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

Sunday, 27 December 2020

Challenge 1 Anything Goes Mixed Media challenge at We Love 2 Create

Merry Christmas

and a very

Happy New Year!

Thankyou for supporting this challenge every month - we have some truly talented people who enter and we appreciate your support and LOVE to visit your blogs!

As always, the theme this month is

Anything Mixed Media Goes

Closing date for entries: 26 January, 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 - there are some amazing mixed media stamps and stencils in stock right now!

Irre: Hello everyone. So fun with a new challenge. This month, I created a round canvas. It's so fun with another shape. For this one, I used the Super Sprigs die and mannequins from the Creative Doodles making faces card kit. I also created a step-by-step video for this, and you can find it in my blog.

Materials used:
Vintage Journal & Ephemera paper collection

Super Sprigs Craft die
Creative Doodles making faces stamp & card kit

Hazel:

Jane – Hello everyone! Hope you managed to have a lovely Christmas! My project today features the utterly adorable digi stamp BELLA BEAR ICE SKATING. I have it all going on here; stamping, embossing, texture paste and die cutting, all using fabulous Polkadoodles goodies!

All Polkadoodles products used:

Digital Stamp: BELLA BEAR ICE SKATING
Clear Stamps: MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS SENTIMENTS – CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SCENES – CUTE AS CHRISTMAS
Stencil: ICICLES/NORTH POLE
Dies: LAYERING TREES

Gorgeous projects as always from the team!

WINNERS FROM CHALLENGE 12

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

38 Rosi

Well done!

PRIZE: $10 gift voucher to the Polkadoodles Store to spend on anything you like including mixed media goodies, stamps, papers & anything else!....

To claim your prize please email Polkadoodles, quoting 'Love 2 Create winner'.

Please include this claim code L2Cwk12001 in your email and claim by 8th January.

Allow 14 working days for a reply please.

WOW! There were so many amazing projects this month we had a tough time choosing but after much deliberation here are 3 favourites in random order - thanks so much to all of you who entered such fabulousness!

2 Esther

3 Naush

51 Angela

Don't Forget to enter our other blogs too...

All our challenges are Anything Goes!........Find us here:

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Sunday, 29 November 2020

Wk 12 Anything Goes Craft Mixed Media challenge at We Love 2 Create

As always, the theme this month is

Anything Mixed Media Goes

Closing date for entries: 24 December, 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...

Before we get to this challenge, we hope we might attract some of you amazing Mixed Media creators to join us!

DESIGN TEAM CALL!

We're looking for creative bloggers who love to create mixed media using stamps, stencils, papers & dies to join us.

You MUST blog and know how to use social media to promote what you make. You will need to create 2 projects per month and will be supplied with products to use from our sponsor, Polkadoodles.

If you would like to join our happy little Mixed Media team we'd love to hear from you!

Email us HERE and include your blog link and a short bio and why you'd like to join the team - we know there are some talented people who join in this challenge every month so we'd love to hear from you!

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

Irre: Hello everyone. A new challenge today, so for today I made an art journal page with Oddella digistamps as the focal point. I colored all of the Oddella's with Copics alcohol markers. The background I played around with ink sprays, a stencil and stamps. More pics can you find at my blog.

Polkadoodles products I used in this project:
Oddella Fairy - digi stamp
Oddella Heart - digi stamp
Oddella with bag - digi stamp
Oddella Bow - digi stamp
Oddella Twig - digi stamp
Funky Alphabet - stamp set
Vintage text - stamp set
Birds together - stamp set
Distressed Trellis - stencil

Lou...I really wanted to have a play with wording and create a design that could be recreated in lots different colour ways. I used the fab Monsters stamp sets HERE together with this great alphabet stamp and matching stencil here...

Polkadoodles Freaky Monsters, Funky Monsters & Funky Alphabet stamps

Hazel Estibeiro - I made this textured, 3Dcard using the following products: See the flower stamps, All about the Her Stamps , Timeless Rose- Sweethearts stencil, Heart Flourish die

Bright & beautiful paper pack, Queen for a Day stamp

Jane – Hello everyone! There are so many super cute images in the Polkadoodles store that you’ll be spoilt for choice! Today I have used the sweet BELLABEAR DELIVERING GIFTS on my MDF tag.