We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: June 2020

As always, the theme this month is

Anything Mixed Media Goes

Closing date for entries: 23 July, Noon.

You do not need to use Polkadoodles products to enter our challenges, use any products you wish...

RANDOM WINNER PRIZE: $10 gift voucher from Polkadoodles for our lucky winner, (chosen by random.org) - this voucher can be spent across the whole store, so you can use it on dies, stamps, papers, whatever you wish...

Winners of our last challenge are at the bottom of this post...

Our sponsor for 2020 is Polkadoodles and you can check out all the wonderful selection of Polkadoodles goodies in the shop.

Make sure you check out the POLKADOODLES store, they have lots of fab new products in store perfect for all you mixed media lovers out there, make sure you check them all out! ...

Some of their mixed media products are amazing - make sure you check out the latest STAMP SOUP releases in this video!

Hi! Susie here again. For this challenge piece, my second one for the WeLove2Create challenge blog, I decided to go for texture and more texture! I've used the Polkadoodles Garden Feast collection, just two stencils and one die!

The full tutorial is on my blog, with some step by step pictures. I hope you'll have a go!

Products used:

Polkadoodles Garden Feast Collection

Polkadoodles Snowball/snowy/bubbles stencil

Polkadoodles Distressed Trellis stencil

Polkadoodles Hello sentiment die

Polkadoodles Nikky's Favourite watercolour paper

Rachel...I was inspired by a piece of packaging for my post this month, when I saw it, I just knew it had to be a hedgehog house for Earlie. I sprayed the corrugated piece of packaging with some water to allow me to peel back the top layer of card and expose the corrugation which I then inked and dry brushed. I also used the stencils; heavenly circles, cloud landscape and grass lawn border. I used the flower collage stamp in the back ground and I also used the butterfly element. with additions of some reindeer moss and pretty paper flowers I thought that Earlie had a home.

Irre: Hello everyone. I'm back here with a new art journal page. This time I thought about making a page with a lot of things going on. But in the end, I wanted a simple page. You can never go wrong by doing that sometimes. For this page, I used two stamps and a stencil, and of course a lot of ink. But I did try something I've never done before, and that is stamping with gesso. You just gotta try it!

Products I used:Magical grasses - stencil
Belle Papillon - stamp set
Vintage text - stamp set

Jane – Hello everyone! Today I have a mixed media card to share with you. Rather a masculine card this time and most definitely on the grungy side. If you would like to see how it came together, I have a picture tutorial on my blog.

All Polkadoodles products used:

Clear Stamps: TIME TO GET FUNKY – CIRCLING AROUND – HANGING GARDEN – AMAZING TEXTURES

Sentiment: TIME TO BLOOM

Stencil: NUMBER COLLAGE

Lou: I decided to use up some of the cardboard/chipboard I have been hoarding from the back of hard backed envelopes, for this months project. Using the card, I decided to create a picture frame, with mosaic card tile effect around the outside.

Over on my blog, I have a step by step with lots of photos & on my YouTube channel a video showing how I created my frame

Products used:
Polkadoodles Best of Days clear stamp set
Polkadoodles Delicate Doodles clear stamp set
* Ranger Mixed Media embossing powder - Lime
* Ranger Mixed Media embossing powder - Bone
( * available in Polkadoodles shop)

Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 6

Thank you everyone who entered this challenge - we really loved looking round your blogs, you all left us some awesome work to look at!