Hi Everyone

 Having been MIA for the last month or so its good to be back today in my usual Thursday spot sharing some creativity with you all.
I've had a pack of  That's Crafty! ATC MDF Chunkies for some time now and this week saw me finally break into them to create a small 3D piece of art with a bit of a starry theme.

That's Crafty! MDF Chunkies are fabulous surfaces to work on or with.  They are available in a range of sizes and are self assembly. There's nothing tricky about assembling them you just push the pieces out of the MDF sheet they sit within and adhere them together. I would highly recommend using That's Crafty! All purpose adhesive for this as I have always found it to be a very strong and lasting adhesive.

So after a quick assembling of my ATC I measured to size, cut and adhered scrapbook paper to all the  faces of the ATC. I used one of the paper designs from 13Arts 6x6 'Under the Stars' paper pad. 

I applied crackle paste along all the edges of the ATC to add a grungy contrast to the smoothness of the paper.

I also stencilled some textured stars to all the faces of the ATC chunkie using texture paste through That's Crafty's 'Star Showers' dinky stencil- the ideal size for using with ATC's. Once dry I rubbed over them with some white/gold foil. 

The focal feature, the Star is made using clay with Prima/ Finnabair Decor Mould: 'Stars and Moon'. I painted the star with PaperArtsy Snowflake Fresco Finish Acrylic paint and caught the sharp lines with gold metallic wax.  I them mounted it onto a couple of circular wood chips that I crackled with crackle paint and adhered to the front face of the ATC Chunkie. 

In situ it adds even more dimension to the already dimensional Chunkie 

To finish off I added a short but suitable quote courtesy of a Tim Holtz metallic sticker . 

I hope you have enjoyed your time here with me today and that maybe I have offered some creative inspiration. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Hope to see you again next week, same time same place. 

Until then have a fun creative time 

Take Care 

Amanda