Challenge 3 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning everyone and yep, December is here already so it's time for a new challenge!! A big thank you to everyone who entered last month's challenge. We'll be announcing the winner plus Top 3 for Challenge #2 on 24th December. - Christmas Eve!

In case you missed the post, winners for Challenge #1 can be found HERE on in the tabs above.

The long winter evenings are a great excuse to craft so I hope you're going to join us. Our theme is easy peasy ...

Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes

You don't have to use our products to enter (but we do a happy dance when you do lol) and the challenge will run until 31st December so there's loads of time to play long. Did I mention we've got a fabulous prize from Polkadoodles for our lucky winner too?

Prize: £5 gift voucher for the Polkadoodles store.

We were wondering whether any of the crafters who join in with us would like to be a GDT for one of our challenges in 2018? When you link up to this challenge, just add GDT after your name and we will contact you.

So check out the inspiration from our DT and get crafting to be in with a chance of winning! As you can see our talented teamies have been busy working their mixed media magic for you .....

Terry  Hey there crafters outthere, I have made a card with the Lush stampset from Nikky, I just love butterflies and thought I would make a card with them, colored the background with waterpaint and the background stampset from Nikky, Colored the butterflies with waterpaint too and placed some sentiments from a stampset from Polkadoodles.

Lou: I've decided to play with the Belle Papillion big kahuna kit to create an album from scratch using lots of the papers, embellishments and stamps. I've aged the papers further with my inks and pan pastels. More details can be found on my blog HERE.

Gemma is sharing a little sneak peak of her project because next week she will be showing us all her finished project plus sharing a superb tutorial with everyone.

REMEMBER: We were wondering whether any of the crafters who join in with us would like to be a GDT for one of our challenges in 2018? When you link up to this challenge, just add GDT after your name and we will contact you.

We're all waiting eagerly here at Love 2 Create to see your wonderful projects 

and all you need to do, is link up below:

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Challenge 3 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends! Well the last 2 weeks have flown by and it's time for a new challenge and the theme for Challenge 3 is .....

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

As always our random winner will receive some fab crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands and our DT will be choosing their Top 3 picks too. You don't have to use our products to play along so you can use anything you want and let your creativity run wild!!



Before we check out this weeks inspiration from the DT it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 1. Good old Random.org has worked his magic and our lucky winner is ...

5. Christine Ingham

Congratulations Christine! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your snail mail details and your winners code which is PPWK01001 and we'll get your prize out to you as soon as possible!!

This time around Top 3 honours go to:

17. Sara Emily
22. Jana K
24. Karen P

Well done ladies, your projects were fab-u-lous! Please help yourself to a Top 3 badge for your blogs and we hope to see your beautiful artwork again very soon.

Now back to business and the DT girls have been busy bees making some gorgeous projects to inspire you:

Alysha ~ Hi there this week I have created a card using Polkadoodles Papillon Stamp Set and coloured in with pink Pan Pastel I have used a mask with pan to create the flowers in the background, added ribbon and gems and voilla hope you like. hugs Aly xxx

Terry; I had fun altering a photoframe, the frame is made with Gesso, After the Gesso was dry I played with the Roses stencil with Modelling Paste. I made a couple of layers like this to get some 3D effect. After each layer I worked with the Metallic PanPastel to give my project this "old" look. 

The last layer on the frame that I used was the Gel Medium to seal the Metallic Pans. For the centre of my frame I played with some stencils to create a vintagy background. I worked on the butterflies with Metallic Pans and crackle and another layer of Gel Medium. Last but not least I stamped a sentiment and devided it onto the frame. Would you like to see more pictures, than I suggest you click my name, it will take you to my blog. 

The products that I have been working with are:

Gesso	Metallic PanPastel Set	Copper Panpastel	PanPastel Rich Gold Metallic	Maimeri Light modelling paste
Mask Stencil A4 Butterfly

 

Claire I love the Permanent Red PanPastels, they are so rich and vibrant. I've used them to alter this little MDF Toadstool house and added stamping and die cuts from Polkadoodles

Here are links to the products I've used:

Permanent Red Extra Dark	Permanent Red Shade	Permanent Red	Burnt Sienna	Burnt Sienna Tint
Little Kingdom - Stamp Soup, Polka Doodles	Polka Doodles Elegant Lamplight

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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 18th February and the winner and top 3 will be announced 

on Sunday 5th March 2017!!

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Challenge 19 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends!! We're back with a brand new challenge and of course we're keeping it nice and easy with a theme of

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

So you can all play along to be in with a chance of winning some lovely crafty goodies from Premium Craft Brands!!



Before we check out this weeks inspiration from out talented DT girlies, it's time to announce the lucky winner and Top 3 from Challenge 17 .

Random.org has worked his magic and the lucky winner of Challenge 17 is .......

15. Lozzy

Congratulations hun, email us (details in the sidebar) with your snail mail details and your winners code which is PPWK17001 and we'll get your prize out to you as soon as we can.

Now this time around Top 3 honours go to ....

2. Veronique
8. Maxine D NZ
24. Hussena

Congratulations, your projects are stunning!! Help yourselves to a badge for you blogs, you can find them in the sidebar.

Now onto this week's challenge and as always our DT have worked their mixed media magic to inspire you ...

Alysha - This fortnight I have created this piece using a stamp from my stash and coloured using Violet, Red and Green pans.
Come and join us over at We love to Create for inspiration and a great challenge

Looking forward to seeing your projects, hugs Aly xx 

Terry; Lots of fun making a card for a change, The card is made from "old" papers, I Had lots of fun working on the background, using Panpastels, Crackle and offcourse Light Modelling Paste and stencils...

The decoration of my card was created with the sentiment stamped all over the card and with the sentiment Thinking of You I was letting my colleque know that I am thinking of her in the passing of her mother. Last but not least a butterfly. which I colored with Ink and Metallic Pans. 

The products that I have worked with are: 

Maimeri Light modelling paste	Metallic PanPastel Set	Copper Panpastel	Titanium White PanPastel	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels
PanPastel Turquoise Shade	PanPastel Turquoise Tint	Matt Gel Medium

Claire C I've made a card this week too using some of my favourite shade of PanPastels and of course a little stencilling too. Pans are brilliant for distressing as they are very forgiving, just use a little brown PanPastel around your papers to give a vintage look and the best thing of all, no blending problems!! The butterflies are from Polkadoodles 'Absolute Vintage' set

Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel

Permanent Red Shade

Permanent Red Extra Dark

PanPastel Rich Gold Metallic

Raw Umber PanPastel

Tracy Scott - this week I've been playing with a mix of my acrylics, watercolours and my delicious PanPastels. I love mixing my mediums and seeing the effects that they create together.

I love to play with portraits and adore this mix of mediums. They really create a fabulous look. Thank you for stopping by xx

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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 24th September and the winner and top 3 will be announced 

on Sunday 9th October 2016

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Challenge 9 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends and a big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, we had so many stunning entries it's not going to be an easy task to pick our Top 3! We've got a brand new challenge starting today and as always our theme is

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes



You don't have to use our products to play along but we love it when you do. Our lucky winner (chosen by random.org) will receive some fab crafty stash from those lovely people at Premium  Craft Brands!!

We've got lots of inspiration from the DT but before we check it out it's time to announce the lucky winner and Top 3 from Challenge 7!

This time around, our challenge winner (as chosen by Random.org) is.........

47. Kezzy

Congratulations hun! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code which is PPWK07001 and your snail mail details and we'll get your goodies out to you asap!

Our DT have chosen their Top 3 projects and this time around the honours go to

3. Ileana Carmen

30 Sheryl Hare

46. Craftyfield

Congratulations ladies, what beautiful artwork! Don't forget to grab your Top 3 badges for your blog.

Back to our new challenge and as always our DT have been busy bees creating some gorgeous projects to inspire you .....

Alysha  Happy Sunday! Its that time again, so get out your Pan Pastels and join in with us and share your crafty projects.

As always the theme is Anything Goes Mixed Media

This week I'm sharing some ATC’s I have made.

I stamped on card with versa mark ink and colored with a variety of Pan Pastel colours, used masks to create further interest in the background then added embellishments to finish.

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week

hugs Aly xx

Terry, hey there guys, I made a few notebooks again, it is for the Reunion that I was having on Friday, What I did was....I started out on the background with Gesso, to make it all even....

 Than the second layer was Light Modelling Paste with a nice stencil with Roses....

 When the second layer was dry I worked with some crackle to give the roses an extra detaill....and covered it all up with Iridescent Paste...

 With this notebook I covered the background with a fabby vintage paper and covered it with Distress Ink and brushed it with White Coarse.....

 Than I took a frame and colored it with the Blue Pearlescent PanPastel and in the middle I placed a nice butterfly.....
You wanna see another notebook with a different technique, than I suggest you check out my blog...

The products that I worked with are:

Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent	Pearlescent Colours & Mediums Palette set of 10	Pearlescent Pan Pastels	Pearlescent Blue	Pearlescent red
White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Gesso	Maimeri Light modelling paste	Iridescent Paste

Claire C  Hi there, I've been playing with my PanPastels to alter this box. It was a gift box for a watch and it's been gathering dust for quite a while so I thought it was due a make over!

Here's another pic of the detail on top of the box, you can find all the details on my blog

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	PanPastel Turquoise Shade	PanPastel Turquoise Tint	Paynes Grey
PanPastel Light Gold Metallic

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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  7th May and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 22nd May.

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