Season's Greetings...

Christmas is closing in and it is 

our last challenge of the year at Creative Artiste Mixed Media

so  a bit of Christmas MM is called for.

After a few attempts I found this photo taken

on my living room floor showed up the best lol 

It started with - 

die cutting frames, tags, corner pieces

and heat embossing some grunge in gold.

Then some painstakingly piece-ing together

Tim's Floral Brushstroke with two tones of metallic paper

and a touch of vellum leaves. Then lots of gold splatters.

Arranging the layers and checking out where and

how much gold thread to add

and which pearls after final layering.

Adding close up of sentiment from an old Spellbinder die

with pearls either side.

and a few more close ups

and again the end result.

Head over to our Blog and check out how our 

Talented Guests Linda and Erika shared their talents with us this month

and of course how my Very Talented Creative Team Mates 

created and inspired you to share yours in our Gallery.

As with each year we take January off so

I will be back in February to have fun creating

 and get a little messy.

Thank you to my Team Mates and for 

your support through the disruptive year of my moving house.

Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year to you all.

Merry Christmas!

It's all sparkle or shine over at Cut It Up Challenge this fortnight.

Don't you love it when a card comes together ever so quickly!

This one did.

A square card using metallic card stock and a few

Christmas dies in gold and copper for shine, 

 a little popped Merry heat embossed in Ranger Copper.

That's it! 

Head over to our Blog and

check out the sparkle/shine cards created by

our talented designers then add yours

to our gallery.

Thanks for visiting

A Simple Stately Stencilled Stag!

Lisa is Hosting our last challenge for the year at

  Just Us Girls and it is our Stencil Challenge.

I saw THIS card on Pinterest by Maria Fischer

and as I had both stencil and stamp 

both from STAMPlorations I cased her card.

Inked up the MM grunge background.

The stag stencil is a favourite and I had a bit of fun

with him this time round.

I started with transparent crackle paste

sprinkling over the top while wet with

Parisan Rosewood Artisan Powder.

Once the crackle was dry I brushed the

artisan powder lightly giving to a misty background.

To seal the stag I put the stencil back on

sealing with gloss gel medium.

Die cut the 25 with Tim's alphabet.

Finished with some sparkly washi tape.

Check out what our Guest Jenn

and the Talented Team created with their stencils

and hope to see yours in the Gallery.

We bid a sad farewell to our very talented Stephanie

stepping down from DT duties.

It has been such a pleasure to have played with you

as part of our team and wish you the very best.

Thank You.

I know we will see you pop in when you can.

Thanks also to our November Guest Jenn for

sharing with us this month.

As with each year we take December off

for time out to share the Holiday Season 

in our own way and be refreshed to start again

in the New Year.

Come back on the 2nd January to se what we have

in store for you.

Thank you for all your kind comments throughout the year.

Merry Christmas and 

Happy New Year!

 

In the Christmas 'Mood'

It's our Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls

 and Hosting is Carol Mc spoiling us with choice.

I went with the red green and gold

heart and wreath baubles in a fun way.

I bought this stamp last year and only just found

a bunch of Christmas supplies still in a packing box.

I inked it up with SU Mossy Meadow

and heat embossed so I could play around with the background

being careful with my Lindy's Magical's

adding colours to each bauble. Splattered it with my 

gold posca pen which came out a bit too much so inked the edges

with a fan pain brush.

Check out what our Guest Jenn and the Team

created with that fun board and come join in the fun

with yours to our Gallery.

Thanks for visiting

A Purple Bloom!

Hello and Welcome!

We have our New Challenge over at Cut It Up

and it's a 'beauti' because we get to make a project

using dies of course with

Our Favourite Colour

It's no secret that mine is PURPLE!

I got out a favourite layering set - Coneflowers.

It always come up nicely with smooching with

Tim's wilted violet, ground espresso and a couple of greens

(forgot what they were)

Layered and popped them up

then started on the background -

stencil is Kaisercraft Leaves, framed back,

layered STAMPlorations sentiment

and a few gems.

A close up of the layered coneflower

My team mates have been busy also

creating with their favourite colour.

Pop over and see what it is and

we would love to see yours in our gallery.

Thanks for visiting

What's the WORD at Just Us Girls?

It's Just Us Girls Word Week hosted by Sue.

Being so close to Christmas it's a go to word for sure

BUT

I went a different way with a sentiment that would

work for any special day.

My background is another from my bits box Yay!

I love a stamp that has a mix of features like the one I  have here.

(A gift from a friend who knows me well )

I inked it with Versafine Clair Nocturne and heat embossed it.

Other stamping around the edges is from a newbie from AALL&Create.

Sentiment is from STAMPlorations Trendy Butterflies

framed in black.

Finished by framing in white

 on to black card base.

Lovely to have you share your talent with us.

Head over and see Jenn's card

and how my talented team mates used the word JOY.

I am sure you will want to join us by

adding yours to the Gallery.

Thanks for visiting - 

Thinking of You!

 It's Colour Week at Just Us Girls

and Hosting is Carol M choosing

Gold White and Blue.

I went CAS here inking up my SU gingko flowers

then added gold die cut ones,

a simple sentiment from 49&Market,

die cut from JustRite Banner

framed in gold on to blue card base.

We welcome Jenn Borjeson as our Guest for November.

Lovely to have you share your talents with us this month.

 Jenn and the Team have been busy creating 

colourful cards so head over and check them out

then have fun adding yours to our gallery.

Thanks for visiting