That's Crafty!: November 2017

Hello everyone. How did we get to the last day of November so soon??

I've been so busy playing with some new That's Crafty! products (coming soon)

that I feel that this month has come and gone in the blink of an eye.

Here's a Gift Card I made using That's Crafty! products and a peek

at a new one coming soon (but I'm not telling you which !!...)

Mixing a small amount of That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paint with water

I added them to spray bottles and spritzed them onto water colour card.

I stamped both the flower and leaf from Lynne's Affirmations Set 6

onto the background papers cutting them out leaving an edge.

I repeat stamped the sentiment onto the background cut to 4x4" in size and matt and layered onto card. A piece of the background was glued onto a tag with the same sentiment masked off to fit then stamped.

Edging the Flowers and leaves with Versamark and a dusting of gold embossing powder they were then heat set. Large Flat back gems embellish the centre of each flower.

The flowers and leaves are layered onto the tag with 3D glue

and a magnetic strip attached to the back.

Attached to the card using ribbon the tag can easily be untied

and displayed on a fridge or any magnetic surface.

My Blooming Lovely Gift card is complete.

Thank you for sharing a little bit of your day with me,
I look forward to sharing more with you same time next week.

*See you all in December*

Creative Hugs

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! Stamps: Lynne's Affirmations Set 6

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints: Gold, Chestnut Brown, Coming Soon!

Memento Dew Drop Inks: Zeal Teal, Rich Cocoa

WOW Embossing Powder: Rich Gold

That's Crafty! Greyboard Tag: #3

Empty Spray Bottles

Watercolour Card

Ribbon, Flat Back Gems and Magnetic Strip from my Stash

We've a brilliant video today from Melina showing how

she made this fantastic Shadow Box.

Hi Everyone

This week I have been playing with another of the stamp sets from AALL & Create that have recently arrived at That’s Crafty!

Here’s What I Did:

First I had to prepare the Dinky MDF Upright, for this I used That’s Crafty! paints, these paints have great coverage so I didn’t bother with a layer of gesso, I also didn’t mind if the colour of the MDF showed through. Using a piece of cut down washing up sponge as it gives great texture with the paint, you could use Cut & Dry Foam, I randomly layered up Teal, Ice Blue and White. I also treated the That’s Crafty! greyboard snowflakes in the same way other than they had a little of the Metallic Blue added. When all the paint was dry I glued the Upright together using Multi Purpose Glue. I then added the snowflakes using Multi Purpose Glue on some and 3D Gel on the others.

Onto a piece of stamping card I stamped the characters from the AALL and Create Stamp Set #13, they were then coloured with coloured pencils. I then cut them out and added them to the Ppright, again using Multi Purpose Glue.

The second little chap I wanted peeping over the top of the Upright and made him a little heart to hang around his neck, this I just punched from red card several times, glued together with black cotton in between so I could hang it and edged with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

I then typed out the saying ‘Cold hands, warm heart’ on my old typewriter, edged in Iced Spruce Distress ink and glued to the snowflakes. To dull it all down a little I brushed Vintage Photo Distress ink around the project.

What I Used:

That’s Crafty! Dinky MDF Upright - Tag

That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paint – White, Teal, Metallic Ice Blue

That’s Crafty! Shimmer Paint – Dark Blue

Washing up sponge or Cut & Dry Foam

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits and Pieces Greyboard Snowflakes Small

AALL & Create Stamp Set #13

Archival Ink Pad – Black

Stamping Card

Coloured Pencils

Distress Inks – Vintage Photo, Iced Spruce

Stencil Brush

Typewriter

That’s Crafty! Multi Purpose Glue

3D Gel

Have a fabulous week

Love

Amanda X

Hello dear friends, I know we are only late November but I had an idea with one of the Acrylic Uprights, for a festive decorated kind of window and it had to be tried!

I have taken photos on both white and black backgrounds, for you to see as many details as possible!!

Onto the acrylic panel I stenciled two Baubles with texture paste and left to dry.

The wonderful Christmas tree was painted white and then using the Poinsettia Tree stencil, I smeared the beautiful Metallic Gold over.

Here you can see some of the pattern

The Swirly Greyboard Reindeer was painted with Chestnut Brown and lightened here and there, mixing a bit of white into the brown, before drying. The antlers had spots of gold and I added white and black details.

Also one of the greyboard snowflakes was painted with Metallic Gold and after it had dried, I added Diamond Glace on top of it, using the Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive, which dries so perfectly clear! I also defined the peaks with a brown fine liner.

When the bauble was dry, I first painted it with Metallic Pearl and then used two of the beautiful Baubles stencils, to add patterns. It was done with the Metallic Gold, in which I sprinkled a bit gold glitter.

When totally dry I used the stencils again and a fine liner in brown, to draw around all the snowflake patterns. This gave a little more life to the panel.

To finish it all, the tree was adhered to the back of the acrylic panel and the star and deer to the front panel. One of Lynne’s Affirmations was stamped onto a piece of a glassine envelope, that she dearly gifted me herself and adhered to the front panel too.

Time for a little snowy weather - thinned White was added by tapping on a brush loaded with the paint and on the bottom I tried the new fantastic 3D Gloss Gel. It dries totally clear when added in a thin layer, looking like water on the acrylic and adding more creates beautiful snow, in between.

Then the baubles were hang from the tree, with two pieces of lace and a tinsel ribbon was added to the hole in the panel, after having punched a hole to the tree.

I hope you liked it and maybe followed me all the way to here!

Thank you,

Hugs and love

Dorthe

Here you can see what materials I have used:

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Acrylic Upright Tag

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits and Pieces Greyboard: Christmas Tree, Swirly Reindeer, Snowflake

That’s Crafty! Stencils: Baubles TC7004, Big Floral TC8005, Poinsettia Tree TC7001

That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paint: Metallic Gold, Metallic Pearl, Chestnut Brown, White

That’s Crafty! 3D Gloss Gel

That’s Crafty! Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive

That’s Crafty! Stamp Set Lynne’s Affirmations Set 3

Diamond Glace

From my stash: Lace, Gold Glitter

This project dates back to when That’s Crafty! showcased their MDF wreaths on HOCHANDA.

One of my favourite stamps to use for Christmas is Character Constructions The Bee Keeper’s Collection No. 7 which I incorporated into this wreath.

I worked with the smallest size wreath from the MDF Surfaces Wreath and Baubles Set. This is such a generous set as well as versatile. You could use all three of the various sized wreaths to form one large spectacular wreath or split the set up, making three individual wreaths and not only that, the set also includes MDF baubles, stars, bows! There is enough to satisfy the most ardent crafter in the run-up to the festivities!!!

Supplies

That’s Crafty! Surfaces MDF Wreath and Baubles Set (smallest size wreath)

That’s Crafty! Ice Blue, Copper Acrylic Paints

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits and Pieces Greyboard Large Wings, Snowflakes

Gesso – White

That’s Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive

Foam Brush

Character Constructions Stamp Set The Bee Keeper’s Tea Collection No. 7

Jump Rings (substitute with Idea-ology Jump Rings)

Chain

White Cardstock – scrap only

Extras: large flat back pearls, re-cycled silk sari ribbon, rhinestone chain, flower embellishment (from old sweater), jingle bell, pearl bead, glass chandelier drop, blue bead

Instructions

Paint smallest size of the wreath and various snowflakes with the beautiful Ice Blue. For the greyboard wings, paint with Ice Blue and the Copper.

Stamp Character Constructions woman’s face onto cardstock, lightly splattered with some paint.

In preparation of assembling the wreath, tear blue and ivory silk sari ribbon into thin lengths. Adhere flat back pearls onto snowflakes. First, adhere wings and woman’s face to top of wreath. Embellish woman with a teeny snowflake, with a rhinestone cut from rhinestone chain adhered to centre of snowflake. Continue embellishing by layering a floral crochet lace detail to a painted snowflake, layered to a sweet piece of lace. Place this between the two wings.

Tie the torn sari ribbon into bows, adhere to wreath along with the snowflakes. At the bottom of the wreath tie longer lengths of sari ribbon around the wreath. Stitch a jingle bell, glass bead and a crystal chandelier drop to this area. Layer two larger snowflakes, again with a flat back pearl in the centre. Adhere to wreath, this will also help disguise where the longer lengths of sari ribbon have been tied around the wreath.

Finally, create a hanging by attaching chain to jump rings. Slip a jump ring onto each end of the wings. Decorate the right hand side by attaching pearl bead to jump rings and finally, attaching more torn sari ribbon lengths.

The wreath is now ready to display in your home.

Wishes

Lynne

Hi everyone,

Donna here today with a CAS type Christmas card for you.

What I did:

I used the That’s Crafty! greyboard Christmas Florals 2 for this and started to paint them up after referring to a picture of a Christmas Rose on the internet!

I used a mixture of That’s Crafty! own brand paints for this and edged the leaves and rose with a tiny hint of a green Gelato.

I wracked my brain for the centre of the flower and then remembered I have some of the Tim Holtz flowers, which are just plain white so I coloured the stamens in with a yellow pen.

After a bit of doodling on the leaves with a white pen and a grey pencil for the flower, I took my pokey tool and made a hole through the rose so I could thread the stamens through.

Before I adhered the rose to the card I used a green Distress Oxide and pounced it through a Dinky stencil just to add a little detail to the background on the Kraft card.

I then put a little bit of cut twine on the card and then added the rose on top of it.

To add a finishing touch I added a Tim Holtz sentiment and there you have a simple but effective CAS type Christmas card…..well that’s one more card I’ve made to be crossed off my never ending list!!