MMW#10: Inspirational Image + new DT + surprise!!

Hello there! 

Hope you're all well? This year is nearly over and I don't know about you, but it has been so full on so I can't wait to have a couple of weeks off and enjoy the festive season to the full. I will be spending time over Christmas to spruce up this website a bit. If you come back in 2016 and it looks no different it is most likely because I enjoyed the festivities way too much... heheeee!! 

I have a lot to talk about today so make a cuppa or whatever you fancy and make yourself comfy. Today is the start of our new challenge this time chosen by our lovely Debs. There is Christmas all around and we thought we'd do something totally different, because we like to invite ALL crafty friends around the world to our challenges, even the ones that don't celebrate Christmas. We made it quite simple for you too... a beautiful natural palette of colours and an image. 

These are the colours for my December Inspiration. Curtesy of Design Seeds.

You can create anything you like, follow any theme (even Christmas), as long as it is a mixed media project, you need to follow the colour scheme and copy our inspirational image into your blog post so that everyone can see what colour scheme you were supposed to follow. Sounds like fun? 

The sponsor of our next challenge is The Old Design Shop... 

... you have a chance to win 3 gorgeous images from Julie's Etsy shop! These are no ordinary images! These are full of character vintage images that you can use for any art, including image transfers, layouts, cards, tags... whatever you an think of! 

HERE comes to SURPRISE>>>

Because it is Christmas and I'm feeling all festive I will personally pick my three favourites from all entries once the challenge is over at the beginning of January. Each of these three lucky winners will get £10 voucher to my chosen online craft shop!! This is sponsored by me (Ingrid). You can use your voucher in those fabulous January sales!!! Yay! The only thing I ask for in return is that you help me spread the word about our blog so that more people can come and have some fun. You can grab our badge and pop it on the side bar of your blog for a month or however long and/or you could share our post via your social media... thank you very much! xxx

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I have another excited news for you today!!! That's right, you're going to be so spoilt by the time you get to the end of this post! 

I would like to introduce and welcome our lovely new extremely talented Design Team member, Lena! 

This lady was actually one of our winners and I was so impressed with her style and her knack for mixed media art that I simply had to ask her to join us so that you could be inspired by her art even more. I hope you can visit her gorgeous blog and say hi! Before I show you what our talented DT prepared for this challenge let's take a look at Lena's work... 

...and some inner pages...

Isn't this journal awesome! As promised, here are the wonderful inspirational pieces from the Design Team... 

Amanda

Debs

Donna

Georgie

Ingrid

Laine

Yulianna
(image to follow)

How fabulous is this selection of mixed media art?! This is getting better and better each month! 

There is one more thing we need to do today and that is to announce the winner and our FAB 3!! Without any further ado, the winner of our Anything Goes challenge is....

#40: Enter Into the Magic

... and our FAB 3 are....

#18: Ruth

#68: Evelyn

#95: Elli

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Please could the winner email me to ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail . co .uk to claim her prize and to confirm if happy to guest design for us next month! Thank you!

We had so many amazing entries and it was not easy to pick at all. You have smashed it and totally deserve the recognition. Sod the tea, let's pop a champagne and give it up for all of the above and the 25 following artists... 

#70: Beatriz
#67: Magic Attic Maria
#49: Maria Slavkovska
#25: Suzz's Stamping Post
#86: Deb Riddell
#6: Corinne (Coco)
#13: MARCH
#14: RoRa
#17: Kim Costello
#21: IrinaR
#36: Lydia
#37: sarascloset
#38: Irmgard
#51: Julie Lavette 
#54: Strangely Creative
#55: Maria F
#61: Elli
#62: Paradise Lost
#82: Beatriz
#85: Becca Cruger
#90: ink-a-pink
#101: Doreen's Dream
#107: Vintage Handmade
#110: Emma Farley

That's right, you have all done such an amazing job I simply had to list our few favourites! :) 

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Our DT Call is nearly over. I will not be making any decision until after 15th December so please feel free to email for your chance to become one of the Design Team members. Thank you to all that contacted me so far. If I sad it was going to be the hardest thing to select only one or two it would be an understatement. 

Have a wonderful time being creative and enjoy the holiday season wherever you are! Big hugs to you all! 

Ingrid xxx

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Guest Designer: Beatriz Sanchez

Hello!

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you are enjoying your weekend? It's nearly the end of November and I can't quite believe how fast this year has gone! Well, I can't say it wasn't fun! ;) It is out intention to keep it that way and we have a very special post for you today! We are joined by a very talented lady who also is one of our lucky winners! 

May I introduce, the lovely Beatriz Sanchez... 

My name is Beatriz Sánchez (B-art) in the world of scrap. I'm from Spain and I live in Pamplona (Navarra). I live with my son and my three kittens adopted. I met the world of scrap a year ago and since then I have not stopped experimenting, do and try all kinds of things. I discovered it my world !!, as in, binds everything that I like. Photography, crafts, mixtures, ultimately, experience and explore !!. With every job, every day I try to overcome myself and try to learn new things and put my feelings in each. It is a passion. I hope you like my work and mainly to inspire them. I am currently a designer in two blogs of which I am very proud and can see my work on my blog: www.beartehome.blogspot.com.es

Thank you very much again for this great invitation for me a great honor.

A very affectionate hug everyone !!

Beatriz (B-Art)

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Beatriz has a great talent for combining gorgeous textures with vibrant colours. Her creations are full of amazing elements and there is always so much to admire. Her attention to detail is brilliant which is probably one of the reasons we absolutely loved her gorgeous layout. Today, Beatriz is thinking of Christmas! I'm confident that her beautiful decorated Christmas gift bag will inspire to start crafting for Christmas...

 

Oh, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely getting my glitter and pastes out! I hope you're also feeling inspired to get crafting for the wonderful season of Christmas. Do visit Beatriz's blog for more mixed media goodness! 

Beatriz, thank you very much for sharing your amazing talent with us here today! Your make is absolutely stunning and we hope to see more of your creations. 

Our 'Anything Goes' challenge is still running for all who fancy showing us those fab mixed media masterpieces. Can't wait to see them all! 

Don't forget about our DT call! get in touch! :) 

All the best! 

Ingrid xxx

***MMW DT Call***

Better twice than never! Ha! Please see the previous post! :)

***MMW DT Call***

Hi!

Calling all mixed media artists and enthusiasts!! 

It's time to attack 2016 with some new talent! We'd like to invite one or two talented people to contribute to our challenges on monthly basis from January 2016. I will ask for one challenge project a month and one or two tutorial per the whole year. Not bad, right?! 

We are all friends here and we all enjoy what we do. We like to inspire others with our art and bring fun to the craft world through our creativity and our challenges. 

I'm not going to ask you to stay for a whole year (unless you want to!), but I'd like you to have fun with us and stay for as long as possible. This is not a chore!! We create for our monthly challenge because it's fun! We comment on your gorgeous makes, because we like to let you know that we love what you do and appreciate that you took time to create something for our challenge. So yes, if you think you fit to all of the above, are a brilliant and a unique mixed media artist who really wants to show it to the world and can commit to a little bit of time for crafting and commenting then please contact me on ...

ingridscraftscorner @ hotmail. co. uk

Please notice the spaces in the email address... You will need to get rid of the spaces in order to send the email. I do this so that I don't get spammed. :) alternatively, you can contact me via our Contact form on the side bar or via my own blog www.ingridscraftscorner.blogspot.co.uk

Don't forget to add 'MMW DT Call' in he subject line!! 

What I would like you to email me: 

- 3 or more samples of your work that will  tell me exactly what mixed media art you love the most, what you're good at, what your preferences are 

- links to your blog/s and your social sites 

- a little bit about yourself as a person, a crafter, any achievements, dreams, etc... 

We will announce the new DT member/s in a special post and they will also be featured via our social sites. 

This call will run until 15th December 2015!!!! That should give you plenty of time to give me a shout! 

I look forward to hearing from you!! 

Hugs, 

Ingrid xxx

ATC Swap Party RESULTS!!!

Hello! 

Riikka and I (Ingrid) would like to thank all of the lovely ladies who took part in our very first ATC Swap Party! We hope you had fun swapping your little cards with friends all around the world! We certainly enjoyed seeing it action. 

There were 11 entries and every single one of those cards were exquisite! There were 9 participants throughout the swap and all 9 of your will receive one ATC from Riikka and one ATC from me! The ladies who deserve the full recognition are: 

Ansku from Finland

Laeti-A

Maria Slavkovska from Slovakia

Riina from Finland

Janka from Slovakia

Cathryn (Strangely Creative)

Corinne de France (March)

Siiri from Finland

Irina Rakovets from Russia

Thank you all for playing along with our swap. You brought some fun element and a great source of inspiration to the Mixed Media World blog and I hope you can join us again in the future! 

Please email me with your names and addresses to ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail. co.uk and I will pass them onto Riikka so she can send you one of these beauties... 

...and one from me... 

Want to do it again? Let me know in the comment below ;)

All the best,

Ingrid xxx

MMW#9: ANYTHING GOES

Hi there! 

Ready for some more mixed media fun? I hope you can join us again this time! We have a super easy theme for our next challenge and it's chosen by Amanda. You can make anything your creative heart desires as Anything Goes this time!! Yay!

Our sponsor for this challenge is... That's Crafty! And you could win a £20 voucher to their online store!

I have the pleasure of announcing our winner... Her creation is out of this world and she very much deserves the prize... 

#10: Sarascloset

Yes, it is creeeeeepy! BUT, there's so much effort that went into this make, so many fun mixed media techniques used and the Halloween decor is just amazing! I'm definitely calling you before Halloween, Sara! :) Your garden really looks spookylicious! :) 

There were so many amazing entries it was nearly impossible to pick our favourites! We got the job done though and voted for the following FAB 3, in numerical order...

#6 Teresa

#9 Butterflied n Buttons

#13: Linda Simpson

Huge congratulations to you all! Please could the winner contact me (Ingrid) via ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail. co.uk to claim the prize and to confirm if happy to join us as a guess designer next month. 

Don't forget to download relevant badges from the side panel and proudly show them off! 

Now onto the new challenge... There will be some changes to our team. Mo is unable to continue with her DT spot due to being ill. We're all very sad and are thinking of her. We're keeping our inky fingers crossed that one day she will be able to join us and remind us how very talented she is. Sending big hugs! X

We will welcome Lena as our new DT member from next month and I can't wait to see her in action! This lady is extremely talented and I'm very happy that she agreed to join us here at MMW! 

There will be some changes to our blog  from 2016 too! I couldn't possibly spill the beans just yet, but I can promise heaps of mixed media art and inspiration that will get your creative juices flowing. We have a couple more challenges and some fabulous Star Designers coming up still this year so plenty to look forward to! Feel free to let me know what you would love to see or read about in 2016. You can leave a comment with any suggestions. I'm all ears! This blog is here for you so don't be shy and say hi! If you are not a follower yet then please hit the 'follow' button so you don't miss anything. 

Our lovely team were busy in their craft rooms and created wonderful projects. Check them out... 

Amanda

Debs

Donna

Georgie

Ingrid

Laine

Yulianna

1st project that we didn't get to show you last month....

& 2nd project for this challenge... 2 from Yulianna! What a fab bonus, right? :) 

I hope you are feeling inspired to join the fun! We can't wait to see your gorgeous makes! 

I'll be back soon with some winners of 8 ATCs from Riikka and I. We had some awesome entries during our Swap Party! 

Bye for now and stay creative!

Hugs, 

Ingrid xxx 

& 

The DT xxx

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Star Designer: ASTRID MACLEAN

Hey there! 

I have invited a very special artist to share her work with us today! She has been a wonderful inspiration to me since I started blogging and today I'd like to say a BIG thank you to my dear bloggy friend Astrid Maclean for agreeing to being here with us today. A big thank you for bringing joy to others through her gorgeous art and her sweet blog posts. 

Astrid shares her work via her lovely blog Astrid's Artistic Efforts. When I visited her blog for the first time it was like discovering a big pot of gold! There is so much creative goodness it will leave you speechless and hungry for more! I would urge you to visit and follow Astrid's blog. You won't regret. 

I fell in love with Astrid's style immediately, because she creates the most amazing textures and her colour combinations are out of this world. Have you seen her recent work for the Shimmerz Design team? Oh my, they have made such a good choice when they asked Astrid to design for them. Keep up the good work, Astrid! We love you and your talent! x

We have a lovely interview here for you so enjoy: 

What inspires you most to create? / Where does your inspiration come from?

My inspiration comes from many different places, nature, other artists, things I see on Pinterest to name but a few.

Do you pre plan your pieces, or are they often the result of just 'going with the flow'?

I hardly ever pre-plan my pieces, I may have a vague idea in my head, or just stumble upon a substrate I think I would like to use, and then I just explore to see what happens. Usually things turn out totally differently from what I might have had in my head anyway.

What is your favourite medium to work with?

I don’t think I have just one favourite medium, but I can pretty much guarantee that Distress products, gesso and textures pastes are always to hand on my craft desk.

Do you have a tool which you couldn't live without?

I could not live without my ink blending tools, I specially love the new small size round ones from Ranger.

What's your craft space like?

My craft space is a corner in a spare room, which we call our study. I share it with my hubby of 42 years, and I have to say, he is pretty tolerant of my mess and ever-expanding drawers full of stash and overflowing piles on the floor. Definitely not a space to show off; I always dream of a dedicated tidy craft room with lots of space….

Do you have a favourite colour combo?

I don’t think I have a favourite combo, but most of my creations have brown on them somewhere. Depending on the time of year and/or my mood, it will be combined with blues, greens or warmer tones.

What is your favourite creation to date?

I find this one impossible to answer, I have absolutely no idea, I like some of my creations or parts of them, and others are failures. For me art is all about the creative process, once it’s done I usually lose interest…..

Astrid kindly made something special for us... 

How amazing is this piece? Fancy finding out a little more on how this was created? Hop over to Astrid's blog HERE and read more about the creative process! We absolutely love it, Astrid! THANK YOU very much for sharing this beauty with us and for all your support. Lots of love! x

Thank you, dear friend, for stopping by today! 

Hugs, 

Ingrid xxx