Left of Centre DT Project #136

Hi again - no you're not seeing double, I have actually written two blogs on one day! It just so happens that the newest challenge blogs DT I have joined happened to have their first, or latest challenges on the same day this time round.

 

I'm just as excited about this challenge blog as the last. Left of Centre Creative Challenges is a challenge blog that showcases the weird and wonderful world of gothic, fantasy, punk, grunge, dark and quirky. We also welcome the traditional here, but we do ask that your work is mixed media- on whatever medium you prefer whether canvas, art journal, card, bottle or anything else really! The challenges run every week from Saturday morning and we have a fantastic range of sponsors who we showcase each week, and who are generous in offering prizes of digi images to winners of our challenges. We also do winners badges for those chosen by the DT each week to proudly put on your blog/instagram/website.

This is my first DT project for the team and this week's sponsor is Moonflower Digistamps.

The week's theme is Monochrome and so with this in mind I decided to rummage through my colours and decided on blue as my main colour.

I chose Minako the Oriental Maiden as my digi image, she's gorgeous!!

I adore this image, and have always loved oriental imagery. It was a very popular this week and I'm not the only DT member to choose it, so I had to think about what colour to use so as to not duplicate what had already been done.

I printed on white card and set about colouring her in with my Promarkers. I used four different blues: Blue Pearl, Sky Blue, Duck egg Blue and Indigo Blue. For her skin I used Vanilla and Pink Blossom and for her hair I used Henna. I added a touch of green for the leaves on her kimono.

I used a mix of paper from my stash for the background on my Daler Rowney Mixed Media A4 paper. I tore the papers up and stuck them down, then once coloured, I fussy cut the digi image out and affixed her to the page. I added a sentiment I found in my stash, coloured parts of it with blue ink to keep to the monochrome theme. I added some sequins from my stash to her head dress and in the centre of her fan to add some bling, and some tiny blue flower gems to the centre of the flowers. I coloured a silver metal fan charm from my stash with Indigo Blue Promarker and affixed it to the quote. It didn't feel quite finished so I got my white gel pen and added dots of white to the quote and flowers, and doodles circles and arrow heads onto the blue background papers to add some interest.

I hope you enjoy my project and that you'll come along and join us for this week's challenge at 8pm GMT today. The theme is Monochrome. Go to Left of Centre (LOC) Creative Challenges. We also have a page on Facebook.

I shall be entering this project into the following challenges:

Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog - #03 Anything Goes

  The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - #25 2nd Anniversary
A Bit More Time to Craft - #22 Anything Goes 
SLS Lines Digital Stamp Challenge - Anything But A Card

Michelle xx

Left of Centre Creative Challenges DT Member

I have some exciting news!! I am officially a member of the Left of Centre Creative Challenges Design Team!

I want to thank Maureen for inviting me to join the team, and thank the other DT members for the warm welcome I have received.

I will be debuting with the team on the 25th June so watch this space!!

Left of Centre Creative Challenges invite the darker side of mixed media and card making. Using digi images from our fantastic sponsors every week, the Design Team create inspirations projects to showcase the stamps of the sponsor of that week. They are typically dark, fantasy, gothic, punk, grungy, but we do the occasional cute too!! There's no rule to say you can't have cute, but we do like it to be quirky too. Whether you like the darker side of mixed media or like to be traditional - all are welcome at Left of Centre.

I am really looking forward to creating and showcasing my first project with the team. Do come on over and be in with a chance to win digis from our Sponsor of the week, and/or win a badge or two by being our Design Team's chosen winners.

Michelle xx

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes (opt. Purple)

Here we are in what is meant to be warmth and sunshine - however it appears that we have either gone backwards to early spring or flown forwards to late Autumn, the temperatures have dropped and Mr Sunshine seems to be in hiding. Perhaps it was because we had a Bank Holiday on Monday or because the kids were off school, but let's hope the warmth and sunshine return very soon.

On to this month's More Mixed Media Challenge DT project. This month's optional colour for the Anything Goes challenge is purple and it's a colour I adore using. This time I thought I'd go down the recycling route and after watching a couple of interesting You Tube videos with talented ladies doing art journelling on brown paper bags, I thought I'd give it a go.

I decided on one of my favourite stamp designers - Ching-Chou Kuik and love this image. It's called Dreamy Lily.

Thick White Gesso, Texture Paste

Gelatos in Deep Pink and Purple

Hero Arts stamps for background stamping,
Stazon Ink Black Soot, Ranger Distress Ink Old Paper, Marvy Matchables Deep Pink

Lozzy's digital papers from Fun and Funky Numbers digi packs (one fussy cut for green flowers)

Tim Holtz and Crafters Workshop stencils

Cosmic Shimmer Coloured Pearlised PVA and Metallic Gilding Wax

Ranger Distress Crayons, Spectrum Noir Glitter pens

Coloured thread,, Washi tape

Glittered sticker 'Best Friends'

Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils, Water brush.

I hope you enjoy my latest make. It was great fun to do and I shall most definitely be using recycled materials again in my mixed media projects.

As well as this being for More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes , I'd also like to include this project in the following challenges:

Creative Artiste Challenge  Blog - Anything Goes
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
We Love 2 Create - Anything Goes
Craft Stamper - Take it Make it
2 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes + DT call
Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations - Anything Goes 
Left of Centre Creative Challenges -  #133 Distressing 
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog - #03 Anything Goes