That's Crafty!: That's Crafty Surfaces MDF Chunky

We're so sad that today is Annes last guest post for us. :-(
We'd like to thank Anne very much for all her fabulous projects
over the last 3 months, they have been a joy to see. :-)

Hello Everyone

This is my final Guest Post for That's Crafty! and I would like to say a huge thank you

to Laura for having me here for the last three months, it has been a pleasure using

That's Crafty! products.

For my project today I have used the brand new That's Crafty! Flowers Collection Stamp

Set - 3 by the hugely talented Melina Dahl.

I used one of That's Crafty! Surfaces for my base. These lovely MDF Chunkies are a nice large surface to work on and are so easy to construct.

Here is how I created my project:

1) I constructed the Chunkie and gave it a coat of black paint, concentrating on the edges.

2) Taking a piece of white cardstock I applied two colours of Distress Oxide, applying it quite randomly. I used Scattered Straw and Twisted Citron.

3) I took one of the new release stencils and applied the same colours of Distress Oxide, again applying this randomly.

4) I stamped the beautiful Melina Dahl flower stamp in Black Archival Ink, stamping it three times to create the front of the project.

5) I stamped the flower head again three times onto scrap card, painted each flower head with watercolour paint and fussy cut the separate flowers and set them aside.

6) I used a second stencil to apply some Texture Paste around the stamped images. Having used Oxides for the base, the Texture Paste picked up some of the colour which I love!

7) I cut to size the cardstock and applied this to the front, top and sides of the Chunky. I left the back of the Chunky bare black as there is a handy hanger hole built in, just in case I want to hang it up.

8) I randomly stamped parts of the flower image on the top and sides to tie the piece together.