Sunday, February 1, 2015

The Mixed Media Card Challenge #8 {Love}

Hello, mixed media card artists! It's a brand new month which means we're starting a new challenge here at The Mixed Media Card Challenge. This month, our theme is "LOVE". Lots of ways to interpret that theme. "Buttons" is an optional element.



HOW TO PLAY
1. Create a mixed media CARD based on the theme, with or without the optional element.
2. Display the challenge graphic on your blog post and link back to this challenge post.
3. You may enter as many times as you want, as long as each entry is different.
4. You may combine a maximum of 7 challenges (6 other challenges plus ours).
5. Submit your projects by February 25, 11:55 p.m. PST (GMT -8).
6. We'll announce the winner and highlights on February 28.


How did we interpret the theme? Take a look below. We hope our mixed media cards inspire you to play along with us! We look forward to seeing your beautiful cards!


Inked and spritzed back of a stencil with water and laid on paper. After it dried I laid the stencil back down and used embossing paste. 
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Inked background with distress marker spritzer, layers of distress stains and stamped distress inks. Watercolored children and embellished with sparkly fluff and snow glitter.
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Stamped, masked, inked, masked, stamped and stamped more. Splattered, stitched and added embossing paste too.
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Splattered Plaster technique background, layered stamping, embossed plastic button, wrinkled seam tape.
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Masking, inking and inlaid die cutting with some embossing paste makes for my CAS Mixed Media card.
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Acrylic paint, translucent paint, Distress paint, modelling paste, ribbon, button, tag, washi tape.
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Pattern paper on red cardstock
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Memento dye inks, Memento Luxe inks and Distress inks and Color Shine spray. Lots of sponging and stamping and a die cut. 
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Gelato watercolour background for sheep & hearts,
fussy cutting, die cuts, layers, and textured patterned paper.
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Texture paste, gesso, chipboard, mists and paints
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Background is made adding layers of book page pieces, gesso, texture paste, acrylic paints and stamped textures. Heart shaped flowers are made from paper yarn. Flowers and buttons glued on card front with gel medium.


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:


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)