Wk 8 - Pan Pastel UK Challenge...Use a stencil

Good morning folks! 

Oh my goodness its such an exciting time here at Premium Craft Brands with lots of new products coming and and some changes too. 
First of all, the challenge is now fortnightly so you've got lots more time to enter. This means that our lovely DT ladies are going to have more time to share share some fab tutorials, tips and techniques to give you lots of inspiration to use your Premium Craft Brands products!!

So today we have some more inspiration for our Week 7 

Use a Stencil to make an embellie Challenge 

which closes at the end of this week. 

Click here to go to the challenge linky!

Before you check out the inspiration from our talented design team its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 6 so without any further ado, our winner (as chosen by Random.org) is 
22 Samantha Wade

wooo hoo congratulations Samantha, email us to claim your prize of gorgeous goodies from Premium Craft Brands!!

Goodness me you're such a talented bunch you don't make it easy to choose the Top 3 from such a beautiful array of artwork but our DT are up to the task and the Top 3 are

3 Shaz in Oz

8 Jackie Wallace

14 Angel North

Gorgeous work ladies, well done to you all and don't forget to grab your Top 3 Badge for your blogs.

So let's get to our extra inspiration for the Stencil Challenge! You have until Sunday 2nd March at noon GMT to enter and don't forget to Click here to go to the challenge linky!.....

Terry Hey there guys, so I had a hubby that was having his birthday and I did not know what to give him...so I thought of a large envelope and worked on it mixing three Pans, the green, lemon and blue pans. Stamped a Pilote image on top and lots of background sentiments. Then on top the DD stencil with the darker green pan. The Tag was made with a stencil, Light Modelling Paste and the mixed three colours Pans.

Claire  I've made a canvas using PanPastels, my favourite butterfly stencil and Maimeri Iridescent Paste. Guess what colours I used to make the purples on my canvas ......

Did you guess?? I used magenta and turquoise, adding a wee bit of magenta extra dark too!! Its so much fun to mix colours with PanPastels, they blend beautifully

The chipboard letters were coated with Maimeri iridescent Paste and sprinkled with silver PanPastel

and Glitter, I've also added a bit of crackle here and there for some texture

Tracy -Hi everyone, my inspiration for my little wood art today, came from pretty shades of blue Pan Pastels, touches of metallic Pan Pastels, lots of yummy Maimeri Mediums . . .

. . . along with a few new products,  Dutch Doobadoo Fabric Art Jeans and Art Masks.

 You can find all the information about how I put this together on my blog here. xoxo

Lou: I have used the pink mask stencil on my project with Maimeri Matt Gel, white acyrlic paint and soft gold metallic pan pastel.

I have highlighted all the sticker elements using the Glitter Shake GraphIt pens for an added "pop". The foam stickers were also covered in white acyrlic paint and then highlighted using a mixture of meatllic soft gold pan pastel and the Glitter Shaker pens.

Nikky...Last week I was busy making lots and lots of samples for the UK trade show at NEC and I made this as I was messing about playing...as you do...I am absolutely in love with the brand new range of Dutch Doobadoo products which Premium Craft Brands are now distributing in the UK and I cannot stop using them! I'm going stencil crazy but here I actually used the dot stencil over the top of one of the kraft hearts and also added some of the bricks from the brick stencil onto the little piece of denim at the top. I've had that watch face in my stash for years and not wanted to use it because it was too precious but I liked this enough to bring it out of the dark! 

Keep checking in to see the fab tutorials we've got to inspire you!! 

The DT have got some amazing ideas up their sleeves so you don't want to miss them.

Don't forget this is an inspiration post, you can find the linky for the challenge here and you have until Sunday 2nd March at noon to enter and win some lovely goodies! 

Click here to go to the challenge linky!

WEEK 7 - 16 feb...Make an embellishment using a PAB stencil

Happy Sunday everyone!

It's a really busy weekend here at Pan Pastels UK. Today sees the opening of the UK's only Art & Craft trade show at the NEC and Premium Craft Brands will be exhibiting all the yummy products at the fair to the retailers. We have some really great new products coming your way which are being unveiled at the show and we can't wait until we show you in the coming days and weeks! Nikky is at the fair with Premium Crafts and will be demonstrating on the stand so if you are around make sure you head on over - we've seen the samples the DT have made and they are amazing!

Here's just a couple of sneak peeks of our fave projects you might see....

What an exciting time! Before we check out our DT's projects for the new challenge, its time to announce the winners from Challenge 5, so without any further ado our lucky winner (as chosen by Random.org) is .........................

31. Yvonne

Well done Yvonne, congratulations hun please email us to claim your fabby Premium Art Brands goodies!!

Wowser we had so many gorgeous entries you talented crafters gave us a bit of a headache trying to choose our top 3 but it had to be done and congratulations go to 

18. Shaz in Oz

21. Claire

25. Sue the Iron

So let's get onto this week's challenge!

Anything goes/make an embellishment with a stencil

Claire C I've used the Birds and Leaves stencil to make embellies for this little mdf heart. Its an A4 stencil but I love the little birdies and it seems a shame only to use it on large projects so I had a play and spread some Maimeri Light Modelling Paste through the stencil directly on to my nonstick craft sheet. I left it to dry and then simply peeled the birds and leaves off and coloured them with PanPastels. I used Maimeri Matte Gel Medium to pop the embellies on my project

Nikky...I cheated a little bit. I made a tag which IS my embellishment for a much bigger project I'm working on, so that counts, right? Well I think so!

This has no less than 4 brand new products on it which we are launching this weekend so I'm not sure if I can tell you what they are yet! I will reveal details on my blog later in the week! I've used a stencil, Maimeri Glassy Gel, a stamp, Pan Pastels in Phthalo Green and Silver Metallic together with some Iron Oxide Red to add shade.

Terry I have altered a heartshaped box and used just like Nikky 4 brand new products on it so I am not gonna tell ya either.....what I worked with are Gesso, Light Modelling Paste , Maimeri Iridescent Paste and lots and lots of Metallic Gold PanPastels and I love them. I made an embellishment out of a stencil and made it into a flower, a double flower with a huge button on top which was worked on with Acrylic Metallic Paints and lace

Tracy - Hi everyone, I am so excited to be sharing a little mixed media on wood with you today.

Do you like my bright coloured lollipop flowers?

I sure hope so! The heart and two centres on each one has been created using PCB Hearts In A Circle Mask Stencil. Be sure to hop on by my blog to see more here.

Lou: I have made a flower using a labels die (do not have any flower dies). Using a stencil (12"x12" dots with edges) and gesso I created a pattern on top of some gaudy, glittered yellow mulberry paper using just the edges of the stencil. To mute the colour a little further, I used Hansa Yellow Tint pan pastel. I have used this too on the edges of my papers and other diecuts.

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You have until Tuesday 25th February  to enter the challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 2nd March.

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. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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WEEK 6 Anything goes/ Use fabric/canvas on your project with Pan Pastels to colour it

Good morning and a big warm welcome to a brand new challenge here at Premium Craft Brands. Before we get on to the new challenge and the awesome inspiration from our talented design team we'd better announce the winners of challenge 4. The winner of a fabby prize of gorgeous Premium Craft Brands goodies is .................

6. Asia King

Congratulations hun!! Email us to claim your prize and then sit back and watch for postie!

And now for our Top 3, and my goodness what a difficult decision for the DT this week as there were soooooo many gorgeous entries

9. Yvette

11. Butterfly

14. Mama Pia

Well done ladies, don't forget to grab you Top 3 badges for your blog.

We've got some sad news before we start this weeks challenge, our lovely teamie Zoe is moving on to pastures new so I'm sure you'll join us in wishing her all the very best for the future and a big thank you for all your beautiful artwork.

Now, on to our new challenge, you can play along with our

Anything Goes

theme or if you are feeling adventurous you can join in with our DT who were challenges to

 use fabric/canvas coloured with PanPastels. 

They've created some stunning projects to inspire you

Claire  I've made a canvas with lots of texture. I began with Maimeri gesso coloured with lots of Permanent Red Tint and white PanPastel, I used my beloved Flower Curl stencil with Maimeri Iridescent Medium dusted with a little gold PanPastel next. I used Maimeri Matte Gel Medium to apply the doily and added another coat to protect it. The flower was made with die cut layers of netting and fabric, again coloured with Permanent Red Tint PanPastel, I also brushed on a little Matte Gel here and there and dusted on some glitter. The little flower in the centre was  made using Maimeri Light Modelling Paste in a silicone mould

Terry I worked on a canvas with lots of Gesso, Modeling Paste and the huge stencil from Premium Art Brands,  First I played with the Light Modelling Paste and waited for it to dry up. Then played with the Metallic PanPastels. The Butterfly was highlighted with Crackle Accents and on the bottom of the canvas I placed a rose in a vaze with a sentiment. 

Tracy - Hi everyone, today I have a little wish project to share with you all using the Barok Border Stencil.

It was so easy to pop together with the help of a few ingredients - Fabric, Maimeri Gesso & Matt Gel, PCB Barok Border Stencil, 2 Pan Pastels, stitching and words from an old book. Please stop by my blog to see more. xxx

Lou: I have done something a little different this week and that is to show you the first part and how I have used the different mediums and pan pastels to begin to create my project. Pop over to my blog to get all the details of how I have coloured on the material using these wonderful products.

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Wow what gorgeous projects, I bet you're itching to play along but before you do, a few little reminders

You have until Tuesday 18th February  to enter the challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 23rd Feb.

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

1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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Week 5 Pan Pastel UK Challenge - Anything goes or use a stencil

Good morning, I hope you're having a lovely crafty weekend!

We've got a brand new challenge for you and lots of gorgeous makes from our DT this week but first its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Week 3. 

So without any further ado, the lucky winner chosen by Random.org is, ta da...................   

25. Dawn Louise

Congratulations and please email us to claim your fabby Premium Art Brands goodies!!

As always we had a difficult job picking the top 3 but after a lot of deliberating 
the DT have chosen . . . . .

14 Crafty Field

24 Angel North

25 Dawn Louise 

Right than back to business and our new challenge which is

Anything Goes or use a stencil

and as always there is a fabby prize of some Premium Craft Brands goodies, so remember you've got to be in it to win it! Remember you DO NOT have to use Pan Pastels or any of the Premium Craft Brands products to enter and you have until Tues 11th Feb to enter.

The girlies on the DT were challenged to use a stencil and they've come up with some beautiful projects to inspire you. Premium Art Brands have some gorgeous stencils so we were spoilt for choice lol. You can find them here

Zoe  I used Pans to colour my tag then inked up my stencil with Versamark, ran it through Ebosser then used Pewter Metallic Pans, for more info please visit my blog.

Claire  I've made a little heart shaped box and decorated it with the Flower Curls stencil and Maimeri Light Modelling Paste, I added colour with Permanent Red Tint and a little Light Gold PanPastel

 

Tracy - Hi everyone, this week I jumped head first out of my comfort zone with not a bit of wood in sight! My one little word for this year is " Joy ", so I thought I would create a canvas to remind me throughout the year.

I used Premium Craft Brands Hearts In A Circle Stencil Mask with Maimeri Light Modelling Paste to create my background. Then it was time to get messy mixing Pan Pastels with Maimeri Gesso, with a little water and on their own . . . it was so much fun! Be sure and pop on by my blog if you would like to see more. 

Lou:  This weeks challenge wasn't really a challenge for me as I adore using the PAB stencils on my projects. I would have found it harder not to use a stencil (lol)! Using my Big Shot, I have embossed the Pink Flower stencil and then with a Versamark pen, inked over the raised parts. I then used detail black embossing powder to make the stencilled image "pop".

I have used the dots only from the 12"x12" doily stencil to add extra depth to my project. Obviously all colouring has been done with Pan pastels.

Terry I have altered a journal and worked with the fabulous stencil with the HUGE butterfly and roses, I just love this stencil I think it is beautifull to work with and onto a journal. First I played with Gesso and to get the right dept of the butterfly and rose I played with the Light Modelling Paste, then worked with the Metallic PanPastels this time the Golden ones, and on top I placed the Glassy Gel. A few sentiments and in some metall corners and my project is finished for this weeks challenge. 

Fantastic Inspiration!!!

You have until Tuesday 11th February  to enter the challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 16th Feb.

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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