Hello! Next month I shall be celebrating living in my home for 26 years, I love my home and what better way to celebrate the anniversary than by making a lolly stick hanging.

What I did

I started with 6 large lolly sticks and applied texture sand paste through parts of the Daisy Frame stencil, then without any priming with gesso, I painted the sticks red, using my fingers I added grey paint followed by white to the stenciled flowers. I used an ATCoin stamp for the flourishy background. I stamped the houses and hearts on white card and coloured using distress inks. Once everything was glued in place I added some washi tape from my stash and some black paint splats and silver chrome pen dots. To finish I added a little text, my house number and highlights to the windows with white gesso. Finally some white ribbon to hang.

What I used

Rubber Dance Stamps - Textured Houses

That's Crafty! Stencil - Daisy Frame

That's Crafty! Texture Sand Paste

That's Crafty! ATCoin Stamp Set 9

AALL & Create Stamp Set - Arty Angels

That's Crafty! White Gesso

Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints (Christmas Red, Grey and Metallic Black) 

Ranger Distress Ink pad - Hickory Smoke

Ranger Archival Ink Pads - Jet Black and Watering Can

Tim Holtz - Clippings Stickers

Ranger Distress Ink Pad - Barn Door

(From my stash - Large lolly sticks, ribbon, number stamps and washi tape).

I do hope you like it, thanks for looking, I hope you have a lovely day, Sam xx

Hello!

Today I'm sharing the artist trading coin holder that I made for the recent Hochanda shows. I just love this gorgeous scalloped tag shape and really didn't want to part with it so Laura was rather lucky that I didn't keep it myself!

Step by Step:

This was actually a kind of go with the flow piece of artwork as I added layers of paints and sprays until I was happy with the effect.

I began by sponging white gesso over the MDF surface which I do to make sure that further layers have some 'tooth' to stick to.

I next sponged yellow multi surface paint roughly in the centre and then added bright blue around the edges. I sponged mustard yellow over the centre to deepen the colour.

At this stage I felt the background was a bit patchy so I got to work with some flat matte sprays using saffron, basil, aqua and orange to add some detail and give the background a lovely glow. I also misted on a little aqua lustre spray which adds a lovely touch of shimmer.

I then took the gorgeous background stamp from the set of stamps I was lucky enough to play with and stamped it several times with Versamark embossing ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

Hopefully you can see the glow and shimmer better in the above close-ups.

I painted the shelves with metallic bronze multi surface paint and glued these in place with multi purpose craft glue.

Here's a photo with all the coins I created in so that you can see what it looks like when it's holding your artwork or swaps.

Supplies:

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF ATCoin Display - Scallop Top Tag

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - ATCoins Stamp Set 8 by Melina Dahl

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paint - Bright Blue, Metallic Bronze, Mustard Yellow, Yellow

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

That's Crafty! Lustre Sprays - Aqua

Versamark Embossing Ink

Gold Embossing Powder

That's Crafty! Multi Purpose Craft Glue Pen 

Hello! 

Just in case you live on the moon, you may not know about the fabulous ATCoin stamps that That's Crafty! launched a couple of weeks ago. The ATCoin bug hasn't bitten me hard yet, I'm sure it will!, but the ATCoin stamps are wonderful for NOT using on ATCoins too!

What I did

I started off with an 8 inch MDF Round and gave it two coats of white gesso, I punched out five 1 inch circles out of old book and adhered in place and then using my fingers applied different colours of paint to create the background and knocked back and blended the colours a little using white gesso. 

The white details of the back ground were then embossed using white embossing powder and some stars stamped directly on to the background. Everything else, the moon, sun, stars, mushrooms and foliage were stamped on to white card, coloured with watercolours and adhered in place.

For the first time, possibly ever, I resisted the urge to add glossy accents or glitter as the white embossed details give a little shine. To finish I added a few details with a white Posca paint pen and added some black gesso splats to represent some flying spores. To hang I added ribbon and beads from my stash.

What I used

That's Crafty! Surfaces MDF Rounds

That's Crafty! White Gesso

That's Crafty! Black Gesso

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints I used: Orange, Teal, Grey and Mustard Yellow

13 Arts Acrylic Paint - Mermaid Tail

Prima Watercolour Confections - The Classics

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Flowers Collection Set 2

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Christmas Collection Set 1

That's Crafty! Clear ATCoin Stamp Sets I used sets 7, 8 and 9

Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

Ranger Archival Watering Can Ink Pad

WOW! Embossing Powder - Bright White

(From my stash: Martha Stewart paints: Amaranth, Bubblegum, Flamingo Pink, Rubber Ducky and Granny Smith. Old book page, 1 inch circle punch, ribbon scraps and beads).

Thanks so much for looking, wishing you a lovely day, Sam xx

Hello! I'm guessing by now that we are all looking forward to Spring and some warmer weather, so whilst we wait we can make our own!

I just love all the new stamps That's Crafty! have released and if you saw the Hochanda shows last week you may have spotted this decorative hanging I made using some of the new ATCoin stamps, they are incredibly versatile stamps and are great for things other than ATCoins.

What I did

I began with an 8in x 8in MDF surface and prepped it with a couple of coats of white gesso, then quite randomly applied a thin layer of different coloured paints and sprays, I tend to keep to three colours if I want a coordinated look, and stamped the background foliage. I used texture sand paste and a stencil to add texture and dimension and a much needed frame to the main flowers which are the new ATCoin stamps, which I coloured using Prismacolour pencils. To finish I doodled a frame and added ribbon for hanging and some little butterflies for movement.

What I used

That's Crafty! 8in x 8in MDF Surface

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set ATCoins - Set 7

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Boho Vibes - Set 2

That's Crafty! Stencil TC8012 - Daisy Frame

That's Crafty! Multi Surface Paints - I used: Pale pink, Light blue and Lavender

That's Crafty! White Gesso

That's Crafty! Flat Matte Spray - Rose

That's Crafty! Lustre Sprays - I used: Frost, Aqua, Silver and Lilac

Extras; Wycinanka butterflies

I do hope you like, thanks for looking. Sam x