Friday, June 18, 2010

Clowns ATC


I made this ATC using a stamp from Zettiology and it fits in rather well with the theme for this weeks TMTA theme which is 'Groups'.

I cut a piece of thin white card to size and stamped with Stazon black, I actually used most of the stamp but didn't ink the legs of the child clowns.  I then used a Memories primary rainbow pad and a brayer to colour the whole card.  I then used bleach and a fine brush to go over the faces which turned a delightful shade of turquoise !  The same bleach was used on the rim of a small bottle to produce the bleached out circles.  The bleach was dried with a heat gun.  The stars on the hats were coloured with Viva gold paint and the buttons and bobs glossed with Glossy Accents. Finally some vellum letters were added, the card mounted on chipboard and the edges coloured with purple hydrangea Versamagic chalk ink to finish.

Sid xx

28 comments:

  1. Wow Sid - this is fabulous work! So many clever techniques and such a sweet stamp. Excellent!

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  2. Sid, fantastic work on your ATC. I love the colors and the gradation on them on your card.

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  3. Fabby dabby!! Love the faces and the whole design. Haven't seen your blog for a while but your style has definitely changed. Will add you to my Blog roll - we Northerners should stick together!

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  4. Hey sid I love the gradient,,,,,,very colorful and unique...

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  5. Wow Sid this is brilliant.
    So colorful ATC. Lovely.

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous, great colours and love that stamp

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  7. It's a wonderful stamp and a wonderful ATC

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  8. Gosh, they look spooky clowns!!!!

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  9. I like clowns.... and I like these!

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  10. I love how you have done the background on here. Fab work as always.

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  11. I LOVE this ATC, it's going to give me nigthmares, but I love it all the same :)

    the bleached circles add the perfect finishing touch

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  12. Brilliant ATC, great techniques!

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  13. Lovely ATC, very nice clown stamp!
    Cardarian

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  14. love the coloring, just brilliant. would have never thought there was any bleach involved. very clever you are. thanks for sharing the making of it.

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  15. Wow! Brilliant Atc. Love the colours & great image. Thank you for explaining how it came together. :)

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  16. Stunning use of colour love the clowns

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  17. This is a unique and beautiful work! I like the shading of the color. Cool creation!

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  18. i love this stamp and the color of your background is so beautiful!

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  19. Sid - this is absolutely wonderful - love all you did, and the description of how you did it. Beautiful~

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  20. This is my first visit to your blog and i like it! Fabulous use of color!

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  21. Great brayering and great idea for the faces
    isa

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  22. I like all these bright colours you are using..great stamping

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  23. I love this one Sid, the pale turquoise kids look suitably odd! (I think clowns are just a bit freaky so this fits!)

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  24. I love your clowns - and the bleach painting is a brilliant addition.

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  25. love,love,love this one , it is fantastic!

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