Heart and Soul by Amanda Pink

 Hi Everyone and Welcome 

 Today I am sharing a mixed media tag that I have created using some of That's Crafty's Surfaces along with paints, texture paste, stamps and stencils - you know all the usual mixed media arty suspects!!

I worked on white card to create a gel print masterboard that I then used to cover a That's Crafty! White Greyboard tag (#8) and the insert part of a That's Crafty! MDF Frame and Insert ATC.

(oops! looks like the 'insert' is camera shy!!)

I opted for a somewhat' feminine' colour palette - pinks, blues and white, PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylics being my paint medium of choice. (Crispy Blue, Azure, Taro Milk Tea, Byzantium, Bubble Gum, Snowflake).

Ink stamping added detail to the backgrounds.

For this I used Bipasha BK's AALL and Create 'Scripts' stamp with Archival ink (Blue Violet) and one of Tracy Scotts PaperArtsy stamps from Eclectica TS041 with Distress ink (Broken China).

 

 Some textured stenciling added more detail and introduced some texture. 

I used Tim Holtz Distress Texture Paste with AALL and Creates 'Lotsa Squares' stencil. 

The insert part of the ATC was the platform for my focal feature - a crackled heart. 

I crackled a That's Crafty! White/ Greyboard heart (#1) with DecoArt crackle paint and 'kissed' it with a painted die cut 'X'. 

Both the atc insert and 'X' were embellished with hex nuts. 

To finish I added a few words 'Heart and Soul' courtesy of a Tim Holtz quote chip. 

Products I used: 

That's Crafty! White/ Greyboard Tag #8 
That's Crafty! Greyboard 
That's Crafty! MDF Surfaces: ATC's Frames and Inserts 
That's Crafty! White / Greyboard Hearts #1 

White Card
That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Adhesive
DecoArt Crackle Paint
Tim Holtz Distress Texture Paste
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints: Crispy Blue, Azure, Taro Milk Tea, Bubble Gum, Byzantium, Snowflake 
Archival ink: Blue Violet
Distress Ink: Broken China
AAll and Create Stamps: #292 Scripts designed by Bipasha BK 
PaperArtsy Stamps:  Ecelctica TSO41 designed by Tracy Scott
AALL and Create stencil #113 Lotsa Squares designed by Autour de Mwa 

Seth Apter 'Drip Drop' die 
Tim Holtz Quote Chips 
Gelli Plate 
Brayer
Sponge
Palette Knife 
Paintbrush 

Paper Trimmer

Ruler 

Hex nuts

I hope you have enjoyed your time here with me today. 

Thanks for stopping by . 

Wishing you a fun creative week. 

Take Care 

Amanda 

x

(ink-a-pink)