Challenge 2 - Anything Mixed Media/Creative Goes

Good morning, November is here already so it's time for a new challenge!! A big thank you to everyone who entered last month's challenge, the DT will be voting for their top 3 picks and we'll be announcing the winner and Top 3 on  November 26th. The long winter evenings are a great excuse to craft so I hope you're going to join us. Our theme is easy peasy ...

Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes

You don't have to use our products to enter (but we do a happy dance when you do lol) and the challenge will run until 30th November so there's loads of time to play long. Did I mention we've got a fabulous prize from Polkadoodles for our lucky winner too?


Prize: £5 gift voucher for the Polkadoodles store.


So check out the inspiration from our DT and get crafting to be in with a chance of winning! As you can see our talented teamies have been busy working their mixed media magic for you .....

Claire C I've made a mixed media wallhanging using the beautiful new image called Nature Lover - January which you can find in the Polkadoodles store here. I've printed her onto kraft card and coloured her with pencils. The background was made with PanPastels. Next I stencilled some leaves with iridescent paste and once it was dry added some colour with alcohol markers. You can find all the details on my blog

PanPastel Set Donna Downey

Nature Lover -January

Gemma I have a poster to share with you all today made using printouts from the wonderful Belle Papillon collection from Polkadoodles. I ripped and glued printable background papers onto mixed media strength card with Gesso. Once dry I layered up acrylic and water sprays, before adding some stencilling with Pan Pastels. Then I glued these wonderful large butterflies from another printable into place with a feel-good quote, once dry I added some colour with more Pan Pastel and colouring pencils to blend them in before going around the edges with a black pen.

Lou: Last week I shared a 'top tip' about different media to print on to create your mixed media projects - see HERE - and this week I am sharing with you the project I made using my printed toilet roll and kitchen towel. I have used the Belle Papillion Big Kahuna collection to make a notebook cover. I even dusted off my Bind It All to make the notebook! You can find lots more details and photos over on my blog.

A Sneeky Peeky this time from me (Terry) on the 19th of November I will be sharing a Tutorial on how I made my project....hope to see you there....xxxx

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We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:

1. No back links

2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. The main prize must be claimed within 10 days or it will be offered to a random winner from the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter.

The challenge will run until 30th November and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 24th December 2017!!

Add your link below to be in with a chance of being our lucky winner or Top 3 honours.

Good luck everyone!!

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If so, please put GDT after your name and we'll contact you.

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Challenge 15 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends and welcome to our new challenge! Our theme is

 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media goes' 

and we've got a fabulous prize for our lucky winner - those lovely people over at Premium Craft Brands have some gorgeous crafty goodies just waiting to go!

You don't have to use our products to enter so I hope you're going to join the fun.

Before we check out this week's inspiration from the DT it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 13. A huge thank you to everyone who played along, there were so many beautiful entries! There can only be one winner though, and random.org has worked his magic and the winner from Challenge 13 is ......

7. Chris

Congratulations hun! Please email us (details in sidebar) quoting your snail mail details and your winners code which is PPWK013001 and we'll get your prize out to you asap!

This time around, top 3 honours go to .....

6. Karen Dunbrook

19 Julia

20 Sara Emily

Congratulations ladies, awesome projects!! Please help yourselves to a badge for your blog.

Now on to this weeks challenge, let's see what the DT have been up to this time around

Claire C

I've made a journal page using my PanPastels, they blend beautifully on Foamiran to create beautiful flower. You can find all the details on my blog

Burnt Sienna PanPastel	Raw Umber PanPastel	Metallic Pan Pastel, Pewter	Pan Pastel - Magenta	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel
Bright Yellow Green Shade	PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	Hansa Yellow	PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers

Lou

A while back I shared the initial making of my project using stampbord and pan pastels (see HERE), so now is the time to share my finished project. Using the stampbord, I created a frame and added a mirror to the centre. The outside has been decorated with pan pastels, embossing powders using the Regal Peacock soup stamp set from Polka Doodles.

Products & links:

Pan Pastel - Magenta	PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark	Phtalo Blue Pan Pastel	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender	Metallic PanPastel Set
Pan Pastels	Panpastel Tool Angle Slice Sponges	PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers	Polkadoodles Regal Peacock A5 stamp set	Nuvo Hybrid ink pad - Black Shadow	Nuvo embossing powder - Gold

Gemma

So school is out, and this year I decided to make note pads for all my son's teacher and teaching assistants. The one below was made by blending Pan Pastels together over white card, using stencils and a glossy fixative spray to keep it all in place. More details can be found on my blog.

PanPastel Turquoise Tint	Pan Pastels - Phthalo Blue Tint	Violet Pan Pastel	Magenta shade	Orange Tint PanPastel
Yellow Ochre	Sofft Art Sponge

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We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:

1. No back links

2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address - if the prize is not claimed within 14 days it will be offered to someone on the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter

The challenge will run until 5th August and the winner and top 3 will be announced 

on Sunday  20th August 2017!

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Challenge 14 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends and welcome to our brand new challenge! Our theme is

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

so it's a nice easy one again for you. We've got a fabby prize of crafty goodies lined up for our lucky winner thank to those lovely people at Premium Craft Brands and you don't even have to use our products to play along!



Before we take a peek at this week's inspiration from our talented DT, it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 12 so without any further ado our lucky winner (chosen by Random.org) is ......

16. Carole J


Congratulations hun! Please email us (details in sidebar) quoting your snail mail details and your winners code which is PPWK012001 and we'll get your prize out to you asap!

Now on to the top 3 and as always it wasn't an easy decision but this time around, the honours go to

7. Sara Emily- sarascloset
20 Helen H
26. Maggie

Back to our new challenge and our DT have got some awesome artwork to inspire you ....


Gemma

I have an 8x8 card to share with you all today, The background was made by laying down Burnt Sienna, and a small amount of Yellow Ochre. I laid a stencil over the top and used a rubber to remove the pastel and reveal the pattern. I then placed the brick stencil over the top and applied more Burnt Sienna through the stencil. I stamped out the birds and flowers using black waterproof ink before colouring them in with Turquoise, Blue Tint, Titanium White and Permanent Red. You can find more details on my Blog.

Sofft sponge bars	Titanium White PanPastel	Phthalo Blue Tint	Burnt Sienna PanPastel	Yellow Ochre
Permanent Red	Turquoise	Sofft tools

Claire

 I've been playing with my PanPastels and Foamiran, and wow they colour the foam beautifully to make flowers! 

PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

Bright Yellow Green Shade

PanPastel Rich Gold Metallic

PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers

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We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:

1. No back links

2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address - if the prize is not claimed within 14 days it will be offered to someone on the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter

The challenge will run until  22nd July and the winner and top 3 will be announced 

on Sunday 6th August 2017!!

Add your link below to be in with a chance of being our lucky winner or Top 3 honours

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