That's Crafty!: July 2023

Happy Monday That's Crafty Creatives! Today's project is all about the summer holidays - with a little suitcase gift box using my new Journal It Templates Set 6 and Stamperia's Around the World 12x12 inch paper pad.

To start I drew around the suitcase template (2A) onto a piece of the scrapbook paper. Once cut out, I scored and folded all the score lines toward the centre of the case - all in one direction. I applied glue to the back of the side tabs and to the left and right outer tabs of the side of the case, then tucking the small side tabs between the inner and outer tabs of each side, folded over, creating the base of the case.

For the lid, I applied glue to the two small side tabs then folded around at the corners.

For the straps I drew around template 2B twice onto card stock and painted one side with That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paint in Chestnut Brown. I also drew around the corner tab decoration on template 2A four times on some of the leftover scrapbook paper and again painted with the Chestnut Brown. For the handle, I drew around the template onto cardstock, cut out, painted the back and then marked the areas where I needed to apply glue. I creased the handle with my fingers to create a curve then I stuck the handle onto the side of the case, making sure it was positioned just below where the lid come down, and making sure that there were 2 gaps without glue for the strap to slide into for the closure.

For the decorative tabs, I creased the sides and glued to the four corners, ensuring the curved part was facing towards the centre of the case.

To attach the straps, I added a blob of glue just above the handle gap, and slid the two ends of the straps underneath, lining it with the top of the case side. I then glued the straps in place around the suitcase just to the end of the top. The two tabs of the straps could then be freely tucked under the handle, creating the closure for the suitcase.

To decorate, I cut out some ephemera from the paper pad and glued to the front. Finally, I drew around a tag template from my Journal It Templates Set 1 onto card, cut out and inked with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide. I wrote a 'Bon Voyage' then tied string around the tag and handle, then added a mini lapbook and some Euros inside the suitcase.

A really fun project to create, and I love that the main body of the suitcase is just in one piece making it easy to put together.

Happy Holidays!

I'm using the new mask this week with the Tumbled Glass and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Sprays - love these two colours.

I sprayed it over the mask to start with and then flipped it over and lightly sprayed with water to get another impression.

After that I sprayed some Lost Shadow just to knock it back a bit.

Stamp the spray of flowers and start to colour with the markers.

Pull the colour out with a waterbrush.

Cut out the background panel and arrange your flowers. I've added a few extra leaves.

Stamp the text and layer onto purple card. Add embellishments if you like.

A very easy, summery card. I've still got half of the background sheet left to play with.

Hope you've enjoyed this project.

Helen

Hello!

This week I have another project with the latest release from That's Crafty! to share, this time the gorgeous set of house shaped desk tidies which as you'll see can fit all sorts of things from pens to paintbrushes and tools as well.

Step by Step:

The first thing I did was to glue all the houses together except the house shaped front piece, as I wanted to add quite a bit of texture to the sides and back. Once all the pieces were firmly stuck, I took the gorgeous new masks designed by Melina and applied a pattern to the sides and back of each piece with Black Texture Paste.

I next painted the entire boxes inside and out with a dark Multi Surface Paint, choosing Midnight, Evergreen and Chestnut Brown.

I applied a coat of Crackle Glaze to the sides and back and once the surface was tacky, painted over the top using a toning lighter shade - Light Blue on the dark blue, Lime and Green on the Deep Green and Apricot on the brown. Crackle appeared very quickly giving a lovely textured look.

I painted the front sections in the same colours on both sides and applied Crackle Glaze to the front with the same lighter shade on top to give each one a textured look to match the rest of the box. I glued these in place. I painted all the windows and doors in the same dark shade as the inside, only varying the shades on the lintels etc. I glued these in place to finish.

How cute is that cat in the window! All the little finishing touches really make this such a lovely project to do and the variations are endless. Do take a look at the That's Crafty! Facebook page and of course, the blog posts for even more inspiration.

Supplies:

That's Crafty! MDF Surfaces - Amsterdam Desk Tidy

That's Crafty! MDF Surfaces - Flores Desk Tidy

That's Crafty! MDF Surfaces - Cuadro Desk Tidy

That's Crafty! A5 Mask - Sunflower by Melina Dahl

That's Crafty! A5 Mask - Abstract Flowers by Melina Dahl

That's Crafty! Crackle Glaze

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints

Have a great weekend and see you next week.

Fliss x

This week I have another MDF Shadow Box make, this time featuring Around the World and the Eiffel tower from Oh La La collections by Stamperia. I chose the rounded top box from the set of 4 and constructed it with Express Glue. Once the glue had dried I then painted the outside of the tag with Indian Turquoise paint leaving it to dry before applying Crackle Glaze. Once the Crackle Glaze had dried I then painted on Milk White Allegro paint and let it crackle on its own. To age the surface I then dragged over some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink.

Whilst the paint/crackle was drying I prepared my elements for the box - I used Amazing Casting Resin to make the Eiffel Tower from the mould of the same name and then the remaining elements from the Train soft mould. The resin pieces were all coated with Bonding Primer before painting. The Eiffel Tower was painted with Earth Brown from the Rust Paint Effect Set before adding a metallic black wax to highlight the details - you could use the Daily Art Black Pearl for this. For the suitcase I then used Chocolate, Cookie and Mahogany Allegro paints and then added some Rich Copper wax to bring out the details. The ticket was painted with Milk White and then distressed with Umber Antiquing Gel.

The skin on the man was painted with Doll Pink, the suitcase and shoes with Cookie and the coat with Dark Grey before distressing with Umber Antiquing Gel and then wiping back with a wet baby wipe so that some of the grey paint also lifted fiving the suit a distressed appearance.

The word plaque was painted with Earth Brown and then had Copper and Blue metallic waxes added to highlight the words.

The inside of the shadow box was then lined with paper from the 8 x 8 Around the World paper pack before layering in the resin elements along with balloons and watch from the ephemera pack and paper elements cut from the paper pack. I chose to add the man onto the side of the frame rather than into the body of the shadow box and finally added a plane from the ephemera pack.

Happy Monday That's Crafty Creatives!

Well it's an exciting post for me today as I get to use my brand new Journal It Templates Set 6 to create an ATC Storage Box and ATC Book.

I started by drawing around the ATC Storage Box template (4A) from the new set onto a piece of 12 x 12 Around the World paper from Stamperia. Once cut out I folded the score lines and added a line of That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Glue to the side flap of the box and glued together. The bottom flaps were then folded in to close the box.

To create the book I used the cover template (4B) and traced onto brown cardstock. I used some of the remaining 12 x 12 sheet to mat the front and back covers. For the inserts I drew around the ATC cards template (4C) onto the remainder of the 12 x 12 sheet and cut out, leaving the ATC cards as a tri-fold. I added brown card as photo mats to the back of the ATC cards and folded the tri-fold into the cover, Finally I added some of the cut aparts from the Around the World Collection to decorate the front of the box and book cover.