Rustic Glam challenge at Anything But Cute

Hi, crafty friends!

I am back today to share with you my project I created for our new challenge at Anything But Cute! 

Our lovely and talented Niki is hostessing the challenge this month and she has chosen the theme 'Rustic Glam'!

Here is what I made for the challenge inspiration:

Niki describes her challenge theme this way:

 Create a mixed media design featuring rustic elements such as whitewashed wood, chicken wire, burlap, soft subtle tones and neutrals. Don't forget to add the GLAM part with some sparkle and BLING!

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I've decided to challenge myself and to create something small so I pulled up my Tim Holtz mini burlap canvas, a medium Madison window Memory Box die, mini woodland tree, a piece of manila cardstock and my Stampendous shabby blue embossing enamel powder to start with my project.  Since I wanted to adhere my tree inside the reverse side of my canvas I used my scissors to cut away the branches on one side of the tree until it was flat on the back.

I used my Stampendous shabby blue embossing enamel powder on a piece of manila cardstock previously cut in size to fit my canvas. I glued it down inside of the canvas reverse side.

I applied a coat of my Americana decor chalky finish paint in Serene color onto my window die cut. 

I used my Decoart media white crackle paint on top of the painted window. 

I cut out the window shutters using the same Memory box die out of a white light chipboart and painted them using my distress stains in brown tones. Then I started to assemble my window.  I embellished the tree with some flat back pearls, a piece of gold thread and a small star and glued down the tree inside my canvas. I added the Christmas branch on top of my canvas and used a white gesso with my dry brush to imitate snow on my pine cones. 

I used a piece of acetate and adhered a piece of Tim Holtz frosted film on one side. I cut out the poinsettia using my Sizzix Tattered poinsettia die. Then I used my alcohol inks in blue tones on the other side of my acetate (the one that has no frosted film on top). I assembled the poinsettia, attached a self adhesive gem in the centre of my flower and created some white splatters on top. 

A close up photo of my Christmas rustic glam window. 

I hope that I have inspired you to create your mixed media piece for our 'Rustic Glam' challenge at Anything But Cute!

The winner will receive the honour of being our Feature Artist for an upcoming challenge!

At Anything But Cute we just love to see all the seasoned and expert mixed media artists, but we also want to encourage those who are just getting their feet wet. Our design team will always be on the lookout for these exceptional projects and artists. You just never know when we might be giving out something special to a lucky mixed media newcomer. We all have to start somewhere, right?

Challenge runs until December 4th - we can't wait to see what you come up with!

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Hugs! Branka xx

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