September Challenge Winner And Highlights

Sixty-seven (67) gorgeous entries -- you ladies sure know how to rock our autumn-inspired challenge! Thank you so much for playing. Did you all have fun? :o)

And now, here's the mixed media card that the design team voted as the winner:

#20. Pamellia

Congratulations, Pamellia! Your mixed media card is simply stunning and perfectly showcases autumn colors. Grab your winner badge below to display proudly on your blog.

Before we show the highlight entries, here's the winner of the $15 gift certificate from our awesome sponsor, Add A Little Dazzle. With the help of Random.org, the winner is:

#23. Helen Liu

Congratulations, Helen! Please send an email to sheryruss@gmail.com to claim your prize!

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.

So how about a new challenge? Get your artsy supplies together. Tomorrow we're starting a brand new challenge and sharing mixed media cards to start off October! You're going to love the theme!

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

Challenge #3 One More Batch of Autumn-Inspired Mixed Media Cards for the Road

All of you continue to wow us with your gorgeous autumn mixed media cards! Fifty-six (56) AHH-mazing cards are in the gallery -- a veritable feast for the eyes! Our current challenge ends in 3 days so if you haven't played with us yet, come play!

This month's challenge is sponsored by Add A Little Dazzle. AALD has generously provided the girls in the design team craft metal sheets and you've seen us use them throughout our cards this month. Create a mixed media card with the optional element (metal or leaves or both) and you'll get a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to use towards products in the AALD Boutique!

We've got one more batch of autumn-inspired mixed media cards for you. Check them out and then link up yours here.

SANNA

Distress Inks in several colours through a stencil, then stamped with a dark ink over the stenciled areas; added dry embossed die cut leaves and paper roses, doodled faux stitching around the edges. 

*****

JULIA

Alcohol Ink background, die cut leaves colored with alcohol inks and stamped with text and layered over image, colored jute looped through tag hole, rub on sentiments.

*****

LYNDAL

Sequin shaker card, background created using Luminare paints on watercolour paper, cut file leaf, sequins and glass beads, multi coloured inks for sentiment.

*****

JENNY

Embossed card, stenciled background die cut butterfly using distress inks,

cork & watercoloured die cut leaves
*****

SHERY

Sunflowers stamped with VersaMark watermark ink on panel then colored with PanPastel Colors and edges inked with chalk ink; die-cut border from Add a Little Dazzle chocolate brown craft metal sheet; ribbon, stickers, doily, and sentiment to finish card

*****

LOLL

Watercolored fall leaves cut out and mounted on patterned paper with twine trim