Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #37 – A Year of Choices

Welcome to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #37

"A Year of Choices"

 

(pick a past challenge theme from #26 - #36 and be sure to tell us which one you picked!!)
***please remember to add this graphic to your blog post***

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It's our 3rd Birthday and we're celebrating 
by asking you to delve into our past challenge themes 
and put a new spin on one for your June entry!

Sadly, we are saying good-bye to two of our DT members, Lynne Forsythe and Melanie Douthit. Ladies, we will miss your lovely art and inspiration. Thank you for sharing your talents with us! In July, we will be welcoming two new members to our team so stay tuned and meet them next month.

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Our June Sponsor is Donna Downey!!

Donna Downey is a New Jersey native now living and working out of her studio in Huntersville, NC. As a painter, bestselling author, instructor and all-around creative force, she is a born experimenter, blending and transforming both traditional and unexpected elements into meaningful pieces of self-expression. Donna is generously offering a $50 gift certificate for her online store as this month's prize. Join in for a chance to win!

Our lucky random winner will get a $50 gift certificate
to Donna's online store!!!

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And now for some inspiration from our Design Team...

DONNA

KAREN

LISA H.

 ASTRID

CLARE

 

LYNNE

LINSEY
 

 MELANIE
 

Make sure you visit each designer's blog and leave some comment love for them... we LOVE hearing from you all!

Please follow these rules to be eligible for placements and prizes. Entries not following our rules will be deleted.

* You must use our challenge graphic in your challenge post.
* You must comment on at least 3 design team member's blogs. 

* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post
* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog, a YouTube Video or a Pinterest Board
* You can combine with up to 4 other challenges. 
* No Backlinking (linking a project completed before the start date of our challenge) allowed! Any back-linked entries will be deleted.
* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

You have until 11:55 pm EST on June 30th to enter! 

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October 2016 Mid-Month Inspiration Post

Welcome back for some mid-month inspiration for our October "Mood Board" Challenge!

Some of our designers have made another project using their Stampotique stamps! You have until October 31st at midnight EST to enter your project to the gallery!

Donna

Lisa H.

Linsey

Clare

Our random October winner will receive a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique!!

Join our October challenge today!

August 2016 "Travel" Challenge Winners

*Click here for our September "Rustic" Challenge!*

It's time to reveal the winners of our August "Travel" Challenge! The entries this month were amazing as usual. Thank you all SO MUCH for continuing to join our monthly challenges. You can view the gallery of August entries here.

WINNER!

The winner of our June challenge is Maria! Her gorgeous mixed media travel journals are stunning! Please grab your winners badge below and display it proudly on your blog!

Maria

Now time for our Honorable Mentions for the June "Reach for the Stars" Challenge. Please grab your Honorable Mention badge below!

Torsa

Lilian

Jean

And the winner of the free Mixed Media Craftsy Class from Lindsay Weirich is Gerrina! Please send an e-mail to mixedmediamonthly@gmail.com with subject line MMMC August Winner by September 15, 2016. Congrats!

1st Flash Giveaway Winner

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Flash Giveaway contest. The winner of our 1st Flash Giveaway is Jean Marmo. Congratulations Jean!!! Please send an e-mail with your mailing address to mixedmediamonthly@gmail.com on or before June 30th to claim your prize package from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Be sure to check back, we will have another Flash Giveaway this week, once again, courtesy of The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!

Be sure to check out our June 2nd Year Anniversary Challenge here.

You Still Have Time to Play!

You still have time to play in our March "Photo Inspiration" Challenge.

We would like to thank all our players for your support of our 22nd Challenge. Our gallery is filled with so many awesome mixed media creations from our "Photo Inspiration" challenge.  

Remember,  you have until midnight EST on Thursday, March 31th to enter the current challenge! 

Our random winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to Waffle Flower Crafts.  Our design team will pick a winner and several honorable mentions who will be able to proudly display our graphic on their blogs. Winners will be announced on April 5th!

Our new challenge will start on Friday, April 1 and run through April 30th. Be sure to check back then to find out what our new theme is and who our sponsor and guest designer are. I think you will love our Guest Designer and amazing inspiration projects!!!

Also, did you know that we are on social media?? Here are all the places you can follow us for mixed media inspiration, techniques and challenge reminders. And, be sure to follow our blog!!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixedmediamc
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mixedmediamc
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbaaS2uV_xR-MR98X0N1upA
Instagram - mixedmediamc

We look forward to seeing your amazing March "Photo Inspiration" Challenge creations and having you join us for our April challenge starting Friday, April 1!!!

You Still Have Time to Play!

You still have time to play in our January "Time Flies" Challenge.

We would like to thank all our players for your support of our 20th Challenge. Our gallery is filled with so many awesome mixed media creations from our "Time Flies" challenge.  

Remember,  you have until midnight EST on Sunday, January 31th to enter the current challenge! 

Our random winner will receive this amazing prize package from our sponsor Cheryl Boglioli Designs.  Our design team will pick a winner and several honorable mentions who will be able to proudly display our graphic on their blogs. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 5th!

Our new challenge will start on Monday, February 1 and run through February 29. Be sure to check back then to find out what our new theme is and who our sponsor and guest designer are. We have another awesome prize a fun surprise!

Also, did you know that we are on social media?? Here are all the places you can follow us for mixed media inspiration, techniques and challenge reminders. And, be sure to follow our blog!!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixedmediamc
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mixedmediamc
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbaaS2uV_xR-MR98X0N1upA
Instagram - mixedmediamc

We look forward to seeing your amazing January "Time Flies" Challenge creations and having you join us for our February challenge starting Monday, February 1!!!

You Still Have Time to Play!!

You still have time to play in our March "Birds of a Feather" Challenge 

We would like to thank all our players for your support of our 10th Challenge. Our gallery is filled with beautiful and inspiring mixed media creations that follow our "Birds of a Feather" theme. 

We just wanted to remind you that you have until midnight EST on Tuesday, March 31 to play in our March "Birds of a Feather" Challenge.

Two random winners will receive a Gelatos Kit from our sponsor Faber Castell Design Memory Craft. Our design team will pick a winner and several honorable mentions who will be able to proudly display our graphic on their blogs. Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 5.

Our new challenge will start on Wednesday, April 1 and run through April 30.  Be sure to check back then to find out what our new theme is and who our new sponsor and guest designer are.

Also, did you know that we are on social media?? Here are all the places you can follow us for mixed media inspiration, techniques and challenge reminders. And, be sure to follow our blog!!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixedmediamc
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mixedmediamc
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbaaS2uV_xR-MR98X0N1upA
Instagram - mixedmediamc

We look forward to seeing your amazing "Think Pink" creations and having you join us for our 11th challenge starting Wednesday, April 1!

You Still Have Time to Play!!

You still have time to play in our February "Think Pink" Challenge 

We would like to thank all our players for your support of our 9th Challenge. Our gallery is filled with beautiful and inspiring mixed media creations that follow our "Think Pink" theme. 

We just wanted to remind you that you have until midnight EST on Saturday, February 28 to play in our February "Think Pink" Challenge. That's 3 Days away!!

Our random winner will receive a $25 gift card from Ellen Hutson, LLC. Our design team will pick a winner and several honorable mentions who will be able to proudly display our graphic on their blogs. Winners will be announced on Thursday, March 5.

Our new challenge will start on Sunday, March 1 and run through March 31.  Be sure to check back then to find out what our new theme is and who our new sponsor and guest designer are.

Also, did you know that we are on social media?? Here are all the places you can follow us for mixed media inspiration, techniques and challenge reminders. And, be sure to follow our blog!!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixedmediamc
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mixedmediamc
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbaaS2uV_xR-MR98X0N1upA
Instagram - mixedmediamc

We look forward to seeing your amazing "Think Pink" creations and having you join us for our ninth challenge starting March 1!

January Winners

Please click here for our February "Think Pink" Challenge

It's time to reveal our winners of our January "New" Challenge! We had such an amazing gallery of projects last month, it was tough to pick the winners! Thank you so much for joining us, we appreciate your support. Check out all of the January entries in our gallery here.

The winner of our January challenge is # 6- Helen Hapsi-Greece with her stunning ART Journal pages! Helen, please grab you winners badge below!

Helen

Here are our January Honorable Mentions (in no particular order). Pick up your badge below!

Ingrid

Babi

Linsey

Moira

Our random winner of the $25 Butterfly Reflections, Ink gift certificate is Arnoldo Romero! Please email mixedmediamonthly(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your fabulous prize!

Thank you to everyone who joined in our challenge! We look forward to seeing all of your gorgeous projects in our February "Think Pink Challenge

MMMC Design Team Call

We have an exciting announcement to make! Make sure you keep reading to get all the details on this great opportunity!

Unfortunately our designer Lalo is unable to stay on the team. We have loved having Lalo on the team and found her projects so inspiring. We will miss her and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. 

Since we have an opening in our design team, we are having our first Design Team Call!! It's super easy to apply. Just click on the link below and fill out the form. Please read the list of responsibilities carefully before submitting your application. 

MMMC Design Team Responsibilities

1. Create (at least) one mixed media project a month 

2. Comment on all (or designated) players' blogs every month

3. Must have a blog

4. Must be on Facebook for participation in our private Facebook DT Group 

5. Be able to fully commit to our team through June 2015

Here is the link to the form. 

Mixed Media Monthly DT Call Application Form 

The deadline to apply is Sunday, January 25. 

You Still Have Time to Play in our November STAMPS Challenge

We would like to thank all our players for your support of our 6th Challenge. Our gallery is filled with beautiful and inspiring mixed media creations that incorporate STAMPS.

We just wanted to remind you that you have until midnight EST on Sunday, November 30 to play in our November STAMPS Challenge. That's 5 Days away!!

Our random winner will receive a $50 gift card from Unity Stamps. Our design team will pick a winner and several honorable mentions who will be able to proudly display our graphic on their blogs. Winners will be announced on Friday, November 5.

Our new challenge will start on Monday, December 1 and run through December 31.  Be sure to check back then to find out what our new theme is, who our new sponsor and guest designer are. It's going to be a FUN month!!

Also, did you know that we are on social media?? Here are all the places you can follow us for mixed media inspiration, techniques and challenge reminders. And, be sure to follow our blog!!

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mixedmediamc
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mixedmediamc
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbaaS2uV_xR-MR98X0N1upA
Instagram - mixedmediamc

We look forward to seeing your amazing creations incorporating ribbons, twine and/or fiber and having you join us for our sixth challenge starting November 1!

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #6 - Stamps

Welcome back to The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #6  - STAMPS!

We are thrilled to have UNITY STAMP COMPANY as our fantastic sponsor this month! They are offering up a $50 gift certificate to a random lucky entrant! Woohoo!

NOVEMBER GUEST DESIGNER - ANGIE BLOM

Hi my name is Angie Blom and I am a stamp illustrator for Unity Stamp Company, and I am also on their Design Team. I have been creating stamps for Unity for three years. I call myself lucky to be working along side some great designers.  I am a young 50 year old, married for 27+ years with two growing children 19 and 8, I am blessed that they keep me young at heart.  I am also working with the Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine touring with their Crop and Create events, where I get a chance to teach with Unity Stamps. But if you do attend the events I am usually front and center taking your registration and helping out where needed. You can find my blog at Angie Blom Design Two! 

Angie made a stunning canvas for our challenge! She used brand new Suzi Blu Unity stamps to create this 6x6 piece. Visit her blog for a detailed look at how she created it!

DESIGN TEAM HOST - MELANIE

Hi! I’m Melanie and I’m the host for this month’s challenge. I use stamps so much in my mixed media that I don't even think about it. If you haven’t tried it yet, dig through your stash and think of unique ways to incorporate various stamps into your projects.

For this project I started with my surface, which is some lumbar cut into a 5.5” square. I primed it first then painted the sides.

I pulled papers, paper scraps, and various embellishments from my stash and put them together to see what colors worked and what type of image I wanted to create. I loved the cardstock sticker houses, so I decided to go with a “home” theme. I assembled the papers and created a scene.

I remembered a fun tree stamp that was in my stash (from Unity Stamp Co). I pulled a paper with some fall-ish colors and stamped the image using Staz-On black ink. I always use Staz-On because it’s water proof. I want my project to withstand even accidental moisture. 

After I stamped the patterned paper, I stamped the image onto the project itself.

Then I cut the circles from the patterned paper and adhered them onto the tree.

I repeated this process and made another tree. I used some botanical flourish stamps to create a border around the entire project, and added some random stamping on the project itself to create texture. 

There are so many creative ways to use stamps in mixed media. I can’t wait to be inspired by your creations this month!

Now more inspiration from our Design Team...

DONNA

RACHEL

LALO

LYNN A

LYNN K

All of our designers used fabulous Unity stamps in their projects! Please visit each designer's blog post to see details on how the project was created... also make sure to leave them some love while you're there!

We don't have many rules, but ask that you do follow the ones we have! 

* Mention in your post how you used Stamps in your project

* Your post must link back to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge post

* Add a link to your direct post, not your entire blog

*You can combine with as many other challenges as you want.

* You can enter up to 5 times, create whatever you want, and HAVE FUN!

You have until November 30th at 11:59pm EST to enter! Remember... a random lucky winner will get a $50 Unity gift certificate! 

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