I Do Weird by Amanda Southern

Hi Everyone

I have another wall hanging for you this week this time using a 6” x 6” MDF board and I make no apologies for using the fabulous swirl stamp that I used last week.

Here’s What I Did:

Like many of my pieces my background started off by using a gelli print from my stash. Over that I then added some further stencilled details using black Archival ink. I then cut the piece to the same size as the MDF board. I then stamped the swirl and again I used Tim Holtz Stamping Platform as I was going to need to stamp this twice in exactly the same place. So I made the first stamping and then leaving the card and the stamp in place on the stamping platform I painted over all the swirl with white PaperArtsy Fresco paint as it has a matte finish. 

When the paint was dry I then inked up the stamp again and re-stamped the swirl over the white paint and hey presto all the squares are neatly coloured in white. I then stamped the Bird on a Wheel using Versamark and heat embossed it in black. I then did the same again on a scrap of gelli print, added a little colour with pencils and layered it onto the original heat embossed image. 

Now to add my words and back to the Stamping Platform. I used Tim’s foam alphabet stamps which using the platform means you can line them up perfectly and as some of the letters are repeated in the phrase great to get them all level and spaced after you need to use the same letter again. I have Used black Dylusions paint to stamp them, to get the black absolutely solid I needed to repeat the stamping several times impossible without a Stamping Platform. When the words were dry I added an edge with a white Posca pen.

A little bit of doodling around the edges using black and white Posca pens finished it off. I then glued the piece onto the MDF using the fabulous new glue by That’s Crafty!

What I Used:

Gelli print made using - Gelli Plate, acrylic paint, brayer and mark making tools

iStencil by Patti Tolley - Ebony & Ivory

Jet Black Archival Ink Pad

Ranger Mini Blending Tool

Versamark Ink Pad

Black Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

White Card

Lost Coast Designs - Cracked Critter ‘ Bird with Wheel’ (sadly no longer on website but the other critters are)

Lost Coast Design Stamp Set - ‘Fish & Heart’

Tim Holtz Foam Alphabet Stamps

Dylusions Paint - Black Marble

PaperArtsy Paint - Snowflake

Posca Pens - Black & white

That's Crafty! Surfaces 6” x 6” MDF Board from Pack of 3

That’s Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive

Have a fabulous week and I’ll see you next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X