MMW#14: Glam Grunge

Hi everyone! 

We are back, we are back! :) We are back with a revamped blog and so before I go any further - grab the new badge for your blog! It's on the top right of the blog so add it to your blog with a link so you can find us and recognise us easily in the future. Also, click HERE to find out more about our fab team! Thank you for joining us again today! 

We have winners, we have our runners up and also plenty of inspiration to share with you today so take it easy and lap it up! :) 

As usually we had so many gorgeous entries last month and oh my! It was sooo hard to pick. But the team voted for their favourites and the winner is.... 

#2: Enter into the magic with her 'Galaxy Canvas'

...and our Fab 3...

#15: Felix the Crafty Cat

#30: Sarascloset

#26: Rora

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have done such a great job... loved seeing how creative you crafty souls get. Please feel free to grab the relevant NEW badges from the side bar and proudly display them on your blog. I hope you can play along with our new challenges in the future! Why not start today?! 

Please could the winner email me - ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail . co . uk in order to confirm if interested in Guest Designing and to claim their prize. It was Glitzcraft voucher worth £15 that you just won so give me a shout ;) 

Before I go onto the next challenge I have a little bit of a sad news for you. We are saying goodbye to Debs, Donna and Amanda due to work or study commitments. I'd like to say.. you will be greatly missed, because you are both wonderful and very talented and always provided heaps of inspiration to us all! Lots of love to you both! 

Ladies and gentlemen, please feel free to leave a message for them both below. x

As promised, a new challenge is on and it was Maria's turn to chose her theme! We call it 'Glam Grunge'. 

I discovered through my play and absolutely love. You may ask... what is it? 

Glam Grunge = grungy, textured and worn in combination with glitzy, shiny and pretty. The idea is to create a contrast of grungy and beautiful. To find the balance can be tricky, but once you get going you will love it! It's like finding something beautiful in a dark corner. Add some sparkle to your grungy looking background, add brighter colours to your textures, the possibilities are endless and we can't wait to see your interpretation of the theme. 

To inspire you, our team prepared a few stunning samples for you... 

Georgie

Ingrid

Janka

Laine

Lena

Maria

Yulianna

Fantastic work from all! Thank you, Ladies! 

I hope you're feeling inspired even more when I tell you that you could win yourself a £20 voucher from our sponsor.. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend wherever you are and stay creative! 

Lots of love, 

Ingrid xxx 

An InLinkz Link-up

Video Tutorial by Georgie C

Hello there, crafty souls!

How are you all doing? Can you believe it... another week as passed!

Our uber-talented Georgie prepared a video tutorial for you and what a treat it is! Oh my, you must, must watch it. It is such an amazing mixtravaganza, you won't believe it! Check it out...

I'm sure you will agree with me when I say I am sooo ready to get creating after watching this video! I really enjoyed learning more about Georgie's creative process and there is so much to admire! Here are some detailed shots for you. Enjoy! 

Guest Designer: Nikki Acton

Hi there!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend?

I have an exciting post for you today! We have our old teamie Nikki Acton with us here today. She is also one of our special winners and I'm so glad she has agreed to join us for a moment. Nikki has created a fab card for our current challenge 'Get in Gear' and what a beauty it is!

Hi everyone - I am Nikki from Addicted to Art. Many thanks to Ingrid and the Mixed Media World team for welcoming me as a Guest Designer today.

I live in Hampshire in the UK with my cat Frankie. I am currently between jobs having had a long career in sales and marketing and more recently with my local Hospice. I am giving myself a couple of months off having had a difficult few years with family illnesses. That is my excuse anyway!

I have been crafting and blogging for just over two years now. My style is eclectic, from simple cards to grungy mixed media projects. I am a big Tim Holtz fan but also love bright, bold abstract art and lots of styles in between.

When I saw the current challenge theme I was initially stumped! Normally this would be right up my street but I seem to be having a bright phase more than my more natural grungy style which seemed the obvious interpretation for this theme. But I decided to combine the two

MMW#13: Get In Gear

Hi folks!!   Georgie here with you today, our lovely Ingrid is taking a well earned holiday and break, but will be back with us again soon!

Thank you for stopping by today! We just love mixed media here and love to challenge ourselves and give you some inspiration too! Speaking of challenges, our new one starts today, but before I go any further with that we have a winner and some Fab 3 to announce:    

Winner: 

Virag

 

Fab 3:

Kerstin

Virag 

Niki

 

We had so many lovely entries again! You are such a talented bunch! 

I always enjoy seeing your very own interpretation of our themes. We always try to pick themes when every single one of you can find a way to join in.   Please feel free to add a relevant badge to your blog. Please could the winner email Ingrid - ingridscraftscorner (@) hotmail. co .uk - to claim the prize and to confirm if you would like to Guest Design for us.

Please ensure you rewrite the email address in a correct form without the brackets and spaces. Sometimes people email me via my contact form (which is fine too) saying the email doesn't work. The problem is we live a in world where everybody is on a diffident agenda and not all people out there have your best interest at heart. Plainly said, I don't want to get spammed. :)

*** New Challenge *** 

Our next challenge is 'Get In Gear' and is chosen by Georgie. So think about all that stash you have that has cogs and gears in/on them and bring it out to play! Can be stamps, papers, embellishments, die-cuts, anything... You don't have to go vintage or rusty (all though you certainly can if you wish), but brights, lights are also very welcome. Just be sure your project includes cogs/gears somewhere in the piece. So let your imagination drive you!

And we have some inspiration from the very talented team to help get you underway: Maria

 

 

 

Debs 

Donna

Lena

 

 

 

Yulianna

Rust storage

 

 

 

Georgie

 

 

Laine

Ingrid
On break

Amanda

On break

Hope you're all having a very lovely, creative weekend and hope you can join us for this month's challenge. Prize details will be announced slightly later - so stay tuned!! ;)

Hugs Georgie xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Tutorial by Maria: How to alter clipboards for your projects

Hello!!

Were have a wonderful treat for you lovely mixed media enthusiasts today, by Maria -  do check out the video!!

Here is a tutorial on chipboard decoration with glitter. Enjoy!

Guest Designer: Jane Royston

Hello and Happy Easter! 

I hope you're having heaps of fun this Easter. The weather is awful where I live so the Easter Bunny left all of the chocolate in the house this time! :) We were also creative today.. we painted some eggs, made bunny ears and did some Easter themed colouring. I think the most enjoyable part for the two and four year old was the Easter hunt and of course eating heaps of chocolate! :) 

I have a special post for you today! Our December challenge winner is here with us today and oh my! She has absolutely ROCKED our current 'Vintage' challenge! I'd like to introduce... 

Jane Royston

Hi my name is Jane Royston and I live on the Isle of Wight in the UK. I am married with 3 children (aged 4, 10 and 14) and am qualified as a primary teacher but left about 5 years ago to stay at home with my youngest child. I have always loved crafting but got really into my card making, in particular stamping about 8 years ago. Then about a year ago I discovered mixed media and altered art!!! I love getting inky and painty and creating texture and layers so this type of craft is great for me.

*****

Jane is amazingly talented. Her winning make was absolutely wonderful and what I'm about to show you is breathtakingly beautiful! Jane's attention to detail is brilliant. The colour scheme, the textures and the overall idea... you get it all within this gorgeous make. Feast your eyes upon it... 

This project is made using an IndigoBlu paper mâché mannequin that I had already bought and decorated a few years ago. I decided that I didn't like my original design and so repurposed it in a vintage style. There is a mixture of materials and the fabric has been made solid for working on by using Finnabair's new sculpture medium. I have added pearls, lace and roses to keep with the vintage feel and wanted it to look old so used sepia type colours. The flowers are a mixture of paper and crochet lace that have been coloured with spray inks and gilding wax (apart from the largest rose which has been put together using a stamp and die set) and the extra details are pearls, glitter and micro beads, with a few touched of curled wire. You can read more about it with some photos of the process on my blog Isle of Crafty Creations. 

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Thank you, Jane, for sharing your talent here with us! 

Thank you, Crafty Friends, for stopping by today! Please feel free to leave Jane a comment and visit her blog for more inspiration! And you still have some time to enter our challenge so do join the fun and link up HERE! 

Hugs, 

Ingrid xxx 

Video tutorial for 'Vintage' challenge by Maria

Hi there!

I hope you re enjoying your Sunday. How about a special Sunday treat? In my last post where we announced the start of our new challenge 'Vintage' I promised a special surprise from Maria and today I'd like to share it with you.

You will find out how she achieved the gorgeous look of her inspirational project for our challenge. How exciting is that?! So without any further ado, I'm handing over to Maria...

Hi! 

I have made an altered book which also serves me as a photo frame. I used a mix of old and new materials. The book itself is (was) a 19th Century music sheets´ collection. I decorated it with old lace and knitted napkins from the flea markets and brand new but somewhat aged lace, die cuts, scrapbooking paper, chipboards and flowers.

Here is the full video tutorial on how I made the book. Enjoy!

How awesome is that? I personally enjoyed watching Maria's creative process. I really hope you enjoyed today's post and I will be back with our Guest Designer's post next Sunday! 

Enjoy your week and don't forget to leave a comment below to let Maria know your thoughts! I'm sure she would love to hear from you all! 

Big hugs, 

Ingrid and Maria xxx