Seeing your pages is a true delight. I follow the #showusyourMEdia challenge on Instagram, so your submissions flow through my feed. They are fantastic. I hope you are finding joy in this challenge.
A Year of Gratitude Challenge 7
To read more about the power of gratitude, visit my original blog post here.
How To Participate
- Check my blog and Ranger's blog each month for the prompt.
- Create a piece of art inspired by the prompt.
- Post your art anytime during the month on Facebook and/or Instagram, using the hashtag #showusyourMEdia
- Full challenge rules are at the bottom of this post.
The Seventh Prompt
I am grateful for adventures, both big and small! I always say I have "itchy feet"...I love to try new things, go new places, eat new foods, read new books, etc. Sometimes things as simple as trying a new restaurant can be a fun adventure. When is the last time you did something you have never done before? You don't have to travel the world to have an adventurous spirit.
- 6x6 White Journal
- White gesso
- Acrylic paint in Marine, Turquoise, Cheddar, Black
- Gloss Spray in Magenta
- Paint brushes
- Mini blending tool
- Collage Collective
- Ultra Thick Gel Medium
- Black Fudeball pen
- Collage Tissue, Blank
- Stamp Set: Funny Peeps
- Stencil: Alpha Mask & Stencil
- Jet Black Archival
- Burlap from the Media Journal
- #5 white tag
- White cardstock
Quick description of what I did:
Stamp the image from Funny Peeps with Jet Black archival ink onto white cardstock and cut out. Stamp the tiny image from the set on plain Collage Tissue, cut around. Cut some burlap from the Media Journal to use for layering. Cut "stay curious" from the Collage Collective. Paint cheddar and turquoise on the pages. Open the Magenta gloss spray and drag the stem of the sprayer in a line on the background to add the pink lines. Add stenciling with the Alpha stencil with Marine paint. Use any leftover paint on the white tag. Layer the stamped images, tag, and burlap as desired. Add journaling with the Fudeball pen. Speckle with black paint.
Challenge Rules Recap
I want to put the “me” back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.
- We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the first Wednesday of each month.
- Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.
- You can make anything you like—a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!
- Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.
- Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.
- When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and personal social media account(s) (Instagram/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink. When you share on your personal FB page, be sure to make the post public so that it shows up in our hashtag search. You can share in the art groups, too, but those posts don't show up in the searches if the groups are closed or private.
- We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the first Tuesday of each month to complete the previous month’s challenge.
- We will announce the previous month’s winner AND the new challenge on the first Wednesday of each month.
Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group. If you're not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.
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