April Monthly Challenge Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the April Monthly Challenge. We will have 2 winners this month.

Poetry for the Skeptic

Jess Contreras of Poetry for the Skeptic donation for this months challenge is a pendant connector set. 

Jess is an artist in his own right but you may also recognize him as Heather's husband. Two artists in one house! Beautiful pendants and connectors that speak to you...poetry.

Visit Jess at his Etsy shop.

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Something Sublime

Deryn Mentock of Something Sublime is donating a gift certificate for her online class.

The Build Zone class will be offered toward the end of the year, so you will have plenty of time to collect objects.

The gift certificate is valued at $125 and covers the many fundamentals of found object jewelry making with lots of emphasis on design. How cool is this to be able take classes from home in your jammies!

Visit the Something Sublime on their etsy, e-course and blog!

 Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.
Finches and Bamboo by Emperor Huizong of Song is such a soft painting with many different elements that can be used for inspiration, texture, color, bird shapes and repetition.
We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 
Please remember to put APRABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  
Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

April Monthly Challenge Prizes

This month we'll have one lucky winner for the Art Bead Scene's Monthly Challenge.

Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions In Clay has donated a pendant (1 7/8" x 1 1/2") with 3 charms dangling from the bottom. Tari's Fun, Funky & Functional buttons are made with a low fire white clay and brightly colored underglazes.

Visit Tari at her website, blog, etsy, twitter and Facebook.

D'Arsie Manzella of Mamacita Beadworks has donated the beautiful Pewter pendants, button and beads for this months challenge. D'Arsie creates her wonderful components out of lead free pewter with much love and care.

 Visit D'Arsie on her website, etsy and Facebook. 

Get your Art Beads, Art Buttons, Art Charms or Art Pendants out, start creating and enter this months challenge! 

 Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

"Insula Dulcamara" painting by Paul Klee has many different elements that can be used for inspiration, bold black lines, soft hues of brown, green and blue, red dots or leaves.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the painting for this months challenge!