This project started off with the giraffe, in fact that was the only thing that remained constant as I kept chopping and changing all the way through!

Katzelkraft Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set - Les Jungles - KTZ168
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Lynne's Mark Making Stamps - Set 2
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Textures Collection - Set 2
That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Panel 2 - Pack of 6
That's Crafty! 6.5ins x 7.5ins Stencil - Cobblestones - TC7024
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints: Bright Red, Bright Magenta, Grey
Ranger Archival Ink Pads: Jet Black
Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Posca Pens: White
Molotow Liquid Chrome Pens

Hello
Something I like to do is prepare backgrounds, with no actual plan for them, simply enjoying the process of playing and knowing, whether it is days or many months time, that I will eventually reach for a particular background and this was one of those times.

The colour palette is not my "norm" but the touches of green, I hope, are representative of nature.

Supplies

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne's Carved Leaves Set 2
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set ATCoin Set 11
Carabella Studio Art Stamp Stitched Mixed Media Background
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Panel Size 6x6 Pack of 3
That's Crafty! Surfaces Rice Paper
That's Crafty! Multi-Surface Paints: Black, Grey, White
That's Crafty! Mediums Gesso  White
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints Tinned Peas
Archival Ink Jet Black 
Gel Medium
Walnut Sewing Thread and Sewing Machine
Watercolour/Rag Paper

Instructions

This is the panel which had been prepared with That's Crafty! Multi-Surface Paints and touches of Fresco Tinned Peas. When applying the paints I either applied with my fingers, with palette knife, almost scraping the paint on and off the paper and also in areas, diluting paint with water.



This stamp from the Carved Leaves Set 2 was stamped onto Rice Paper. I decided to almost rub the ink pad over the stamp, knowing this would give me a softer result. If I had inked the stamp "correctly", I had the feeling the black would be far too harsh for the end result I was aiming to achieve.

With a watercolour brush, a water line was "painted" around the stamped leaf, allowing to pull away excess Rice Paper, creating a lovely feathered edge.

The leaf was machine stitched to the paper panel. 

Onto a scrap of the same prepared background, partially inking up the Carabelle Stamp to provide some detail to layer to the panel. One long strip machine stitched to the background with smaller elements cut into "tiles", one layered over the long strip.

The others form detail on lower left corner, with a stamped word, taken from one of the "go to" stamp sets, ATCoin Set 11, perfect for adding words to your art. I selected the word "thought", layering to the stem of the leaf.

The panel now ready to adhere to a That's Crafty! MDF Panel, which you have probably guessed by now, I find to be indispensable.

Thank You so much for taking the time to stop by.
Wishes
Lynne

Products Used:

Pink Pig Journal
Cardstock: Ivory
Black Mountboard

Hello
I came across a piece of kraft card which already had layers of Flat Matte Sprays, the Kraft coming from the That's Crafty! Surfaces Mixed Media Journal kit. It was time to actually make use of that piece of paper and decided to add more layers of sprays to it.

This is another project where I incorporate fragments, scrappy pieces of fabrics and papers, where I used the Liquid Acrylic Wax onto stained tea bag paper towards the right of the stamped leaf, which brings a translucency and another variation of textures to this panel.

Supplies

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne;'s Mark Making Stamps Set 1
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set Lynne's Affirmations Set 9
That's Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays: Aqua, Raspberry, Blackcurrant, Walnut, Sage, Basil
That's Crafty! Pearl Inks: Antique Gold, Bronze
That's Crafty! Walnut Ink Crystals and Tea Bag Paper
That's Crafty! Liquid Acrylic Wax
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Panel 
13Arts Ayeeda Mist: Patina, White
PaperArtsy Eclectica ECF05
Extras: scraps: calico, canvas, handmade paper.

Instructions

This was how the Kraft cardstock looked, with the inital layers of Flat Matte Sprays.



Once this was dry, it was adhered to the MDF Panel, onto which I then started to layer pieces of this and that and a stamped focal.

The PaperArtsy stamp, was stamped onto a piece of cardstock soaked with Walnut Ink Crystals, distressing and abrading the edges. Also inking up again, to stamp the script on three scraps of walnut ink stained rice paper.

This piece forms the focal of the collage, layering to lightly walnut ink stained rice paper, a strip of textile also stained with walnut ink crystals, which was machine stitched to a fragment of handmade paper which had been sprayed with Flat Matte Spay Basil, Sage and Walnut.