That's Crafty!: October 2019

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well today.

I thought I would make a pretty plaque with some beautiful papers and stencils.

I added gesso to the plaque in the first instance. I don't think this was strictly necessary in this case but I guess it's a habit I have adopted, it just gives everything a better key.

I then picked a lovely paper from the 13 Arts 12" X 12" Under the Stars papers (which wasn't easy as they are all so beautiful) I glued this to the plaque, cut around the plaque and rubbed a sanding block around the edges to give a neat finish. I then inked around the edges with some Distress Ink.

I wanted to add some texture so I used the 13 Arts stencil Under the Stars Horoscopes with fine texture paste through it.

I added some elements from the Under the Stars ephemera pack and I inked around the edges of those too.

I hope you enjoy this project, I know I did!

Have a good week everyone.

I used

13 Arts 12 x 12 Papers, Under the Stars
13 Arts Ephemera Pack, Under the Stars
13 Arts Stencil, Under the Stars, Horoscopes
Creative Muse Design Texture Paste
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
That's Crafty! MDF Hearts #6

Hello

This Finnabair stamp has been around for some time and caught my eye when I was (trying!) to organise my stamps and other craft supplies. On seeing the stamp, it brought to mind one of the quotes from PaperArtsy EAB collection.

That's Crafty! Pearl Inks provided the colour palette, soft grey, silvery tones merging into almost a charcoal black. I am keen to eek out some time to play around with the Pearl Inks as I am enjoying the effect of working with them alongside water and feel it is an area waiting to be explored some more.

Supplies

PaperArtsy Eclectica EAB02 Designed by Alison Bomber
Finnabair Cling Mounted Stamp Set Old Town 962029
That's Crafty! Pearl Inks: Black, Tree Bark, Silver
That's Crafty! Medium White Gesso
That's Crafty! Multi-Purpose Craft Adhesive
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints: Venice Blue, Steel Grey, Pewter
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Panels 8" x 8" Pack of 3
That's Crafty! Surfaces Rice Paper
Archival Ink Jet Black
Extras: grey embroidery thread, teabag, black thread, watercolour/rag paper

Instructions

I approached the paper the same way as recent projects, Gesso before misting with water and then applying the Pearl Inks.

At the same time, I also applied the same inks to That's Crafty! Rice Paper, when dry, tearing into strips

which were machine stitched to the background panel. A few scraps of the Rice Paper were kept aside for final touches.

A self-fill teabag was painted with PaperArtsy Fresco Chalks paints. Once, dry, stamping the Finnabair window with black ink. The stamped teabag was then machine stitched onto the panel.

The PaperArtsy EAB stamp, stamped onto Rice Paper (a scrap which had not been painted with Pearl Inks), was layered beneath the stamped teabag.

To the scraps of Rice Paper which I held back, stitches were added, by hand, with a silvery grey embroidery thread, layering onto the stamped focal.

The panel was then adhered to a That's Crafty! MDF Panel.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting this post today, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Wishes
Lynne

I'm using some of the new ABStudio papers this week to create a piece of wall art.

I've used the Behind Closed Doors collection with a journal page as my base - I like the little tabs on these.

Choose your paper and stick it on.

Then I got out the clay and a Prima mould...

...to make this face:

The tag is cut from another page and then I added some colouring to tone it all in.

The Autumn Gold spray matched some of the colour on the tag exactly so I added a few blobs:

Then I stamped this script over the top in grey:

I used both small and large brickwork stencils to tie in with the building image:

Finally I painted the face and then rubbed some walnut crystals and spray over both the face and the bricks:

Supplies:

AB Studio Paper Set - Behind Closed Doors
That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Journal - 6ins x 6ins
Prima Finnabair Decor Mould - Art Nouveau
Paperclay
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Textures Collection - Set 1
Ranger Archival Ink Pads: Watering Can
That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints: metallic Patina
That's Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays: Autumn Gold
That's Crafty! 6.5 x 7.5 Stencils: TC7022 Brick Repeat
That's Crafty! Dinky Stencils® and Masks: TC064 Hole in the Wall Repeat

I like working with scrapbook papers: they give you a starting point as regards colour and design. These ABStudio papers are really good quality and are a mixture of full page designs, smaller elements and text, so a great selection.

Hope you enjoyed this project.

Helen

Hello!

I have an arty card to share this week that I actually made a while back but decided to share it this week as I love the pop of bright colour against the background.

Step By Step:

The background involves simply layering stencilling and was very easy to do. I cut a piece of thick cartridge paper to fit my chosen 5 x 7 card blank then took the mix up mask and used this with diluted yellow, pink and teal multi surface paints to add a pattern all over.

I then stamped the floral spray roughly in the centre with black ink. I took one of the gorgeous Mandala Masks and stencilled diluted Grey Multi Surface Paint on either side of the flower. As you can see, the colours underneath show through, brightening up the grey areas.

I stamped the flower again on white paper and coloured the flower heads and leaves with rose, Basil and Saffron Flat Matte Sprays. I cut out just the coloured bits and glued these on top of the flower stamped on the background.

I made a frame around the edges of the background by using one of Lynne's ever useful mark making stamps, repeat stamping on the long side as the image wasn't quite long enough. As it's a clear stamp, it's very easy to see where to stamp the extended bit.

I stamped the art text on with black ink and then added some tiny text from the atc set, stamped on black card with embossing ink and heat embossed with white powder.

I added a purple mat to the panel and glued to my card to finish.

Supplies:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Flower Collection Set 6 by Melina Dahl

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - ATCoin Set 11

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Lynne's Mark Making Stamp Set 1

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Lynne's Mark Making Stamp Set 2

That's Crafty! 6 x 4 ins Mask - Mix Up

That's Crafty! 6 x 6 ins Mask - Mandala 2

That's Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays - Basil, Rose, Saffron

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints - Grey, Light Pink, Teal, Yellow

Black Ink

Clear Embossing Ink

White Embossing Powder

White Cartridge Paper

Black Card

Purple Card

White 5 x 7 ins Card Blank

Have a great weekend and see you next week.

There are exciting happenings at That's Crafty! towers so keep an eye out for the news.

Fliss x

Today I want to share my new journal cover. I am using the That's Crafty! 6" X 6" white/greyboard journal.

This will be an ongoing project and I hope to share further pages from my album in the future.

Firstly I added gesso to the cover to ensure a good key. Once dried I blended on some Oxides, I used Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock feathers but you could use any colours you want.

I used AALL & Create Lotsa Dotz stencil and I used a baby wipe through it to fade some of the inks just to add some texture.

I wanted to add some darker colour by using a few sprays of 13 Arts Patina Bronze.

I add some further texture by using fine texture paste through the Lotsa Dotz stencil

I stamped out the poppy style stamp from AALL & Create stamp plate number 200 designed by the fabulous Tracy Evans. I coloured it with rainbow colour scarlet which I mixed with water and used as a paint and then I double embossed it with ultra thick embossing powder

I used a That's Crafty! ATC coin to mount the poppy head on. I used black gesso on the coin and mounted the poppy head on the coin and glued it to the journal cover.

I added some sentiments and mounted them onto black card. I also added some text from Wuthering Heights to add a bit more interest.

I do hope you like it and look out for future posts sharing pages.

I used

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF ATCoins

That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard 6x6 Journal

That's Crafty! Gesso - Black

That's Crafty! Gesso - White

Distress Oxide Inks

AALL and Create Stencil - Lotsa Dotz

AALL and Create Stamp Set - Hope

13Arts Rainbow Color - Scarlet

13Arts Ayeeda Spray - Patina Bronze

Hi Everyone

I hope that you have all had a great week. For this weeks make I have an art journal spread for you and this week I'm still playing with Katzelkrafts new stamps with the 'Les Humanoids' making another appearance.

Here's What I Did:

The journal I am working in a 5" x 8" art journal and I had previously used a double spread of it to clean my brayer on from previous projects, many of my pages start as clean up pages.

This was what I started with, and then added some grey paint to the bottom using a brayer along with some black and then a little teal, this was to add some depth to the scene I had in my mind.

Over this to build up some interest I added some stencilling first with an A.B. Studio number stencil and black ink and then more using a couple of AALL & Create stencils and Dina Wakley paints in Tangerine and Sky. Over the stencilling I doodled around the circles with a fine liner pen and then added some stamping I added the script stamping using Stazon pigment ink in black, I have found this ink to be great over a painted surface.

Next was to stamp the characters with Memento ink as I was to colour using alcohol pens. I stamped the group several times as I wanted to build up a crown of them. I cut each group out and coloured them firstly with alcohol pens (I used Copics) and then added some coloured pencil work to add some shade. I did the same with the monster. I always cut them out before I colour them as I like to ensure that the colour goes around the edge so I don't have a white edge.

Now to add them to my page, I grouped the men together cutting some away from the group to make them look different.

I grounded them to the page by adding some torn washi tape.

I then typed out the words I wanted to be screaming from his open mouth "Take your bloody coats off or else you won't feel the benefit when you go outside" and edged with a fine liner pen.

Those of us of a certain age should remember those words well, I certainly do.

Here's What I Used:

Art Journal - I used Dylusions small journal, great selection of Journals HERE

Ranger 2" Brayer

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints - Grey, Black & Teal

A.B.Studio Tandiart Stencil - ID108 (numbers)

AALL & Create Stencils 6" x 6" - #39 & #28

Dina Wakley Acrylic Paints - Tangerine & Sky

Katzelkraft A5 Stamps - Les Humanoids & Les Dentes

That's Crafty! Stamps - Alexa's Doodles Set 2

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Stazon Pigment Ink Pad - Piano Black

Copic Alcohol Pens

Colourblend Pencils

That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Craft Adhesive

Washi Tape (I used one from my stash) but lots available HERE

Uniball Fine liner Pen

Vintage Typewriter

Have a great week everyone and I'll see you next Tuesday

Love

Amanda X

Hello

That's Crafty! Pearl Inks created a lovely wash background for this collage, the Bronze bringing the colour of Autumn, with hand-stitched details, with a coppery embroidery thread, adding texture to the stamped PaperArtsy ECF leaf and a cluster of French Knots to add balance on the collage.

Supplies

That's Crafty! Mediums White Gesso
That's Crafty! Multi-Purpose Craft Adhesive
That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Panels 8"x8" Pack of 3
That's Crafty! Pearl Inks: Black, Copper, Tree Bark, Antique Gold
PaperArtsy Eclectica EAB04 Designed by Alison Bomber
PaperArtsy Eclectica ECF06 Designed by Courtney Frainch
Archival Ink Designer Series Potting Soil
Extras: Sewing Thread, Cotton Rag/Watercolour Paper

Instructions

After Gesso randomly applied to the paper, time to begin working with the Pearl Inks. Spraying the paper panel first with water before dripping the inks, applying them horizontally, then adding some gentle splatters of Pearl Inks.

Onto the background panel, I layered some torn pieces, not adhering them at this point.
The beautiful leaf stamp from PaperArtsy was stamped, with Potting Soil ink, stamped so that the leaf was also stamped onto the layered papers.

Those torn elements were then adhered to the background.

At this stage, I wanted some hand-stitching. Using the needle to form the holes makes it easier to approach hand-stitching onto paper. With a lovely, coppery colour embroidery thread, working with 2 strands, I stitched onto the leaf.

With the Potting Soil ink and one of the wonderful stamps from the EAB stamp set, a quote was repeatedly stamped onto the background. I approached the quote stamp by randomly inking it, I wanted a distressed appearance, really wanting the words "autumn in everything" to be the words that were most prominent.

To create balance, on the right side of the collage, I stitched some French Knots (please don't look too closely!!!) stitched onto overlapping layers of stained papers.

The completed collage was then adhered to a That's Crafty! 8"x 8" MDF panel.

Thank You for taking the time to visit this blog post and depending on where you call home, maybe you are surrounded by everything Autumn.

Kind Wishes
Lynne

I'm using some Tim Holtz stamps this week to make some ATCs.