Snow in August by Amanda Southern

Hi Everyone

It’s snowing………… well sort of, it’s snowing with lots of new MDF and greyboard products from That’s Crafty! which were launched on Hochanda TV last Friday, you will still be able to see the shows on Hochanda catch up HERE. I got a chance to play with the beautiful greyboard snowflakes and the MDF wreath.

Here’s What I Did:

The MDF wreath pack includes 3 MDF wreaths which come as concentric circles, for my snowflake wreath I have used the larger of the 3 wreath rings. I have used mostly the large greyboard snowflakes but there are a couple from the small set. All of this piece has been painted using That’s Crafty! Shimmer paints and Multi Surface paints.

I started by painting the MDF wreath I haven’t gesso’d it first as the coverage of these paints is fabulous. I just built up the layers of paint applying it with a piece of washing up sponge which also adds texture to the paint due to the coarseness of the sponge. I then tore up some bandages and dipped them into some of the paint that I had diluted to change the colour to the ice blue. I then dried off the bandages with a heat gun. I roughly applied the coloured bandages to the painted wreath using That’s Crafty! glue which stuck it perfectly and also dries clear. I then set about painting the snowflakes, again no gesso was used and I sponged the paint directly onto the greyboard, I used the Ice Blue but while it was still wet I added the Dark Blue blending the colours together. I didn’t mind if I didn’t get a perfect covering of paint I quite liked the board coming through. 

The snowflakes were added to the wreath using a hot glue gun. I added sparkly gems to the centre to finish them off.

I then thought I wanted to add to the centre with a floating snowflake, using the paint again I chose the largest snowflake which also comes in co-ordinating smaller sizes so I built them up on each other for a large centre piece. In order to allow it to float I added a piece of acetate to the back that totally covered the hole. I glued it to the acetate using That’s Crafty! glue.

Last pieces to add were the greyboard words which I painted White and the bottom half were sponged in the Ice Blue and then glued into place onto the acetate. Final touch was a piece of painted bandage as a hanging string.

What I Used:

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Wreath & Bauble Set (largest ring used)

That's Crafty! Surfaces Bits & Pieces GreyBoard Sheets - Snowflake Set Large & Small

That's Crafty! Shimmer Paint - Dark Blue

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paint - Ice Blue

That's Crafty! Surfaces Bits & Pieces Greyboard Sheets - Christmas Sentiments 1

That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive

White Paint

Acetate Sheet

Hot Glue Gun

Bandages

Sparkly Gems from my stash

Hope you don’t mind it snowing in August?

Love

Amanda X