Wheels Challenge

It's quite a while since I posted to this blog but I thought I would embed the challenge wheels I have created for others to use if they would like to.
I got this idea from Sam on her YT channel, Kiss My Creative. This is the link to her video about them and to her newly launched website.
I have created these similar wheels, mostly to use with my sister. We live in different towns but have been sharing and creating mixed media art together whenever we can.
I have made five wheels to select media for you to use in creating you art. I seem to be only able to embed one - all turn into the same one when I insert more, so I will include the others as links.

1.Substrate



2. Main Media

3. Colours-choose 3

4. 3 More Media

5. FinishWith

Feel free to complete things in any order and add any extra ideas.
I hope you enjoy these ideas. Let me know if you use them. Please use #sistersartnz to share your creations on social media platforms.

This is what we spun for our first challenge and our completed art, mine and then my sister's.

Challenge #1	27 April 2019	Spun by: R&I
Substrate	Craft Paper
#1 Media	Photo
Colours x3 + b&w	Green	Brown	Metallic
+3 More	Flora/fauna	Numbers	Modelling Paste
Finish With	Journalling

Fearless - OMMM Jan 2018

This is inspired by the mood board by DeeDee Catron & Jenn Engle at Our Mixed Media Moods.

Love their work and being inspired. I find looking at others' work keeps me working in different styles - maybe means I haven't found my own yet - just having fun creating.

The Mood Board:

CB The Song Challenge - December

Feeling quite proud that I have completed this challenge but can hardly believe that the 12 months have passed already.
These Summer couplets seem to come easier to me - think the good weather makes us all feel better. Our holiday time has really begun, and although I still have some work do do and things to plan for the next year, there is a promisingly warm Summer break ahead.

Thanks to The Craft Barn for this challenge - it has been fun.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.

My Summer page features die cut pohutakawa, which flowers around Christmas time and so is often referred to as the New Zealand Christmas tree. I used the snowflake die cut, but coloured it yellow and gold to reference the sun. Meri Kirihemete - Merry Christmas in Te Reo Maori.

CB The Months Challenge - November

Who can believe it's nearly the end of the year - just one more page before my journal is full.

These Summer months, for me, seem to feel easier. Maybe it's the warmer weather arriving and holiday time approaching!
This is for The Craft Barn Challenge - The Months.

Check out my process video - hope you enjoy.

CB Song Challenge - Autumn Leaves

This page  is for The Craft Barn Song Challenge. It seemed to start well but then turned into a great big mess. I've included this in my video. In then end I think it turned out fine.
I really liked the Nat King Cole version of the song, so check that out too.

CB The Months Challenge - October + Sept & Aug

It's a while since I posted here, with the last two entries for this challenge being quickly posted to Instagram at the last minute. I do have the videos for the last three months so I will include those and images below in this post. I got out of the swing of posting and publishing videos after having the flu and taking weeks to recover. Thanks goodness that is gone now!

This first one is The Craft Barn October challenge for The Months.

I have been creating two pages throughout the year, one for the Northern Hemisphere, as in the poem, and then writing my own couplet for the Southern Hemisphere. When I search for a pheasant, one of our native New Zealand birds, the weka, came up so I included that in my second page.

CB Monthly Challenge - July

I have been away for a few days celebrating my mother's birthday and spending time with my sisters. It was fun creating with with one of my sisters who has just started to work with different media. As I only had a small supply of art supplies with me, it was challenging to find ways to use what I had.
I completed a few ICAD's using what I had and then I moved on to the July challenge for The Months by The Craft Barn. I was a little annoyed when I realised I had let my 'Month' journal behind, especially as I had started preparing the backgrounds. So I started again, knowing I would have to stick in my page and complete my Southern Hemisphere page later - then I checked the CB blog and found I was a week ahead of myself!! So I have waited to post, having completed the Winter page at home.

My mum had some great napkins with text on them, that I used as the background and then layer with white acrylic and Gelatos. The flowers where painted with watercolours and then detail added with black pen. I had also prepared the text at home - and left it there - but as I managed to acquire an old typewriter while I was away, I typed out the couplet from the poem.

So I still stuck in the page I completed while I was away, but now have both pages done to share with you.

For the Winter page, I used a similar technique as I used in the song challenge a couple of months ago for I Can't Stand the Rain. The window is sort of just sitting there, but I didn't want to lose my frost effect created with a white embossed stamp.