Our Design Team is having a well earned break and we will
start blog posts again on Monday 8th January 2018.
We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
and a Happy New Year.
This is
my final D.T. for the year 2017, I’m convinced this year has passed quicker
than any before.
I
decided to share a winter themed project for this week, featuring one of the
greyboard snowflakes.
Supplies
That’s Crafty! Multi-Surface Paints Ice Blue, Antique Gold, Antique Silver
Extras:
Scrap Found Paper, Scraps of Vintage Lace, Tulle, Re-cycled Silk Sari Ribbon,
Gem, Glass Glitter, Willow Circle
Instructions
Randomly
apply Gesso, with foam brush, to willow circle then, applying with fingertips,
Antique Gold and Antique Silver, focusing around edge.
Apply
Ice Blue and Antique Silver to a snowflake. While the paint is wet, sprinkle on glass glitter, leave to dry before
adhering gem to centre.
Stamp
quote onto found paper which has been randomly painted with Gesso, edge with
glass glitter.
Before
layering this piece to willow circle, gently create folds in the paper. Layer
to willow circle with scraps of vintage lace and tulle. Adhere snowflake to
upper corner, trapping two pieces of re-cycled silk sari ribbon behind the
snowflake, giving the impression of movement.
Final
touches of more glass glitter to edge of willow circle.
A hole
could be drilled at the top, allowing to be suspended from wire/thread or the
ornament could be propped onto a craft style easel.
This is
my final project for 2017, a year which has passed by too quickly. If you
are celebrating the festivities, then I hope it is a time which is kind to you
and yours.
Thank
You for all the lovely comments and support this past year, it is greatly
appreciated by me.
Wishes
Lynne
Hi
everyone,
Donna
here today with a hanging panel for you that I created for the recent sell out
Hochanda shows.
What I did:
I
dabbed a couple of splodges of That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints (green and
blue shades) onto the panel and then applied the brayer to distribute the
paints. By doing it this way, you should get a lovely random background.
Once
that was dry, I spread some yummy Sand Texture Paste through one of the new
stencils (Notes) that has a cloud shape. This stencil is such great value as it
contains both the stencil and the mask too for each image.
The
‘Notes’ stencil also contains the fab bird image, which I used to dab a purple
multi surface paint through.
I
then used 2 of the new Mini stencils (Leaves and Bubbles) applying paint
through the Leaf stencil and black Distress Ink through the Bubbles stencil.
The
finishing touches were to add some doodled hearts and white outlines. The word
fly is a little hand carved stamp I did when I had a small piece of rubber left
over from a larger carving.
I
added some Bakers Twine to hang it with and there you have a zesty, bright creation to help ward off these dull Winter
days.
Supplies Used:
Hope
you like it
Donna
x
Merry
Christmas everyone and welcome to my last post for the year as we’re taking a
little break over the festive period and will be back with you next year. I’m
sharing a rather amusing card that I made for my brother as he appreciates this
sort of thing and I hope that you like it too.
Ingredients:
Alphabet
Stamps as a substitute for my text stamp, which was a Craft Stamper free one
Green
Cardstock
Square
Red Card Blank
Paper
Stumps
Recipe:
Stamp
the penguins image on white stamping card and stamp the ho, ho, ho text over
the top as shown.
Colour
the penguins with coloured pencils to resemble rockhopper penguins, which have
yellow crests like the detail on the stamped images.
Stamp
the Christmas hat from the Crazy Things set on white stamping card with the
black ink and colour with a red pencil. I used blending fluid with mine to give
a smooth effect to the colouring on the hat.
Cut
the hat out and add to the baby penguin at a jaunty angle. I just love the long
suffering look on his little face and I think the hat suits this perfectly.
Trim
the main image to a rectangular panel and add a green mat before gluing to your
card blank. I chose red to give a strong contrast to the matted image panel.
To
finish off my card, I added a rather tongue in cheek festive sticker.
We
have another great challenge for you over at That’s Crafty! Challenge Blog
today so hopefully you’ll have a bit of free time over the festive season to
enter for a fabulous prize.
I
hope you all have a really lovely Christmas and wish you all the best for 2018.
See
you next year for some more exciting happenings with That’s Crafty!
Fliss x
Hello Crafty Friends.
Not long to wait till
Christmas... Yayyyy!!
Today I'm sharing a
little make which has been hanging around (literally) since I first got hold of
this That's Crafty! stamp set designed by Donna Gray way back in August!
An opportunity for me
to test out the Multi Surface Paints and put them to the fabric test watered
down and hand washed, yes I think we can clearly say they can be used on
fabric.
Additional detail has
been added by following those
stamped out lines
with some machine stitching.
Sewn and filled with
fire retardant wadding flat back gemstones
were attached with
strong adhesive but can also be hot fixed.
This is the stage it
had been left in. How the weather has changed since August!
I think it knew there
was new That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints on the horizon..!
How they shimmer and
shine watered down with the Sparklers sprays.
and looking super
(even if I say so myself) frayed around
the edges and now
hung on my Christmas Tree.
Although this was
sewn on a machine, it can just as easily be hand stitched.
This is my last
Thursday That's Crafty! post of 2017 and would like to take the
opportunity to Thank
you ALL for your support over the past few months.
Wishing you all a
Magical Christmas and warm wishes on this *Winter Solstice*
I look forward to
sharing my Thursday's with you all in 2018
Warmest of Hugs
Tracey xx
Crafty Supplies:
That's Crafty!
Stamps: Christmas Collection Set 2
That's Crafty! Sparklers Sprays
Archival Ink: Watering Can
Calico, Thread, Twine
and Flat Back Gemstones
Hi Everyone
I have had absolutely no crafting time this week so would
like to share with you another of the samples that I created to support the
recent shows on Hochanda TV.
Here’s What I Did:
I first
painted the 8” x 8” white/greyboard with White That’s Crafty! paint. I then stencilled the Purple paint through the Mandala stencil. On top of that I used
the new 2 part Sugar Skull stencil and I first used the skull shape and
stencilled through it, onto an 8” x 8” white/greyboard piece using That’s
Crafty! Light Texture Paste.
Once that was dry I stencilled through the detail
parts of the skull again using Light Texture Paste. I then gave all the skull
area a covering of White paint. I then hand painted the details parts using a
selection of That’s Crafty! paints.
To finish I then drew around all the parts
of the Mandala stencil using a 2mm Liquid Chrome Pen, using the broader chrome pen I
went around the actual skull as well. I added the words using one of the stamps
from Inspirational Quotes 2 and heat embossing in black. To finish I just added
some purple thread that I had and that was knotted through the holes in the 8” x 8” board.
Here’s What I Used:
That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints: Various Colours
Molotow Liquid Chrome Pens: 2mm & 4mm
I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
The blog is having a couple of weeks off from the end of
this week
so I will see you all in 2018.
so I will see you all in 2018.
Love
Amanda X
Not even a week till Christmas Eve and
the last Monday before!!
My sample this week is showing some of the newest Bits
and Pieces of stars and hearts. They are mounted onto a piece of white/greyboard,
which was first painted with a mix of Green and White, to achieve a soft light
green.
When dry, I used two Dinky stencils
to create interest to the background, one called Circles and one Harlequin,
added with Archival Ink.On top of it on the left side of panel and top, I
stamped the text stamp from the new Textures Collections Stamp Set 3. The stars
and hearts were all painted with a little stronger mix of Green and White and
on top I stenciled the beautiful Dinky stencil Snowflakes, using Texture Paste.
While wet I sprinkled white glitter dust.
After it had dried, a little Sand Paste was
smeared around the perimeter of both hearts and stars and lastly I painted all
edges with Black.
On a piece of discarded paper, I
stamped Donna’s wonderful text from her stamp set Christmas Collection Set 1,
with Jet Black Archival Ink. The perimeter also painted with white and black paint.
Torn pieces of gauze and lace were adhered to the background - half the gauze
first painted with the rest of the paint mixture.
Everything was adhered to the canvas
using Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive, a green painted string was also
tied around the panel and a Mother
of Pearl button from my stash added. Lastly the perimeter of the panel was
painted with Black.
I hope you are all happily busy
preparing for the big day, I know I am. J
There will be 14 days now, without
any blog posts from me and my dear friend Lynne is the last one to post from
the team Sunday the 24th – I’m sure it will be another gorgeous creation from
her.
Wishing you all the most Merry and Happy Christmas time, with family
and friends, and a blessed, healthy and wonderful New Year 2018.
Hugs and love
Dorthe
Materials used:
That’s
Crafty! Multi Surface Paints: Green, White, Black
That’s
Crafty! Dinky Stencils: Snowflake Background 055, Background Circles 003,
Distressed Harlequin 019
Archival Ink:
Leaf Green, Jet Black
From my stash: Old lace, gauze,
white glitter, mother of pearl button, string, discarded piece of paper
On
seeing the new That’s Crafty! stamp set, Textures Collection Set 3, my eye was
immediately drawn to the beautiful leaf. I couldn’t resist making the leaf
stamp the focal for this collage, which was a sample made for recent ODS at
HOCHANDA.
Supplies
Extras:- Re-cycled
corrugated paper, brown packing paper, Rice paper (weathered and stained from
outdoors), Coconut Button, Jute Twine, Coffee Granules
Instructions
Apply brown packing paper to white/greyboard
panel. Re-cycled brown packing paper is perfect because it will have some
crinkles to it. When adhering to the panel, I smooth down with hands/brayer to
ensure good adhesion and avoid air bubbles. To this apply light texture paste,
stamping script when the panel is partially dry – washing stamp immediately
after use.
Continue working with the Light Texture Paste, applying to three tags and corrugated cardboard. On the tags, create texture as you apply the
paste. Onto two of the tags, adhere fragments of handmade paper, then add
pieces of brown packing paper. Next, stamp leaf onto each tag. Ensure there is
slight variation to each tag. Layer the trio of tags onto panel of corrugated
cardboard also layering another panel of corrugated cardboard to bottom
edge.
Sprinkle coffee granules onto
the panel before running water, from a tap, onto the panel, dissolving the
granules with your fingers. Let excess coffee run down panel or soak up excess
with kitchen paper towel. Lay panel flat to dry.
Stamp
Affirmation onto a naturally stained fragment of rice paper, adhering to lower
corner of panel and embellishing with coconut button, with script stamped
directly onto it.
Until
next time,
Wishes
Lynne
