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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Summer Fun Inspiration plus winners!!!

Good morning folks, time for some Summer Fun with lots of inspiration from the DT and of course its time to announce the lucky winner and the DT Top 3 picks from our last challenge, 'Inspired by Tim'!!

 You've still got another week to enter our Summer Fun challenge so if you're visiting to link up your entry, just click here 

Before we check out this weeks inspiration from our talented DT, our lucky winner from challenge 18 'Inspired by Tim' is .................................

4. Ingrid

Wooo hooo, congratulations hun, email us quoting your winner code PPWK18001 and sit back and wait for your goodies to arrive!

And our top 3 honours go to

3. Rachel Fisher

4.Ingrid

15. Nikki Acton

Congratulations ladies, don't forget to pick up your Top 3 badges for your blogs.

Now on to this weeks Summer Fun inspiration from the DT, our lucky winner will receive a mask and a PanPastel (colours may vary) from Premium Craft Brands so don't miss out on your chance to win!

  

Doreen

I found a stamp I have had for ages and thought it was just right for this challenge... My background has been made using Phthalo Blue,Turquoise and White PanPastels leaving a gap where I wanted to place the stamp...I then stamped my image and coloured with Distress Inks then added the sentiment.xxx

Anjie -
On my card the image is from the fabulous Work & Play collection 4 and is coloured with my Graph'It Markers. The papers are from the Dollie Daydream Goes East CD and the Sugarplum Daisy CD. The beach hut and postcard are both Tattered Lace Dies. The sentiment, swirls and hearts are all from the Premium Craft Brands Postcard Stamp Set. I have distressed the edges of the papers, die cuts, sentiment, swirls and image with the Violet Pan Pastel. Finally I added some faux stitching around the edges.

Postcard Stamp Set

Violet Pan Pastel

Terry, I made and had lots of fun with a Canvas, I am celebrating life with the butterflies on a background made with the fabby Roses stencil from DD and lots of Gesso, Acrylic Paints, Iridescent Paste. The butterflies are colored with PanPastels and even Metallic Pans are used. The large butterfly is from Nikky her Clearstamp set. To cover the whole canvas I used the Iridescent Paste. 

Yvonne



Orange

hansa yellow

Permanent Red

Claire C  I've used one of the gorgeous masks from Premium Craft Brands for the focal image on my card. I inked the mask with versamark, embossed it through my Grand Calibur and added colour with PanPastels before stamping fairies and foliage around the edges

PanPastel Tints	bright yellow green	Raw Umber PanPastel	Blackbird maks	Hansa Yellow
Hansa Yellow Shade	Burnt sienna shade

Click here to link up your challenge entry to be in with a chance of some yummy stash!!

We'll be back next week with a fab new challenge, see you then.