February Melt It Challenge - Winner and Pinworthies!

Hello everyone! Julia here today to announce our lucky randomly chosen winner and three Pinworthies for our February Melt It challenge.  What wonderful and creative projects you all shared with us showing all the fun ways to 'Melt It'!  The Creative Guides had quite the chore to narrow down their choices!

First of all, we are pleased to announce our randomly chosen winner for the gift certificate generously provided by Country View Crafts.

That's #8 Two Mad Dahlias, who created these phenomenally cool Mason jars, complete with captured fairies! Do hop over and visit her blog to see all the meltingly brilliant details.

Congratulations! We'll be in touch soon with a winner's badge for your blog and details of how to claim your prize voucher from Country View Crafts.

And now on to our three Pinworthy choices (in no particular order).

Mona Pendleton

What a beautiful canvas created with die cut trees, stampings and background coloring - all covered with thick embossing powder and white splatter!

Jackie Neal

A wonderful Asian theme design using crackle glaze, stenciling and the beautiful Deep Sea Embossing powder - gorgeous melted edges as well!

Ann Barnes

Such a sweet Love triptych using beautiful floral papers and rolled roses - with a lovely embossed edge heart front and center!

Amazing creations one and all, we will be in touch shortly to present you with your Pinworthy badges and to invite you to join us as guest Creative Guides for one of our future challenges.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our February challenge and we hope that you will enter our current Birthday Treasure challenge, you have until April 5th to link up your projects, can't wait to see what you create!

To give you a bit more inspiration for our Birthday Treasure challenge, we'd like to share some projects with you that were created by our December Pinworthy Mentions; Christine of Crafty Endeavours, Nicola of Paper Profusion and Toni of Artistic Craft Dabbler.  Enjoy!

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Christine

Hi my name is Christine but I’m known as Craftyfield in the crafting world and I live in the south of England. I started making my own cards some 15 years ago and very soon fell in love with all sorts of crafts, from card making and Scrapbooking to jewellery and home decor. Now a confirmed stamp-a-holic, I love trying new techniques to use my stamp collection in different ways. Style wise… I love and try everything from CAS to grungy, and have been making more Mixed media projects recently as I love using paint to up-cycle household items.

I am delighted to be featured on this fantastic blog as a Pinworthy guest and I hope you will be inspired by my treasure....

I approached this month's theme with excitement and dread in equal measure... using some of my Treasure!!! My precious...(think Lord of the Rings' Golem and you have the idea) but I am glad I have been pushed into using my beautiful resin frame by Prima.

I made this 12x12 canvas taking inspiration from Finnabair dark and dimensional projects. I applied black gesso as a base over stencilled texture paste and die-cuts, then used paints, both matte colours and shimmers all over the canvas.

I then added a bit of stamping, as I said, I am a stamp-a-holic...

For embellishments, apart from my Treasured item I used home made embellishments with bottle caps and Vintage images as well as glitter, sequins and other shiny bits...

I placed a pebble on top of the man image to magnify it. 

I used a transparent red embossing powder and the colour is different depending on what is underneath.

I hope you will like my canvas, do hop over to my blog for a step by step and a list of supplies. 

Thank you so much to A Vintage Journey for inviting me, it's an honour and a pleasure.

Nicola

Hi there. It's wonderful to be a Pinworthy guest for A Vintage Journey once more.

I’m Nicola a.k.a. ‘Paper Profusion’ living in Dublin, Ireland. I’ve loved handicrafts for as long as I can remember, probably inspired by my Mum who excelled at every single crafting technique out there. I’m now medically retired however during my ‘career / good health years’ my main creative hobby was photography especially travel/wildlife related. During a time of serious illness, I became hooked on paper crafting as a hobby to dabble in at my own pace. I’m particularly drawn to the vintage / shabby chic genres, usually adding lots of embellishments and ribbon. My favourite occasion to craft for is Christmas. I've been rather absent from crafting recently so it was a joy to dust off my crafty stash and make today's creation, especially for one of my very favourite blogs.

I was initially flummoxed what to choose for Brenda's 'Treasure' theme (way too much choice in my stash!). In the end I decided to use items I treasure amongst the ingredients, as well as 'Treasure' itself being the subject of my project (or at least something we should treasure more!). A few years ago I held on to some gold foil packaging that came with a perfume. I reckoned that the gold would look well diecut using Sizzix / Tim Holtz mini Globe die, and then a sort of protest scene unfolded whereby lots of Tim Holtz paper dolls are carrying banners with suggestions as to how to help reduce climate change and treasure our planet more. The globe, placards and letters are cut from the hoarded gold foil cardstock. The whole scene is set in an altered chipboard shadow box that I turned into a 'galaxy'. The dolls are decorated with treasures of real Swarovski crystals and pearls that I only ever select for 'good' occasions!

If you would like to see more of how I put this project together, plus details of all the ingredients, please pop over to my blog.

Huge thanks to the truly very talented team at AVJ for inviting me to be one of their Pinworthies today. Wishing Brenda and all the team Congratulations and very Happy Wishes on your 4th birthday! Nicola x

Toni

Hi my name's Toni otherwise know by my blog name, the 'Artistic Craft Dabbler'. I'm delighted and honoured, to be here, in such prestigious company, as a Pin Worthy Guest Designer. I'm a retired teacher and have been loving the last eighteen months of freedom! I've been putting my time to good use though, attending pottery classes, making mixed media art, blogging and more recently attending a creative textiles group. Yes, there are some benefits to getting older ! I was very excited to read the details of Brenda's fabulous 'Treasure' challenge, and was more than happy to take part, as it has provided me, with the ideal opportunity to use a few of my favourite 'found' treasures........

The substrate for my treasure assemblage, is a Tim Holtz Vignette box. I chose the largest box in the set and applied a coat of Deco Art Crackle paste, to the outside, followed by of Cobalt Turquoise and Prussian Blue Media Fluid Acrylic paint to highlight the gorgeous crackles. To add further interest and frame the contents of the box, I painted the edges with black and white stripes.

The 'treasures' assembled here, are the bottom of a rusty tin can, a piece of sea glass, a spiral car spring, and a lovely flying goose brooch I found in a charity shop. I love collecting interesting bits and bobs, so it was a real pleasure to be able to use some of them.

I used a 'double' embossing technique to decorate the background panel. This gave me an opportunity to use another little treasure, in the shape of one of the new Emerald Creek & Seth Apter's Baked Texture, embossing powders. The Chunky Rust was perfect for creating the 'brick wall'. The half cog added to the top of the Vignette box was also given the Chunky Rust treatment. If you'd like to know more about any of the processes I've used, there are further details over on my Artistic Craft Dabbler blog. I hope you'll have chance to hop by. Finally, I'd just like to say a big thank you to the AVJ team for inviting me today. It's been great fun putting this project for such a fabulous challenge! xx
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Amazing projects as always from our Pinworthy Guest Creative Guides, thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us all!
We invite everyone to join us for the March -  4th AVJ Birthday - Treasure Challenge!

Julia and the Creative Guides

January Think Inside Or Outside The Box Winner and Pinworthies

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping by, Deb here to announce our lucky randomly chosen winner and three Pinworthies for our January Think Inside or Outside The Box challenge.  A huge thank you to everyone who entered our challenge, as always you did not make our choices easy!

First of all, we are pleased to announce our randomly chosen winner for the gift certificate generously provided by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

That's #16 Cathy of CMP Designs who shared this fun and fresh little trinket box with a notebook inside.

Congratulations, Cathy!  We'll be in touch soon with a winner's badge for your blog and details of how to claim your prize voucher from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

And now on to our three Pinworthy choices (in no particular order).

#4 Gina of Daydream Believer

We loved how Gina upcycled her 'junk' as she called it into this beautiful assemblage box, finishing it off with that fab faux tarnished metal look.

#12 Iris of Whimsytouches

An upcycled steampunk cigar box with a fabulous 'porthole' on the lid, what's not to love!

#13 Nate of The Scrap Of Nate

We couldn't resist how Nate combined those wonderful PaperArtsy stamps with her matchboxes to create this inventive 'push me pull you' box with a slightly scandalous secret inside!

Amazing creations one and all, we will be in touch shortly to present you with your Pinworthy badges and to invite you to join us as guest Creative Guides for one of our future challenges.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our January challenge and we hope that you will enter our current 'Melt It!' challenge, you have until March 1st to link up your projects, can't wait to see what you create!

Deb and the Creative Guides

November Mini Marvels Winner and Pinworthies

Hello and welcome A Vintage Journey Travellers, Anne here to announce the Winner and Pinworthies from our Mini Marvels Challenge.  A huge thank you to all of you who joined in, with your wonderful creations!  

First of all, our Winner, chosen by Random Org is:

That's #12 Elaine of Waves of Creativity who shared these wonderful collections of inchies and ATCs with us.

Congratulations Elaine!  We will be in touch shortly with your badge and also to arrange delivery of your prize from Southern Ridge Trading Company - a $50 varied selection of chipboard and wood veneer laser cut embellishments!  We hope you will enjoy playing with your prize!

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And now for our Pinworthy choices.  As always there were so many beautiful entries, it was almost impossible for the Creative Guides to make their choices, you are all winners in our eyes!  In numerical order:

No. 6 - Jo


These beautiful co-ordinating white on white little ornaments were made from things Jo found in her stash, the finishing touches are wonderful and they will make an amazing wintry window display!



No. 13 - Maria


These very tiny (5cm by 7cm) books are actually necklaces and the detailing on each little book is just exquisite!  Maria shares others in her post which are equally beautiful!


No. 14 - Lys

It is so hard to imagine that this fabulous book is only 3cm tall!  Lys has packed it with Christmas Carols, Recipes and Christmas Cards - definitely a mini marvel!


Huge congratulations to our three Pinworthies this month, you really did create the most wonderful Mini Marvels, thank you so much!  We will be contact with you regarding your Pinworthy badge shortly, along with an invitation to be a Guest Creative Guide with us at A Vintage Journey at some point in the future.

We hope you will visit again on Monday for our regular Destination Inspiration post, using the contents of the monthly travel bag, and we hope too, that you will join in our current challenge - Winter Wonderland, details of which can be found HERE.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend,

Anne and all the Creative Guides  xx

October Crazy for Autumn Colour Winner and Pinworthies

Hello everyone! 

Well here we are already in November and about to announce the winner and pinworthies of our October challenge: Crazy for Autumn Colour. There were a fabulous number of entries and as usual you made it very difficult for us all to decide on our top three entries. 

Thank you again for travelling with us on our Creative Journey here at A Vintage Journey, we really appreciate each and every entry.

But first ...... a drum roll please .... for our randomly drawn winner of last month's prize sponsored by Calico Craft Parts. And Mr Random.org has chosen ......

That's #37 Jane of Jane's Journal who created this fabulous page spread full of light and shadow and autumnal colour.

Congratulations, Jane!  We'll be in touch shortly with your Winner's Badge, and to arrange delivery of your prize package from Calico Craft Parts.

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And now we turn to our three Pinworthy choices. We challenged you to be Crazy for Autumn Colour and these three fabulous entries really shine through with colour! 

Mary Elizabeth

The fabulous use of Distress Oxides really shines through the darker colours and we loved the addition of textiles in this wonderful autumnal tag.

Maria Lillepruun

Maria has used many gorgeous layers of textures and stunning colours on her Autumnal page.

Swagatika

Bursting with colour and cogs! Swagatika has managed to create an amazing piece of art from an old computer mother board.

Congratulations to our three Pinworthies this month and thank you all for brightening our month with so much wonderful colour. We will be in touch shortly with your Pinworthy badges and invitations to be a Guest Creative Guide here at A Vintage Journey sometime in the future.

Don't forget to come back again on Monday for another Destination Inspiration using those wonderful travel bag goodies and we do hope you find time to join in our latest challenge which is Mini Marvels. All the details can be found HERE.

Have a great weekend!

Jennie and the Creative Guides

Winners and Pinworthies for May's Challenge

Hi everyone and welcome to our Winners and Pinworthies day here at A Vintage Journey! We had so many amazing entries for May's 'Use A Quote' challenge - thank you to everyone who took the time to enter - and the Creative Guides really enjoyed selecting their favourites.

Let's start with today's winner drawn by the Random Generator...

And that is #38 Payal M Mittal, who shared this wonderful project reflecting her chosen quote;

Congratulations, Payal! Your voucher prize details from our generous sponsors for the challenge, That's Crafty! will be with you shortly.

Now on to our Pinworthy Creations who are as follows:

#1 Jannet Blay

#3 Froebelsternchen (Susi)

#26 My hobby scrap (Maria)

Please do visit our Pinworthies blogs to see more of

these fabulous projects - there's more to see than initially meets the eye with all of them.

Congratulations to all three of you! Your Pinworthy Badges will be on their way to you shortly and we hope you will join us here as Guest Creative Guides at some point in the future.

Many thanks again to everyone who joined in with the May challenge. To be in with a chance if winning make sure you enter this month's challenge 'Canvas' and of course don't forget our Destination Inspiration each Monday - as always there are some amazing goodies/techniques in the travel bag this month.

Take care of yourselves and get creating! Jenny xxx

Winners Post for April's Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to our Winners and Pinworthies day here at A Vintage Journey for the April "Magic of Three" Challenge.

There were so many wonderful entries showcasing your your Magic  Of Three that selecting the winners has been very difficult but as always we, the Creative Guides, really enjoy seeing your wonderful projects and every entry was special and a winner in its own way.

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To start us off today, here is today's winner drawn by the Random Generator...

That's Iris of Whimsy Touches, who offered up this charming springtime canvas with three eggs carefully nestled in the nest.

Congratulations, Iris.  Your prize details will be with you shortly, and we hope that you'll join us as a guest here at A Vintage Journey in the future.

Now on to our Pinworthy Creations who are as follows:

#7 Lucy

#8 Nate

#39 Barbaraya

I do hope you will take the time to visit the individual blogs to see more details of

these wonderful projects.

Congratulations to all three of you! Your Pinworthy Badges will be on their way to you shortly and we hope you will join us here as Guest Creative Guides at some point in the future.

Many thanks again to all of you who joined in with the April challenge and for sharing your amazing creativity. I hope you are enjoying Jenny's Use A Quote Challenge this month and of course don't forget our Destination Inspiration each Monday -  as always there are some amazing goodies/techniques in the travel bag this month.

Happy Crafting Travels!

Annie and the Creative Guides

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Winner And Pinworthies For Our Winter Magic Challenge

Hello everyone, thanks so much for stopping by today.  It's time to announce our winner and Pinworthies for the Winter Magic challenge and let me tell you, you did not make it easy!  Such a wonderful and varied selection of beautiful projects, we were overwhelmed with your response to our December challenge.  Thank you so much to all who entered, we enjoyed seeing each and every one.

But before we announce our selections, we'd like to welcome one of our previous winners who is joining us today as a guest Creative Guide.  Nate of Le Scrap de Nate was the winner of our October Make It Spooky challenge, and she's here to share some inspiration for the current Going Round In Circles theme.  She's introducing herself in her native language, French, and I (Alison) am offering up the translation in italics - with a little assistance from Google Translate where I got stuck - so my apologies if I've misinterpreted anything.  Welcome, Nate!

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Je vous présente à toutes mes meilleurs vœux et vous souhaites pleins de bonne choses pour cette belle année 2017 remplie de créativités.

I offer you my best greetings and wishes full of good thoughts for this beautiful year of 2017, and hope that it will be filled with creativity. 

 Merci à toute l'équipe de A Vintage Journey   d'avoir  apprécier mes réalisations proposé aux challenges  est de me recevoir comme invité.

Thanks to the whole team at A Vintage Journey for honouring my project for the challenge and inviting me to appear here.

                                                           

Je suis NATE, j' habite la FRANCE et mon hobby est le scrap.

J'aime avoir les mains sale par la patouille , le bidouillage; j'affectionne particulièrement tout ce qui est objets de récupérations, rien ne ce jette tous ce recycle

j'aime le steampunk cette période d'art me fascine d'ou je suis actuellement

 DT chez Sandee & Amelie's.

I am Nate, I live in France and my hobby is crafting/scrapping.

I like to get my hands messy playing around, and altered art.  I particularly enjoy repurposing objects - nothing is thrown away, everything is recycled.  I love steampunk and vintage styles of art, which fascinate me, and I'm actually on the DT at Sandee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenge.

Je vous présente mon projet...

I present to you my project

Going Round in Circles

   un Cadre MUCHA

a Mucha Frame

Quelques explications du montage pour le cadre.

A few explanations about the making of the frame...

J'ai utilisé un canvas  11.cm5 x 11.cm5 , coupé un papier aux dimensions que j'ai patiné aux encres

pour lui donné un aspect vieillie, embossé  et tamponné a la poudre doré . Coupé une bande de papier métal puis  renforcé avec du cardox ,j'ai utilisé les ronds de couvercles boites conserve pour entouré l'image de Mucha.

I used a canvas 11.5 x 11.5cm, and cut some paper to those dimensions which I altered with inks to give it an aged look; then stamped and embossed with gilding powder.  I cut a band of metal paper, reinforced with cardboard, and I used rings from old tin cans to frame the image by Mucha.

     J'ai exploité  l’intérieur du canvas pour récupéré la profondeur,

en suite j'ai collé l'image,puis colorisé l'ensemble à la peinture métallic bronze.

I used the reverse of the canvas to make the most of the depth, and glued the image inside; then I coloured the whole piece with metallic bronze paint.

Merci à vous NATE .

Thank you.  Nate.

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And huge thanks to you, Nate - what a stunning piece of vintage art, such amazing inspiration for this month's Going Round In Circles challenge.

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Now, without further ado,

let's reveal the December winner chosen by Random Generator.

That's Vinita Jain of New Creations with this clever wreath, created out of wrapped yarn and with some yarn Christmas trees into the bargain!

Congratulations, Vinita.  Your badge and details of your prize will be with you shortly, and we hope you'll join us as a Guest Creative Guide some time in the future.

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And now onto our Pinworthies, as usual it was an incredibly difficult choice for myself and the Creative Guides to choose just three from all of your amazing projects but after much deliberation here are our choices in no particular order.

#49 Georgie C.

#63 Lisa H.

#85 Paper Profusion

Amazing creations one and all that I think perfectly capture the magic of winter.  Thank you for sharing your art with us and we will contact you shortly with your Pinworthy badges and an invitation to join us sometime in the near future as Guest Creative Guides.

Thanks again to all who entered our December challenge and we hope that you will enter Brenda's 'Going Round In Circles' January challenge, it's always exciting to see what you create.  And make sure to come back again on Monday when Amanda will be here with our next stop on the Destination Inspiration journey for January, hope to see you then!

Deb and all the Creative Guides