November Guest Designer ~ Marina Simon

Hello MMA fans,

Today we have our September challenge winner Marina Simon as guest designer and she has created a gorgeous project with step by step instructions to inspire you all for the current challenge. To participate in the challenge  hop over to challenge announcement post and read all rules before participating. 

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Now over to Marina 

 Hello!  My name is Marina Simon and I am very honored to participate as a guest designer in Mixed Media Academy challenge. I want to share with you my project inspired by this month's mood board whose theme is "mind over matter" and the importance of mental health, peace and spiritual growth for integral well-being. 

 As a basis for my work, I used a palette and brushes, with this I wanted to represent art as a space where sometimes I can find my moments of peace.

 Next I will tell you the step by step of my work:

   I started using stencils with modeling paste to create various designs on the palette, then I placed a central mandala and everything around it made the doodle, a mandatory element of the month, with embossing techniques.

 I continued putting together the design of my work placing different pieces of mdf, plaster moldings, pearls, some pieces of metal and wires to finally cover everything with a base of black gesso.  Then I color it with acrylic paints, waxes and glitter and finally place the photograph.

  If you want to see more of my work, you can find me on my Facebook And Instagram. I hope you like my project and it inspires you to create!

Thank you so much Marina for a wonderful tutorial and project.  Do participate in the current challenge  and win prizes. Challenge announcement post can be found on right side bar of the blog.

Thank you for visiting. 

November Special Guest Designer ~ Madhurima Dutta

  Hello MMA Fans...

Our Special Guest Designer Madhurima Dutta is on our blog today with a beautifully designed project for November Challenge Inspiration. This month we have a beautiful mood board with a lovely theme. Do check out our challenge announcement post by clicking on the right side top tab. You can find our full rules and prize details with link to enter the challenge.

Here's our lovely Mood Board

Our Challenge is based on THEME & COMPULOSRY ELEMENT  

MOOD BOARD THEME : MIND OVER MATTER

COMPULSORY ELEMENT : DOODLE

Please read all rules for participation on the challenge announcement post and 

at the end of this post.

Over to Madhurima

FACEBOOK     INSTAGRAM 

Hello hello mixed media fans....This is Madhurima here and I am excited to share with you all my second special guest DT inspiration for mixed media academy. This month we have a very versatile and thoughtful moodboard which can be interpreted in quite a few different ways.

For me when I hear the phrase “ Mind over matter” it instantly transports me to the time which I spend leisurely and in a carefree manner with friends and family far away from the daily hustle bustle of our chaotic life.

For the present mood board I have created a mixed media round plaque and have firstly covered it with black gesso. The entire black background depicts the grey area of our mind. My focal points are the two ladies who are sort of a conversation with each other which is symbolic of the quality time we spend with our close ones. I have deliberately chosen the ladies having Victorian attire to sort of bring in the element of a peaceful life that was prevalent in the Victorian era. 

Thank you Madhurima for this wonderful project. We absolutely love your project.

Do participate in our challenge this month.

Please remember to read the RULES before entering the challenge

- Create a NEW project 

- Use the COMPLULSORY ELEMNET  and take inspiration from the Mood board theme

- We DO NOT accept Cards, Tags, Postcards, ATCs.

- Mention our challenge in your post, share our Mood board and a link to our challenge on your blog. 

- If you do not have a blog, participate through Social Media and share our Mood board along with your project picture Tagging us (FB Or IG)

- Link your projects in the In Linkz tool at the bottom of this post with your Name and Country Name as Title

- Follow our blog, Instagram and like our Facebook Page

Thank you for visiting.

November 2nd DT Reveal

  Hello and Welcome to November challenge at Mixed Media Academy.

Please read all rules mentioned below before you enter our challenge As always we have our amazing sponsors giving away fabulous prizes to our winners.

Our Challenge is based on THEME & COMPULOSRY ELEMENT 

MOOD BOARD THEME : MIND OVER MATTER

COMPULSORY ELEMENT : DOODLE

This month's theme is "Mind over matter" where we would like to create awareness about giving importance to mental health, peace and spiritual growth for one's holistic wellness. You have to use "doodle" as the compulsory element. You may interpret and incorporate the key element in any way in your project. There is no particular colour scheme, however, it will be wonderful to try to be close to the colors in mood board.

Please remember to read the RULES before entering the challenge

- Create a NEW project 

- Use the COMPLULSORY ELEMNET  and take inspiration from the Mood board theme

- We DO NOT accept Cards, Tags, Postcards, ATCs.

- Mention our challenge in your post, share our Mood board and a link to our challenge on your blog. 

- If you do not have a blog, participate through Social Media and share our Mood board along with your project picture Tagging us (FB Or IG)

- Link your projects in the In Linkz tool at the bottom of this post with your Name and Country Name as Title

- Follow our blog, Instagram and like our Facebook Page

Now let's move on to check what our Design Team has created 

  DESIGN  TEAM  INSPIRATIONS    

I am back with another inspiration for beautiful mood board this month. Past 2 years was actually very stressful and difficult for everyone. Now we need to calm down and generate positive vibes to rejuvenate our mind and soul. Mood board this month gives the same opportunity to us.

I have created this beautiful butterfly half doodled and half with mixed media . Now keep calm and start creating. Stay healthy and stay safe.

“Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” my take on this month's challenge.. 

I have doodled around the border along with zentangle.

This month's theme is "Mind over matter" where we would like to create awareness about giving importance to mental health, peace and spiritual growth for one's holistic wellness.
I was inspired by the power of nature, the air of the forest. Unity with nature gives us strength and inspiration!

A few doodles and color sprays. And here's a new page in my art journal. 

It was relaxing and refreshing.

Perhaps these words would never have left my mouth if the topic of the month in @mixedmediaacademy was not "mind over matter ..." but today if there is a certainty in me - which did not exist before - it is that "we are one" ...

There is no one but you, we are all one, surrounded by reflections that let us see the immensity that we are… can you imagine what I am saying?… If each one of us is "us"… the immensity of the universe inhabits us.

My work represents the active meditation that involves performing every detail of the "pointillism" technique with absolute experience of the "only moment" that exists.

I did doodles based on stencils and then completed with loose paint doodles here and there. If you would like to see the complete process you can see it on my blog.

Hey Everyone,

Welcome back to MMA blog challenge, this month’s challenge is about mental wellness and spiritual growth of one’s ….which I feel is more important to look into after this very difficult phase we all have been going through from past 2 years….to present the theme I have worked upon this mixed media panel…..Creating this layout there were lots of things running in my mind how we were restricted in our houses mostly kind of locked up and time was just passing by…. How our minds were scared and multi thoughts coming to it…how we wanted to fly away from all the pressure around…I have also done some doodling around as a must do for our challenge theme….Hope u enjoy this inspiration and take time to participate in the challenge.

Happy Crafting

The mind is everything

what you think, you become ~ Buddha

Hey everyone today I am sharing you my latest project for this month's challenge . Doodling is compulsory element this time and i chose to make mandala art. I used gelly roll pens and did stenciling around it. My focal point is Buddha.

I feel relaxed whenever I doodle and what could be more relaxing than creating Buddha with mandala. I hope you all will join us for this month challenge and take out some little time from your chaotic world and give doodle a chance 🙂

Do you feel inspired!

Join our challenge!!!

 PRIZES 

This month we are giving away three Prizes to our Winners and we'll select one entry to be our Guest Designer for us. And we'll also select three Featured projects from the entries.

Our Design Team will choose winners and it's author will win 

$25 worth prize with from our Sponsor 

$25 worth prize from our Sponsor 

INR 1000 worth prizes from our Sponsor

 GUEST DESIGNER 

Our Design team will select the author among the entries and the author, 

will be invited to be our Guest Designer.

 FEATURED 

Our Design Team will select Top 3 Projects and they will receive FEATURED Badges.

All our Winners will Get Winner Badges as well to flaunt on Social Media.

We are very grateful to all our generous sponsors for these fabulous prizes.

To learn more about any of them, click on the SPONSORS tab above. 

We are looking forward to seeing your entries into our

 Challenge this month

Link up your projects using our Link Tool below by 30th November 11:59 pm IST.

READ ALL RULES on the Top Bar

1. Follow our blog.

2. Create a NEW Mixed Media project.

3. Use the COMPULSORY ELEMENT and THEME of  the mood board .

3. Link your project below with your Name and Country as title

4. Share our challenge Mood board  in your post.

5. Add a link to our challenge on your blog post or tag us on your Social media

6.No Cards/Tags/ATCs

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

October Winners

   Hello and welcome to Mixed Media Academy challenge. Today we are presenting winners from October challenge. We had a lot of beautiful entries and we loved reviewing them all. We loved each and every project and appreciate your hard work. We feel really sad as we could not take 4 very beautiful projects for final review as they didn't add the compulsory element in their projects.  Please remember to read the rules carefully.  You put in a lot of efforts creating the projects,  we done want them not to win being so wonderful and creative. 

So without further delay let's check out our winners...

As always we have three winners in no particular order. Our Design Team and Admin team together vote for the entries and  chooses the winners after a lot of discussion.

Winner eligible to win the prize from  Expressions Craft worth INR 1000 is none other than Vaishali Doshi. We loved how she created a Halloween scene using a spool. We were awestruck with the elements  and beautiful presentation of the project.

Congratulations Vaishali! Please write to us with your complete mailing address and contact number with october winner & your name in subject line to mmachallengeblog@gmail.com to claim the prize from 

Our next winner is Laura Dumitriu for this project. We loved how she incorporated the colours of tye Moodboard in her project 

Congratulations Laura! Please write to us at mmachallengeblog@gmail.com with your complete mailing address and contact number to claim the prize. Write your name and October winner in subject line. You win $25 worth prize from 

Our next winner is Jenny Anderson for this spooky layout. We absolutely love the pictures she used that changed the whole project.

Congratulations Jenny! Please write to us at mmachallengeblog@gmail.com with your complete mailing address and contact number  with your name & October winner in subject line.  Also write to us if you would like to be our next guest designer.  You win $25 prize from our sponsor 

We have three beautiful projects as featured projects this month, who couldn't win but weren't less than the winning projects.

They are in no particular order

Ewa Mac

Senna

Miivro

Congratulations once again! Please take your badges from our blog badge tab on the top bar.

Do participate in the ongoing November Challenge.  Happy Crafting. 

NOVEMBER CHALLENGE !!!

  Hello and Welcome to November challenge at Mixed Media Academy.

Please read all rules mentioned below before you enter our challenge As always we have our amazing sponsors giving away fabulous prizes to our winners.

Our Challenge is based on THEME & COMPULOSRY ELEMENT 

MOOD BOARD THEME : MIND OVER MATTER

COMPULSORY ELEMENT : DOODLE

This month's theme is "Mind over matter" where we would like to create awareness about giving importance to mental health, peace and spiritual growth for one's holistic wellness. You have to use "doodle" as the compulsory element. You may interpret and incorporate the key element in any way in your project. There is no particular colour scheme, however, it will be wonderful to try to be close to the colours in moodboard.

Please remember to read the RULES before entering the challenge

- Create a NEW project 

- Use the COMPLULSORY ELEMNET  and take inspiration from the Mood board theme

- We DO NOT accept Cards, Tags, Postcards, ATCs.

- Mention our challenge in your post, share our Mood board and a link to our challenge on your blog. 

- If you do not have a blog, participate through Social Media and share our Mood board along with your project picture Tagging us (FB Or IG)

- Link your projects in the In Linkz tool at the bottom of this post with your Name and Country Name as Title

- Follow our blog, Instagram and like our Facebook Page

Now let's move on to check what our Design Team has created 

  DESIGN  TEAM  INSPIRATIONS    

Hello friends
Here is my creation of November, as always, I took a lot of pleasure while making this creation, when I discovered the moodboard I fell in love.
I used an openwork mdf with cute doodle, then I added ribbons and lots of flowers. I chose rather strong colors but I find my awakening quite restful.

It's good to take a while for ourselves, sit, look at the stars and clean our MINDs. That is how I for inspired by the moodboard and theme. I prepared a background looking like a night sky with a girl starring at planets and stars. I used the DOODLING technique to make a frame for pages and quote.

“Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong." Again one of my favorite quote that keeps me going This month we have another amazing moodboard and this is what I have created inspired by the moodboard. For moodboards compulsory element I used doodle stencil on the background  Hope you guys like it Love

November moodboard is full of energy and mind. The positivity in the universe spread from the energy created by us. 'Om' is the sound of universe. It is the essence of ultimate reality and binding everything in the universe. 'Om' is sacred mantra which is chanted in the beginning of meditation or yoga or any rituals. All these made me to create "Om" home decor.
I used mixed media paste, stone texture paste, spray and chalk paints.
This month compulsory element is doodling. Here I used quick method for doodling.. It's nothing but I used doodle image transfer sheet on the base. And complete it, I scribbled around as small border.

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health, and for happiness.-Louise Hart.

Taking time to create in my art journal is really giving me a peace of mind. No stress and no thoughts of the end result, just create. I usually don’t use this much different colors in my creations but the moodboard inspired me to use them all. I’ve used papers, stencils and translucent paper from Maremis small art, colors from LuminArte’s Twinklings H2O and golden was from Finnabair. The text comes from Studio Light and I’ve doodled with a white Posca pen.

Do you feel inspired!

Join our challenge!!!

 PRIZES 

This month we are giving away three Prizes to our Winners and we'll select one entry to be our Guest Designer for us. And we'll also select three Featured projects from the entries.

Our Design Team will choose winners and it's author will win 

$25 worth prize with from our Sponsor 

$25 worth prize from our Sponsor 

INR 1000 worth prizes from our Sponsor

 GUEST DESIGNER 

Our Design team will select the author among the entries and the author, 

will be invited to be our Guest Designer.

 FEATURED 

Our Design Team will select Top 3 Projects and they will receive FEATURED Badges.

All our Winners will Get Winner Badges as well to flaunt on Social Media.

We are very grateful to all our generous sponsors for these fabulous prizes.

To learn more about any of them, click on the SPONSORS tab above. 

We are looking forward to seeing your entries into our

 Challenge this month

Link up your projects using our Link Tool below by 30th November 11:59 pm IST.

READ ALL RULES on the Top Bar

1. Follow our blog.

2. Create a NEW Mixed Media project.

3. Use the COMPULSORY ELEMENT and THEME of  the mood board .

3. Link your project below with your Name and Country as title

4. Share our challenge Mood board  in your post.

5. Add a link to our challenge on your blog post or tag us on your Social media

6.No Cards/Tags/ATCs

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter