CREATIVE ARTISTE MIXED MEDIA - 100TH CHALLENGE

Welcome to our 100th edition of Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge. 

Wow isn't that something.  And to celebrate I am offering a prize for one lucky winner.  I look forward to seeing all  your entries and, as usual, please ensure that your projects are mixed media.  If you are unsure we do list in our Rules what counts as mixed media.

My project is a Tim Holtz style Accordion Folio.  I created the folio myself rather than purchase the ready made one - they are very easy to make and they can become quite addictive.  This is the second one I've made in a month and this one just had to be a Christmas one using some of Tim Holtz Ideaology pieces.

To see a video of this Portfolio in full - click on my Instagram link below.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0TT3iFsYiK/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas or whatever season you celebrate and look forward to seeing you all again in 2024!

I'm adding this into the following challenges

The Paper Players - Christmas 

InspireCreate Challenge - Christmas 

Sunday Stamps - Colour Challenge 

Stamping Sensations - Favourite Colours - Red and Green are my favourites 

Welove2create - AG Mixed Media 

Welovestamping - Foliage 

Crafty Calendar - Christmas 

Outlawz - Christmas not a card 

Alphabet Challenge - R for Reindeer 

Four Seasons Challenge - winter 

Love to Craft - AG 

Merry Little Christmas AG 

MiniAlbumMania - AG 

Mix It up Challenge - AG 

A perfect time to craft - AG 

12 months of Christmas - AG 

CREATIVE ARTISTE MIXED MEDIA

Welcome back to another Creative Artiste Mixed Media challenge where our challenge are always Anything Goes.  I'm in full-on Christmas mode at the moment - it is my favourite time to craft and my favourite type of crafts.  I love all things Tim Holtz for Christmas so decided to go full on with this canvas and use some of his little squares which I think came out last year.  I covered the canvas with gesso first and then used Ultra Matte Medium from Liquitex to stick all the pieces down.  

I added some little wooden ornaments from my stash, having first inked them with Distress and added a touc of sparkle.  The Believe is a die cut I also had in my stash.  I added some Tim Holtz Ideaology bells and quotes.  The deer is from Tim Holtz die set. 

I loved the way this turned out and will definitely be making a few more. 

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Love to Craft Challenge Blog - AG 

Mix It up Challenge - AG 

The Outlawz - AG Card free

Double D - Deer 

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

The Holly & The Ivy - AG 

Peace on Earth - AG 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS #SC353

Our sketch this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a great one as I love to add tags to my cards.  I started off by using a Tim Holtz tag for my card and used various Distress Inks to crate the background.  I used an old stamp set with matching dies from Tim Holtz called Holiday Joy.  I used Peeled Paint Distress Inks to stamp the trees in the background and Pine Needles Distress for the cut out trees.  I stamped the Joy in Distress Ink Festive Berries and added some touches of white with a gel pen.

I used the same colours to create my background for the tag using some more Tim Holtz Stamps called Christmas Classic. I added some Tim Holtz Greenery thinlets at the bottom and a Tim Holtz bell which actually rings for the top of the tag.

     

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENTS SC350

Welcome to another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge and our sketch for you this week 

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for my background plaid - inking it in Distress Inks in Speckled Egg and Shabby Shutters. I cut my circle out of a stitched circle die and stamped it with a TH Stampers Anonymous Christmas stamp and edged it in Speckled Egg.  Before cutting out the reindeer with TH dies I prepared the paper by stamping and inking to give a design to the deer rather than just plain paper.  I added some sparkle to her bow and her glasses.  

I used some TH Holiday Green thinlets for the foliage and kept it in white with some sparkle - the sentiment is from Visible Image called Sentimental Christmas.