I have been on a couple of Kate
Crane workshops over the last year and love her style of art. I decided to make
some Kate style little hangings using Rubber Dance stamps and That’s Crafty! white/greyboard.
I began by painting the surface
with a thin coat of white gesso. Once dry I used my brayer to build up layers
of paint - different colours – never covering the previous layer entirely. Next I took some That’s Crafty! Dinky stencils
and Cut and Dry Foam and added additional colour – you can see the circles and
stars on the pictures. There is also a little stamping on the surface, some
black paint off the edge of credit card and gold paint using a bottle top.
I stamped the houses onto card stock
before colouring them with Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks (add a little colour and
use a water brush to move around). You may see a slightly mottled effect under
the colour. The cardstock had been used to clean my brayer and so there was
slight colour on it – I like the effect this gives. I cut out the houses and
adhered to the surface.
The little quotes are computer
generated. I finished with a little doodling with my white pen (very Kate Crane
like!) and darkened the edges of the board before adding some wire to hang.
(The holes were punched with a Crop-A-Dile).
See you next week.
Nikki
Supplies
That’s Crafty! Dinky Stencils – Circles (TC003), Punchinella (TC023), Star Shower
(TC037)
