Hello! How's summer going? It's been kind of lazy for me but I did craft! And I actually made something to enter into a challenge. It's been a long while since I joined in on
TGF's Farm Fresh Friday so I thought I'd do the current one
Make Your Own Background.
I have been playing around with Faber-Castell's Gelatos to make some backgrounds. These are so easy to use and can be less messy. I was going to just rub some gelatos around on a piece of water color cardstock but then I noticed I still had this blank canvas I bought a while ago on sale. So thought I'd use that to make something pretty and hang around my crafty desk or somewhere.
I used a 5x7 canvas and rubbed some pink, purple, blue and gold Gelatos on it. Then I took the brush the Gelatos come with and added some water to blend the colors together. I had to wait until everything was dry before I could glue stuff onto the canvas. I used TGF's Splotchy and Blush Heart in the background. Those were heat embossed in white. It's kind of hard to stamp nicely on canvas but I didn't need for it to look perfect. The sentiment was also heat embossed and is from TGF's Spotlight Kit. Then my main image is an oldie but a cutie, Flutter Anya. She is one of my favorites. I used my white gel pen around her. Then I added some cheese cloth, flowers, rhinestone sprays and stars to complete the look.
A different view. I left the sides clean but maybe I should've added Gelatos there too?
While I was crafting I noticed that my craft table is pretty big. I should have lots of room to craft so why is my actual work area so small?
I have too much stuff on my table! See the little space on my mat? That's the space I have to make stuff. No wonder I feel so squished sometimes.
Thanks so much reading! Oh, be sure to stop by
Sister Stamps! Introductions to the July release have started and the stamps are super cute!
