Challenge 11 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Good morning crafty friends, and welcome to our new challenge!! We're keeping it nice and easy for you to play along with our theme of

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

We've got some fab crafty goodies up for grabs thanks to our lovely sponsors Premium Craft Brands! You don't have to use our products to enter but of course we love it when you do.



As always our DT have got lots of inspiration for you but before we check out their beautiful artwork it's time to announce the lucky winner and Top 3 from Challenge 9!

Our winner, as chosen by Random.org is .............

18. Kathyk

Congratulations hun! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code which is PPWK09001 and your snail mail details and we'll get your goodies out to you asap!

Our DT have chosen their Top 3 projects and this time around the honours go to:

16. Irena Stephanova

29. Yogi

34. RoRa

Congratulations, your projects were fabulous! Don't forget to pick up your Top 3 badge for your blog!

Now let's see what the DT have been busy with this week .....

Alysha - Happy Sunday! Its that time again, so get out your Pan Pastels and join in with us and share your crafty projects.

This week I'm sharing a canvas I have made using Pearlesant yellow and pink pans. I have versamarked feathers onto the canvas background and brushed the pans over then I have created a matted image using an embossing folder and coloring over this to highlight the embossing behind the image.

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week

hugs Aly xx

Terry; Hey there guys, I had fun making this gift box. I worked on the background with Purple and Lavender colours PanPastels

on top I used a layer of White Coarse to give it a bit of a shine, used Light Modelling Paste with the Roses Stencil, did I tell you that I loveeee Roses.....and played with some crackle and both sides of the little gift box have a piece of lace with pearls to finish my project.

The products I have played with are:

White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	White Fine Pearl Medium for Pan Pastels	PanPastel Magenta Extra Dark	Pearlescent Violet Pan Pastel	Pearlescent Pan Pastels
Maimeri Light modelling paste	Iridescent Paste

Claire C I love to use my Pans to create scenic projects, they are so easy to use and so forgiving too. I've been playing with the fabulous Stamp Soup stamps from Polkadoodles to create this project

I've used lots of my favourite PanPastels too .....

PanPastel Ultramarine Blue	PanPastel Permanent Green	PanPastel - Sofft Knives and Covers	hansa yellow	Diarylide Yellow PanPastel
Bright Yellow Green Pan Pastel	Bright Yellow Green Shade	magenta	Magenta tint	Violet Pan Pastel
Permanent Red	Permanent Red Tint Pan Pastel	Turquoise Pan Pastel	Neutral Grey Pan Pastel

Lou: I have been using my pan pastels to colour my images, using my pans both dry and wet (water colouring) to create a simple, layered floral scene. Stamps are Lemonade Fizz, Soup Stamp set.

Magenta pan pastel	Perm Red Pan Pastel	Perm Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Raw Umber PanPastel	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender
Pan Pastels	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup, Polka Doodles

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Gorgeous makes girls!! We can't wait to see your projects for this challenge. Just link them up below, 

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:

1. No back links

2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address - if the prize is not claimed within 14 days it will be offered to someone on the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter

The challenge will run until  4th June and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 12th June.

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Challenge 7 - Anything Goes Mixed Media craft challenge

Good morning crafty friends and a very Happy Easter to one and all! Hopefully you'll all have a lovely weekend with lots of chocolate and of course some crafting too! A big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, we had so many awesome entries and we'll be announcing the winners in a couple of weeks. We've got a new challenge starting and as usual it's a nice easy theme for you

Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

You don't have to use our products to enter but we love it when you do. Our lovely sponsors, Premium Craft Brands have got some crafty goodies lined up for our lucky challenge winner so what are you waiting for??



As always our DT have been creating their mixed media magic to inspire you but before we check out their artwork this week it's time to announce the winner and Top 3 from Challenge 5!

Our lucky wiiner, as chosen by Random.org is .........

4. Linda Simpson

Congratulations Linda!! Email us (details in sidebar) quoting your winners code which is PPWK05001 and your snail mail address and we'll get your prize on it's way to you.

As always it wasn't an easy task for the DT to choose their top 3 but the votes are in and the Top 3 entries for Challenge 5 are@

26 Niki
34 Teresa
37 Aisha

Well done ladies, your projects were stunning! Don't forget to grab your Top 3 badge for your blogs!!

Now let's see what the DT have been up to this week, as always they've got lots of inspiration for you!

Alysha   Happy Easter everyone! Its that time again, so get out your Pan Pastels and join in with us and share your crafty projects.This week I'm sharing a Spring themed mixed media postcard. I have used Turquoise PP Ultramarine Blue PP and highlights of Permanent Red Tint. I've then highlighted areas through a stencil, added some collage and gessoed some circles then finally finished with a spritz of PP Fixative.Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week, hugs Aly xxx

Claire C   I've used my PanPastels with the lovely new Stamp Soup stamps from Polkadoodles to make this project. If you stamp with versamark it really makes your PanPastel colours pop and it gives a lovely effect on vellum too. You can find all the details on my blog

Pearlescent Pan Pastels

Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent

White Blending Mop Brush

Raw Umber PanPastel

Sofft sponge bars

Terry; I had loads of fun making this Spring colored Frame. I have started with the background with one layer of Gesso, than I colored it with the Pearlescent Green and Orange, another layer of Light Modelling Paste and honeycomb stencil and another layer with Pearlescent Pans, for the next layer I played with White Coarse and Iridescent Paste, to give it a bit of a shine.

Than for the centre of the frame I colored the background yep again with the Pearlescent Pans and stamped a sentiment on top. Than finished it with the Gel medium. Also in the center of my frame I played with a few fabby butterflies and gave them the pearlescent green and orange colour. I worked on them with crackle accents and some 3D solution to give it a bit of diversity.  And to finish I painted the word with white paint Beautifull with the Graph It Shake Marker Glitter Gold and did the same with the tiny Dutch Doobadoo butterflies.

The products from Premium Art Brands that I worked with are:

Gesso	Pan Pastel pearlescent green	Pan Pastel pearlescent orange	Pearlescent Pan Pastels	Pearlescent Colours & Mediums Palette set of 10
Pan Pastel, White (fine) Pearlescent	White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Dutch Doobadoo laser art, butterflies	Iridescent Paste	Graph It Shake marker Glitter Gold

Lou: Yippee ... I'm so glad to back after my long, protracted internet woes. I decided to alter a large thick cardboard tag with pastes, pan pastels and the new Soup Stamps from Polka Doodles.

Started with my stenciled background, added my pan pastels and then stamped out all the images colouring them with my pan pastels. To add vibrancy to the stamped images, I add a layer of ultra thick embossing powder.

Magenta pan pastel	Yellow Ochre Pan Pastel	Perm Green Pan Pastel	Pan Pastel bright yellow green shade	Pan Pastel Colourless Blender
White COARSE Pearl Medium for PanPastels	Pan Pastels	PanPastel - Sofft Tools Kit	Premium Art Brands, Characters stencil	Dutch Doobadoo A5 brick stencil
Maimeri Iridescent Paste/Gesso 200ML	Maimeri acrylic paint	Lemonade Fizz Stamp Soup, Polka Doodles	DaliART Butterfly Swirl Stamp The Moment

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Gorgeous makes girls!! We can't wait to see your projects for this challenge. Just link them up below, 

We don't really do loads of rules here but we do have a couple so please take note:

1. No back links

2. Only 2 entries to make it fair for everyone

3. The main prize can only be posted to a UK address - if the prize is not claimed within 14 days it will be offered to someone on the Top 3 from the same week.

4. You MUST be a follower of this blog to enter

The challenge will run until  9th April and the winner and top 3 will be announced on Sunday 24th April.

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