'Take the Challenge' with Mou in July

Hi everyone, Mou here and welcome to the seventh 'Take the Challenge' of 2013!

I feel that creative challenges help us experiment and learn new things. Challenges can help us get unstuck from creative ruts. They can also inspire us to create in ways we would not have thought of otherwise. So, I decided to take a few creative challenges myself and thought you might like to play along.

Every month, on the first Monday, I'll post a challenge and my take on it. You'll have 12 days to take this on. Leave a comment to the challenge post with a link to your creation based on that challenge. The following Monday, we will pick TWO winners randomly from among the readers who participated in that week's challenge. And the winners will get a prize from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft®.

It's summer! No school, no homework, no bedtime, no alarm clock in the morning... life's good! Summer is also the time of vacation travel, road trips, etc. Whether you are packing your bags and getting on a jet plane or exploring your hometown or just soaking up the summer sun in your own pool, you can muse about a favorite destination.

Today's challenge is about making something about your most favorite destination.

One of my most favorite destinations is Paris. And here's an art journal page about that experience.

I used Gel medium to attach and seal diecuts and embossed pieces on the page. Once the medium dried, I applied a thin coat of Gesso. I colored the page with my favorite colors of Gelatos to color the background and then blended the colors with the Mix & Match Deluxe Water brush. In some places I let the wet colors drip down. Over some areas I applied more Gesso with palette knife from the Gelatos Tool Set. I stenciled using various colors of Stamper's Big Brush pens and traced some with PITT Artist's pens. I also stamped on the background a bit using Stamper's Big Brush pens.

Here are some closer looks at the page.

I hope you too will take this creative challenge!

Don't forget to share your challenge creations with us... just leave a comment to this challenge post with links to your project image(s) by Friday, 7/12 and we will pick TWO winners randomly to win these.

The prizes for this challenge is: One set of Gelatos^® in the colors of your choice, and a Gelatos Tool Set! 

 Don't forget to check back on Monday, 7/15  to see if YOU won!

Comments

[Pauline A]

Can I request my bed as my favourite destination hehe

[Buffy Esser]

wow this is really a cool challenge,I thought I would play along...normally I do scrapbooking and a bit of mixed media but I am still really new and trying to find a fit...I started an art journal awhile ago and use it to practice..lol but for your challenge I used my art journal, here is what I came up with...
http://cherishedmementos.blogspot.com/2013/07/my-favorite-destination-and-some-news.html

[cve]

Thank you for challеnge and inspiration!
my art http://cvetichka.blogspot.com/2013/07/praha.html

[Liz]

I am new to this. Is there a way to participate if I don't have a blog? Where could I post a photo? Thanks! :)

[sandeeNC]

Mine isn't very elaborate, but here it is:
http://inthehillsofnorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2013/07/dandelion-noun.html

[PavlaH]

This is my favourite place: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavla_h/9242392750

[Holly Woodcock]

Another fun-tabulous challenge Mou! Thank You!

Heres my entry:

http://taj-ma-holly.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-take-challenge-entry.html

[irit]

So much love this challenge and FB DMC gelatos- I made 2 ATC WITH THEM.
http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/just-for-fun-travel-atc.html

[Jeanne McBrayer]

My favorite place is our cabin in the North Carolina mountains on Peak Creek. Residents of Big Peak Creek Road are the "Creek People!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quiltnc/6743859187/in/set-72157627864816323

[Mary]

I don't do much traveling, but for me...summer means seeing the annuals I grew from seed pop with color and scents. I thoroughly enjoyed your "Get Artsy" class Mou...thanks for sharing your art techniques.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maryk00/9258609752/

[Jean Marmo]

I chose to paint ( or try to paint) a sunset at the lake!

http://pagesintime.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge.html

[Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft]

Hi Liz! You can post the picture on our facebook wall. Just let us know it's for the challenge.

[irit]

My Travel Paris tag
http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il/2013/07/paris-forever-tag.html

[Connie Nilsson]

A dream of a vacaTION IN "THE BIG APPLE"

http://haveje.blogspot.dk/2013/07/the-big-apple.html

[Shilpa]

Mou , its lovely background and inspiring art journal from you, I like how you use subtle colours in your LO or AJ.
I am entering my art journal here for challenge.
http://nagaonkarshilpa.blogspot.in/2013/07/destination-sydney-art-journal-page.html

[Naomi]

Gorgeous! Makes me want to play. And travel!

[iSABEL]

Mi lugar elegido es la maravillosa región de LA TOSCANA. Gracias por organizar este reto. Su página es una preciosidad. Saludos.

[Leigh Ann Odynski]

Hi Mou! Wow, this is the most beautiful art journaling page i have seen !! Thank you for the inspiration! Here is my take on the July challenge:
http://scrappyleigh.blogspot.com/2013/07/design-memory-craft-challenge-for-july.html

[Gerd Andersson]

Love your art journal page about Paris!

It's been a very long time since I went to my favorite place in Summertime. Hopefully, next year! It's the Pearl of Mediterranean Sea, Sidi Bou Saïd in Tunisia.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73429321@N00/9274155470/in/photostream

[Kullu]

Thank you so much for sharing out this much lovely and the informative post among us ,it is the nice post ever i have seen. This is very much important for the tourists to enjoy in the days of their holidays.
https://goo.gl/seDihL