Inspiration and winners announcement

Good morning crafty friends we're back with lots of inspiration for you again this week. If you're here to add your entry to the current 'Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes' challenge just click here to go to the linky. We've got some fab goodies lined up for our lucky winner thanks to our generous sponsors

 As always our DT have been working their magic and have created some awesome projects but before we check them out its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 2. A massive thank you to everyone who played along, we had some stunning entries!!

The lucky winner, as chosen by Random.org is

18. Linda Simpson

Congratulations!! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your snail mail details and your winners code (which is PPRW2001) and we'll have your prize winging its way to you ASAP.

Now this time around top 3 honours go to:

1. Gail Lett

21. Autumn

36. Emma

Congratulations ladies, your projects were fab-u-lous!! Don't forget to pick up your Top 3 badges for your blogs.

Time to have a peek at the DT's inspiration for you, they've been busy bees again this week...

Tracy Scott - Hi there everyone, great to be here today with you all....like lots of you out there I'm looooving to while away my time colouring in, it's just so relaxing and satisfying....

So this week I decided to make a card and coloured my image with a mix of PanPastels and coloured pencils....

The pans worked fabulously on the white card that I stamped my bird onto but also look amazing added directly to the Kraft card...

I coloured everything with the PanPastels first, I used a small applicator tool for the bird and also a fine dry paintbrush for detail and then used a larger sponge applicator to add my colours to the card itself. I went in afterwords with some coloured pencils in corresponding colours and added some finer detail...

To finish off I added my quote in black gel pen which writes perfectly over the PanPastels. Hope you love as much as I do, give it a try xxx


Yvonne - I had a real need to use Stampbord this week along with my PanPastels.  I decided to make a necklace but this piece could be used as a keyring, bag charm etc. This stamp is a much larger collage style and I do have to admit that when I stamped a small section on my Stampbord it was a sheer happy accident that "Destination" appeared perfectly at the bottom.  You can bet your bottom dollar that if I've planned that it wouldn't have worked first time!!!  I added a little charm and pearl to add a bit of luxury.  It would be lovely if you could pop along to my blog and let me know what you think. xxx

hansa yellow

Phthalo Blue Shade

Magenta shade

Claire C I've used my PanPastels to alter this box which came filled with lovely perfume and goodies for Christmas. It seemed a shame to throw it away so I've transformed it to create a memory box.

I've added lots of stencilling and distressing to my memory box, I love Pans for distressing as they're so much more forgiving than inks.

I love the rich metallic Pans, I've used Rich gold and Copper on my project, applying them over versamark really gives them loads of richness and depth

Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel	Permanent Red	Bright Yellow Green Shade	Burnt sienna shade	PanPastel Rich Gold Metallic
Copper Panpastel

Terry: I have had fun making a Bottle Label ...First I made a Bottle Label out of the Template Polyester Bottle Label. I was simply drawing around the template and made my own Wine Label out of it. Don't worry if your pencil hits the template because it is very durable and can be whiped clean in a few seconds. Than I colored the background with the Red Iron Oxide PanPastel. When it was all dried up, I played with the Light Modelling Paste on the stencil that gave me a background of roses. On top I used the Chicken Wire.

Than I played with another layer of White Coarse PanPastel to give it a shine....and to top that off a few brushes of Iridescent Paste to seal the background. I decorated the Bottle Label with a Vintage Image of a adorable little girl. It is allmost like she is saying Cherish your Happiness....so luckily I had the sentiment and did not hessitate to use it. Around the Cute girl I placed some lace with pearls and also on the top and bottom. Underneith the image I placed some Roses that were worked on with Iridescent Paste and Crackle Accents, this way it looks like the roses are made out of Glass.....at least I think so...lol....and last but not least I used some butterflies from DD and placed them on some roses and on top of my Project.

Some of the products that I used are:

Gesso	Iridescent Paste	Maimeri Light modelling paste	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Metallic PanPastel Set
Raw Umber PanPastel	Red Iron Oxide PanPastel	Titanium White PanPastel	Bottle Label

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More inspiration and winners announcement!

Good morning, we're back with lots of inspiration for you again this week. If you're here to add your entry to the challenge just click here to go to the linky. As always our DT have been working their magic and have created some awesome projects but before we check them out its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from challenge 27. A massive thank you to everyone who played along, we had some stunning entries!!

The lucky winner, as chosen by Random.org is

34. Craftyfield

Congratulations!! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your snail mail details and your winners code (which is PPRW27001) and we'll have your prize winging its way to you ASAP.

Now this time around top 3 honours go to:

15. Dawn Louise

20. Kim Costello

42. Bev

Yvonne - this week I have an MDF clock which I made for my craft room.  Love the ombré effect you can achieve very easily with PanPastels.

                                    

                                

Permanent Red

Orange

hansa yellow

White PanPastel

PanPastel Light Gold Metallic

Terry, for this weeks inspiration I made a Notebook, yep the vintagy way....so that's my way lol...I worked on the background with Gesso, When it was dry I colored it with the Pearlescent Orangy PanPastel. Than I placed the Roses Stencil from DD on top of the Notebook and played with Light Modelling Paste. I dried it with the Heattool, took me way to long to wait untill it was dry, so heattool on it and I chose the Metallic brown PanPastel to color the roses a bit to make it look even more vintagy. Another Layer of Pearlescent PanPastel. Than I started decorating the Notebook, I love vintagy so I chose a Vintage girl image, Underneith the image I worked with lace and I placed some Sweetheart Blossoms. I colored them with Iridescent Paste and glued them on the Notebook. And last but not least I wrapped a piece of rope around the Notebook and wanted to place one word on it. And a little butterfly to finish my project for this weeks inspiration. You want to see more pictures, come on over to my blog by clicking on my  name.

Gesso	Maimeri Light modelling paste	Pearlescent Pan Pastels	Pan Pastel pearlescent orange	Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent
White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Metallic PanPastel Set

Claire C I've made a little box on a stand using Stampbord and my PanPastels this week. Stampbord is really sturdy so its great for making boxes, I just used strong PVA glue to stick the decorated Stampbord squares together to create this. The Stampbord tools are perfect for creating highlights on your projects.

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	Ultramarine Blue Tint	Premium Art Brands Roses stamp set	Premium Art Brands STOP stamp set
Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Graphit	Stampbord assorted squares	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Stampbord Scraper Tools

Katie I have made a mixed media card by using Magenta and Blue Pan Pastels to create a textured background.

I first blended Magenta with a little Blue and used it to colour the blank card base before applying a stencil. I then rubbed more of the Pastels over the stencil.

The image is coloured with Sepia and gold inks to create a metallic look

I then added the layers and placed the image over the top

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We'll be back next week with a fun new challenge .