Finnabair @ Dromkeen for Bella Carta

Had another amazing opportunity to play with Finnabair and lots of pretty Prima product, and drive to parts of Australia I had never been to LOL! 

This canvas was created with a black gesso background, collage of paper and ephemera, texturised clear soft matt gel, lace, flowers, metal, wood and plastic button embellishments and sentiment, covered in black gesso and highlighted with metallic sprays and metallic paint created using mica and soft matt gel.

Playing along with That Craft Place Anything Goes Mixed Media,

We Love to Create Anything Mixed Media and
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Texture.

The ART of Possibility...

It has been a bit of a roller coaster this past fortnight, with DDs French Exchange trip postponed and DH starting a whole new career, so it was pure joy I was able to play at the Dina Wakely class by Artified last Friday, and when I arrived home I was inspired to create this journal page, to remind myself of all that is possible.

Created using acrylic paints on a gesso background, in yellow, orange and hot pink using Dina Wakely's circle and leaves stencils to create positive and negative spaces - thanks to the magic of baby wipes! Added highlights with white gel pen, painted the stencil sentiment by Dyan Reavley and highlighted in white gel pen, and added Dina Wakely's scribbly butterfly stamped on patterned paper fussy cut.

Playing along with That Craft Place Anything Goes Mixed Media

We Love to Create Anything Mixed Media
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Texture

Finnabair @ Artified - All About Textures...

Lucky enough to have the opportunity to play at Artified studio with the amazingly talented (and very funny!) Finnabair yesterday. 

This class was all about texture using primarily products from the Prima Finnabair ranges, including a fabulous array of metal flowers, gears, clock pieces, bottletops and buttons, combined with stencils, texture paste, black gesso and some of the amazing new Mica and Mica Magic Powders, a paintbrush, cardboard, lace, and hardware, plus a few bits and pieces from my stash...

Playing along with Mixed Media Monthly Texture, 

and Virginia's View All About Texture 

(although I'm not sure if it needs to be a card which would count this out!).

 

Mojo Monday & Mixed Media Card Challenge...

For all of you who may be interested (and who wouldn't be!!!) Julee is celebrating a fabulous 400 milestone with Mojo Monday, and as an extra special celebration, there are a couple of DT spots open as well!

I flipped the Mojo Monday sketch to create a collage card. The base layer is Tim Holtz tissue paper, painted with gesso front and back. When the gesso layer dries add some Gelatos and watercolour the moth. The good thing about using Gesso as the base is that you can use wet wipes to rub back the colours, and reduce or remove any creative misadventures! The word strips, corner and Flourish are from Kaisercraft, together with a doily from my stash, Heidi Swapp clear butterfly diecut, and Making Memories notepaper stamped with this gorgeous Verve "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams" sentiment.

  

Why don't you join in the Mojo Monday celebrations!

Also playing along with Mixed Media Monthly 

A Year of Choices (Photo Inspiration) and

Watercolour Bloghop with Pretty Pink Posh too!

Don't forget to join in the fun at the Mixed Media Card Challenge too, 

this month we are featuring Collage cards.

 

Creating with Collage, Mixed Media Card Challenge...

Had such fun playing with this months Mixed Media Card Challenge Collage, with Optional element - frame. Layered patterned papers, flowers created from felt, dictionary paper, button and thread, wood veneer birdcage, copper medallion, Crate Paper Lemongrass diecuts, Lil Davis' "treasure" and MME sentiment stickers. I may even get my fingers a little more messy for my next Collage card!

Hop along to visit the fabulous Collage 

Mixed Media Card Challenge creations from the rest of the DT.

Can't wait to see what you create!!!

Just remember to link up your card before June 25th.


Also playing along with The Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge 
(Die cut, patterned paper, any shade of yellow)  and
Mixed Media Monthly Year of Choices (Birds of a Feather)

 

Spring into Mixed Media Card Challenge...

Mixed Media Card Challenge

Today is the first of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, so this months Mixed Media Card Challenge Spring theme with optional bird, brings a whole lotta Spring colours. I wanted to try and get a little messy this month, so got creating using Gelato watercolours and salt for the background (spread rock salt over the watercolour background to concentrate the colour where the rock salt crystals are resting as it dries), together with Gelato watercolours for this gorgeous Neat & Tangled songbird. Paired with the Avery Elle sentiment.

There's some more fabulous inspiration from the design team over on 

the Mixed Media Card Challenge blog.

Looking forward to seeing your fabulous SPRING creations!

Also playing along with The Paper Players Think Spring, 
AAA Cards Watercolour Rain and Mixed Media Monthly Birds of a Feather

 

Mixed Media Card Challenge - Vintage (Key)

I do hope you get to play along with this months Mixed Media Card Challenge, Theme: Vintage, Optional Element: Key. 

Whenever I think of vintage cards I think of Distress Inks and layering, and the first thing I thought of for the "optional element: key", was this fabulous sentiment by Dyan Reaveley The Right Words.

The cream patterned hearts paper by Pink Paislee, was over-stamped with Darkroom Door Sheet Music in Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Dyan Reaveley The Right Words sentiment was stamped in black, fussy cut and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The heart template (a free outline downloaded from the internet) was hand cut from Sandylion patterned paper and pop-dotted over the lace ribbon from my stash. I added the Teresa Collins key and a huge dose of Vintage Photo Distress Ink, so much so I looked like I had developed a 20 pack a day habit!

Mixed Media Card Challenge, Theme: Vintage, Optional Element: Key

Hop on by the Design Team blogs for some more super inspiration!

Julia Aston, Shirley Bampton, Charlene Cundy

Maria Fischer, Jan Jenitis, Kripa Koushik

Maria Levine, Sanna Lippert, Deepti Malik

Jenny Martin, Shery Russ, Elina Stromberg, Loll Thompson

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 the Mixed Media Card 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 October 25, 11:55 p.m. PDT (GMT -700).

6. We’ll announce the winner and favorites on the Mixed Media Card Challenge on October 31.

Joining in the fun at Catered Crop Seeing Red,
The Pink Elephant Anything Goes Challenge, and
Mixed Media Monthly Ribbon, Twine & Fibre Challenge.