Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge - May "Vintage Garden"

Hello eveyone,

I am thrilled to announce the very first challenge at Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge Blog!!!

What do you think of when you hear the word Garden? Is it flowers, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, lattice, vines, fences? Whatever garden vision you have, we want to see it. But make sure it's in a vintage style.

Well, when I first heard what the theme was, I automatically saw picket fence and home :) So here is what I created for this challenge:

Here are some pics of the creation process:

I created a frame for my shadow box using a heavy cardstock, texture paste applied through Bricked Stencil, and added some color to it with distress inks...

The delicate branches are Sizzix diecuts and flowers are handmade by me using a 5 petal flower punch, flower pearl stamens and some distress ink...

I made the fence from cardboard. I covered it with white paint, then applied clear crackle paint and once that layer was dry I randomly applied distress paints and inks to give it a weathered look...

I added some moss behind the fence to give it more of an old garden look...

The flowers and branches were arranged to give it a look of trailing vine on the wall...

Home Sweet Home sign was mounted on a piece of cardstock covered with crackle paste to give it an illusion of a stucco wall and a wall plaque...

That is all from me....Please head over to Anything But Cute Mixed Media Challenge Blog to check out fabulous makes of my fellow Design Team mates and I sure hope you'll join us in our very first challenge :)

The winner will receive the honor of being our Guest Designer for an upcoming challenge!

Over at Anything But Cute we just love to see all the seasoned and expert mixed media artists, but we also want to encourage those who are just getting their feet wet. Our design team will always be on the lookout for these exceptional projects and artists. You just never know when we might be giving out something special to a talented mixed media newcomer. We all have to start somewhere, right?

Challenge runs until June 4th - we can't wait to see what you come up with!

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by...

I am entering my card into following challenges:

Country View Challenges May Simply Scenic

BGC#68 Make your own embellishments

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #12 May Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers and More...#138 Make Your Own Background

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

05/18/2015 UPDATE:

I am thrilled to announce that my card was one of the Top 5 at Crafty Cardmakers and More... Thank you so very kindly!!!

City Crafter Challenge #260

Hello eveyone,

It is time for a brand new challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog :) and I am a host this week :)
I chose this moodboard as our inspiraion :

  

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Anything from it can be used as inspiration; from colors to flowers or suitcases, the choice is yours.

And here is what i created:

As you can probably tell, I was inspired by spiral staircase and that gorgeous dress train hanging from the top as well as vintage picture frames from this moodboard...

I used a piece of metal ribbon to create the spiral staircase railing and then added hand died seam binding ribbon to create the dress train...

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of cardstock covered with texture paste and then framed everything into this small picture frame...

All elements are placed onto a piece of cardboard that was covered with scrunched up tissue, gesso and distress paint. It almost seems like a canvas. :)

I made this card for a really dear blogland friend Georgie. She already got it and liked it alot :)

The Guest Designer this week at City Crafter Challenge Blog is Penny Ward She makes amazing cards!!! Please check out her blog, you'll be in for a great treat!!

Also please stop by my Design Teammies at City Crafter to check out their fabulous makes :)

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

City Crafter Challenge Blog 5th Birthday Celebration Week #4

Hello everyone,

5th Birthday celebration continues at City Crafter Challenge Blog and this week our Stella is the host :)

We are CASEing her gorgeous card this time:

and this is what I made based on her card:

As soon as I saw Stella's card I thought NAUTICAL...so I made the card with lots of sea themed elements...

As you can see, there is lots of distressing, gesso, and seaside themed embellishments...

One more look at the finished card...

This week's Guest Designer is Lin Please stop by her fabulous blog to check out her work and also check out on City Crafter Challenge what my teammies have made :)

Stella is sponsoring this week's challenge and winner will get this fabulous goodies package

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

New Mixed Media Challenge Blog Announcement!

Hello everyone!!!

I am thrilled and honored to announce that I have been invited to be part of the Design Team of a brand new amazing Mixed Media Challenge Blog called "Anything But Cute" owned by super talented Pamellia Johnson of My Little Craft Things.

I am truly honored to be part of this amazing challenge Design Team and shall be sharing some of my favorite creations at Anything But Cute Challenge Blog.
Please stop by at Anything But Cute to check out my work and find out more about me :) also while you are there, please don't forget to click that pretty "Follow" button, it would make us all happy. :)



Now here is the info about the challenge:

Anything But Cute is a brand new mixed media challenge blog with a new challenge starting on the 5th day of every month at 7:00 am EST.

We welcome all types of crafts. Cards, journal pages, scrapbook pages, 3D crafts, canvas art, altered items and any other handmade paper or mixed media arts. We encourage crafters of all skill levels and styles - shabby chic, grunge, vintage, elegant, stylish, retro, you name it. As our name indicates, the only style we are not showcasing - are all things cute and adorable. There must be at least one mixed media product on your project somewhere, be that paint, ink, stain, spray, paste, clay, crackle glaze...whatever tickles your fancy!

At Anything But Cute, we would love to see all you seasoned and expert mixed media artists, but we also want to encourage those of you who are just getting your feet wet. Our design team will always be on the lookout for these exceptional projects and artists. You just never know when we might be giving out something special to a talented mixed media newcomer. We all have to start somewhere, right! Be sure to mention in your post that you are a newcomer to the mixed media arts.

Our first challenge starts on May 5th, so let's get messy and have some fun!

The next Design Team Member will be revealed on April 30th! Please make sure to check it out!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

Vintage Mother's Day Card with Lace

Hello everyone,

First of all, I would like to welcome my newest followers and thank my old ones for continued support. I truly appreciate you all!

Now, on to my latest creation:

I went with simple vintage elegance with this card...

I used damask stencils on my layers, distressed edges and slightly inked them with Antique Linen Distress Ink...

I added a layer of tulle and then lace underneath the sentiment and added a vintage flower pendant...

One more look at the card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

Frilly and Funkie "Stencil Mania"

613 Avenue Create "Anything Goes with optional twist of diamonds"

and

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges "Anything Goes with option of Lace of Ribbon"

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

City Crafter Challenge Blog 5th Birthday Celebration Week #3

Hello everyone,

it is time for a new challenge over at City Crafter Challenge Blog

This week's host is Ros and here is her fabulous creation that we can all CASE:

Here is my shabby chic CASE of it:

I used this opportunity to create a birthday card for a friend...

I made a shaker card filled with decorative diamonds :)

For the front panel I used Prima cardstock from Epiphany collection. I did not have to decorate at all, since this 6" x 6" piece already had perfect design for it!

One more peak at the card and a keepsake box...

Guest Designer this week is Tammy

Ros is also sponsoring this week's prize:

I hope you'll be able to join in on fun!
Please stop by my teammies blogs to check out their fabulous makes:

Kirsty

Ros

and

Stella

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

12 Tags of 2015 April

Hello everyone,

just a quick post of my take on Tim Holtz's April Tag:

I followed all the instructions except stitching the tag, since I don't have sewing machine... Instructions for April tag can be found here

Here are couple more closeups...

I did not have the flower stamp so I used a dragonfly stamp I got when I won one of a card competitions...

I used my Cricut machine to cut out happy family sentiment...Don't have Vagabond machine...Sorry Tim Holtz...

Well, this was one quick post, huh?
I hope you enjoyed it though...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

Vintage Mother's Day Card

Hello everyone,

First of all I would like to welcome my new followers and to thank my old ones for continued support! I truly appreciate you all!!!

Here is my newest creation:

I used a piece of craft cardstock to create my background. I applied texture paste through Prima Damask stencil and after that layer was dry I covered everything with gesso to give it that aged rustic look. I distressed the edges to reveal some of that craft cardstock color...

The shabby bow is crinkled seam binding ribbon embellished with a vintage flower medallion.

The handmade flowers are decorated with pearls made with Spellbinders Flower diecut...

The sentiment was framed into this gorgeous Spellbinders Opulent Ovals diecut...

One more look at the card...

I am entering this card into following challenges:

Country View Challenges "Use Kraft Card" My background was created on a piece of kraft card

Frilly and Funkie "Springtime Die Cuts"

Scrap and Craft Inspiration Challenge "Tie It Up"

Vintage Stamping Challenges "Handmade Flowers"

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges "Anything Goes Lace or Ribbon"

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Make Your Own Background"

I hope you enjoyed this post...
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by...

05/01/2015 UPDATE

I am thrilled to announce that my card was one of the Featured at Scrapping $ Fun Challenges!!!