Announcing the Mixed Media Card Challenge Design Team

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm ready to announce the ladies joining me in The Mixed Media Card Challenge design team.

When I posted the design team call, I wasn't expecting to receive many applications -- perhaps just 10 or so. Instead, 27 talented crafters applied. So to all of you who responded to my DT call, thank you so much for sharing your talents! I spent a lot of time on each of your blogs and had a truly wonderful time. I didn't want to simply base my decision on one entry, so I looked at past projects too and factored those in.

Let me just say that it was tough to narrow down the list, as every entry was inspiring and creative. I started with 27 names and in the end, I was left with these 13 creative ladies I'm certain will rock at creating and inspiring all of us with their mixed media cards each month. Here they are in alphabetical order:

Julia Aston

Shirley Bampton

Charlene Cundy

Maria Fischer

Lyndal Higgins

Jan Jenitis

Kripa Koushik

Maria Levine

Sanna Lippert

Deepti Malik

Jenny Martin

Elina Stromberg

Loll Thompson

Starting Friday, you'll get to know a little more about us in the design team, and on Tuesday, July 1, The Mixed Media Card Challenge begins! 

Grab the badge and get your stamps, inks, paints, sprays, gesso, and whatever else you like to play with ready.

Be artsy. Be messy. Be creative!

~Shery

The Mixed Media Card Challenge Design Team Call

Do you enjoy playing with a variety of mediums and techniques in your cards? Do you often find yourself creating cards that are a little more than CAS? I'm looking for a few talented card-makers who aren't afraid to get messy in their card-making to join me in this monthly mixed media card challenge.

As a design team member, you'll:

• create one mixed media card a month based on a theme (reminder cards are optional)
• comment on your assigned entries
• pick your favorite and vote on the winner

Interested? Please enter your name in the linky at the end of this post. Link to a mixed media card you have made before on your blog. Feel free to create a new card as your design team entry too. It's up to you.

You may be wondering what I'm looking for in a mixed media card. Straight up, a mixed media card is a card that is created using different mediums. For this card challenge blog, it means using any of the following in addition to the usual stamps and inks:

• Mediums that add texture. Some examples: fabric, stitching, embossing paste, texture gel, gel medium, modeling paste, gesso, textured paper, glitter, found objects
• Mediums that give dimension. Some examples: die-cuts, chipboard, embossing powders, epoxy/thick stickers, embellishments, found objects
• Mediums that allow you to use (and even combine) different techniques. Some examples: watercolor, pastels, alcohol inks, markers, chalks, acrylic paints, oils, crayons
• Even using various tools and supplies in creating a card is okay. Some examples: die-cutting machine (manual or electronic), monoprinting tools (Gelli plate), punches, dies, stencils, templates

Basically, a card that has stamps and inks PLUS at least any two of the above (embossing paste and alcohol inks, for example) is a mixed media card in my book :o)

This call is open until June 20 and the new design team members will be announced here on the blog on June 23. The first challenge starts on July 1.

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to visiting your blog!

~Shery

A little about me: I'm a mixed media girl who has fallen in love with card-making. My cards tend to be artsy, as I love mixing different mediums in my projects -- watercolor, inks, pigments, gesso, markers, alcohol inks, paints, etc. Samples of my mixed media cards: here, here, here, and here.