Sunday, December 21, 2014

The Stars all Shine Brightly at #Cre8time... Week 3 of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 - CELESTIAL

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to week number 3 of Challenge No. 42 here at Anything But a Card Challenges! If you missed the amazing creations by our team of designers when "CELESTIAL" – CLICK HERE to view week one Designers, CLICK HERE to view week 2 Designers.


The current Challenge... is one that that can be expressed in just one word... "CELESTIAL". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 use the prompt "CELESTIAL" to inspire your muse. There are so many definitions of this prompt... we encourage you and your muse to create with your vision of "celestial".

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2014/12/shooting-for-stars-with-week-one-of.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight December 27th giving you one more week to play along and ENJOY the creative process! Next week we will share a new MINI Challenge to give 2014 a proper creative sendoff.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

As my husband often navigates our boat by celestial means (the stars and the night sky) I have decided to interpret the theme by decorating a raffia star for Christmas using my favourite colours this year - blue and white. Unusually for me it includes glitter!!
 Please visit my BLOG for more details.



The altered background paper I used for this festival mask, reminded me of  space, hence the stars and moon featuring on it. Pop on over to my BLOG to see some more details on what I used and how this was created.

I love this saying and I love to make wall hangings, so this one is a gift to myself! Please see visit my BLOG for more details!




I found this Luminary in the "Dollar" section at Target which called out to me to be altered. Visit my BLOG for more details on my Starry Night Light.



While the stars on my ATC are the direct tie to the 'celestial' theme, there is the gentle reminder of the three words that gives me a heavenly sense of peace. Please visit my BLOG for more details.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! 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 one last Mini Challenge to end the year in creative style!


Sunday, December 14, 2014

Wishing Upon the Stars for Week 2 of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 "CELESTIAL"

Good Morning Everyone! Last Sunday we launched a BRAND NEW Challenge No. 42 here at Anything But a Card Challenges! CLICK HERE if you missed the fabulous creations by our week one team of designers!


The current Challenge... is one that that can be expressed in just one word... "CELESTIAL". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 use the prompt "CELESTIAL" to inspire your muse. There are so many definitions of this prompt... we encourage you and your muse to create with your vision of "celestial".

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2014/12/shooting-for-stars-with-week-one-of.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight December 27th giving you 2 weeks to  play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations next Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!


My take on Celestial...the blue night skies and the silver stars! Taking these colors as inspiration, I have altered an old canvas painting of mine. I have made a collage of this lovely lady on a book box with bees wax. For more on what this lady is up to, please visit my BLOG





I used a photo mount and foamboard to make a box frame. Painted background and clear stamped onto acetate and brushed white pan pastel over the top. Visit my BLOG to see more details.


When I think celestial, I think angels. Using the freezer cracked method I created these angel wings to adorn my mixed media Christmas wall hanging. Drop by my blog HERE for more pictures and a Snapguide tutorial on how I achieved this look. Merry Christmas!


I love the Christmas story where the Three Wisemen followed the star to the stable in Bethlehem, thus I have created a candle holder to tell the story of the wisemen. I hope you will stop by Her Craftiness to see how this was created.



Scarves are all the fashion rage right now, and what better way to celebrate a Celestial theme by wearing a few of my favorite angel stamps?  This is an easy to recreate project, although it can be time consuming if you choose a large scarf like I did! Visit my BLOG for a short tutorial and you too can be wearing a wonderful creation of your own choice! 



"Wishing On A Star"
This is a Mixed Media piece using one of my Creative Lovely sketches. If you would like to see the tutorial for this artwork please go visit my BLOG. I really enjoyed making this artwork for the challenge, and I hope this inspires you to take the challenge.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! 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 to see more of our Design Team creations!


Featured Artists for Challenge No. 40 "Autumn Magic / Spring Wonder"

Good Morning!!! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our "Autumn Magic / Spring Wonder" Challenge #40... a creative celebration of the changing seasons! If you missed out on seeing all of the amazing submissions... please CLICK HERE to view week number one; HERE for week 2 and HERE for week 3 of our Design Team inspiration. All of the submissions are AMAZING so you don't want to miss out on all the amazing creations!


Presenting the Featured Artists
for Challenge No. 40
"Autumn Magic / Spring Wonder" 

Congratulations! 
Feel free to snag our badge for your blog!

We hope you join us later today for week two of "CELESTIAL" Challenge No. 42. Have a fabulous Sunday! :)

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Shooting for the Stars with Week One of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 - CELESTIAL

Good Morning Everyone! It's a brand new month and time for a brand new ABAC Challenge to excite your creative muse. Last Sunday we had our last fifth Sunday "Five" Challenge of 2014 - CLICK HERE to see our fabulous designers inspiration and those who played along.

Now we get down to business... it's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges... let's get ready to play and have some fun! Thanks to all who joined us in our "Anything Goes" Challenge #41. If you missed out on seeing the amazing creations... please CLICK HERE to view week One, CLICK HERE for week 2, and CLICK HERE for week 3.


The new Challenge... is one that that can be expressed in just one word... "CELESTIAL". For Anything But a Card Challenges No. 42 use the prompt "CELESTIAL" to inspire your muse. There are so many definitions of this prompt... we encourage you and your muse to create with your vision of "celestial".

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Please share any current project you have created and JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. To be eligible for TOP 3 selection -- Please do us the favor to mention and LINK BACK to this challenge using this permalink provided so that your readers may find us and play along { http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2014/12/shooting-for-stars-with-week-one-of.html }. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight December 27th giving you 3 weeks to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!


I'm not sure that this little celestial being is quite as angelic as she looks! Find out how quick and easy she was to create over on my BLOG.

Here is another page from a few weeks ago in my Documented life. The prompt for that week was stars. Using what I had around me as with much in storage awaiting our final move. Please visit my BLOG for more details!

What happens when you take bamboo flooring, roofing iron, circuit boards and stars? Well.... I made a Celestial decoration for our verandah! You can find more details on my BLOG. My best wishes to everyone. What a wonderfully creative year we have had at Anything But A Card Challenges. 


When I look up onto the stars and the planets, I always think about something magical, something shining, something that breaks the darkness, something fragile. So for the Celestial challenge as the holidays are closing on us I created an altered light catcher bottle where the light is actually provided by a single candle. Jump over to my BLOG and check out how can you decorate one for yourself as well.


This new challenge prompt is "Celestial". Just what I needed to finally put paint to plaster and complete one of the many crafty items I have had in stock for far too long! One of them happened to be a precast plaster wall hanging of an Angel with stars, perfect for the challenge - and the holiday season. The precast plaster item, various paints and varnish, snow texture medium, an old wreath and red velvet ribbon all came together to create this holiday wreath. Check out my BLOG post to see more details.

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to take some time to be creative!! 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 to see more of our Design Team creations!