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Hi everyone,

Donna here today with a wintery card for you featuring one of the fab new Katzelkraft stamps.

The How To:

First step is to stamp the Katzelkraft figure and the Rubber Dance cloud with Versamark ink on a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media Paper, sprinkle on white embossing powder and then use a heat gun until the powder melts.

Spritz the paper with a generous amount of water and then sprinkle some Infusions (Violet Storms). Keep adding and blotting until you’re satisfied with the colour, heat dry when finished.

As you can see, the white embossing acts as a resist to the Infusions so you can achieve a nice clear image still.

I then doodled with a white pen to make it appear like she was standing on a cliff and stamped my hand carved tree lower down in black Archival ink to reflect this.

The finishing touch was to add a Tim Holtz sentiment and mount onto white cardstock.

A wintery card perfect for this time of year….I’ve certainly had loads of umbrellas blow inside out that’s for sure!!

Supplies Used:

Katzelkraft Stamp – Windy Day

Rubber Dance Stamp Set – Whimsical Summer

Lost Coast Stamp – Grunge Tree (substitute for my hand carved one)

PaperArtsy Infusions

Black Archival Ink

Versamark Ink

White Embossing Powder

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper

White Posca Pen

Tim Holtz Clipping Stickers

White Cardstock

Hope you like it

Donna x

Hi there, I have another of my samples for last week’s amazing sell out One Day Special on Hochanda today and this one has quite a few of the fabulous new products on it. It’s my favourite nature theme too and has lots of layers, which I really loved doing and one of them may just surprise you.

Ingredients:

That’s Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard – 4.5 x 9 Panel, Heart Size 5

That’s Crafty! Surfaces Bits and Pieces Greyboard Sheet – Large Funky Flowers 1

That’s Crafty! Clear Stamp Sets – Textures Collection Set 3, Lynne’s Affirmations Set 6

That’s Crafty! 8 x 8 Stencil – Daisy Frame

That’s Crafty! Mini Stencil – MS013 Fern

That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints – Chestnut Brown, Christmas Red, Evergreen, Green, Orange, Teal, White, Yellow

Ranger Archival Ink – Fern Green, Potting Soil

PaperArtsy Infusion – Emerald Isle

White Mixed Media Paper

White Tissue Paper

Fine Brown Pen

Pressed Flowers

Embossing Folder

Brayer

Water Mister

Recipe:

First prepare the background, which I made by adding dots of Green and Yellow to the white side of the panel and spreading the colour with my brayer until it was covered. Once this was dry, I applied a pattern on 3 sides using the Daisy Frame stencil with the chestnut brown paint.

I then painted a couple of scraps of tissue paper, one yellow and the other Chestnut Brown mixed with White to make a softer shade. I stamped script on the Yellow one with Fern Green ink and then stamped on the postmark with the brown ink in the corner.

The brown one was stencilled with the fern image using the brown ink and I drew stitching round the edges with a fine pen.

My next layer was actually a piece of a baby wipe used to clean up paint and Infusions that I managed to spill on my kitchen worktop. The colours were interesting so I saved it and dried it on the radiator. I added a piece and as you’ll see, the under layer shows through giving a rather ethereal effect.

I then stamped the lace image on a scrap of pink stained paper and cut this out before layering this slightly over my leaf panel.

I embossed the heart with a floral embossing folder from my collection and painted it with a dusky pink mixed from Red, Orange and White. I then swiped Teal, White and some more of my dusky pink over the raised areas to produce a pretty pastel shade for contrast.

I next prepared my poppy, which is actually the bit I enjoyed the most, as I wanted to add more texture. I first painted it with Green and Evergreen Multi Surface Paints. I then sprinkled on some Infusions and misted the surface with water, allowing the colour to run down the poppy. I repeated this a couple of times, leaving some of the crystals and letting the walnut element show.

I finished off my panel with my chosen Affirmation stamped on pink stained paper using green ink and cut up, tucking a pressed flower under the heart and gluing a few petals that fell off on the panel and the painty baby wipe layer.

Have a great weekend and see you next week, which will, of course, be just before a certain festive day and I can’t believe how fast the time has flown!

Fliss x

Hello everyone hope you are all keeping well??

I've decided to have a break from sharing Christmas makes and introduce you

to Max and Lana today, two newly released face stencils from That's Crafty!

If you have a love of portraiture like myself these will be ideal for you.

Both stencils give you all the base lines needed to trace out the image

leaving enough surrounding space to let your creativity transform the rest.

Here's those How to Do's

Using a chunky pencil I traced through each stencil onto white/greyboard panels.

The thickness of the pencil and depth of the white/greyboard helps you keep those guild lines, lowering the risk of you losing them under your chosen mediums.

Here's Max..

The skin tones have been created using That's Crafty! paints, mixed

on to a craft mat and applied directly onto the stencilled out image.

*see colours below*

The background was built up around him using the new Ocean paint and

Webbing Mini Stencil. Streaks of White paint added to his hair help mature him,

making him look quite distinguished. Finishing off my Max panel with some dots and dabs of watered down paint.

Next comes Lana with her side sweeping hair style. She too has been completely painted using That's Crafty! paints, adding highlights within her hair using the metallics.

Laying the stencil back over the top I again traced through with the pencil to

bring back any definition in the hair that may have been hidden during painting.

A touch of Shimmer Pink paint gives gloss to those lips and a dab of Pearl

paint heated with a heat tool replicates a single pearl earring.

My Lana portrait panel is complete.

Both stencils are fabulous additions to the That's Crafty! brand

which I know you will enjoy using as much as I have.

Have a great day everyone and

Thank you for sharing a little piece of it with me!

Warm Hugs & Creative Wishes

Tracey xx

Crafty Supplies:

That's Crafty! Stencils *6.5 x 7.5"* Max and Lana

That's Crafty! Surfaces White/Greyboard Panels

That's Crafty! Mini Stencil: Webbing MS003

That's Crafty! Paints: White, Chestnut Brown, Bright Magenta, Yellow,

Teal, Ocean, Bronze, Antique Gold, Pink Shimmer, Pearl

My trusty chunky pencil..!!

We have a brilliant video from Melina this week showing how to use our acrylic pages. You can view it here.

Hi Everyone

I’d like to share with you today one of the pieces I made to support That’s Crafty’s first One Day Special which Launched on Hochanda last Friday evening. Laura launched many new fabulous stencils but my favourite has to be the Mandala 8” x 8” one.

Here’s What I Did:

Starting with an 8” x 8” white/greyboard panel, I gave it a quick coat of gesso. I then stencilled Light Texture Paste through the Mandala stencil and let it dry. Once dry I then painted over it all with the Teal paint. Putting the stencil back in place I then blended the different colours of paint starting in the centre with the lighter colour. I made the orange by mixing the Red and Yellow paint together. I kept layering the paint up through the stencil adding the paint with Cut and Dry Foam.

To add the sentiment to the centre I stamped and heat embossed in white onto heat resistant acetate and cut it out. I added it to the Mandala with a little 3D Gloss Gel as it dries clear.