge, so share your NEW creations with us! Check out the inspiration cards we made and then link up your mixed media cards here!

SANNA

I used various Distress Ink colours (wiped to the background) and then doodled (with a water tank brush pen and plain water) a firework image onto the background. When it was dry, I applied some glitter glue here and there for additonal detail. Then some white circles using a white pen and a doodled the frame with a black pen.

*****

MARIA F.

Stamps and ink, tissue paper, stencils with colored paste and die cuts.

*****

SHERY

I used stamps, Distress inks, stencil, drywall tape, and watercolor brush marker to create this CAS mixed media one layer card.