A Fab Tutorial by Terry

Happy Sunday everyone and boy oh boy do we have a treat for you today ... a stunning tutorial from Terry who uses a digi image to create a mixed media project. Terry's full tutorial is below.

Our monthly "anything mixed media/creative goes" challenge is still running and we'd love it if you could play along. The link to the challenge is HERE.

Now over to Terry ......

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It is my turn, Terry to put a tutorial together for your inspiration and I just loved doing this for you all.

I colored the ULA Image from Polkadoodles, with my copic markers.....I love coloring and this amazing cute girl was a lot of fun to color.

What I did was I cut a piece of paper that I wanted for my background, took different coloured Distress Ink and splashed some water on top to let it flow over the paper. The best way to do that is to hold the paper between 2 fingers and then spray the water. You can rotate the paper so that water goes over it. That way you get a mix of colors on your background.

After the background paper is dry, I have added some color. Also, the brown color along the edges of the paper and a bit of green.

Then of course I wanted to be sure that the background colors would fit with Ula....and I thought she did fit in perfectly.

I thought the background was a bit bland, so I used a stencil to fill the background. The Grit Paste gives the flower a 3D-effect and takes in the color from the Distress inks.

When the Paste was dry I got my waterpen, the fabulous stampset from Polkadoodles, calles Bonfleur and stamped 2 butterflies from the stampset. I colored the butterflies with the Distress Oxide and cut them out of the paper. The background was colored with the Oxides too. This time I used the Distress Inks but you can easliy work with the PanPastels too. They work great on the background and also to color your Digi stamps and Stamps.

Working with the Paste gives the flowers a real 3D effect. Still thought the background was a bit bland so I stamped a few tiny flowers on the paper. I colored the tiny ones with distress too and I was happy with the result. 

A bit upclose so you can see what I mean with the flowers having a 3D effect with the Paste. 

Oke so my background is finished with the fab colors and the stencilled flowers. Now all I need is the colored image from Ula, so I decided to get some doublesided tape on it and placed the image on my background paper.

So what do ya all think, I am pretty happy about it, and if you tell me Mixed Mediums don't mix with digi images, you'r totally wrong eh? All it needed was a few words...I thought Sending Lots of Love would be just perfect....and to finish I have placed the colored butterflies on the flower and on top of the card and my card is finished. 

So there ya go, my project that I wanted to share with you for your inspiration is finished. I sure hope you are going to get your thinking cap on and get those fabulous digi stamps from Nikky, from Polkadoodles...I am sure you are going to love these cuties.....

Thank you all for stopping by and hope I gave you some ideas on what you can make with Mixed Mediums and Digistamps mixed with stamps.

Have Fun.

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A huge thanks Terry and next week, our inspirational post is from another ubber talent crafter, Zeljka Jurkovic-Grizic.

Don't forget you still have time to enter our November monthly challenge and you can find all the details HERE.

Challenge 13 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends and Happy Fathers day to all the dads out there!

We've got a new challenge starting today as as ever it's sooooooo easy there's no excuse not to play along. Our theme is 

Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes

You don't have to use our products to enter but of course we love it when you do. Our lucky winner will receive some gorgeous crafty stash from those lovely people at 

Premium Craft Brands!

Our talented DT girlies have got lots of inspiration for you but before we take a peek at what they've been up to its' time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 11!! 

Our lucky winner, as chosen by Random.org is ..................

30, elaine

Congratulations hun, please email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code PPWK11001 and we'll get your prize winging it's way to you!

We had so many beautiful entries it was no easy task to pick the top 3 but this time around the honours go to .....

13. Heather McClelland
15, Linda Simpson
45, sweetpea

Congratulations on such awesome projects ladies! Please help yourselves to your Top 3 badge and pop them on your blogs!

Now back to our new challenge and of course we've got loads of inspiration for you so let's check out this week's artwork from the DT .....

Alysha - Happy Fathers Day and time to play with your pans my first offering this week obviously has to do with Fathers Day and I have created a canvas using several shades of blue Pans and then created the heart, splattered paint and added a sentiment to it. This has been made as a gift from my daughter to her daddy.

 

My second offering is a Vintage Card using Permanent Red Pan Pastel in varying degrees of subtlety throughout the card  

So join us and let us see your projects for this week!

Hugs Aly xx

Terry: I had loads of fun altering a photoframe for my colleque. Remember the notebook with that stunning image in it? Well this is for her mother, she misses her girl that much, so I thought I would make a frame for her with her daughter in it. I did not make the image though, that was made by an artist. I made the frame. I started out with metall foil and embossed it. I added alcohol inks and loads of PanPastels on it and tried to make it look old. I think that worked out great, don't you think.....

So the background was done with lots of PanPastels, the inside was colored with PanPastels too, I worked with the Metallic PanPastels I just love them cause they give such a rich colour to your project, very nice shimmery colour. 

 

For decorations I used a butterfly die and embossed that one too with the Metall Foil. Than I just had to colour it with the Metallic Pans too....and last but not least I placed the Pennib on top of it.

You wanna see more pictures.....than I suggest you check out my blog just click my name and it will take you there.

I WILL ADD THE PRODUCTS TONIGHT with the Thumblinky

Claire C I've been playing with my Pans to colour this lovely lady. Pans are brilliant for faces and hair as they blend so easily it's really quick work

her'es links to the colours I've used

PanPastel Turquoise Shade	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Black fine Pearl	Black Pan Pastel	Natural Grey shade pan pastel
Neutral Grey Pan Pastel	White PanPastel	White Fine Pearl Medium for Pan Pastels	Burnt Sienna Tint	Burnt sienna shade
Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel	Permanent Red Shade	Bright Yellow Green Shade	Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

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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  2nd July and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 17th July.

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Challenge 10 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends! The last two weeks have flown by and it's time for a new challenge, our theme as usual is nice and easy

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
our lovely sponsors Premium Craft Brands  have some fab crafty goodies for our lucky winner and you don't even have to use our products to play along



 Before we take a look at our new challenge we'd like to thank everyone who entered our last challenge, wow so many stunning projects! It's also time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 8 so without any further ado our winner, chosen by Random.org is

25. Katrina Bufton

The DT had their work cut out choosing their top picks this time but the Top 3 honours go to

10. Sara Emily  sarascloset
17.  Craftyfield
20. Gwendolyn

Right, back to business and our new challenge. Our DT have been busy bees creating lots of beautiful artwork to inspire you ....

Tracy - hey there gorgeous ones. Hope you are all well this week ???

This week I've used my PanPastels in all shades of blue and green and mixed with acrylic paints to make a fun random art journal page. The pans coordinate so well with acrylic paints and are a perfect surface to paint onto. I started with a layer of pans blended into the pagans then used a mix of pastel circles mixed with acrylics to create a completely random page. Get your pans out and give it a try !!!

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 a clean and simple card I have made using the pearlescent blue color, I have versamark stamped the flowers and brushed over with the Pans and then mixed with a little medium to paint onto the flowers and butterfly.

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week

hugs Aly xx

Terry Today is Mothersday in Holland and I made a little something for my dear Mother....

What I have made for her is a Notebook....she allways writes in a notebook and I thought I would make one wth her daughter on the frontpage.Some cute picture eh? 

The background is made with Gesso and Painted with Pinkish Paint on top I stamped a sentiment stamp all over.....and last layer is Iridescent Paste to give it a shine....

The flowers are colored with Waterpaint and the top layer is Iridescent Paste. I placed a heart in the middle of the flowers and underneith the flowers I placed the word Mamma....that means Mother in Dutch....Underneith my baby picture I worked with lace and to finish decorating it I wrapped a little ribbon around the Notebook.....

The products that I have worked with are:

Gesso	Pearlescent red	Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent	Pearlescent Colours & Mediums Palette set of 10	Titanium White PanPastel
Iridescent Paste

Claire C  Hi there, I hope you're having a lovely crafty weekend!  I've blended my Pans into white gesso to colour this collage. PanPastels blend beautifully to give a lovely effect and it's so easy  to do. You can find all the details on my blog

Pan Pastel - Magenta

Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel

Diarylide Yellow PanPastel

PanPastel Light Gold Metallic

Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent

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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  21st May and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 5th June.

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