Giving a #Cre8time High Five to MAY! FIFTH Sunday Challenge with Anything But a Card Challenges

Good Morning Everyone! It's the last weekend in May... which just happens to be another FIFTH SUNDAY. We hope you enjoyed getting to know Diana with her Spotlight + Mini Challenge last Sunday. If you missed it please CLICK HERE to jump over and be inspired by her Art Journaling Mini Challenge and those who played along.

The moon and stars have aligned to give us an EXTRA Sunday this month which messes up our 3 +1 system of challenges. Today is another FIFTH SUNDAY! This is an oddity in the calendar that is happening several times in 2015 {March, May, August and November}... SO we have added this fun MINI-Challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges!!! Are you ready to play and have some fun??!

The Fifth Sunday Challenge... "USE FIVE"!! Use the number 5 or five items, five colors, five words... what ever FIVE represents to you. For those who want to go a little more literal - here's the definition, too! Loads of inspiration could be had over at Wikipedia's page for 5 (number).

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five (faɪv)
n.

1. a cardinal number, four plus one.

2. a symbol for this number, as 5 or V.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a five-dollar bill.

adj.

5. amounting to five in number.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīf; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon fīf, Old High German fimf, finf, Old Norse fimm, Gothic fimf, Latin quīnque, Greek pénte, Skt pancha]

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. Please mention and LINK BACK to this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Mini-Challenge will go through midnight April 4th giving you 7 days to play along and ENJOY the creative process! Next Sunday will start a brand new 3 week challenge.

Let's see what our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Heather

I created a digital scrapbook page for this weeks challenge. My FIVES are: five photos, five fence posts and five embellishments clustered to create one larger embellishment. Visit my BLOG to see how I made this page using My Memories Suite software!

Toni

Happy 5th Sunday of May everyone! For my project I created a twinchie with five butterflies. Drop by my BLOG for more twinchie inspiration. xoxo

Lisette

Yes, I know a cube has six faces and this is our five mini-challenge but I've craftily left one face of my artist's trading block "unseen," whilst the others sport five little ladies with attitude. See them all close-up over on my BLOG.

Sheri

I made a 1 signature book that has 5 monoprint pages in the signature... and did the first 5 pages in the book. Please visit my BLOG for more details.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to for a brand new Challenge No. 48.

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In the Spotlight + Mini Challenge... Diana Fernandez

Hello crafting friends. It's my turn for a spotlight challenge. This is where you all get to hear a little bit about me, and maybe a little bit about my crafting journey as well! 

I will start with me...

Yep, that's me when I was just a little tyke!

I loved cats back then, and I have a cat now that looks a lot like this one, only my baby boy is wearing a tuxedo!

I live in (almost always) sunny Arizona. I am married to this fun loving guy, (there were 10 corn dogs)! And we have a houseful of furry "kids." Six to be exact, 3 dogs, and 3 cats. Our oldest is an 18 year old calico who has never really liked me, but loves my husband! 

I work a full time job as a 911 operator/ police dispatcher. Its a fast paced and fun job, I literally love going to work! It's always interesting, and it's always a fun environment. There is a lot of stress in my job, and I use my crafting to help alleviate some of that stress. 

For my crafting journey, I began as a child, I did cross stitch with my mom, and have always been enthralled with colors and patterns. 

So for Valentines day in 2008 my husband got me a sewing machine. Yes it's sort of like buying a mixer for a housewife in the 1950's right? But I really wanted to work with fabric. I made a couple of quilts, and bought A LOT of fabric, and I soon moved on to paper, but I brought my sewing machine to paper, and I've never looked back!

Now who wants to see some of my work?

Yeah, me too!

I have a slew of art journal pages to share with you. Art Journaling has been my passion for a while now. It seems to permeate much of my crafting now. 

I love to get paint and ink all over, and to work

with adding color and texture to my pages.

A small wall hanging with a mixed media butterfly.

I do hope that some of my work and my story has inspired you.

Please feel free to check out my blog HERE.

I do just love love love all the mixed media goodness that is out there. And I hope you will take some of my work and create your own art journal piece. Whats that you say... you don't have an art journal. Well you don't need a specific art journal to do an art journal page! You can use any sort of heavy weight paper you have to get some inky and painted goodness down! 

This is my challenge to you...

create an art journal page, try something you've never tried,

you just never know what you might find! ~ Diana

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Masters Inspire #Cre8time Painted Places for Week 3 of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47

Good Morning Everyone! Today begins week three of challenge No. 47 - CLICK HERE to catch up and see all the lovely makes from our week one team of creatives and CLICK HERE for Week 2 inspiration.

The current Challenge... "Inspired by the Masters". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47 we are switching directions and letting you pick who inspires your Cre8time. For "Inspired by the Masters" challenge No. 47, you choose a painting/sculpture/etc. by a Master {famous artist} and use this as your inspiration for your creative muse.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/05/cre8time-to-be-inspired-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight May 23rd giving you 2 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! 

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Di

Sally Morgan is an Indigenous Australian artist. This piece, called 'Aboriginal Land', a screen print done in 1990, is the inspiration for my canvas. The photos are of favourite places I like to visit in my local area. Find out more about these, because some have Aboriginal significance, and also how I've completed the canvas by checking out my BLOG.

Brenda

From Picasso... to Brendascco!
Please hop on over to my BLOG for more details.

Margaret

I chose Claude Monet as my Master inspiration. I made a watercolor ATC inspired by his oil painting of purple irises. Please visit my BLOG for more details.

Pallavi

I have always been in love with Edgar Degas' paintings of ballerinas and while doing some research came across some preliminary sketches of dancers done by him.This became my inspiration for sketching and painting a ballerina on a book page. A micron pen, gesso and some watercolours were my tools of choice.

Rita Marie

This piece was inspired by the artist Georgia O'Keefe... An American Modernist Artist. Check out her bio and her amazing artwork. Her colors are so brilliant and the detail of her work is like looking through a magnifying glass. Her later life in NM inspired lots of south western pieces. I have also put together a quick video tutorial on how I painted this picture Poppy Flower at my BLOG.  Thank you so much for joining us and I hope we have inspired you... xo

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday for a new Spotlight + Mini Challenge.

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#Cre8time POPs with Color for Week 2 Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47 "Inspired by the Masters"

Good Morning Everyone! Last Sunday launched a brand new challenge No. 47 - CLICK HERE to catch up and see all the lovely makes from our week one team of creatives.

The current Challenge... "Inspired by the Masters". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47 we are switching directions and letting you pick who inspires your Cre8time. For "Inspired by the Masters" challenge No. 47, you choose a painting/sculpture/etc. by a Master {famous artist} and use this as your inspiration for your creative muse.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/05/cre8time-to-be-inspired-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight May 23rd giving you 2 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Rupa

I love tribal art and this time around I have played with the famous Calcutta artist, Jamini Roy's painting. I first recreated his painting and then altered it with a mixed media background. A tribute to the master and gift for mothers day... Visit my BLOG for more details.

Elaine

Art Journal inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci. Pop on over to my BLOG post to see more!

Toni

I gathered my inspiration from one of the most influential figures in the "Pop Art" culture, Mr. Andy Warhol. For more info on the creating process and more pictures view my blog HERE.

Neva

This month at Anything But a Card the theme is inspiration from the Masters. The Portland Art Museum held an exhibition of one of my favorite fine artists in 90’s. I was inspired by his main focus in the later part of his life to do a Water Lily scene.  Come by my BLOG to see how easy and quick it was to create this little wall hanging inspired by a French Impressionist.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to see more of our Design Team creations!

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#Cre8time to be Inspired for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47 "Inspired by the Masters"

Good Morning Everyone! It's a brand new month and time for a brand new ABAC Challenge to excite your creative muse. Last Sunday we featured Toni and she hosted an Altering Challenge - CLICK HERE to catch up and see all of her lovely makes.

Now we get down to business... it's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges... let's get ready to play and have some fun! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our "Fool's GOLD" Challenge No. 46! If you missed out on seeing all of the glittered and golden makes... please CLICK HERE to view week number one; HERE for week 2 and HERE for week 3 – you don't want to miss out on all the fabulous creations shared!

The new Challenge... "Inspired by the Masters". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 47 we are switching directions and letting you pick who inspires your Cre8time. For "Inspired by the Masters" challenge No. 47, you choose a painting/sculpture/etc. by a Master {famous artist} and use this as your inspiration for your creative muse.

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2015/05/cre8time-to-be-inspired-for-anything.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight May 23rd giving you 3 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Lisette

When I studied art at college I found that the more I learnt about a particular work of art, the more I would love it. Consequently, choosing just one for this challenge was not easy, in fact it was impossible and I ended up choosing two. You can find out more about the inspiration for my projects, as well as how I made them, over on my BLOG.

Diana

Salvador Dali has always been one of my favorite artists, and while his works are usually of a brighter variety, I took inspiration from his painting "Butterfly Book" – and here is my take. I hope you can see the inspiration in my piece. Please check out my BLOG for more details.

Sheri

My art master Inspiration is Pop Art. I went to the Roy Lichtenstein exhibit a couple years ago at the Art Institute of Chicago. My my project is inspired by him. Please visit my BLOG for more details!

Heather

The thing that came to my mind right away was to do something with old photos I took while in the mountains years ago. A sort of "Ansel Adams" inspired project. Perhaps photography wasn't the exact thing in mind when the prompt was decided upon by the challenge coordinators, but I certainly think that there are Master Photographers. Those that are religious might say that the gorgeous scenery all around us in our world was masterfully created by their God. Thus, my project inspired by Masters :) Stop by my BLOG to see what I repurposed, and how, for my project this month.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! We can't wait to see your "Inspired by the Masters" creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to see more of our Design Team creations!

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