We Are Sisters of The Earth by Lynne Moncrieff

 Hello

This week I opted to work with a text stamp as the focal on a That's Crafty! MDF Round. 

Supplies

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set The Language of Trees Set 2
That's Crafty! Surface MDF Rounds
That's Crafty! Surface Craftyboard ATC
That's Crafty! Tea Bag Paper
That's Crafty! Multi-Purpose Craft Adhesive
That's Crafty! Medium Walnut Ink Crystals (substitute with Walnut Ink Powder)
That's Crafty! Medium Acrylic Liquid Wax
That's Crafty! Pearl Inks: Black, Tree Bark
US ArtQuest Mica Tiles
Archival Ink Pad Jet Black
Extras: Twigs, dried botanicals, muslin, buttons, Piece of shipping tag

Instructions

Onto watercolour paper, misting with the Walnut Ink, allowing areas of the watercolour paper to peek through. While this is wet, apply small drops of the Pearl Inks, misting with water and allowing the colours to spread, leaving to air dry.

When this is dry, adhering to a MDF Round, distressing the edges by abrading with scissors.

Leaving this aside for the moment, turn to the Craftyboard ATC. To this, adhere a piece cut from the prepared watercolour paper. Ink up the We Are Sisters of the Earth stamp from The Language of Trees stamp set, cutting into section to adhere to the ATC. I happened to have a piece torn from top of shipping tag which I stained with Walnut Ink. To complete the ATC element, a piece of Mica Tile.

Layering the ATC to the Round with two pieces of Tea Bag paper stained with Walnut Ink and then coated with Acrylic Liquid Wax. Resting below the ATC, a trio of buttons stitched to a fragment of rusted fabric. 

The string from the shipping tag, wrapped around a twig before adhering this twig to top of Round with another twig resting towards bottom of Round. To complete the Round, two dried botanicals rest at either side of the ATC.

Thank you for visiting.

Wishes

Lynne