{Mixed Media Tutorial} Melissa Makes a Cool Autumn Inspired Calendar – Mixed Media Tutorial for October 23, 2017

Posted on October 23, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m here to share another mixed media calendar with you today. The tutorial is up! Please stop in over at the STAMPlorations blog to get all of the details. I hope you enjoy seeing the process I used to create it.

Here’s the mini calendar page that I made.

I used the following STAMPlorations products for this tutorial:

{Forest of Leaves, Some Birds, For the Birds(stamps), For the Birds(dies), Trendy Leaves 2(dies), Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies}

I look forward to reading your comments over at the STAMP blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Grace & Peace,

P.S. Here’s a coupon code for you. There’s no expiration, as long as I’m a STAMPlorations Girl, this code will be valid. You may use it in addition to the 5% off sale on Typografia in Faith stamps which will be running until October 31rst.

https://stamplorations.auctivacommerce.com/s38054/Category.aspx?CategoryId=376161&sid=38054

STAMPlorations/ARTplorations/CUTplorations Products:

Mixed Media Challenge – October 2017 Mini Calendar

Posted on October 1, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m very happy to be here with as a member of the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Design team with a project for our October Mixed Media Challenge.

Remember to add the above challenge graphic to your post in order to be eligible for the prizes each month.

The winner will receive a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate or 2 ARTplorations stencils. And the top picks receive an ARTplorations stencil of their choice.

Here’s a mini calendar page that I made for October.

I used the ARTplorations stencils Forest of Leaves

and Some Birds stencils.

I also used STAMPlorations For the Birds stamps and coordinating CUTplorations dies along with Trendy Leaves 2 dies.

I framed the calendar with a Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Die.

I had a lot of fun creating this calendar page and I hope that you have been inspired to create your own mixed media projects! I’d be very glad to have you join us for the mixed media challenge this month. I’m so excited to be here with you and I can’t wait to see what you make!

I’d like to invite you to please come back on October 23rd.

I will have a Mixed Media tutorial up on how I made this calendar to share with you.

Please remember that this is not a card challenge…it’s anything BUT a card. 🙂

To be sure that you’re eligible for the prizes each month, please create a mixed media project, add a link to the challenge and also remember to show the Mixed Media challenge graphic. Please check out what the rest of the design team has made here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Grace & Peace,

P.S. Here’s a coupon for you. There’s no expiration, as long as I’m a STAMPlorations Girl, this code will be valid.

ARTplorations/STAMPlorations/CUTplorations Products:

Places I’m Sharing:

Country View Challenges October 2017 – Mixed Media with Autumnal Hues.

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AAA Cards Game #88 – Stencil

Posted on April 16, 2017 by melissadawnlane

I’m happy to be here today with a post for AAA Cards Game #88 – Stencil.

Our sponsor for this game:

We’ll pick a top winner and some runners-up.

It could be you!

I also have a discount code for you!

Shery, of STAMPlorations, has generously given me a code to share with you.

Use COUPON code

STAMPGIRLMELISSA

and receive 20% OFF at STAMPlorations!

Here are my two cards,

made with ARTplorations Some Birds.

The sentiment on the first card is from Trendy Butterflies.

I used Bold Sentiments: Explore for the sentiment on this second card.

I hope that you are inspired to play along. Make sure you stop by AAA Cards and visit all of the design team members’ blogs.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa

Places I’m Playing:

Card #1 – sketch turned sideways

Card #1

P.S. Here’s the coupon code again. There’s no expiration, as long as I’m a STAMPlorations Girl, this code will be valid.

Products:

How To Play

AAA Cards is a bi-weekly challenge blog for Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards. Unless otherwise stated in the blog post for a particular challenge only players who submit cards will be eligible to be a winner.

We’d like you to……………………………………….

Play…. Play around with your interpretation of the theme each challenge
Enjoy… trying new things and experimenting
Be Inspired … by the DT’s examples of CAS cards
Create… something that makes you happy!

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Mixed Media Challenge + Stencil Sunday – April 2017 Mini Calendar

Posted on April 2, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m very happy to be here with as a member of the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Design team with a project for Stencil Sunday and the April Mixed Media Challenge.

Remember to add the following challenge graphic to your post in order to be eligible for the prizes each month.

The winner will receive a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate or 2 ARTplorations stencils. And the top picks receive an ARTplorations stencil of their choice.

Here’s a mini calendar page that I made using the ARTplorations stencils Leaf Prints and Some Birds and Dots All Over.

I also have a discount code for you!

Shery, of STAMPlorations, has generously given me a code to share with you.

Use COUPON code

Please remember that this is not a card challenge…it’s anything BUT a card. 🙂

Do you use Instagram?

I’d love to have you follow me there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Grace & Peace,

Places I’m Playing:

P.S. Here’s the coupon code again. There’s no expiration, as long as I’m a STAMPlorations Girl, this code will be valid.

ARTplorations Products:

CUTplorations:

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For your convenience here our challenge rules:

Your project(s) can be anything mixed media except a card (so no cards, please!).
You must use a stencil or stencils (any brand) in your project(s).
You can enter as many projects as you wish as long as they are in separate blog posts.
You must display our STAMPlorations/ARTplorations mixed media challenge graphic in your post and link back to the challenge post (not just the main blog) in order to be eligible to win (and receive the corresponding prize).
Link up by April 30, 11:55 p.m. Pacific time (GMT-7).

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{Mixed Media Tutorial} Melissa Makes Brusho Tags – Tutorial for November 11, 2016

Posted on November 11, 2016 by melissadawnlane

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Hi! I here to share that I have a new Mixed Media Tutorial up over at the STAMPlorations Blog today. In keeping with the back-to-school time of year, I’ve made a small, and reversible, chalkboard. Please go on over and visit the STAMPlorations blog to see all of the details. blog I hope you enjoy seeing the process I used to make them.