That's Crafty!: March 2022

This week I have returned to the garden house collection for another take on the Arch Triptych. This time it is a homage to the garden and peoples love of creating their own green space be it outside or as pots inside. Whilst there may not be a Collectables pad to co-ordinate with this collection the lovely papers by Stamperia use the back cover for elements to fussy cut out and the front cover for a lovely selection of sentiments. I have used both the 8 x 8 and 6 x 6 Garden House papers for this make.

I chose the identical papers with a paneled back ground from both of the paper pads - the one from the 8 by 8 was used for the central panel and if you position carefully you can then get both of the smaller panels from the 6 x 6 paper. The papers were adhered in place with Multi-Purpose Glue - once the glue had dried I cut around the pieces with a craft knife and then sanded them to give a neat finish before adding a little Weathered Wood Distress Oxide to the edges.

I fussy cut the elements choosing a mix from both paper pads and then selecting the ones that best fitted the size of the project. The windows on each panel were adhered flat to the back ground and then I added the sentiments using scrap cardboard as a spacer.

The shelf unit from the 6 x 6 pad worked a lot better than the larger one and this was then added to the central panel using a piece of cardboard as a spacer for dimension. Following this I added lots of pots and the bird house to the piece as shown in the picture. I still wanting a little more movement in the project so I added some of the pots using dimensional glue gel and then tucked in the birds around the sentiments.

To complete the piece I added a layer of the glue along the bottom so that I could ground all of the elements. Into the glue I then sprinkled 3D Powder mixed with some Finnabair art stones and Champagne Microbeads.

Once everything was set in place I used the jump rings that come with the MDF to join the pieces together.

I hope you like this project and agree that it has a very different vibe to the previous make using the same collection.

As we move towards Spring it is time to turn our heads towards the garden and what could be more perfect than creating a garden themed tryptch to display as a reminder that warmer days are just around the corner. For this make I have used an arched triptych as the base for my piece and then papers from the 8 x 8 and 6 x 6 Garden House papers.

I started by covering the base pieces of MDF with papers from the pads, sanded back the edges and then added a little Weathered Wood Distress Oxide around the edges. I repeated the weathered wood inking around the paper elements as I added them in to my make. To add some extra detail to the background I then stamped with a butterfly collage stamp using Nocturne ink and let it dry whilst I fussy cut out elements from the papers.

My next step was to use cardboard scraps to add dimension to the focal image - the glass house from the papers. I then adhered the house in place at the bottom of the larger part of the triptych before trimming the sides and re punching the holes for the rings.

Having placed the main piece in place I could concentrate on building up the design. I chose to use just flowers on the two smaller pieces. I added a word plaque cut from the papers on to each side adding the elements to a piece of corrugated card before adhering them in place.

For the central element I added lots of fussy cut leaves taking advantage of the height created by the cardboard to tuck some of them in behind the glass house. I then added the title cut from the papers again using cardboard to add height meaning I could then tuck in some daisy shaped decorative chips before adding in more leaves and then some of the beautiful flowers. Finally I added a fussy cut butterfly for a pop of colour.

I hope you like my make today - it is surprisingly easy to make and quite economical too which is always an added bonus - careful cutting meant that it actually only uses a few sheets of the papers leaving you lots for other projects . If you are inspired to make by this project please don't forget to share your makes on That's Crafty! Creatives Facebook page so we can see your interpretation of the project.

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