Challenge 1 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes!

Good morning and a big warm welcome to our new challenge, our very first challenge sponsored by the fabulous Polkadoodles!!

The challenge will run monthly (think one runs til the end of October) so you've got plenty of time to play along and you can use any products to enter!
There are a few more exciting changes too as we'll be having monthly tutorials from the DT, some awesome Guest Designers and  best of all ...... amazing prizes!!!
We often think about supercute images and gorgeous digital downloads when we think of Polkadoodles but the lovely Nikky Hall has a lot more up her sleeve that that.

Have you seen the beautiful range of stamps, dies and papers that you can find at Polkadoodles???

We didn't want to change everything though so we're sticking with the theme of
Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
prize: Sponsored by Polkadoodles you can win these fab goodies!...
a big A5 clear stamp set and a 6x6" paper pad - both stunning and worth approx £23/$30!

  

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: Hi there and welcome to our new Challenge Blog. I have a little project made for your inspiration. I worked on the background with lots of autumn colors and sprayed water on the inks to make em work on the card.. When the inks were dried up I played with a stencil and some Light Modelling Paste....After that I worked with some PanPastels in between the stencil and colored the cracks from the crackle. And to top it all off I placed a butterfly that I colored with PanPastels and crackle. I have placed some sentiments to finish my project

Gemma - Wow so we have some exciting new changes happening here and I hope you will all continue with us on this mixed media journey. I have a piece to share with you all today that I created on canvas board using beautiful papers and embellishments from the Polkadoodles Belle Papillion downloadables. More details can be found on my blog, but I glued the papers in place with gel mediums and added texture and colour with beaded gel and Gelatos. 

Lou: I've used the Royal Peacock stamps, loose water colouring techniques and the yummy Toadstool border die to create my wall handing. More details and photos can be found on my blog.

Gorgeous projects girls!

Don't forget to pop back every Sunday as we've got stacks of inspiration for you. Next week we've got a tutorial from Claire, here's a sneak peek the project Claire will be sharing

 and the week after we'll be welcoming our very first Guest Designer!!

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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 must be claimed within 10 days or it will be offered to a random winner from the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter.

The challenge will run until 30th October and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 26th November 2017!!

Add your link below to be in with a chance of being our lucky winner or Top 3 honours.

Good luck everyone!!

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Challenge 11 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends, and welcome to our new challenge!! We're keeping it nice and easy for you to play along with our theme of

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

We've got some fab crafty goodies up for grabs thanks to our lovely sponsors Premium Craft Brands! You don't have to use our products to enter but of course we love it when you do.



As always our DT have got lots of inspiration for you but before we check out their beautiful artwork it's time to announce the lucky winner and Top 3 from Challenge 9!

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

18. Kathyk

Congratulations hun! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code which is PPWK09001 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:

16. Irena Stephanova

29. Yogi

34. RoRa

Congratulations, your projects were fabulous! Don't forget to pick up your Top 3 badge for your blog!

Now let's see what the DT have been busy with this week .....

Alysha - Happy Sunday! 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 canvas I have made using Pearlesant yellow and pink pans. I have versamarked feathers onto the canvas background and brushed the pans over then I have created a matted image using an embossing folder and coloring over this to highlight the embossing behind the image.

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week

hugs Aly xx

Terry; Hey there guys, I had fun making this gift box. I worked on the background with Purple and Lavender colours PanPastels

on top I used a layer of White Coarse to give it a bit of a shine, used Light Modelling Paste with the Roses Stencil, did I tell you that I loveeee Roses.....and played with some crackle and both sides of the little gift box have a piece of lace with pearls to finish my project.

The products I have played with are:

White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	White Fine Pearl Medium for Pan Pastels	PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark	Pearlescent Violet Pan Pastel	Pearlescent Pan Pastels
Maimeri Light modelling paste	Iridescent Paste

Claire C I love to use my Pans to create scenic projects, they are so easy to use and so forgiving too. I've been playing with the fabulous Stamp Soup stamps from Polkadoodles to create this project

I've used lots of my favourite PanPastels too .....

PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	PanPastel Permanent Green	PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers	hansa yellow	Diarylide Yellow PanPastel
Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Bright Yellow Green Shade	magenta	Magenta tint	Violet Pan Pastel
Permanent Red	Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Neutral Grey Pan Pastel

Lou: I have been using my pan pastels to colour my images, using my pans both dry and wet (water colouring) to create a simple, layered floral scene. Stamps are Lemonade Fizz, Soup Stamp set.

Magenta pan pastel	Perm Red Pan Pastel	Perm Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Raw Umber PanPastel	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender
Pan Pastels	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup, Polka Doodles

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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  4th June and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 12th June.

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Week 5 Pan Pastel UK Challenge - Anything goes or use a stencil

Good morning, I hope you're having a lovely crafty weekend!

We've got a brand new challenge for you and lots of gorgeous makes from our DT this week but first its time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Week 3. 

So without any further ado, the lucky winner chosen by Random.org is, ta da...................   

25. Dawn Louise

Congratulations and please email us to claim your fabby Premium Art Brands goodies!!

As always we had a difficult job picking the top 3 but after a lot of deliberating 
the DT have chosen . . . . .

14 Crafty Field

24 Angel North

25 Dawn Louise 

Right than back to business and our new challenge which is

Anything Goes or use a stencil

and as always there is a fabby prize of some Premium Craft Brands goodies, so remember you've got to be in it to win it! Remember you DO NOT have to use Pan Pastels or any of the Premium Craft Brands products to enter and you have until Tues 11th Feb to enter.

The girlies on the DT were challenged to use a stencil and they've come up with some beautiful projects to inspire you. Premium Art Brands have some gorgeous stencils so we were spoilt for choice lol. You can find them here

Zoe  I used Pans to colour my tag then inked up my stencil with Versamark, ran it through Ebosser then used Pewter Metallic Pans, for more info please visit my blog.

Claire  I've made a little heart shaped box and decorated it with the Flower Curls stencil and Maimeri Light Modelling Paste, I added colour with Permanent Red Tint and a little Light Gold PanPastel

 

Tracy - Hi everyone, this week I jumped head first out of my comfort zone with not a bit of wood in sight! My one little word for this year is " Joy ", so I thought I would create a canvas to remind me throughout the year.

I used Premium Craft Brands Hearts In A Circle Stencil Mask with Maimeri Light Modelling Paste to create my background. Then it was time to get messy mixing Pan Pastels with Maimeri Gesso, with a little water and on their own . . . it was so much fun! Be sure and pop on by my blog if you would like to see more. 

Lou:  This weeks challenge wasn't really a challenge for me as I adore using the PAB stencils on my projects. I would have found it harder not to use a stencil (lol)! Using my Big Shot, I have embossed the Pink Flower stencil and then with a Versamark pen, inked over the raised parts. I then used detail black embossing powder to make the stencilled image "pop".

I have used the dots only from the 12"x12" doily stencil to add extra depth to my project. Obviously all colouring has been done with Pan pastels.

Terry I have altered a journal and worked with the fabulous stencil with the HUGE butterfly and roses, I just love this stencil I think it is beautifull to work with and onto a journal. First I played with Gesso and to get the right dept of the butterfly and rose I played with the Light Modelling Paste, then worked with the Metallic PanPastels this time the Golden ones, and on top I placed the Glassy Gel. A few sentiments and in some metall corners and my project is finished for this weeks challenge. 

Fantastic Inspiration!!!

You have until Tuesday 11th February  to enter the challenge so you have LOADS of time and the winner will win a super stash of Premium Crafts goodies including Pan Pastels, Mediums, Masks and who knows what else! The winner will be announced on Sunday 16th Feb.

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:
1. No backlinks
2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. We'd love you to TRY and play along with the challenge if you can although it's not a hard and fast rule but extra brownie points are awarded to those who do. 
4. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address.
And remember - our Top 3 is eligible for the running to be offered a place as a forthcoming Guest designer too!

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