Sunday, 27 September 2015

***ATC SWAP PARTY***


Hey there, party people!

It’s time for some fun so get a beverage of your choice and let’s get to it! ;)

I promised you a party, right? Well, this is not the wild party on a Friday or a Saturday night that you might know. This is a super-fun mixed media ATC swap party! Whooohoooo! Excited? Good!



I was once chatting to Riikka after seeing her gorgeous ATCs on Facebook when I simply asked ‘Fancy a swap?’ and she said ‘Yes’… That was easy, I thought! Hehee… And then it hit me… why don’t we do something that’s fun for everyone and that’s exactly what this is about. This swap party is all about connecting with like-minded people, making friends in the blog world and being creative to your heart’s desire!

To make it more fun, Riikka agreed to make 4 ATCs and I agreed to do the same and so we have 8 ATCs in total to give out as a little prize to 8 different participants at the very end of our swap party! I (Ingrid) will announce the winners on our blog here and on our MMW Facebook page.

Riikka created these little beauties…





Now you are excited, huh?! :) And here are the ones made by moi…









Any game has a few rules and points for guidance and ours are as follows:
  • Your ATC must be 2 ½” x 3 ½” (6.4cm x 8.9cm). 
  • Your ATC can be portrait or landscape orientation. 
  • Theme: Anything Goes! 
  • The choice of techniques and media is up to you, but remember we are a Mixed Media focused blog. 
  • Mark the back of your ATC with your name and the date. You can also add your contact details, if you wish. 
  • Write a blog post with pics and a link to our MMW challenge blog post for the swap (button on the side bar). Do remember to mention in your post, if you are interested in swapping at all and also whether you are interested to swap only within your country or worldwide. 
  • Don’t make your ATC to chunky, if you are going to post internationally so it fits a simple envelope and won’t be too pricey to post! Or… go all the way, it’s up to you! 
  • Please don’t include anything else in the envelope, perhaps a note to the lucky recipient. This is to avoid any disappointment (one gets a happy mail, the other doesn’t kinda thing…). This is just a friendly advice though…
  • 8 ATCs will be selected randomly to win 4 ATCs from Riikka & 4 ATCs from Ingrid. Only Mixed Media ATC will be entered into the draw! 
  • Make sure you follow this blog so you don't miss a thing! 
  • Have fun creating your Artist Trading Cards!!! :)

How will the ATC swap work:
  • You will make an ATC (you can make one or more, depending on how many you wish to swap/enter). 
  • Write your post with all the details and links and hop over to our MMW blog. 
  • There is a Linky button on the bottom of the MMW blog post that will be active until 26th October 2015! You have a whole month to enter! Yay! 
  • Enter your name + a word ‘swap’, if you are interested in swapping with someone, under your image when linking up. Don’t forget to mention your intentions in your post too!
  • Once you see an ATC in the Linky Gallery that you like, simply visit the creator’s blog by clicking on the entry, leave them a comment that you are interested in swapping with them. If it is mutual, you can then exchange PRIVATE emails via their blogger profile or their contact form. Don’t forget to join their blogs so that you can stay in touch! 
  • Please note, our talented MMW Design Team may enter their own ATC via the Linky so make sure to keep an eye on their blogs too! Wouldn’t it be awesome to receive an ATC from one of the girls?! This swap party is opened to anyone who wants to swap mixed media ATCs and make friends in the blog world! 
  • Once you have received your swapped ATC make sure to let the other person know (and thank them…). 
  • Feel free to blog about the received ATC and share it on your social sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc. or your blog or whatever gallery you like to use. If you could add the link to MMW again that would be great so people know where the idea came from and can join the fun too! 
We will be posting a few of our favourites from the linky gallery selection throughout the month on our new MMW Facebook page and on Pinterest so join there and keep an eye out!

Our current challenge 'Anything Goes with Autumn Colours' will still be running too! Join HERE!

We can’t wait to see your Artist Trading Cards entered below and are looking forward to making friends with mixed media artists all over the world! Let’s play! :)

Big warm hugs,

Ingrid xxx & Riikka xxx




Sunday, 13 September 2015

MMW#7: Anything Goes with Autumn Colours

Hello and Happy Sunday!

We're back with a new challenge! I'd like to thank all who joined our last challenge 'Gorgeous Textures' and would like to say that the entries made me super-happy! Your makes were absolutely amazing and it just shows how much talent is out there! You took time and made an effort to create something amazing and we appreciate that you decided to share your creations with us here at Mixed Media World. We love seeing your art so keep it coming! We're bringing more inspiration for you today so hope we spark the curiousity and hunger to create more after seeing our inspirational DT makes...


First things first though! We have a winner of our last challenge and the super-awesome artist behind the fabulousity is...




CONGRATULATION!!! Please email me (Ingrid) to ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail .co.uk to claim your prize and confirm if you would be interested in guest designing for us next month!

It was soooo hard to choose (it always is, really.. I'd pick you all if I could!), but we have decided in our FAB 3 and these are....






What a fantastic selection of art! I can't stop admiring it all! Thank you all for sharing it with us here. Please feel free to download the relevant badges from our side bar! You should display them with pride because you really are true mixed media artists!

There were so many gorgeous artworks I will be pinning on our PINTEREST like mad!!!

I promised to show you what our fabulous DT created for Laine's challenge 'ANYTHING GOES with AUTUMN COLOURS' and here's what you've been waiting for....
















Did I say I was proud to have these talented chicks in my team? I know, a number of times! But I'll say it a hundred times over, because these makes are just wonderful and I can't wait to see your interpretations of the theme.

Laine made it soooo beautifully simple for you! You can make anything as long as you use mixed media and use autumnal colours. So you don't need to worry if you don't have any leaf stamps or stencils or similar, it doesn't have to be related to the season, but you should use the colours of autumn and have a great fun layering and using various crafty goodies! I can't wait to see your make!

Feel free to use the kinky (I mean the Linky!! Darn you, predictive text!!) below to join the fun! You could win a £15 voucher to the Glitzcraft online store!! What a fab prize! They have gorgeous stencils, glitter pastes and other fantastic goodies so do your best for your chance to win!

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Before I say goodbye I will let you onto a little secret... Come and visit our blog on 27th September 2015 and join the party!!! *wink *wink... I can't say too much so keep your peepers on the blogger reader for the exciting post! If you are not a follower yet then hit the 'Join with Google' button so you don't miss a thing!!

Bugs hugs to all, have a fabulous time being creative!

Ingrid & DT xxx






Sunday, 6 September 2015

Star Designer: SUZI BLU


Hello there! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Today, I would like to introduce (not sure she needs it, really... ) and welcome a wonderful mixed media artist Suzi Blu! I am super-excited that she has agreed to join us here for the day and let us into her arty world by answering a few questions and reminding us how  beautifully talented she is... 


I absolutely adore Suzi's art! Full stop. I am a girly girl and love drawing & painting faces myself. I also love grunge and texture and Suzi delivers it all!! There is more to Suzi than her gorgeous and inspiring art though. Her energy and free-spirited personality is rather infectious and I find the realness of her very refreshing. I only know Suzi from her YouTube channel and her book 'Mixed Media Girls' (which is brilliant, if you want to learn how to paint whimsical faces...). I would like to invite you to explore Suzi's arty world and find your inspiration, encouragement or whatever else you might be looking for in life. 



You can find Suzi on FacebookPinterestTwitterInstagram and her blog . You could also become one of Suzi's Patrons by visiting Suzi's profile on patreon.com via which you can gain access to the Suzi Blu Gypsy Boho A Go-Go Show! 





Suzi kindly agreed to answer a few of our questions for us so that you can get to know her a bit more! Check this out...

Where does your inspiration come from? 

I started painting to feel. I remember being 27 years old and sitting on the carpet in my one bedroom apartment, painting and crying. I felt everything when I painted: the anguish of being dumped over the phone so my boyfriend could marry someone else, the poignant and bottomless hole I felt in my gut when I visited my parents, my bleak job at the strip club. For some reason when I put brush to canvas, everything inside of me came flooding out. When I create, I heal. 

Do you pre-plan your pieces, or are they often the result of just 'going with the flow’? 
I used to never plan before I started a new painting, but sometimes now I do. I find that if I choose my palette colors beforehand and have an idea about composition, the end result is more pleasing, but it is still a loose idea. Much of the content of my work is created spontaneously. Too much planning beforehand makes me feel like I am following instructions, even if they are my own. I LOVE the way it feels when I don’t know where I am going and put one mark down, step back, and then decide on the next. 

What is your favorite medium to work with? 
Being a mixed media artist that is truly hard to say. My go-to medium for faces, which is the most important element in my work, is colored pencils. I can create detail and expression with them that I cannot achieve with a brush. But pencils alone do not give the feel of mixed media that I want. Liquid color, whether it be watercolor, ink, or acrylics, has to be included. 

Do you have a tool which you couldn't live without? 
Cosmetic sponges. I use them for sopping up too much liquid, dabbing color onto a stencil, and blending colors on a canvas. Cheap and effective. 

What's your craft space like? 
It is always changing because I am not settled in my own home yet. I have lived with friends the last few years so my studio has consisted of what I can carry around and easily clean up. I find that putting supplies on wheeled carts is the best. I long for a real studio with large windows, however, with enough space so things can be left out. 

What is your favorite creation to date? 
My first Gypsy Warrior painting - I call the style ‘Abstract Bohemian.” I think it incorporates everything that is new about mixed media. A girl is still the subject matter, but the layers are tighter. It also has a touch of the doodling everyone is doing, but in a refined style. My new work is also distressed without looking grungy. I think this has to do with a lot of the healing that has taken place in my life these last three years. The girls I paint still live a complicated life, but they are more optimistic. 

Do you have a favorite colour combo? 
I love anything in the violet family. Bluish purples next to magenta. Cool tones with a patch of warmth.



What a treat! I don't know about you, but I feel very inspired and ready to get creating!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Suzi for all her precious time and simply for being a very precious and inspiring beautiful self and sharing it all with us! I hope you have a wonderful arty journey! We shall look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous art! Big hugs! x

Dear sweet reader, don't forget our 'Gorgeous Textures' challenge is still running and there is still time to link up your fabulousity! Have fun creating and crafting and we will be back with a winner announcement and a new challenge next Sunday! Whooohooo! ;)

Take care!

Ingrid xxx



Sunday, 30 August 2015

Guest Designer: Corinne de France aka March

Hello!

I can't believe it is already the end of August! Time flies when you're having fun, right?! :) We have a lovely guest here today and I'm sure you will that it finishes off the month rather nicely!

Our winner Corinne de France aka March is here with us today sharing her gorgeous mixed media art and a little bit about her.



"I love all styles but I discovered mixed media and now I incorporate it into all my layouts and art journal pages. I often work with images or postcards brought back from my travels with my husband. I also love street art. I live with my family in Lyon which is a city in east-central France, situated between Paris and Marseilles by the Mediterranean. My blog is in French, but as art is universal, you can find it here: MARCH"

Corinne creates the most wonderful mixed media art and we all here at Mixed Media World are big fans! I hope you will find a moment to visit Corinne's blog as there are many treasures waiting to be discovered! Corinne is sharing one of her makes with us here today...



"self portrait : implusive
I took a picture that comes from a magazine and I have used many mediums (gel medium gloss - white gesso - clear crackle - modeling paste) with stencil , acrylic paint and spray paint (color shine TINSEL)"

I simply had to make this image 'large' when writing this post, because the texture on this beauty is AMAZING! Absolutely gorgeous composition and colour combination. Big thumbs up, Corinne! Thank you for sharing it here with us! I hope you keep joining our challenges!

Talking about challenges, have you joined our current challenge 'Gorgeous Textures'? I hope you will find some time to play with your crafty goodies and link up your masterpieces to the challenge! ;)

Have a great day!

Ingrid & MMW DT xxx

Sunday, 23 August 2015

Star Designer: DINA WAKLEY

Hello and welcome back to Mixed Media World! 

It's beautiful and sunny here in London and we have a wonderful news to share with you here today on this glorious day! As our blog post title suggests, the one and only mixed media artist DINA WAKLEY is here with us today as our Star Designer and is sharing a little bit about herself! I hope you are as excited as we are! 


Many of us know Dina Wakley as a mixed media artist and a teacher and for her awesomely messy art journal pages full of sketchy faces and gorgeous colours. Some of you might know that Dina is also a Ranger Signature Designer and has her own line of products. Have you seen the gorgeous paints and her brushes? Awesome stuff! She also released two fantastic books full of information on how to create your very own beautifully freestyle art. Look for the titles 'Art Journal Freedom' and 'Art Journal Courage'. If you prefer working of a computer then you can download her DVDs and other fab downloads from the North Light Shop or learn from her online workshops. And if this is not enough you can meet Dina Wakley in person when attending one of her classes!! Dina teaches in the UK too! Yay! You can interact with Dina via her social sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or follow her Blog! Enough from me though, let's have a look at some of Dina's creations and find out even more about this wonderful lady... 



I'd like to invite you to have a read of our exclusive interview with Dina and learn a bit more about her style, preferences and about her creative processes:

What inspires you most to create? / Where does your inspiration come from?
Everything! But especially art in all its forms. I think the best inspiration is to go to a museum and look at REAL art up close. Get away from Pinterest and get into a museum. Very inspiring.

Do you pre plan your pieces, or are they often the result of just 'going with the flow'?
I never, ever, ever plan anything. Never.

What is your favourite medium to work with?
Acrylic paint and Stabilo All pencil.

Do you have a tool which you couldn't live without?
Tim Holtz scissors. The one ones with the short blades. My son was using them once and said, "wow, these scissors are glorious!", so now we call them the glorious scissors.

What's your craft space like?
A mess! Utilitarian. Paint everywhere. Disorganized.

Do you have a favourite colour combo?
Magenta, Turquoise, Lime Green, Navy.

What is your favourite creation to date?
Besides my three children, my favorite creation is usually whatever I just made last. And...whatever I am going to make tomorrow!



A HUGE thank you to Dina for answering our questions and therefore allowing us to get to know her a bit more! THANK YOU, Dina, for sharing your art with us and for being a wonderful inspiration to us all! 

Thank you, dear reader, friend, for stopping by today! We appreciate you joining us and for every comment you might leave. I hope you too enjoy the interaction! If you also like to interact via social media feel free to join us there too... 

Have you seen our NEW Facebook page

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Twitter - https://twitter.com/MMWchallenge

Get in touch! Have a fabulous Sunday wherever you are! We'll be back soon with more inspiration and exciting news so stay tuned! In the meantime feel free to join my (Ingrid's) current challenge 'Gorgeous Textures'. You can find the link on the side bar. 

All the best, stay creative, 

Ingrid xxx

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Star Designer: SANDRA DURAN WILSON

Dear Friends, Followers, all beautiful crafty souls out there!

Welcome back to Mixed Media World! Today is a very special day for me. If you've been following this blog you know that we run a series that we call 'Star Designers'. The clue is in the name. It is all about inviting and introducing well-known mixed media artists from all around the world not only to talk about their wonderful achievements, to tell you about new products or publications they released, but mainly for them to come to us to connect with you and vice versa! And today really is special and if you are reading this I suggest that you make a cuppa and enjoy!

Today I have a great pleasure of introducing the one and only abstract collage artist...

Sandra Duran Wilson
info@sandraduranwilson.com


"The senses become mixed and intertwined in the mind of the artist. Sounds appear in colors, numbers sing songs and frequencies dance in her head. Synesthesia is a crossing of the senses. The paintings and works on paper are a beautiful blending of sounds, science, and nature.

Sandra Duran Wilson comes from a family of artists and scientists. She grew up in a world where everything was possible, where she would look through the microscope in her father’s office and then draw what she saw. Sandra’s early years were spent on the border of Mexico where the people, animals, landscape, drama of the religious rituals, and stories of the curanderas shaped her reality. Years later she would return frequently to Mexico and South America to absorb the culture, traditions, and art. Her spirituality combined with her scientific studies has directed her work from realism to abstract mixed media.

Her work is influenced by abstract scientific concepts in physics, biology and chemistry. The pure fun of exploring what paint can do and her natural curiosity keeps the work fresh and lively. Her work is represented in the US and Australia and is found in many corporate, civic, and educational collections and in private collections worldwide.

She experiments, paints, writes and teaches at her studio in Santa Fe, NM, and also teaches around the US, Europe and Australia. She is the author of five art technique books and several instructional DVDs."



I have been a big fan for quite some time! Sandra and I seem to have one thing in common and that is our love for exploring and using various materials to create interesting textures! I, however, am still learning whereas Sandra has been a professional artist for about 20 years now, released five fantastic books to this date and have enriched many lives by her gorgeous art! If you want to learn about the techniques Sandra uses in her art and have a go at your very own abstract collage you can learn so much just by attending one of Sandra's workshops.
The way she uses textures, colours and adds interest to her artworks is out of this world. If you cannot travel don't worry! There are wonderful books (Alternative Art Surfaces, Mixed Media Revolution, Surface Treatment Workshop, Image Transfer Workshop and her most recent book Acrylic Painting for Encaustic Effects) that you can purchase, learn from and explore in a comfort of your own home! You can purchase all via Amazon and even pre-order her latest book! Christmas or not, I'm buying one!! :)


I must salute Sandra for releasing this book. You ask why... she shares 45 wax free techniques to achieve encaustic effects! She's saving the bees!!! A big virtual hi-five, Sandra! I explained that I bought a small and rather expensive 100g pot of organic bees wax not so long ago, but couldn't stop feeling guilty using it despite the fact I made an inchie to test it ;/ Bees are exploited enough for all their by-products by food, cosmetic and other industries. The art and craft world is huge and we should be a little more considerate with the way we approach encaustic art. Ok, the eco-warrior in me is starting to surface so back to the point. Sandra has done a brilliant job releasing a book on using alternatives and I would like to support and congratulate her on the idea and would like to spread the news. You will find a link to her book on the side bar. Please note, this is not an affiliate link, i.e. I will not get paid when you click on it, I put it there to support the overall idea.

A couple of sample pics you'll find in the book...



Gorgeous! Enough from me though, Sandra has written a wonderful article for you, Ladies and Gentlemen, provided us with an exclusive interview by answering a few of our questions and is sharing a few examples of her gorgeous art. I bet you can't wait and are as excited as I am so here's our little interview....

What inspires you most to create? / Where does your inspiration come from?
Concepts, like ideas in science. I love to experiment and see what materials can be pushed to do. I have a background in science and my studio is like a laboratory, complete with test tubes and a microscope.

Do you pre plan your pieces, or are they often the result of just 'going with the flow'?
Yes and no. If you were to peek inside my sketch books you would see a lot of writing. I am usually working on ideas that I would like to express, like astrophysics on the edge of space. My sketches are very rudimentary and I will often add color concepts. I pull ideas from magazines on architecture and design to inspire me. I may see an interesting color combination in fashion and I jot the idea down in my sketch book. But, when I begin to create the painting often has other plans. I have learned to listen to the painting and follow it where it leads.
Sometimes I just begin with materials and products and push and play until I have something cool to work with.

What is your favourite medium to work with?
Acrylic and all of the wonderful mediums, gels and pastes that go along with acrylics.

Do you have a tool which you couldn't live without?
My hands! I do paint with my hands a lot. I also like to use silicone color shaper tools. I also will grab unusual materials to create texture like cardboard cup holders, wood skewers and deli papers.

What's your craft space like?
I have worked in tiny closet spaces, on my bed, in garages, on the dining room table, the extra room, but now I have a fantastic space where I create and teach. I designed my studio and when we bought this home it was because it had space for the future studio. It has never mattered what the space was like to create-I just needed to create. I am sure you all feel this way too.

Here is a video of my studio


Do you have a favourite colour combo?

I love complimentary colors like blue/turquoise-red/orange or purple, orange and green.
I have a crossing of the senses, synesthesia. When I hear music I see colors and numbers have sounds. Sometimes I paint to specific music or lectures. I did a painting based on Richard Feynmans physics lecture on gravity and space. It is now in the home of a college dean.

What is your favourite creation to date?
Hard to say. I have many favorites but now I am challenging myself with sculptures. I have a few favorites, but they all have new homes. I do keep a few paintings, but I give them to my husband so I am not tempted to sell them.


Sandra also wrote a fab article that we'd like to share with you today: 

"I have always sensed things in non-traditional ways. I would “hear” numbers, feel others sensations, see wavelengths and textures always captivated me. I grew up on the border of Texas where my family was all doctors, nurses and healers. The Catholic Church played a big role with the drama of the rituals and the small but colorful churches. I remember someone speaking of eternity and I asked what it was. They said endless space and time. I was probably about 4 or 5 years old, so I had not even developed abstract reasoning. I imagined going out into space beyond the solar system and then there was a brick wall, but what was beyond that? My mind would create all kinds of worlds beyond the walls, but I never got to comprehending eternity. In my work, circles represent this non-linear time.
I sometimes would stand on my head and look at the world upside down. I would imagine walking on the ceiling and having to jump to go through a doorway. Throughout my life, when confronted with a thought dilemma, I would turn my thinking upside down to come up with new answers or lines of thinking.
I grew up with scientists and artists both and was always encouraged to use all of my talents. I learned color mixing sitting next to my great-aunt Santa Duran, who taught me to paint at the age of 5. She showed me how to mix colors, but I always heard and felt them. It was a very intuitive process. Later when I studied science and optics, I would know all about color perceptions and wavelengths, but I would still sense color. I could feel it. 
When I was studying science at UNM, I had many statistics classes and experimental science classes. When I would be working with numbers, I would hear songs; and these songs would produce certain colors in my mind. When I would be working in the garden, poems would flow into my mind and I would say them aloud to the plants. This poems led to stories and paintings too. For me, math and numbers were frequencies which were songs that led to colors and the movement and the poems would aid in creating the compositions. 
When I am working in my studio I only listen to music or lectures when I want to be influenced by them. The gallery recently sold a painting and the collector wanted to know what I was listening to when I created it. I laughed because I was listening to a lecture by Richard Feynman on the uncertainty of knowing. Some pieces are created in silence and I am hoping to create songs from the paintings. I have been working with a simple online synthesizer but I am looking to collaborate on some future projects.
I see the world as a matrix, sometimes it is moving slowly and I can get a glimpse between the pixels; and sometimes it is moving so fast it is like a blur that takes on a whole new sensation of sound, taste, feel and color. I think I have always experienced altered sensations. As a child I felt I could hear the animals talking to me and the sounds of the breeze, the running water and even the rain had stories to tell me. Math and science are like a poetic language that weaves its way into my work.
Experimenting and mixing things up has intrigued me all of my life and I have always done these things in one way or another. As a jeweler or a bartender, I would stir things up to make new patinas or a new margarita. This is my passion as an artist. My training as an experimental scientist plays out in my experiments. I have written 5 books on art techniques. My favorite book was on alternative surfaces because I really got to explore and experiment with many materials and surfaces not commonly used in art. My first question of the day is always, What if?
The sculptures I am now creating using cast acrylic, resin and steel are a compilation of all the techniques and knowledge I have acquired over the last 30 years of making art. I am using many painting techniques along with developing and creating textures. I am employing my knowledge of printmaking, which is what my fine art degree is in and I am I am continually challenging myself to experiment and explore. The technical challenges keep me intrigued and I have never run out of ideas for making sound and beauty visible."





I hope you have enjoyed getting to know Sandra a little more. The samples of her work we're sharing here are exquisite and I personally would love to get a closer look! 



The dimension on the last piece is amazing! I think you'll agree with me when I say that Sandra Duran Wilson certainly is a star in the world of art. Each and of her artworks is a true reflection of her talent and her curious soul. I would like to invite you to explore her website as well as her blog and join her via social media. You will certainly find the inspiration that you crave. 

Feel free to say hi and share your thoughts in the comments below, we're look forward to hearing from you! 

Seeing all of these wonderful textured wonders created by Sandra I hope you're feeling inspired and ready to create your very own art for our current challenge 'Gorgeous textures'! I can't wait to see what you'll make. Have a quick read of our simple rules and join, join! ;)

A BIG THANK YOU to Sandra for her time and for coming to share her own mixed media world with us! Thank you, Sandra! You rock! xx

Thank you, dear reader, for spending some time with us today! See you soon! 

Big hugs, 

Ingrid xxx 



Sunday, 9 August 2015

MMW'#6: Gorgeous Textures

Hello!!! 

It's the second Sunday of a month which means we are back with a new challenge! This time it is my turn to pick a theme. I (Ingrid) am a little bit texture mad and get very excited just by looking at crackles, patterns in Gesso, textures created using various textiles and other fun materials... pastes, embossing powders, paints and more.... the possibilities are endless! Whatever you decide to use make sure you have fun and create some seriously yummy textures! Excited? I certainly am! :) 

The MMW Design Team had some real fun and each lady added their own twist on the theme. I can't wait to show you what we all created. Before I do though I have a great pleasure of announcing the winner of the fabulous stencils from our new sponsor That's Crafty! 

*cue *drum *roll.....



We also had a real tough time picking our Fab 3, but we got there in the end! In no particular order, here they are...







How wonderful are all of these entries! Gorgeous, gorgeous! CONGRATULATIONS to all of you. Please download the relevant badges for your blogs, display them with pride, you deserve them!! Please could the winner email me to confirm if up for Guest Designing for us next month and to claim the wonderful prize ... ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail. co. uk 

Our new challenge is sponsored by a wonderful Etsy shop called The Old Vintage Shop where you can find gorgeous images for your arts and crafts. 

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You can win 3 images of you choice from this very shop and be our Guest Designer the following month. Sounds good? To inspire you even more our oh-so talented team had some serious fun during their mixtravaganza and want to share these with you... 













Laine (...who is better and back in the game! Yay!) 




Yulianna decorated inner pages too so hop over to her blog to check them out! They're fantastic!


Mo, I hope you get better soon so you can also join us soon! We're all sending the biggest healing hugs!!! 

Now, this is what I call beautifully textured creations! Each is so unique and fabulous! I hope you're feeling inspired and come to join our challenge! I can't wait to see what you'll make! 

Before I go, I'd like to ask you to stop by next Sunday. We have a very special Star Designer joining us for a day bringing some super-awesome mixed media goodness! This is going to knock your socks off!!!! So stay tuned, have fun creating and see you next week! 

Big hugs, 

Ingrid xxx


the MMW DT xxx