Guest Designer: Virág Réti

Hello!

How's your weekend going? I hope you're not thinking about work just yet... now I said the word you probably do.... but there is plenty more fun to be had. In fact, a few of us have been having fun within our new Facebook Group. Come and join the fun!

Today, we have a very talented lady joining us as a Guest Designer. She wowed us with her beautiful work when she won one of our challenges and she is here today to share some more inspiration for our current challenge 'Glam Grunge'.

I'd like to introduce...

Virág Réti

My name is Virág Réti and I live in Budapest, Hungary. Virág means flower in Hungarian. I work as a marketing manager on weekdays, but my passion is scrapbooking. This is not just a craft activity for me, it is my real holiday and time for relaxation. My scraproom is a calm island in this busy world. I started scrapbooking 5 years ago, but last year when I met with mixed media scrapbooking techniques in an American YouTube video I felt that I found my line, the technique what I was looking for. My style is a little vintage and grunge, sometimes romantic and shabby, but I cannot define exactly. I am able to reform day by day. My favourite products are chipboards, flakes, beautiful papers, paints, mists, nowdays flowers, tags. I am able to prepare layouts in different styles, it depends on my mood, the embellishments and the papers I use. I am a coffee lover. I love singing loudly, but my voice is horrible. And I know, I am a bit crazy, because normal is boring for me. :)

The photo that I used was taken in Cinque Terre, Italy during my wedding time and honeymoon. We were walking through the Via Dell' Amore, the Path of the Lovers and our photographer took a lot of pics there. This is one of them. 

I wanted to keep this memory in my scrapbook album. I really love grunge style so I built up the composition on a messy background which was made with tag leftovers, different kind of stencils, stamps and mists. For decoration I used paper scraps, gauze, handmade flowers, stickers, mica flakes and coloured grit.

Wow! Absolutely stunning! And a perfect example of how to mix up grunge with pretty and create Glam Grunge. Lovely! 

Thank you for joining us here today, Virag! Or shall I say... köszönöm,Virág! You are one heck of an artist. I hope you join us again soon! 

Hope you all have a wonderful week! We'll be back soon with some more mixed media goodness! Until then... stay creative! 

Hugs 

Ingrid xxx

New MMW Group on Facebook

Hi there, beautiful crafty souls! 

We have the most exciting news! 

We have a brand new Facebook Group ***Mixed Media World*** and would like to invite you to join! This is for you! This is your playground where you can share your ideas, art, what you've been working on, your wins or even failings during your artistic explorations... Come and share your creativity with us and make more likeminded friends! 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/734688090007724/

Looking forward to seeing you there! 

Hugs 

Ingrid xxx

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!