Hi everyone,

It's Donna here today with a head swap and who doesn't love a good head swap right?! Meet Saffie who is Fred's big sister and she has plenty of attitude let me tell you :)


What I did:

I used one of the gorgeous little greyboard tags from That's Crafty! as my base, coating it with a layer of their scrummy yummy black Gesso for a lovely chalkboard finish.

I stamped the body from Lilith (AALL and Create) and the head from Freddy and Friends (That's Crafty!) onto a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper and coloured them in with a mixture of Mermaid and Distress Markers. They were fussy cut out and put to one side while I took a white Posca pen and just added some random doodling to the background of the tag.

I then stamped a hat (Poppy and Daisy Collection) and the thought bubble (from Bentley) onto more Strathmore paper and coloured the hat in the same way as mentioned before.

I then adhered everything to the tag with small foam pads to add extra dimension and drew a little white line to connect the balloon/thought bubble to Saffie.

I added a snarky comment from Tim Holtz and a piece of twine as the finishing touches.

I firmly believe this is what Saffie thinks of her family....especially her little bro Fred ;)

Supplies Used:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - The Freddy and Friends Collection
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - The Poppy and Daisy Collection
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Bentley
AALL & Create Stamp Set - Lilith
That's Crafty! Surfaces Greyboard Tags size 5
That's Crafty! -Black Gesso
Mermaid Markers
Distress Markers
Black Archival Ink
Posca Pens
Strathmore Mixed Media paper pad
Tim Holtz Snarky Stickers
Twine
Foam Pads

Hope you like it
Donna xx

Hi everyone,

It's Donna here today with Fred who has decided to go on holiday with some of his friends but they must have picked the wrong destination because it rained....must have been the UK then!!!



What I Did:

I've just started doing art journaling as I was too 'scared' before of mucking up a nice page...weird I know as there's always Gesso, right?!

Anyway I've fallen in love with Birgit Koopsen's fab mini Gelli print journals and now have a little pile of them as they're so easy to make (search Youtube for the video). I decided to create one just devoted to the The Freddy and Friends Collection stamp set as I knew I could have unlimited fun with that and that's what art is all about isn't it, having fun.

Now for the Gelli printing mega session I used some paper that I had set aside for just such a thing but it doesn't have to be the best quality, just make sure it can take the acrylic paint so it can't be too thin. I used a mixture of Decoart Fluid acrylics paints and all the new That's Crafty! stencils on a 6x6 Gelli plate and just did a mahoosive bundle of prints!!

Once I had a little pile of backgrounds and I could eventually tear myself away from the printing session, I stamped all the images I wanted to use on Strathmore Mixed Media paper, coloured in with Distress Markers and put to one side.

I then wanted something with a holiday theme so I used some stamps from the Rubber Dance Whimsical Summer stamp set and stamped the words directly on to the background but I fussy cut the cloud and suitcases out after stamping them on the Strathmore paper.

I gathered all the stamped images together and began to add then to the background using Fred, the suitcases and his fishy friend. For the little mouse I drew him a little umbrella and coloured in with Posca pens, that's how I added the raindrops and the puddle too. He was adhered to the opposite page to Fred to show what a fun time they were all having in the rain :)

I have a few pages to go so I can see all sorts of scenerios Fred could get up to, if you have any ideas for the next one just pop your idea in the comments!

Supplies Used:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - The Freddy and Friends Collection
Rubber Dance Stamp Set - Whimsical Summer
That's Crafty! - 8x8 Stencils (I used Flourish for this background)
Decoart Fluid Acrylic Paints
Gelli Plate - 6x6
Tim Holtz - Distress Markers
Archival Ink - Black
Posca Pens
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper Pad

Hope you like it
Donna xx

Hi everyone,

It's Donna here today with a cat wearing a bowler hat....nothing unusual about that is there?! This is no ordinary cat though because this is Fred from a brand new stamp release from That's Crafty!



What I Did:

I had a little nose through my stash of Gelli prints from a mammoth printing session a while back and selected this one you see here. You can use any paints for Gelli printing but I do like the Decoart Media Acrylics as they're very free flowing. I think the background was created either by bubble wrap or sequin waste being pressed into the paint.

So now Fred and the hat from the Ella stamp set were stamped on some Strathmore Mixed Media paper and then coloured in with Mermaid Markers that had been very well diluted.

I then fussy cut them both out and adhered them to the front of the Gelli printed background.

I then mounted all of it on a Kraft Card (yes I know I use it all the time) and added a Tim Holtz sentiment.

There you have Fred just doing his own thing and looking very bemused about it all too!!

Supplies Used:

That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - The Freddy and Friends Collection
That's Crafty! Clear Stamp Set - Donna's Girls - Ella
Jane Davenport - Mermaid Markers
Decoart Media - Fluid Acrylics
Strathmore Mixed Media - Paper Pad
Gelli Plate
Dina Wakley - Kraft Card
Tim Holtz - Water Brush
Tim Holtz - Metallic Stickers

Hope you like it
Donna xx