That's Crafty!: October 2016

Happy Hallowe’en everyone, hope you are planning lots of spooky going ons. For my make I have a That’s Crafty! Upright which as soon I saw I thought would make a great tombstone for tonight’s festivities.

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF Upright - Arch

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics – Green Gold, Raw Umber, Pyrole Orange, Quinacridone Burnt Orange

DecoArt Media – Gesso, Crackle Glaze, Modelling Paste in white and black, Gel Medium

DecoArt - Texture Crackle

Dina Wakley - Glazing Medium

Finnabair Art Ingredient Glass Beads – Zinc

Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallic Paints – Black Berry and Steampunk Copper

DecoArt Metallic Lustre – Silver and Black Shimmer

Black Pen

Assorted Hallowe’en themed embellishments and chipboard letters from stash

I started with gluing my text letters onto the rounded “tombstone”.

The date by the way is the death of Edgar Alan Poe, rather appropriate I thought. Next I added a coat of Modelling Paste leaving obvious palette knife marks to give the MDF an aged stone feel leaving the letters untouched and when dry gave the plaque and the stand a light coat of Gesso and I glued the two parts together.

Next came a coat of Green Gold to the front and back.

When dry I added a mix of 505 Raw Umber and 50% Glazing Medium and left for 3 minutes and checked how wet it still was.

The timing is tricky in that it is affected by how hot the room is, how thick the glaze etc. You are looking for it to be so you can wipe it off but need to use pressure to do so, this means it sticks in nooks and crannies and creates shadows. Next I added the cat using the Dinky Stencil and the Texture Crackle poking the crackle while wet to get spiky “fur” kind of look. When dry I painted it with the two shades of orange paint.

I later drew in eyes, nose and whiskers to complete it. I also added a few bats front and back using the black Modelling Paste and That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil.

I painted the letters in Steampunk Copper and outlined them in black pen

Now I started on the coffin, again a coat of gesso and then a coat of the Prima paint. I added the spider web stencil using the black Modelling Paste in three places and when dry brushed a little of the silver Metallic Lustre over. To complete it I added a thick coat of the Clear Crackle Glaze.

I put all the components together and gave everything a coat of Gel Medium and added Micro Beads to the base for added texture.

Moira

This week I combined two favourites of mine - stamping onto fabric and stamping with paint, appearing on a mini tote with stamps that are new to me, PaperArtsy Everything Art stamps.

Supplies

PaperArtsy Everything Art Stamps - EEA01, 02, 03

Loew-Cornell Totally You! Mini Canvas Tote

Fresco Finish Paint - Lake Wanaka, Chalk, Little Black Dress, London Night

Sharpie Paint Pens – Black, White

Foam Brushes

Fabric Medium

Gesso – Clear

Adhesive – Suitable for fabric

Extras:- Re-cycled suede, calico, mini wooden craft spool for mark making

Instructions

Wherever I’ve used clear Gesso or Frescos, I have mixed them with Fabric Medium.

Apply clear Gesso to tote with foam brush. Once dry, apply Chalk, in a random fashion, followed by Lake Wanaka. Also applying all paints to handles.

Dip end of craft spool into Lake Wanaka and “stamp” onto one side of the tote, adding dots with Little Black Dress into the centres. Once dry, apply Chalk and Lake Wanaka as in step one, this pushes back the “stamping”.

Stamp paint brush, with paint, onto tote. In surrounding areas stamp the abstract design.

Onto scraps of painted calico, stamp sentiment and abstract design, with paint. Do not adhere any of those to the tote for the moment. Time to work on the rear of the tote.

Apply Lake Wanaka to circles stamp, pushing back the stamping with paints. Stamp abstract design. Add dots of white. Stamp abstract design onto a piece of painted calico, layering to another piece of painted calico. With paint pen, doodle a border.

To complete tote, adhere a band of suede, stamped with design, around top edge of tote. Onto front of tote, adhere the stamped panels prepared earlier, scribbling a border around both panels. Stitch a button to the bag, grunging (!) it up with some messy marks with the white pen.

The bag is ready to be packed with your favourite supplies ready for some art time!

Wishes

Lynne

Hi everyone,

Donna here today with another little monster……for some reason he reminds me of my cat…must be the blue eyes!!

What to do:

Use the 6x6 Gelli plate and Decoart paints in red and blue, apply paints with a brayer, be careful not to mix them too much. Then use a piece of Strathmore mixed media paper to pull the print, put to one side to dry.

Stamp the monster separately onto Strathmore paper, colour in with Distress Markers, fussy cut out and put that to one side too.

Taking the thought bubble stamp from the That’s Crafty! Bentley set and a circle image from Visible Image, stamp with black Archival ink directly onto the print.

Doodle around the ‘thought bubble’ and on the monster with a white pen, adhere the monster to the front of the card. Place a little Washi tape under him with a sentiment then mount onto white cardstock.

He looks like he’s been exposed to too many cosmic rays doesn’t he?!

Supplies Used:

That’s Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Bentley

Visible Image Stamp Set - Universal

PaperArtsy Stamp – ZN06

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper

Gelli Plate 6x6

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paints

Distress Markers

Brayer

Black Archival Ink

White Pen

Washi Tape

I used a sentiment from my stash but try Katzelkraft - Dreamer

Hope you like it

Donna x

Hi there, I have a Halloween themed atc to share today featuring one of the fab new PaperArtsy stamps by Elenazinski Art as I couldn’t resist this rather cute image. Hope you like the little witchy too.

Ingredients:

PaperArtsy Zini’s Cling Mounted Stamp - Elenazinski Art ZN07

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil – Flight of the Bats

That’s Crafty! Surfaces – MDF ATC

Tim Holtz Cling Mounted Stamp Sets – Crazy Talk, Undertaker

Pebeo Studio Acrylic Paint – Iridescent Green Yellow

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic Paint – Carbon Black

White Gesso

Archival Ink – Jet Black, Watering Can

White Stamping Card

Fine Black Pen

Coloured Pencils

Recipe:

First give the atc a coat of gesso and follow this with a couple of coats of the iridescent paint until the surface is totally covered.

Stamp the text from the Undertaker stamp set on to the surface with the grey ink, then Use the black paint with the stencil to add bats to the background.

Next, stamp the little witch on stamping card with the black ink and colour the image with pencils. Cut the image out and add to the atc with foam pads.

Stamp the trick or treat text on a scrap of white card with black ink and cut the words out separately. Run a black pen around the edge to make the text stand out and glue to the background to finish.

We have a great new challenge today over at That’s Crafty! Challenge Blog and don’t forget to check it out at 8am to see how you can win a fab prize just for entering.

Have a great weekend and see you next week.

Fliss x

We'd like to thank Mandy very much for guesting for us in October
and for all her fantastic projects.

This week, I’ve created a beautifully textured tag using a combination of mixed media products. Using the Lindy's spray and the metallic paint make a beautiful combination which changes colour as you turn the tag side to side.

Items used:

Size 8 Kraft Card Tag

Carabelle Studio Journal du Jour Stamp

Crafters Workshop Mini Circle Stencil

That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencil ~ Brick Background

Texture Paste

Cosmic Shimmer Paint

Lindy's Stamp Gang Spray

Prima Art Alchemy Paint ~ Turquoise

Gesso

Black Embossing Powder

Versamark

Cut and Dry Foam

Arrow Die Cut

Tim Holtz Stickers ~ Small Talk

Fibres

How I made this texture tag

Take your kraft card tag and using the Dinky brick stencil and texture paste add some texture to both long sides of the tag. Leave to dry.

Once the texture paste is dry, dab some of the Cosmic Shimmer paint over the tag using the Cut and Dry Foam including the texture paste. Don’t add too much…. mainly to cover the texture paste.

Spray with the Lindy’s spray. Dry with a heat tool. Make sure it is thoroughly dry as you will be using embossing powder next.

Turn your tag lengthways. Take your Carabelle stamp and use your Versamark, stamp and emboss with the black embossing powder.

Whilst you are embossing, also emboss the arrow die cut with the black embossing powder and Versamark ink. Set the die cut to one side.

Add some turquoise dots through the CW stencil with Cut and Dry Foam and your Art Alchemy turquoise ink.

Then still using the turquoise paint and your Cut and Dry, add paint to the edges of the tag.

Spray lightly with the Lindy's spray again. Dry.

Next add a some amount of turquoise paint with some water and some ‘splatters’ to the middle of the tag. Dry.

Add some splatters with gesso mixed with water as well. A fan brush does the ‘splattering’ very well.

Add your die cut arrow and the fibres to the hole in the top of the tag.

Finally add a word stickers from the Small Talk booklet.

Mandy

Hi everyone! It's Alison here today, with an Autumnal journal page. My son has moved out, my daughter is back at uni, hubby's at work, and I've just ditched my daytime job, so I'm enjoying the solitude.

Here's what I used...

Carabelle Studio A6 Stamp Set - Leafs by Birgit Koopsen

Prima Finnabair Clear Stamps - Messy, Bubbles

That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Journal - 5 x 7 inches

That's Crafty! Dinky Stencils - Bubbles Background, Arrows Background, Raindrops Background

DecoArt Media - White Gesso, White Texture Sand Paste, Tinting Base, Matte Medium

DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylic - Cobalt Teal Hue, Phthalo Blue

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic - Tango, Captain Peacock, Bougainvillea

Ranger Archival Ink Pad - Jet Black, Watering Can

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Detail Clear Embossing Enamel

Paintbrush, Stencil Brush, Palette Knife, Scissors, Heat Gun

Black Journaling Pen

Painty scrap paper, Book page word

Instructions...

1. Using a page from a That's Crafty! 5 x 7 inch white/greyboard journal, I first applied DecoArt Texture Sand Paste through the Bubbles Background Dinky stencil. I did this randomly in a few places.

2. The next step was to apply white gesso over the whole page. Then I started applying the White Tinting Base and Cobalt Teal Hue, blending it over the page.

3. Next, I did some more stencilling, using Cobalt Teal Hue with the Arrows Background, and Phthalo Blue with the Raindrops Background.

4. I added some background stamping, using the Prima Bubbles with Watering Can ink, and Prima Messy with Jet Black ink.

5. I stamped the Birgit Koopsen leaves three times on a painty piece of scrap paper, using Versafine Onyx Black ink, then clear embossed them and cut them out. The paper I used had some Fresco paint on it, Bougainvillea, Captain Peacock, and Tango.

6. Using matte medium, I adhered the leaves to my journal page. I also added the word 'solitude' from an old book page.

7. To finish, I stamped the Prima Bubbles repeatedly around the edges of my page with Jet Black Archival ink, then used a black journaling pen to outline the book page word.

I hope I've inspired you today,

have fun crafting,

Alison x

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