An ATC just for Fun!

This is using my distress ink technique – I made a lot of these backgrounds!  I then stamped one of my new PaperArtsy Squiggly Mini Stamps twice & cut out various bits from one of the images.  I layered these pieces onto the main image using silicone glue.  I then used Glossy Accents on the Flower [...]

Flower Fairy ATCs

Over on another Yahoo Group I’m in, one of the members hosted a Flower Fairy Tag Book made from ATCs.  Only 8 members took part & these are my contribution to the book: Here’s a close up of one of them: I used the same technique as I used for my distress ink challenge & [...]

Distress Ink Challenge

Over on a yahoo group I belong to we were given a challenge to make something using Distress Inks.  This is my piece! I used Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade & Fired Brick Distress Ink Pads & blended the colours so they graduated.  I then over stamped using a script Rubber Stamp in Fired Brick & [...]

Saturday’s Workout – Make it Embossed

Over on Saturday’s Workout the challenge is to Make it Embossed. “Nun aber zum dieswöchigen Challenge-Thema: MAKE IT EMBOSSED. Wir freuen uns schon darauf zu sehen, wie Ihr Eure Werke mit der Embossing-Technik verzieren werdet. Das kann das gute alte herkömmliche Hand-Embossing per Stift und Schablone sein oder das Embossen mit Stempelfarbe und Pulver oder [...]

Wednesday Stamper – Insects

This is the first time I’ve taken part in Wednesday Stampers Challenge.  This one is on “Insects“.  Because of spring there are bugs and insects all over, so great to see all that new life. Please show us in your artwork what you feel when you think of insects. For some of you it will [...]

Triangle ATCs

I was intrigued by a swap on a group I belonged to that requested we make 3 ATCs into the shape of a triangle & decorate as we wanted but each Triangle ATC must have a jigsaw piece on it. These are my efforts.  All three used Paperbag Studios stamps.  I also used my trusty VersaMagic [...]

Created By Hand – Go Green!

Over on Created By Hand they’ve set the challenge as “Go Green” Tuesday April 22 is Earth Day, so we’re going green!  “Create art using GREEN! Use watercolours, inks, sprays, washes, stamp ink, rubber stamps, dye inks, paints, papers, collage images, eyelets, ribbons, etc… ! Create a card, ATC, tag, altered art, 4 x 4, inchie, [...]