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[@kristinasshack]

Nice to art along with you Laura 🤗 Your page came out great❣️

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thanks so much 😊 I am so happy we can art together! Have a great day, Kristina! 😃 TFW!! 💜

[@ChellesCreativeChaos2]

the lady and the door ........#swoon!! I love love love this one!!! 💙💙💙

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

It's one of my favorites, too!! TFW! 💜

[@robinwebb2160]

Feel better😊

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thanks! I am definitely on the mend this week! TFW! 💜

[@marshakopeika9671]

So sorry u were not feeling well❣️. Glad u are feeling better ❣️❣️❣️

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you Marsha! 💞

[@tfntexas]

I loved it! Any creativity is good creativity!

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

You know, that is so true! I just colored some stamped images last night and that was exactly what I needed to scratch that creating itch! TFW! 💜

[@marshakopeika9671]

Love this page❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️🤩

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you! It came out so much better than I originally thought it would! TFW! 💜

[@marshakopeika9671]

Love your book‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️👏👍👏

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

TY! 💜

[@melodiewhitcraft495]

everything about this is awesome. glad your feeling better, continue to get yourself back to feeling good your best. I speak for.myself I love watching you create whatever the subject may be. its always inspiring. 😊❤😊

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you so much! ❤️ Those words mean so much to me! I am so glad that I can inspire you! It inspires me to make more videos, even if I think the art is 'simple' or 'not clever'. You're the best! TFW! 💜

[@melodiewhitcraft495]

@@TheHalfassCrafter i have not watched one video i don't like tbh they are all fun to watch, but I really love to watch the ones where you create as you show it in easy ways to make it really feel achievable for the non professional like me.

[@messymissycreates1183]

Love it!!! And thanks for the reminder that our art doesn’t always have to be “clever”. I really struggle with that one! Especially when making videos. It feels like everything has to be clever and new and exciting all the time. Glad you are beginning to feel better! 😊 TFS!

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Funny story: I actually had these two pieces ready for a video weeks ago but thought it wasn’t clever enough to make a video out of it. Then i wondered why I believed it had to be clever? So I made the video! Sometimes I just do stuff to shake up my own brain and internal belief system! 😂 TFW! 💜

[@messymissycreates1183]

@@TheHalfassCrafter I’m so glad you did!!

[@crafterdeidra]

I really enjoyed watching how this art collage came out. Your lady is beautiful.

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you so much! That one was a fun one that I kept putting off! 😆 TFW! 💜

[@gerricraig7730]

Great page! Definitely going to try this background technique!

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Oh good! It's really easy and it's fun to smoosh paint around, but you don't even need to do that if you don't have time to smoosh paint, you can just use the pretty papers! I hope you have fun trying it! TFW! 💜

[@bohohippiebySonja]

I'm glad you are feeling better, & totally understand how hard it is to be creative when you don't feel good. Collage Soup is so wonderful, I WANT them all. Glad to find a tag buddy for her giveaways on IG, as I'm reluctant to "tag" peeps on those kinda things. I hope we win sometime...get some rest! xo

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

I will always be your tag buddy for giveaways! 😂 I am glad we have each other too! TFW! 💜

[@bohohippiebySonja]

@@TheHalfassCrafter 💋💯

[@sherrybarfield8446]

Glad you are starting to feel better! Neat technique! 🐎🐎🐎 🐴🐴🐴

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you! Sometimes seeping it simple has big rewards! TFW! 💜

[@ASampstamp]

Very fun page! Would be interesting to try this technique with old kids' picture books as well for a vintage vibe.☀️🌡🫠

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

OMG! You're right!! Now there is a whole new world opening up...I may have to try this with a junk journal 🤔 Thanks for the idea, Amy! TFW! 💜

[@kimshepherd6911]

Your post cards and ATCs are great. I dont feel like doing anything when Im sick, so bravo to you! I really like how you tore the magazine page to reveal your painting.

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you so much! I was not feeling creative for about 3-5 days there...(I lost track of time) And it happened on my week of PTO, too! So now I gotta take another week off before summer is over 😂 TFW! 💜

[@kimshepherd6911]

@@TheHalfassCrafter take that extra week off and enjoy it!

[@myvagabondstyle]

❤❤❤ what a fun page. 😂I just cracked up when you said your kids are going to have to go through your art work when you're dead and pitch it. SOOOO TURE 😂 love ya girl 🤗

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Oh man...my poor kids. Between my vintage book collection (of which some do have value, but good luck finding which ones, kids!) and my art supplies, they're gonna need weeks to sort through things 😂 TFW! 💜

[@GinaLovestocraft]

I always love watching you You always brighten up my day hehe 😂😂❤❤❤ Wow gorgeous collage ❤❤

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

I'm so glad! Your comments always brighten my day, Gina! TFW! 💜

[@elizabethnaisbitt1795]

What an absolutely fabulous magazine/collage art journal, I love it, so glad I found you. So sorry you're not feeling well, but I'm guessing you picked up by now as this is 9 days ago (I do hope so). Tfs xo

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thank you so much! I do feel MUCH better now. The worst part was while I was on PTO from work, so of course, once I went back to work I was starting to feel better 😂 I am so glad you found me too!!! TFW! 💜

[@lenawarelius4195]

Fun😂👏

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

TFW! 💜

[@sharonromer6606]

❤❤❤❤

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

💜 💜 💜

[@sandrabendall3596]

Great collage. Just getting my feet wet and love watching you create! What paper do you use to print your collage soup pages on? Also, what do you use for your backgrounds. I heard you calling it paint but I didn't catch the name. Thank you for your guidance! Hugs🇨🇦

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

I use Hammermill paper this one specifically: amzn.to/4eYnosk , but I read 32lb is the paper you want, so that's what I look for, Hammermill was just the brightest white and had the best results (I tried Amazon's brand 32lb and liked the Hammermill better). The paint is Dina Wakley's acrylic paint. But I also use any acrylic paint, it was just Dina's in this video. Golden, Liquitex, Amsterdam, it's all fine to use. Hope you try it! TFW! 💜

[@cherylstevens9665]

That came out fabulous. I would’ve ripped off the small girl to use somewhere else since she was covered by the blonde lady anyway. 🧐💖😁

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

OH smart! It's a printable so I could just print it again, but after you said that I thought "Oh I should have brought her to the front! Then I could have had a 3D background with some in front of my focal point! 😮 " I will try and remember this next time I do this! TFW! 💜

[@myshlmestan9951]

❤😁😎

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

🪴 🧭 🐻 💜

[@serenasimms3573]

Absolutely love this! What collage soup magazine from the series did you use?

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

I believe that background came from the Botanicals ebook (not the one from Amazon). And the magazine lady was probably from Vogue or Harper's Bazar. TFW! 💜

[@serenasimms3573]

@@TheHalfassCrafter Thank you so much! I am a mixed media artist who just played around with magazine collage a few weeks ago for the first time...such fun! Love watching your channel. Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️

[@ThePaperMonkey]

I hope better bestie❤

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Thanks! Since I went back to work I am now feeling almost normal...because my first cold in 5 years waits for my summer vacation 🙄 😂 TFW! 💜

[@Stephanie_Robin]

😁😘

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

🐬 🛻 👚 💜

[@marceehampton2269]

Wait. What? We like the flat ones better? I find the domed ones make a better/less abrupt edge when adding colors

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

I thought I would like the domed ones better too, for that reason! But I really find I like the others...maybe I need to use both of them more, most of the time I forget I have them 😬 But you can like the domed ones! then we'll balance each other out 😂 TFW! 💜

[@marshakopeika9671]

Question mark😂

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

😂

[@marshakopeika9671]

Didn’t you have a book a week or so ago that just had die cuts in it and you could just punch out the images

[@TheHalfassCrafter]

Yes! It's an Art By Marlene die cuts book. She has quite a few, it's an older one, but she has many others, I believe!

[@marceehampton2269]

Hahahaha Im gonna say that now forever…..I would say I’m sorry….but look……

[@marceehampton2269]

Hahahaha Im gonna say that now forever…..I would say I’m sorry….but look…..blah blah blah……

[@marceehampton2269]

Hahahaha Im gonna say that now forever…..I would say I’m sorry….but look…..blah blah blah……