Challenge 7 - Anything Goes Mixed Media craft challenge

Good morning crafty friends and a very Happy Easter to one and all! Hopefully you'll all have a lovely weekend with lots of chocolate and of course some crafting too! A big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, we had so many awesome entries and we'll be announcing the winners in a couple of weeks. We've got a new challenge starting and as usual it's a nice easy theme for you

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

You don't have to use our products to enter but we love it when you do. Our lovely sponsors, Premium Craft Brands have got some crafty goodies lined up for our lucky challenge winner so what are you waiting for??



As always our DT have been creating their mixed media magic to inspire you but before we check out their artwork this week it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 5!

Our lucky wiiner, as chosen by Random.org is .........

4. Linda Simpson

Congratulations Linda!! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code which is PPWK05001 and your snail mail address and we'll get your prize on it's way to you.

As always it wasn't an easy task for the DT to choose their top 3 but the votes are in and the Top 3 entries for Challenge 5 are@

26 Niki
34 Teresa
37 Aisha

Well done ladies, your projects were stunning! Don't forget to grab your Top 3 badge for your blogs!!

Now let's see what the DT have been up to this week, as always they've got lots of inspiration for you!

Alysha   Happy Easter everyone! Its that time again, so get out your Pan Pastels and join in with us and share your crafty projects.This week I'm sharing a Spring themed mixed media postcard. I have used Turquoise PP Ultramarine Blue PP and highlights of Permanent Red Tint. I've then highlighted areas through a stencil, added some collage and gessoed some circles then finally finished with a spritz of PP Fixative.Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week, hugs Aly xxx

Claire C   I've used my PanPastels with the lovely new Stamp Soup stamps from Polkadoodles to make this project. If you stamp with versamark it really makes your PanPastel colours pop and it gives a lovely effect on vellum too. You can find all the details on my blog

Pearlescent Pan Pastels

Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent

White Blending Mop Brush

Raw Umber PanPastel

Sofft sponge bars

Terry; I had loads of fun making this Spring colored Frame. I have started with the background with one layer of Gesso, than I colored it with the Pearlescent Green and Orange, another layer of Light Modelling Paste and honeycomb stencil and another layer with Pearlescent Pans, for the next layer I played with White Coarse and Iridescent Paste, to give it a bit of a shine.

Than for the centre of the frame I colored the background yep again with the Pearlescent Pans and stamped a sentiment on top. Than finished it with the Gel medium. Also in the center of my frame I played with a few fabby butterflies and gave them the pearlescent green and orange colour. I worked on them with crackle accents and some 3D solution to give it a bit of diversity.  And to finish I painted the word with white paint Beautifull with the Graph It Shake Marker Glitter Gold and did the same with the tiny Dutch Doobadoo butterflies.

The products from Premium Art Brands that I worked with are:

Gesso	Pan Pastel pearlescent green	Pan Pastel pearlescent orange	Pearlescent Pan Pastels	Pearlescent Colours & Mediums Palette set of 10
Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Dutch Doobadoo laser art, butterflies	Iridescent Paste	Graph It Shake marker Glitter Gold

Lou: Yippee ... I'm so glad to back after my long, protracted internet woes. I decided to alter a large thick cardboard tag with pastes, pan pastels and the new Soup Stamps from Polka Doodles.

Started with my stenciled background, added my pan pastels and then stamped out all the images colouring them with my pan pastels. To add vibrancy to the stamped images, I add a layer of ultra thick embossing powder.

Magenta pan pastel	Yellow Ochre Pan Pastel	Perm Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender
White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Pan Pastels	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Premium Art Brands, Characters stencil	Dutch Doobadoo A5 brick stencil
Maimeri Iridescent Paste/Gesso 200ML	Maimeri acrylic paint	Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup, Polka Doodles	DaliART Butterfly Swirl Stamp The Moment

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Gorgeous makes girls!! We can't wait to see your projects for this challenge. Just link them up below, 

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  9th April and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 24th April.

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Challenge 6 - Anything Goes Mixed Media Craft Challenge

Good morning crafty friends and a big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge! 

It's time for our new challenge and as always we're keeping it nice and easy for you to play along so for the next two weeks our theme is

Anything Creative/ Mixed Media Goes

As always our lucky winner will receive some fab crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands and our DT girlies will be choosing their favourite project for Top3 honours too!

Before we check out the beautiful artwork our DT have been creating to inspire you, and meet our very talented new Guest Designer it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 4!

Our lucky winner, chosen by Random.org is 

29. Lilian B

Congratulations Lilian!! Email us (details in sidebar) with your snail mail address and quoting yor winners code which is  PPWK00401 and your prize will be winging it's way to you ASAP!! We hope you enjoy your prize.

As always it wasn't an easy task for the DT to choose their Top 3 from so many beautiful projects but the votes are in and this time around Top 3 honours go to:

1. Branka

20. Kym

21. Maggie H

Well done ladies, your projects were stunning! Don't forget to pick up your Top 3 badge for your blogs.

Back to our new challenge and today we're really thrilled to welcome our latest Guest Designer Alysha - hope you'll all be checking out her blog and we're really looking forward to seeing what she creates for us over the coming weeks, we love her free style and take on mixed media.

Alysha - This is my first Design Team post and I am so honored to be a part of a fabulous team of wonderfully  talented and friendly girls....

Here I have created a pennant/banner, using a texture embossing folder, home made texture paste, gesso. Permanent Red and Hansa Yellow Pan Pastels, Dyan Raveley stamps, glossy accents and a black gelato crayon and a text script stamp that's subtly on the background.

Hope you like my project and I look forward to seeing your designs for this challenge.

Hugs Aly xxx 

Yvonne - Hi Alysha - great to have you along as guest Designer on our Challenge blog.

My project for this week is an aperture card with the main design being set behind the aperture - with a little PanPastel on the front which has been added through a stencil.  Hope you like this design - can't wait to see your entries into the Challenge.  

I've photographed my card amongst my Mother's Day flowers - I do have vases but apparently jam jars are trendy!!!!  (showing my age) xxxxx

  

Permanent Red

Blue Phthalo Tint

Chrom Oxide Green

Claire C I've used my PanPastels to create a midnight scene. I love PanPastels for this kind of card, they blend beautifully and are so much more forgiving than using a brayer.

I've used a stencil to create the starry sky, applying  a mix of Glassy Gel Medium and glitter with a spatula. It looks so pretty and sparkly once the gel has dried

PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	Phthalo Blue extra dark	Phthalo Blue Shade	Black fine Pearl	Black COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels
Neutral Grey Pan Pastel	Sofft Sponge Bar	Stars Stencil Dutch Doobadoo

Terry: I had fun altering a hat and made it into a Shabby Chic one...what I did was, the first layer on it is Gesso, on top of the Gesso I played with the Pearlescent Violet Pan Pastel, when my layer was dry I played with Crackle and placed another layer of Pearlescent Pan on it. 

On the top of the hat I used some Light Modelling Paste with a stencil of roses, you can hardly see it but trust me it is there. The Roses are colored with Pearlescent Violet and Magenta Extra Dark. Than I decided to use roses on the edge of the hat. I colored the roses with Iridescent Paste to give it an icy look. And offcourse I had to play with some lace and colored it with Iridescent Paste too. 

The products that I have worked with are: 

Gesso	Maimeri Light modelling paste	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Titanium White PanPastel	PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark
Pearlescent Violet Pan Pastel

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Gorgeous makes girls!! We can't wait to see your projects for this challenge. Just link them up below, 

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  26th March and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 10th April.

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