For ATC’S sake … 65, 66 and 67

Catherine

There are three more ATC’S I’ve got to share with you today using the above pieces of scratch paper I cut using the Tim Holtz atc bigz die.

I started with some gelatos to add some colour and blended with water and my finger. I love how the distress stain stayed in patches and then some of the iridescent medium which also shone through the gelatos. 

Next I used a baby wipe and took some of the colour away through a stencil. I love this technique and the subtle finish it provides.

Another stencil and then added ink through it. I also decided to rip one of the pieces a little to create a smaller topper.

I mounted that smaller piece onto a piece of patterned paper which has some gold inlaid. Then I added washi tape to two of them and some wax paper to the middle one.  The final one on the right I stamped the lady image to add the focal point.

Finishing touches time…

Some embellishments layered with cotton thread and some neon pink gems. Then some words chosen and then some inking round the edges. 

Another quote and a bit of outlining and then a pink heart brad. Plenty of inking too. Love this mix of grunge and prettiness.

The final one is the one with the stamped lady. 

I added twine and a charm and a couple of the chit chat words. And of course some inking round the edges.  Love the vintage feel to this one. 

So there we have it … three more for the challenge total… 324 to go! ahem… that seems like rather a lot… ah well wouldn’t be a challenge if it wasn’t challenging!

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

For ATC’S sake … 64 (who can’t see that number without singing?)

Catherine

I have a single ATC to share today. 

I grabbed a piece of paper that had some brayered paint on it and cut it down to a little smaller than ATC size as I wanted to mount it onto some silvered cardstock I had found. For once I had a bit of a plan before I started on this one! 

I stamped some silhouette flowers and leaves onto the pink and blue background using black gesso.  As you can see I made a bit of a stamping faux pas and also caught the edge of the rubber in one impression but I knew it wouldn’t matter as the quote would go over the top of that and cover it up! 

I also edged the piece with the black gesso.

Next I used a Seth Apter stamp and cut out the quote I wanted. I then positioned and added the quote with Matt medium.

Then I flicked silver paint over it.

I love that this worked out like it had in my head. Unusual for that to happen for me as I usually just go with the flow and rarely plan.  

Another one in this challenge of 365 in 2017! 352 to go!

Happy crafting !

Catherine 

Bright birthday cards with Helen

Catherine

My lovely friend Helen held a technique based class tonight using 2 step stamping… and I made 4 fab cards. 

This top one was my own design made at the end of the class when we had a little time and so I could use up some bits and pieces of the kit. 

The others below were following Helen’s instructions (I may have done a couple slightly different!). 

I love these bright and zingy cards and although the stamp set is not one I would have thought of buying I can see how cool it can be to make these fab cards… so it’s tempting as I don’t really have anything else similar! 

Anyway… a lovely night crafting with Helen, Emma and Amanda. So pleased my headache had gone so I could play out after having to cancel last night’s class. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

Lindsay Mason ATC swap (For ATC’S sake… 61, 62 and 63)

Catherine

Hi

Tonight I should have been hosting Gelli plate play but having come home with a terrible headache I am instead about to get into a lovely bath and then have an early night.  So instead of sharing that I am instead sharing three ATC’S I made a few weeks ago for Lindsay Mason’s ATC swap in January.  

The swap theme is a memorable movie quote. I couldn’t get the “you had me at hello” from jerry maguire so decided to create three love themed ATC’S that are similar but not the same. 

My starting point was this piece of cardstock I had been using as my scratch paper for another couple of projects. 

I love the way that the cardstock transforms and the colours work so well together. 

So I chose three parts of the cardstock and cut out the necessary 2.5 x 3.5 atcs and started adding pattern and texture.  I started with some foiling and drawing little hearts all over the cards I then added some texture stamps and inked the edges.

Now to chose the focal image.  I decided to use my favourite Darcy heart stamps. I coloured each of them differently using distress stains.

I added some layers of muslin and glass bead gel before adding the hearts and letting it dry. 

Next it was time to add the quote… and add a little bit of doodling etc.  

Love how these all came out. Hopefully the recipients also like them too! I got a fab selection in response. 

As this project features hearts… I am entering it into the Wicked Wednesday challenge.

Happy crafting!

Catherine 

Using up some succulent kit

Catherine

Last week I went to Helen’s class where the kit for the project was very generous indeed. So yesterday I took the kit and decided to see what I could do with the pieces that I had already cut into. 


That was the starting point… and by the end… I still have lots of stash left… but none of them where they are partially cut into.  


So what did I make? Well I made three cards and then 9 card toppers that I just need to adhere to the card blanks. 

I used sentiments both from Oh so succulent and a magazine set I got last week. 

So once I’ve cut some card blanks these are all ready to add to the box for my auntie. 

Love how easily these cane together. Some were using Helen’s designs and some just made up as I went along. 

Happy crafting! 

Catherine 

For ATC’S sake … 58, 59 & 60

Catherine

Hello! Hope you are having a good weekend. I’m back to add a few more ATC’S to the pile…

I started with three cut up Gelli prints onto book paper.

I then grabbed some digital images I had coloured already and had ready to use. i also grabbed some pieces of blue paper, denim coloured fabric, punched pieces and some muslin scrap.

At this point I knew I also needed to do some shading so I grabbed my Inktense pencils and my water brush. 

And this is how they ended up… 

White pen highlights and some blue Inktense for adding some shading… a cute one that’s for certain. 

Some glimmer inks added to help moon for extra shimmer and some light brown Inktense for shading and then some gold pen doodling. So serene! 

And now the for the funny one… 

I ended up tearing the book print and adding it to another piece of cardstock I had wiped off a stencil on where I had used iridescent medium. l love this. I also added some Inktense to create shading under the dog and the some oof the edges of the paper before I tore it.

Love these very different looks with similar ingredients … and that will be 3 more towards the challenge.

Happly crafting !

Catherine 

For ATC’S sake … 57

Catherine

A vintage and modern mix for today’s atc that I made for the Wicked Wednesday challenge.  I actually won last time I entered so looking forward to getting my prize and I am sure making some ATC’S with what I get!  Anyway the theme this time is Owl you need is love… and I’ve gone down the love theme for my entry.

I started with a piece of scratch paper that I added some stamping on (French text) and then added some distress stain in ground espresso.  

Next some stamping in versamark and embossing with gold Glitter powder. I used the Totally Trees set to do this although I didn’t do clear stamping which was fine as I just wanted it to be background. 

Then I added the piece of sequin waste using some gold staples. Then I wrapped some linen thread round and added the heart bronze charm. 

Finished off with some doodling and some neon sparkle gems. 

Love this. Such a fab mix of genre but they still work well together. 

Now today I have to sort out a Gelli plate class for in a few days so going to go and get painty in a few hours but first gymnastics class for the princess so need to get up and get us going for the day.

Happy crafting !

Catherine 

For ATC’S sake … 55 and 56

Catherine

A pair of ATC’S today… and the realisation my numbering of the atcs went awry a few days ago… so I’ve recounted again and these are 55 and 56.  

So this pair of atcs both use the same image and title but different colour schemes. 

I added this and some neon sparkle gems and then mounted it on the blue atc card to add contrast to the colour of the artwork.

The second one was a piece of scratch paper with lots of different bits of paint on it. I added distress stains and then added the house image coloured with pens and a little stamped title. 

A little bit of bling and some doodling to finish off.  Again a bit of contrasting cardstock for the base.

Happy crafting !

Catherine 

Five atcs… and another pink and orange creation (46 – 50)

Catherine

Tonight I made another 5 atcs! These are actually for random act of kindness week which is in a couple of weeks… but as I grabbed pink and orange for the colour scheme… yes I am getting a little obsessed… I knew it worked with the Paperartsy challenge so I’m posting these here now! 

I created them all in the same way although each features a different tree. 

I started with the piece of black and white patterned paper and covered it with distress inks using the blending tools. I used wild honey, spiced marmalade, worn lipstick and Picked Raspberry. All such lovely colours. 

Then I cut these just slightly smaller than the base ATC’S which I’d cut from Orange cardstock and stuck them down.  

Then I took some tags and using the same colours I did the trick of smooshing the colour on the craft sheet adding water and then layering up the tags with colours.  

Once they were dry I added a little more ink to the edges. Then took the Totally Trees stamps and stamped each with a different tree. Then used the Kim Dellow stamp to stamp the word grow on each. 

I added some bakers twine to each tag and then added a piece of craft foam behind to increase the dimension a bit. 

I did get another piece of the paper ready for an ATC but ran out of tags so have put that aside in the stash to do something else with at some point. 

Love these & hoping they bring a smile to their recipients faces as my RAK! 

And these five atcs take me upto 50 … only 315 to go in my year long challenge… and I’m racing ahead at the moment with quite a few multiple atc projects a bit like this one! 

Happy crafting!

Catherine