That's Crafty!: Summer Meadow Triptych by Fliss Goodwin

Hello everyone, it’s Fliss here today to share the first part of my nature themed triptych which I’ve made double sided so that I can turn it round sometimes to show the reverse which I’ll be sharing next week. This side is soft and gentle as I was thinking of a meadow on a balmy summer evening and is just the ticket for some chilled out thoughts.

Ingredients:

That’s Crafty! Surfaces – MDF Triptych – Arch

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil – Bubbles Background

Tim Holtz Cling Stamp Set – Mini Bouquet

PaperArtsy Eclectica Stamp Set – ELB15

Crafty Individuals Crafty Elements Floral Circles Stamp Set – for the tiny butterflies

Archival Ink – Olive, Plum, Fern Green, Wild Orchid

Versamark Ink

White Gesso

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylics

WOW! Embossing Powder – Bright White

White Stamping Card

Watercolour Pencils

Recipe:

First paint all the panels, back and front, with the gesso and allow them to dry. Next sponge the top half of each panel, back and front, with a mix of blue and white paint, then dry brush with white and deep pink to give the effect of a sky turning to dusk. Sponge the lower half of the panels with a mix of yellow and green paints and dry thoroughly.

Now for the stamping. I started at the left hand panel working in a sort of sweep from left to right across the panels. I stamped first with the small grass like image, using olive and plum ink. I stamped the images higher up on the edges, lower across the centre to form a gentle dip in shape.

I carried on stamping with the fern green ink and added in some wild orchid using another of the wild flower stamps. I then stamped on the dandelion type image with Versamark ink and heat embossed the images with white embossing powder.

I stamped the tiny asterisk style images from the PaperArtsy set on the panels with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white powder. I think they look just like dandelion clocks drifting in a gentle breeze.

I stamped the tiny butterflies on stamping card with the olive ink and coloured them with watercolour pencils then cut them out. I glued these to the panels as you see. As a final touch, I added some detail with the bubbles stencil and some deep pink paint. I then assembled the panels with the jump rings provided with the triptych set.