Hello
This week I have wee collages to share which feature That's Crafty! Greyboard Mushrooms as the focal pieces.  Above is the collection I made but I will only focus on instructions for one as they were essentially made in the same manner.

Supplies

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne's Affirmations Set 9
That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Matches - Doodled Shrooms
That's Crafty! Surfaces Mixed Media Paper/Card Kit (Kraft Card and Corrugated Cardboard)
That's Crafty! Light Texture Paste
That's Crafty! Multi-Surface Paint Black 
Gel Medium
Watercolour Brush
Watercolour Paints (Indigo, Grey)
Small Tag
Gesso
Sewing Machine
Sewing Thread - Walnut
Old Book Page - eco dyed
Summer Fruits Teabags (if you want to tea stain small tags and rice paper)

Instructions

The watercolour paper was eco dyed, to show the effects achieved, this is a photo of the rear of the collages, of course, the front of the panels are all but covered up.

Eco dyed old book text was layered to a panel with tea dyed rice paper (a soft blue/grey tone although the teabags were Summer Fruit), I added machine stitching, as a means to adhere but also for texture. You can ever so slightly see the edge of the rice paper behind the book page.

Inking up one of the Affirmations, I stamped it onto tiny fragments of eco dyed rice paper I had kicking around, you can see I only partially used the Affirmation. Before adhering the words, I tore off the bottom edge (saving that piece) adding machine stitching for texture.

The saved piece you will see in the photo above, where the word "courage" was layered. For each collage I repeated the word to layer beneath the mushrooms, such as courage, grounded and strength.

Hi everyone,

It's Donna here today with Fred who seems to have got himself into a bit of bother...as usual for him!!


What I did:

I took a size 8 manila tag for this, sprinkled some blue Brusho onto it and spritzed liberally with water until I was happy with the colour.

I used one of the fishes from the Marina stamp set to add interest to the background stamping it using a blue shade of archival ink so it didn't dominate.

The seaweed and bubbles (also from the Marina set) were stamped using black Archival ink and coloured in with undiluted Distress Markers.

Now comes the fun part....a head swap!! I love doing this as you get some fun ideas this way and you get to double the use out of your stamps too. Marina the mermaid was stamped onto Strathmore paper along with Fred's head and also the crown from the Amelie stamp set. These were all coloured in using Mermaid Markers (no pun intended) diluted with a water brush.

I gave Fred a pair of 'worried' eyebrows and added a little doodling here and there with Posca pens.

The images were fussy cut out and adhered to the tag along with a Tim Holtz sticker sentiment.

Fred did make a wish as he wanted something fishy but I'm not sure this is what he had in mind.....what a silly boy :)

Supplies Used:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Marina
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Freddy and Friends collection
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Amelie
Brusho
Mermaid Markers
Size 8 Manila Tags
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper Pad
Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers
Distress Markers
Posca Pens
Archival Ink Pads
Water Brush

Hope you like it
Donna xx

Hello there, Helen here, using some of Ingrid's stamps to make a double sided piece of art.

Hello
Today, I am sharing a Chunkie, another inspirational surface from That's Crafty! Sturdy yet not clumsy in any way.

I incorporated several other That's Crafty! products including the recently released small sized MDF Rounds, a perfect size to layer a used teabag (with contents disposed off) onto which I layered a stamped and stitched butterfly.


Supplies

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Rounds 2.5"
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Chunkies 4.5"x9" (pack of 2)
That's Crafty! Mixed Media Paper/Card Kit ( Rice Paper, Corrugated Cardboard)
That's Crafty! Multi Surfaces Paints: Antique Gold
That's Crafty! Multi-Surface Paints: Metallic Patina
That's Crafty! Multi-Surface Paints: Metallic Bronze
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne's Wildflowers Set 2
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne's Affirmations Set 7
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Textures Collection Set 3
That's Crafty! Multi-Purpose Craft Adhesive
PaperArtsy Seth Apter Limited Edition Frescos Chalk Paints Set 4
Memento Ink Tuxedo Black
Fluid Acrylic Titanium White (I used Golden but you could use watered down white Gesso)
Small Tag
Old Book Pages
Twig
Nettle Yarn
Used Teabag
Sewing Thread - Black
Sewing Needle

Instructions

After assembling the Chunkie, I applied Gesso but you don't need to, it is more a habit with me!
To this, I then applied Fresco Venice Blue and Glazier. I repeatedly stamped "Make Friends With Silence" onto the Chunkie with a Wildflowers stamp towards lower, left corner.

To this, next add torn pieces of corrugated cardboard which has been prepared with swipes of paint and Gesso, adding two length to left and right side of Chunkie.

Before giving attention to the focal, a piece of rice paper was adhered to the Chunkie. I say a piece of rice paper, this was a few pieces of rice paper which were stacked together before eco dying and allowing to dry. With the layered pieces being torn before that process, once dry it provided a lovely textural piece of paper.

Now, the focal. A used teabag, snipped carefully to allow me to dispose of the contents, was adhered to a MDF Round - they were a perfect match. Onto a piece of teabag paper, stained with tea/coffee, the stunning butterfly was stamped. With black thread, I added some stitched details to the butterfly.

Gel Medium was only applied down the centre of the stamped butterfly (on the rear), allowing the edges of this panel to remain free.


Onto scraps of eco dyed rice paper, an Affirmation from Set 7 was partially inked up, providing me with the words "friends with silence". This was adhered to a small tag which had been stained with tea/coffee.

At this point I  should say "Re-wind" because the ends of the tag were adhered behind the MDF Round before adhering to the Chunkie.

Working with the Multi-Surface paints, I applied them to areas, with my fingertips, only small areas at a time, just catching the edges, here and there. Small fragments of stained book text were also adhered, again here and there.

The final touches, nettle yarn wrapped around a twig adhered to upper edge of Chunkie with touches of Titanium White Fluid Acrylic applied, with fingertips, to unify the project and also give a dreamy quality.

Thank you for taking the time to visit.

Wishes
Lynne

Hi everyone,

It's Donna here today and I thought I'd share with you the three cards I made with Ingrid's wonderful new stamps and stencils for That's Crafty! which were created for the Hochanda show on Monday just gone.

These were really quick and simple to create so I'll write a brief description under each one for you :)

Take a sheet of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and spray the new Lustre Spray (Aubergine) through the Boho Arrows stencil. These sprays are just amazing and a photo cannot do the shimmer you get with them justice!

Stamp the feather with black Archival ink onto another piece of the Strathmore paper and colour in using a mixture of red and yellow That's Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays. Fussy cut the feather out and adhere to the arrows background with a couple of foam dots. Stamp the sentiment with black Archival ink just underneath the feather. Mount onto black card and then white cardstock.

That's the first card finished.


Take a sheet of the Strathmore paper again and stamp the flower and leaf directly onto it with Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. Spray liberally with the Lustre Spray in aubergine again and thoroughly dry. Again use a mixture of the Flat Matte sprays to colour the flower and leaf in with. Do this by dropping a little bit of the colour onto your craft mat and pick it up with a water brush for a great water colour effect.

Then stamp the sentiment with black Archival ink, mount onto black and then white cardstock...that's card number two finished for you.


Now onto the last card. Once again the flower and leaf were stamped three times onto the Strathmore paper but this time I coloured them in with my Zig pens (Distress Markers would work just as well) and fussy cut them out. I then selected a Washi tape from my ever growing stash (yes I love the stuff) and opted for the black and white as I thought it made a striking contrast to the rich colours of the flowers and leaves.

Stick the Washi tap onto the card front and layer the flowers and leaves with some foam pads for extra dimension. Add a Tim holt sentiment and yes that's card number three finished too.

I really enjoyed making these cards in the limited time I had but sometimes if you don't have time to think too much you can create things much easier I think ;)

Supplies Used:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Boho Vibes Set 1
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Boho Vibes Set 2
That's Crafty! Lustre Spray - Aubergine
That's Crafty! Stencil 8x8 - Boho Arrows
That's Crafty! - Flat Matte Sprays
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper Pad
Black Archival Ink
Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers
Water Brush
White Embossing Powder
Versamark Stamp Pad
Washi Tape
Black Card
White Cardstock
Foam Dots

Hope you like it
Donna xx

Hello! This week I have a mixed media circular piece of artwork to share which should probably be called the tale of how something that went totally wrong was rescued! Do read on to hear what happened as it's proof that things can sometimes be fixed.

Step by Step:

As mentioned above, the starting point for my artwork was a panel which I started several weeks ago which went rather wrong and I put it aside as at that point I didn't know what to do with it. I had glued on crinkled collage paper and then started painting the flowers and leaves. I didn't like the effect and stopped at that point.

I later found that I was able to dilute the coloured areas by misting with water and then brushing on heavily diluted lavender multi surface paint over the top and around the edges. I brushed diluted light blue over the other areas to complete the background.






I next prepared some flowers to embellish my panel by stamping them on scraps of fabric with black ink. I used my Tim Holtz stamp platform for this as it really helps to get a crisp stamped image. I ironed heat bond on the back of the flowers and then ironed them on to thick interlining for stability.





I then stamped some leaves on fabric using the same method as above and you'll see that Melina's lovely leaf goes rather well with my flowers too. I didn't have any green fabric that wasn't too busy so I used yellow and then painted them with diluted lime multi surface paint. Result!





I glued a piece of vintage crochet lace to the background and added the flowers and leaves with dimensional glue. I finished off with some stickers and tied torn sari ribbon through the top.





Supplies:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Fanciful Flowers Set 1
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Doodled Butterflies & Leaves
That's Crafty! Surfaces - MDF Rounds - I used the largest 8in size
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints - Lavender, Light Blue, Lime
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collage Paper - Botanical
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Big Chat Sticker Book
Black Pigment Ink
Extras - Vintage Crochet Lace, Torn Pink Sari Ribbon