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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Note to Self -

Spark some Kreativity Saturday @ the Kraaft Shaak

Hello my fellow bloggers,

Today is my first day sharing with you as a design team member for the Kraaft Shaak. It is my honor and privilege to be chosen for this amazing team. After you read this post, I hope you will consider following Heather and all the designers. They will blow you away. Please join our friendly Kraafters Kommunity on google plus too. It is a safe and friendly environment for sharing art and crafting with friends. Anyway on to the project.
I received this wonderful mixed media kit which Heather sells at the Kraaft Shaak and have been having a ton of fun playing with it. I can't imagine all the things I can make with what's inside the box. If you'd like to preview a box I have a video here. So let's get started, shall we?

My first project is this cute easel blackboard/corkboard. I had a good time applying all of the products to this. First I had to mask off the cork and blackboard.
Then I painted it with a coat of gesso. After the second coat of gesso, I applied the chalkboard paint in a golden green. Then came the crackle paste which takes about five hours to dry.

Just be prepared to be patient. Once dry I applied some glazing medium, taupe and cobalt green.

After those were dry I used some archival ink's in the colors of watering can and coneflower to accentuate the crackle. Everything is then coated with matte gel to seal in the crackle coat.
I then created the flowers and embellishments. If you'd like to know how to make those I have a video here.

For the leaves and vines I cut watercolor paper I had painted with Magicals using a die. The florals are applied with heavy gel medium. I added Color Bloom spray ink in Tea-stain, Soft Teal and Summer Sky to the flowers for some shimmer. The flowers are on 120 lb watercolor paper.

Cork side

Thumb tacks

Didn't this really turn out cute? The little bird is from the dollar store. He looks so comfy sitting atop this antiqued easel.

The products used can be found at the Kraaft Shaak. Please visit and tell Heather I sent you. Oh yes, don't forget to sign up for the news letter. That is where you find out about coupons.

Gesso
Gold Green Chalk Paint
Crackle Medium
Matte Gel
Colorbloom Spray
Watercolor paper
Inica flakes Art ingredients
Magicals merry go round green
Copper paint
Memory Box die
Rubbernecker stamps
Archival ink

Oh and before you go...Bonus
Here is a glimpse of what I did with some more of the supplies in the kit. Stay tuned for a post tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Mini Me at the Kraaft Shaak

Hello all,

Today I got to hang out with some of my fellow crafters on Google plus and play with the new mini me kit that is available from the Kraaft Shaak. As part of the design team we were each to design a mini me so Heather could have her design team close at hand.

I love metal, gears and all things steam punk. You couldn't tell by just looking at me could you. lol Anyway I have a few process still photos to share. I primed the pieces with gesso, and painted with silver paint. I embossed some metal duct tape and applied it to the wooden pieces. I colored the beades using a silver paint pen. I coated the beads with Glossy accents and set them aside to dry.

And here are a few close-ups. Beads, wires, buttons and metal adorn my crown or hair however you see it. I love working with sculptural elements and creating a completed piece like this.

I had a lot of fun creating myself in miniature. Be sure and visit the Kraaft Shaak to see Heather's mini and the mini me created by my sisters on the design team. Thanks for stopping by to see what I am doing. Please leave me a comment to let me know you were her. Ttfn Peg and Mini Me

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Kraaft Shaak Design Team Reveal

Hello Hello Hello
That is the cheerful greeting I hear from Heather of Kraaft It Live on the Kraaft Shaak video each week on You Tube or live with a Google login on The Kraaft Shaak web site. Read all about it here. Heather produces a number of wonderful, informative video throughout the week and if you can't catch them live she saves them for you to review later.
I am pleased to be joining the design team along with this Kraafty bunch and sharing uses for all the Kraafty goodness found in the mixed media kits. What is that you ask? Well let me show you.

Want one of your own to play along? Find it here... There are tabs at the top of my page if you ever forget who is crafting this week and how to find them. I will be giving you the updates so stay tuned. Thanks for stopping by today and taking a look around. see you again soon. Peg

Thursday, March 05, 2015

DT Kall at the Kraaft Shaak

Hello everyone,

Today I decided to get really covered in product and create something for the Kraaft Shack design team Kall. So I kind of shot some video while I was doing the process. I scared the pants off myself because the camera fell right off the rack. Literally! I had a light go out for no apparent reason. I think the gremlins are still here. So here's some shots of what I did. I hope you enjoy this.