It’s Always the Small Pieces by Amanda Southern

Hi Everyone

I have a wall hanging for you today created on my favourite That’s Crafty! substrate their 8” x 8” MDF square.

Here’s What I Did:

The first thing is to prepare the MDF with a coating of gesso to prime the wood but also as I knew that the background colour would be visible on the finished piece.

Next was to create some gelli prints onto tissue paper as these would create my background. I wanted plain bold colours and chose 4 colours of PaperArtsy Fresco Paints and one of the new larger PaperArtsy stencils by Kim Dellow. I brayered a single colour onto the Gelli Plate (I used the 8”x10: one) laid the stencil over the paint and then pulled the print onto a piece of tissue paper. I did this 4 times with 4 different colours yellow, blue, red & black, I wanted the stencil to leave a clear space as the white of the gesso would show through or the colour that I overlaid the piece onto. 

I then cut the tissue up into different sized pieces and layered them up onto the MDF using matte medium. I love how switching the pieces around really makes for an abstract look.

I then stencilled over the piece using several Seth Apter Stencils, all black stencilled has been done using black Archival ink and Cut & Dry Foam. I then outlined the stencilling with a white paint paint pen and added a Tim Holtz Small Talk saying.

Here’s What I Used:-

That's Crafty! Surfaces 8” x 8”MDF Square

DecoArt Gesso

DecoArt Matte Medium

10” x 8” Gelli Plate

Brayer

PaperArtsy Fresco Paint (or any acrylic paint)

Tissue Paper

PaperArtsy Stencil – Kim Dellow - 040

Seth Apter Stencils by Stencil Girl - 6” x 6” Urban Insiders Bar, Text and Texture,

Seth Apter Mini 4” x 4” by Stencil Girl - Square

Seth Apter Stencil - 9” x 12” - Outsiders

Seth Apter Stencil – Inside out (From my stash)

Black Archival Ink Pad

Cut & Dry Foam

White Paint Pen – Dylusions

Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers

Thanks and I’ll see you all next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X