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

As always, the theme this month is

Anything Mixed Media Goes

Closing date for entries: 20 August, 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...

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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! ...

Lou: I decided to use the beautiful Creative Angel 6" x 6" stencil to create a page in my Sakura Sketch Notebook on black pages. Extra details was added using Timeless Butterfly & Feathers & Wings 6" x 6" stencils. Pops of colour were added using gilding flakes. More photos and step by step can be found on my blog.

Products used:

Creative Angel 6" x 6" creative craft mixed media stencil

Feathers & Wings 6" x 6" creative craft mixed media stencil

Timeless Butterflies 6" x 6" creative craft mixed media stencil

Irre: I have really wanted to make something with Weirdre cath your own rainbow for some time. So for this month, I've made a card with her. I used two of my favorite colors for this, purple and pink. For the background papers, I used stencils and one of the collage stamps. Then like always, I wanted to add some more texture, and for that, I used sewing thread and flowerpot stones. Check out my blog for a step-by-step, including the coloring of Weirdre.

Products used:
Distressed Trellis Stencil
Heavenly circles Stencil
Amazing textures stamp set
Wings & things collage stamp set
Weirdre Catch your own rainbow stamp set

Jane – Hello everyone! Today something sinister is lurking in my A6 journal! This is the Queen of Eternity and I made her using some of the awesome Stamp Soup sets.

I have a mini tutorial on my blog if you would care to take a look.

All Polkadoodles products used:

GARDEN SURPRISE
EVERLASTING SENTIMENTS
QUEEN FOR A DAY
HANGING GARDEN

Susie - This time, my DT piece is a tag folder. I've gone for my beloved crazy bright florals again - but with a difference! When is a rose not a rose? When it's a carnation!

I've used just three sets of stamps to create the entire folder, including the tags! You can view the full tutorial on my blog.

Polkadoodles Products used:
Honey Rose Transitions stamp set
Spring Rose Transitions stamp set
Sentimentals stamp set
Ultimate Smooth card

Hazel - For this project I created a mixed media birthday card using Flowers/Butterflies and Hanging Garden clear stamp sets and coloured them with Archival inks. The background was created using gesso with Sweethearts Stencil. The backing paper is from Sugar Scrumptious and I aged it with Distress Ink. The sentiment is from All About the Girls.

Products used:

Flowers/Butterflies Clear Stamp Set

Hanging Garden Clear Stamp Set

Sweethearts Stencil

Sugar Scrumptious Paper Pack

All About Her Sentiment Bundle

Holly - The tag I have created this month was created using distress inks for the background along with modeling paste and tulle. The stamps you can see are Piggy 1 Digital stamp and Beautiful Birdhouse 3 Digital stamp. I used colouring pencils to colour them and then added some ribbon to finish.
I hope you enjoy this happy piggy themed tag, if you would like to know more, full details and a tutorial video can be found on my blog.

Enjoy!