Christmas Card Challenges #28

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week our Challenge theme is everybody's favorite "Anything Goes".  I hope you will get a head start on your Christmas cards and join us this week. We now pick a weekly winner and honorable mentions! Thanks for stopping by!

For my card I spread white acrylic paint on piece of texty patterned paper. Then I stamped the two ornaments and the sentiment with Archival black ink. I colored in the images with Pan Pastels because I wanted the text and some of the white paint to show through. The stamp set is by JOFY from PaperArtsy. 

Howdy Cactus

I'm entering this card into the current Lawnscaping Challenge - to add Dimension and Virginias View Challenge - Layers and Dimension. I used a new to me Lawn Fawn stamp set and dies called Stuck on You.  I created the background using Pan Pastels and die cut it with a stitched circle die. I was hoping to get the feel of a beautiful Arizona sunset that I've heard about and seen in pictures. I used PTI inks in Mowed Lawn, Hibiscus Burst and Chocolate Brown. I adhered the flowers to the cacti with foam tape and adhered the cacti to the background with foam tape to add dimension. To add a little more dimension and color I added a panel of DCWV Burlap paper. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Unity Friends with Flair Friday - Mini Art Journal Board

I made this mini-art journal board for this week's Friends with Flair Friday at Unity.  The image in the middle is from the January 2014 KOM and the "Believe" is from "inspire" Words.  I stamped the main image with Versamark Ink and I colored it using Pan Pastels. Then I masked the main image and sprayed different green/yellow spray inks on the edges. I stamped Believe in Black Versafine Archival Ink. I also inked the edges with a Prima Chalk Ink Edger. I added some clear Wink of Stella on the flowers to finish it off, but you can't really see it in the picture. Just trying out a few new ideas on this mini art journal board from Faber Castell Design Memory Craft. Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by.

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #8

Happy New Year!! It's time for another challenge at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog. Our theme for this month is "Something New for the New Year." Just do something new in your project - use a new product, try a new technique, make a new kind of project etc...Just think outside of your normal box and go have fun making something!!

Be sure to check out the blog to see all the inspirational projects created by the rest of the design team. Also, check out our new designer we are welcoming this month, Karen Crossen. You are going to love her work!!!

Our sponsor this month is the new and awesome crafty online store Butterfly Reflections Ink. They have great prices and lots of fun mixed media items like the entire line of Dina Wakely Paints, Gesso,  and Gel Medium. Also, check out their blog where you can see some gorgeous projects created with the products they sell made by some very talented designers. They are generously offering a $25 gift card for our lucky random winner.

For my project I made a 6x6 canvas. I created the background using my new Pan Pastels. I ordered them over Thanksgiving and finally got a chance to use them. I tried to emboss on the canvas before adding the Pan Pastels, but I'm not a great embosser and all I have is the Ranger Heat Tool which is not good for heat embossing. Basically, most of the embossing ink didn't heat up even though I held the heat tool over for what seemed like forever. So, in the end, I just put on the Pan Pastels and they smeared some of the embossing ink that wasn't dry and it kind of made for an interesting background.

I placed the clouds on the canvas a couple times to make sure the shape was good and the clouds fit within the tree branches. I adhered the burlap clouds with hot glue.

I die cut the tree which is a Karen Burniston die from grunge paper. Then I put modeling pasted on the trunk and limbs to add some texture, painted it and highlighted it with a Stampers Big Brush pen. You can really see all the details in the picture. The die comes with some clouds so I die cut the clouds with burlap and colored the burlap with Pine Needles and Antique Linen and Bundled Sage Distress Stains. I used hot glue to adhere some Prima Marketing and My Minds Eye buttons to the tree. I also outlined and colored some of the buttons using different Stampers Big Brush Pens. To make the sun stand out more I colored it with some Stampers Big Brush Pens and I inked the edges of the canvas Ranger Archival Ink in Watering Can.

Finally, I got a set of little letter stamps at Hobby Lobby. They're so cute. I love how the words are not perfect when you stamp with the individual letters. I stamped lots of inspirational words on the bottom of the canvas with Black Staz On  Ink.

And here's the final product. I love using the Pan Pastels, they were really fun and easy to work with. And the Karen Burniston All Seasons Tree die was great and has TONS of possibilities. It also comes with leaf, snowflake, and flower dies so you can create a tree for any season.

Dylusions Christmas Art Journal Page

I'm sharing an art journal page I made using Dylusion spray inks and stencils. I colors in the stencils using Pan Pastels and Gelatos. I was inspired to make this for a challenge on the Dylusions Facebook Challenge Page. This month the challenge is to use the Dylusions star and non-traditional holiday colors. I find it so relaxing to work in my art journal. This one was really fun to make. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you and yours have very Happy Holidays!