Sunday, June 30, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenges #22 "Getting Messy" - Week 2



Happy Sunday!!! We hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here at Anything But a Card, the rest of our Design Team is here to inspire with more projects for. We're "Getting Messy" and ANYTHING GOES - we're so excited to see what the rest of our DT has created for your inspiration!

Anything But a Card Challenge 22 is "GETTING MESSY": Anything Goes here - use modeling paste, paint, ink, sprays, Papier-mâché, alcohol inks, etc. Get it all out and just dive in and have FUN! Throw some paint, decoupage, make drips and splotches - or all of the above. The theme is open so the possibilities are endless... just remember create anything except a card... and have some FUN!!!

Let's see what the other part of our DT has created...

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog.






Be sure to link your projects up right HERE! You still have another week to create and link up! Thanks for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for the Featured Artists from Challenge #21 -  "MASCULINE - or Remembering Dear Ol' Dad".

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenges #22... GET MESSY!!!


Good Morning Everyone! It's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges... so get ready to play and have some fun! Thanks to everyone who shared their "Masculine or Remembering Dear Ol' Dad" creations - we enjoyed them all - so many special gifts and touching tributes to the men in our lives.

The new Challenge... Anything But a Card Challenge 22 is "GETTING MESSY": Anything Goes here - use modeling paste, paint, ink, sprays, Papier-mâché, alcohol inks, etc. Get it all out and just dive in and have FUN! Throw some paint, decoupage, make drips and splotches - or all of the above. The theme is open so the possibilities are endless... just remember create anything except a card... this is going to be FUN!!!

Let's see what part of our DT has created - and see how they get messy!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog.


Sheri




Susan


Julia got very messy with paints and
crackle medium to make this wall hanging.
Julia



Julie was looking for any excuse
to use her heat gun for this challenge.
Julie



For this canvas Mandi used watercolor pencils, paint, 
marker modeling pate, spray inks, die cuts and a gem.



Loads of inky, painty and messy goodness
on these opposing pages of Diana's art journal.




We hope our designers have INSPIRED you and have you running to your studio to create with abandon!!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday for more Design Team creations!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Featured Artists for Anything But a Card Challenges Number 20...
Dusting off Those OLD Supplies!



Good Afternoon Everyone!!! Today we announce our Featured Artists for Challenge 20 - "Dust Off Your Old Supplies." It seems this challenge was overwhelmingly popular... thanks to everyone who took this challenge Ω– all 62 players!!! We were so enamored with all the submissions, three just wasn't enough. So without further ado... can we have a DRUMROLL please....

Here are our Featured Artists for Challenge 20.
Congratulations!!!

Be sure to snag our Featured Artist Badge for your blog.
Thanks to each of you who participated in this challenge - you inspire us just as much as we inspire you! Be sure to join in our current "Masculine or Dear Ol' Dad" challenge #21 HERE and you can see all our Featured Artists on the Pinterest Board.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenges - WEEK 2 for Challenge No. 21


Happy Sunday and HAPPY FATHER's DAY, too!!! We hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here at Anything But a Card, the rest of our Design Team is here to inspire with more projects for Challenge 21 is "MASCULINE - or Remembering Dear Ol' Dad". It's ANYTHING GOES, too - and we're so excited to see what the rest of our DT has created for your inspiration!

Challenge 21 is "MASCULINE - or Remembering Dear Ol' Dad". Father's Day is upon us, so we thought we would inspire you to change gears and make things on the manly side. Make something for DAD or in honor of Dad; use masculine colors; things grungy; manly stuff with cars, tools, or sports; boys will be boys - you could go on and on.... have fun with this challenge...  just remember please create anything except a card!

Let's see what the other part of our DT has created...
 
Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog.







This is the second project for this challenge by Lisette,
and has several "Manly" and "DAD" projects on her blog...




Be sure to link your projects up right HERE!  You still have another week to create and link up! Thanks for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for the Featured Artists from Challenge #20 - the "Dusting off Your Old Supplies"!

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenges - No. 21 Masculine or Dear Ol' Dad


Good Morning Everyone! It's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card! We hope everyone had fun "dusting off some old supplies" for challenge number 20 and sharing your creations with us!

It's time for a new Challenge... Challenge 21 is "MASCULINE - or Remembering Dear Ol' Dad". With Father's Day just around the corner, we thought we would change gears a little and take a chance on making a things a little manly. Make something for DAD or in honor of Dad; use masculine colors; things grungy; manly stuff with cars, tools, or sports; boys will be boys - you could go on and on.... have fun with this challenge...  just remember please create anything except a card!

Let's see what part of our DT has created - and hang with the guys for a while.

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog.


Sheri



Diana


Julia made this masculine tag that doubles as a money/gift card holder.
Julia



Julie created this special layout for her Dad for Father's Day. She left blank
journaling spots that he could fill in with his memories of the photos.
Julie



Mandi created an altered notebook - a Father's Day gift for her Dad.





We hope our designers have INSPIRED you and send you off to your studio to create!!! We can't wait to see your masculine creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday for more Design Team creations. Hope you have a creative day!  :) Sb

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Featured Artists for Anything But a Card Challenges #19 - Color Challenge



Good Afternoon Everyone!!! Today we announce our Featured Artists for Challenge 19 - "COLOR CHALLENGE." 


Thanks to everyone who took this color challenge, which was a little bit tricky - but you proved that you can tackle any challenge we throw out! So without further ado... can we have a DRUMROLL please....

Here are our Featured Artists for Challenge 19.
Congratulations!!!

Be sure to snag our Featured Artist Badge for your blog.
Thanks to each of you who participated in this challenge - you inspire us just as much as we inspire you! Be sure to join in our current "Dust off Your Old Supplies" challenge #20 HERE and you can see all our Featured Artists on the Pinterest Board.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Anything But a Card Challenges - Week No. 2 for Challenge #20


Happy Sunday! We hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here at Anything But a Card, the rest of our Design Team is here to inspire with more projects for Challenge 20 to "Dust Off Your OLD Supplies". It's ANYTHING GOES, too - and we're so excited to see what the rest of our DT has created for your inspiration!

For this "Dust Off Your OLD Supplies" challenge consider this a sort of spring cleaning theme. Go dust off some old supplies - and make something... ANYTHING GOES! Use up those paper scraps, break out tools that haven't seen the light of day, finish up one of those U.F.O's {unfinished objects}... or how about those hoarded stickers - we all have a stash. The theme is open so the possibilities are endless.... just remember create anything except a card... this is going to be FUN!!!

Let's see what part of our DT has created - and find out what they've dusted off!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog.







Mark shares this fabulous Mini Book


Be sure to link your projects up right HERE!  You still have another week to create and link up! Thanks for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for the Featured Artists from Challenge 19 - the "Colour Challenge"!