Flutter Anya

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!