01 - Anything (Mixed Media) Goes

Welcome to our first challenge here at The Mirror Crack'd. We would love for you to join in the fun with us and enter your fabulous mixed media/altered art style creations in the blue linky below.

Our first theme is a nice easy one of Anything Goes (please remember no cards).

We will have a winner and Top spots (depending on how many entries we get) and these will be chosen by a member of the Design Team, rather than randomly picked. I shall be hosting this first one, and therefore picking the winner and top spots. The winner will also have the option, should he or she choose, to be a guest designer with us for a future challenge. So without further ado, I shall hand you over to my fabulous team and hope that they can inspire you. PLEASE pop by their blogs and show them your appreciation. 

Angela R

Hi, Angela here with my first project in this new challenge blog.

This was made using a canvas which I started by covering the frame section with moulding paste and stamping into it. The project developed with the addition of metal areas and inks which were sprayed on to add colour. The inner section was made with fusible fibres and the fish with shrink plastic. If you would like to see the tutorial for this please visit my blog. I hope you will enjoy our projects, we would love to see what you come up with too. Happy crafting, Angela x

Lula

Hi there! For my first project I made MDF heart shape which I covered with scraps of paper. I coloured the paper with Distress inks and watercolor paints.

Next up came some texturing, stamping and embellishing.

 
Sue-scrumplescrunch

Altered box using G45 paper as my substrate, before adding an eclectic mix of media to create a Vintage appeal.

Rita Marie

I felt like I needed an angel today so I drew one.  Here is a mixed media picture done with  collaged papers from an old dictionary and an old children's book.  I used gelatos, acrylic white, stamps, and geli pens.   I have a video going up for this picture and should be up by tomorrow
 
CraftNCreate Consuela

 A recycled mixed media canvas. The background was covered in gesso and then multiple layers of home made glimmer mist, alcohol inks and watered down paint were added.  I also used glitter sprays.  I also added "glass" rocks to her head along with flowers, buttons, butterflies and a few metal embellishments. 

Carole

I have used Mod Podge, Patterned Paper, Acrylic Paint and Texture Paste, along with buttons, ribbon, a butterfly that should really be a magnet, and a bit of UTEE swirled round in my trusty Melt Pot - to alter what was a plain black mirror.  

Merethe - Merethes Kreative Boble

I have altered this box and filled it with matchsticks. I have used leftover paper, lace, stencils, relief paste painters paste, flower, beads and glimmer mist. More details in my blog.

Jolanda

I made a mixed media canvas. I have used patterned paper, mod podge, stencils, texture paste, distress paint & dylusions spray, Faber-Castell Big Brush Pens. Used lots of embellishments and dies.

On my blog I will post a photo-tutorial of the process!

Cec

 I created a canvas that I will call Metal Mania.  I started with a 7" square of framer's mat board and added lots of paint, texture paste and stenciling along with some drywall tape to create the background.  Then I added some painted corrugated cardboard that was rubbed with Texture Gold wax paste, some stamped fabric tape and text created on the computer.  The metal bits and pieces are a mixture Idea-ology, brads, a button and wings made from paper-backed metal tape used in the heating and air conditioning industry. 

Susanne

My first project is a mixed media canvas with a Under The Sea theme. The dies I used are from Noor! Design and from Memory Box. I used Gelatos, Glass Bead Glitter Gel, Inka Gold, Pitt Pens... There's a start to finish video on my blog.

Shilpa

I created this mixed media piece on chipboard. I've used Prima resin clock as my focal point here. Background is created with two stencils and modelling paste. For more details visit my blog

Vania

 

Angela J

For my first Design Team project I decorated this shadow box. I created this piece for my Mother-In-Law, so there are lots of pieces with special meaning. For this project I used paper, paints, inks, stamping, rub-ons, stencils, homemade texture paste and shimmer paints, ribbons, resist canvas, chipboard and flowers.

Marina Johan

 This is a shadow box made from old Mac & Cheese box :) I love recycling box and you'll see more variety of shadow boxes in the future. For this project, I made sprays out of some paints. For details and video of this project, head down to my blog.

Lin

This is my first ever mixed media project so please be kind! I started with a placemat and ended up with the above. Please visit my blog for further information.

So now ladies and gentlemen it's up to you. We are eager to see what you can create. The challenge will run until 3rd October and our next challenge will be 5th October. So you have just about a month to create something to blow our socks off.

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