MMJ 2024 CHALLENGES & CHAT (Post Your Projects Here)

[Ozpom]

Hello fellow MMJs...yes it will soon be a New Year and time for new challenges and new chat!

You will find the 2024 challenges HERE

If you fancy hosting a challenge throughout 2024, please let me know and I will add you onto the challenge list.

Here, we can chat about Mixed Media and also post our projects.

Check out the first monthly challenge and come and play.

The most important thing is to have fun and get crafty.

Wishing you and your families a very Healthy and Happy 2024.

[smadson]

I am here! Thank you Jayne for doing this again!

[Ozpom]

Good to see you Sharon. I think there may be a small group of us again to start with, but hopefully more join in this year.

[gutsport56]

Happy new year to you all. Thanks for the new challenge, Jayne..

[Ozpom]

Happy New Year Dagmar. Good to see you joining in. Have fun ladies.

[smadson]

Yes, Happy New Year! 2024! I can hardly believe it!

[gutsport56]

For the MMJ124 Challenge, I used Water and watercolor for my circles.
My colors are yellow green , light blue and dark blue.
I stamped the lace. The die cuts are a heart and a leaf.
The strange object are two eyes, I doodled the lashes.
Here is my Journalpage

[jkanack]

You Are A Star! by jkanack at Splitcoaststampers

[Ozpom]

Good to see some ladies have already done the January challenge. I still have to do mine and hoping to combine it with another challenge. Love your work ladies. Thanks for playing.

Let’s spread the word of MMJ and encourage people to combine their challenge with ours. Amy, Nancy and Jan haven’t been on this thread for a while and hopefully they will join in.

Happy Friday and weekend everyone.

[lacyquilter]

Here's my card for January: cathedral window.

[jan31]

Happy New Year

My card for the challenge

Big Day by jan31 at Splitcoaststampers

[JRHolbrook]

Trying to get back in my craft room and this challenge sounded like the perfect way to get those creative juices flowing again! The technique I used was from the SCS Tutorials: Quick Layered Gel Prints.

MMJ124 Who's the Polar Bear? by JRHolbrook at Splitcoaststampers

[Ozpom]

Here is my page for my challenge. I had fun creating this and manage to stashbust at the same time. Happy Wednesday.

I used:

* Water pen on my Watercolour Pencils
* Die cut from Amy
* Definitely more than 3 colours on this page LOL
* Stamped image was my flowers
* Something strange was my light bulb

I chose not to use the Technique today and will save that for another day. I was going to do some TH crafting.

[smadson]

Here is mine: FS885, Hearts for Cindy sm by smadson at Splitcoaststampers

Thanks Jayne.

[JRHolbrook]

Jayne suggested I do Margarete Miller's 2024 Weekly Collage challenges and post them here. They are also in my gallery.

[gutsport56]

Gracie, they are all beautiful. I like the 4. with the arm most.

[Ozpom]

Happy Friday and February everyone. Thank you so much Dagmar for taking the initiative and posting the February challenge. I did think about this days ago and then forgot. Too much going on this end. Thank you so much for stepping in. Love the challenge.

Ladies, if some of you would like to host a challenge, please say which month and I will add you to the list. I am happy if someone posts a challenge at the beginning of a month and if I forget. It also is better that I'm not the only one posting challenges as it would be boring just coming from me LOL.

Gracie, so love your MM pages you did. Glad you are creating again and finding your mojo. Keep recovering.

Happy creating everyone. Hugs

[lacyquilter]

Jayne, I'm happy to post several, if you want to choose some spots for me, I'll go with that.

[gutsport56]

Here is the February challenge, Post #3 MMJ224 .

[JRHolbrook]

Jayne, I'll be happy to post challenges, too. I can do March if you'd like me to. Hugs

[JRHolbrook]

Here's my journal page for Dagmar's February MMJ224 challenge:
Bunny & Butterflies: MMJ224 Bunny & Butterflies by JRHolbrook at Splitcoaststampers

[Ozpom]

Thanks to you all ladies for participating in the challenges. So good to see what everyone comes up with.

Sorry I've been MIA. Crazy this end as always LOL.

Gracie, I will put you down for March. Thank you.
Melody, I will put you down for a couple of months whilst I'm away if that's ok. Let's say June & August. Thank you.

I really appreciate your help ladies. I can do May.

Would anyone like to do July?

Happy week everyone. Hugs

[jkanack]

I can do July

[gutsport56]

Finally, here is my card for the MMJ224 Challenge .

[lacyquilter]

Jayne, those are fine. I'm usually available to fill in wherever you need someone, even if it's last minute.

[Ozpom]

Thank you Melody and Gracie. Jean, I will put you down for July. Thank you. I appreciate it ladies.

My motivation has been so low the past few weeks and with all the craziness back here. We have had temperatures in the mid 40’s and some parts of our State have had temps up to 50….It is relentless at present and zaps the energy. I will get onto some challenges in due course.

Thinking of everyone. Sending hugs

[JRHolbrook]

Here's another journal page for Margarete Miller's 52 week challenge:

MMJ224 Winds of Change by JRHolbrook at Splitcoaststampers

[Ozpom]

Hello ladies, it is good to see your artwork and makes me smile to see you all participating. You are doing better than I am and I must change that and pull my finger out LOL.

I heard from Amy and she hopes to join in on MMJ when she can. She is busy at present and awaiting the arrival of a grandchild in the summer. Exciting time for her and her family.

Happy day to you all and I hope you all get inky.

[smadson]

I am still here. 🤪. I will try to do better. I get submerged in junk journaling and can’t do anything else! LOL

[JRHolbrook]

Sharon, I'm also sharing my mixed media journal pages on this page. Jayne suggests that I do so. You could add your journal pages. I'm sure we'd all enjoy seeing them!

[lacyquilter]

You ladies could also make your journal pages work for the challenges. Doesn't have to be a card.

[Ozpom]

Sharon, I agree with Gracie and Melody, your project doesn’t have to be a card. As you know I do lots of journal pages for these challenges and also the Alpha ones. Perhaps some of the prompts will work with your junk journalling?

Please share your work on here. It may motivate some of us or even provide a new idea.

Happy Saturday everyone. I finally made a card using the February prompts and will upload now.

[Ozpom]

Here is my card for Dagmar’s challenge. Thank you Dagmar for the challenge. It helped to get my mojo flowing again.

I used:

Circles - the fireworks stencil
Torn paper - I tore a page out of a book and die cut it
Ticket or tag - I used two tickets
4 colours - at least 4 if not more on my BG
Napkin
Stencil with mediums

Happy day everyone. I hope that you get inky

[smadson]

Here is my journal page for Dagmar's challenge.
MMJ224, BVC24 Lord is my Light sm by smadson at Splitcoaststampers

Thank you ladies; I will upload some of my journal when I have time.

And Jayne you can sign me up as a hostess in any month you need me.
Hugs everyone.

[gutsport56]

Jayne and Sharon, you both made beautiful Art work. Thanks for playing in my challenge.

[Ozpom]

Hi Sharon, I’ve put you down for September. Hope this is ok? Thank you. Love your page.

Melody, I’ve also put you down for October as we will be away. Hope this is ok too?

Happy day everyone

[jkanack]

She's Such a Social Butterfly by jkanack at Splitcoaststampers

[JRHolbrook]

The March Challenge has been posted! Have some fun!
Use 3 or more of the following prompts:
* stripes
* doodling with a fine line pen (Micron)
* bird stamp or die cut
* brad or gem
* stencil
* string, ribbon or yarn
Technique: Washi Tape Inlay (SCS Tutorial)

[lacyquilter]

Jayne, all those months are fine.

[Ozpom]

Thanks Gracie. I've just made a note and love the elements. I checked the tutorial and I may give it a go. It's challenging for me LOL.

Thanks Melody. I appreciate you all chipping in. It's a big help when I'm not here.

Happy weekend. I think we may have some rain coming. Yay,