Travel ATC's

Here is a set of Travel themed ATC's completed recently, these will be going across the pond for a trade on the same theme. I used Distress inks embossing powders, various rubber stamps and a transparency along with a small piece of ribbon and dimensional pearl paint.

Hope you like them :)

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Black & White ATC set

Doing a lot of Black & White ATC's at the moment, these three are going to the USA as part of a trade.

I have used torn background papers muted with Black Soot Distress Ink, and stamped images of Mackintosh Roses mounted on foam pads and heat embossed with Seafoam White and Black detail EP's. Some are matted on white cardstock. The bubbles stamp is also stamped and heat embossed with the same EP's but also with Gunmetal. A small swirly brad has been used on each to finish.

Hope you like them :)

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Another altered 'Pringles' container

Fancy a bit of altering?

This item has also been entered into the Wednesday Stamper challenge, which has a theme of 'show me your favourite altered thing'.

I enjoy doing altered art because it uses everyday items that would otherwise end up in the bin and challenges me to come up with incorporating multimedia techniques into the finished article. This bit of art was done as part of a swap between members of UK Stampers Forum. The swap was to alter a 'Pringles' container. I chose one of the small snack size containers this time and spent a long time thinking about what I would do to alter it. Finally I decided to go with a dark metallic look. To attain this I used Jacquard Lumiere acrylic paints as a base in Grape, Halo Blue-Gold and Pearl Blue. The paints were brushed on randomly in uneven blocks and a couple of coats (with heat setting in between) were applied to produce a deep metallic sheen.

I then took a rubber stamp (dovecraft triple block) and used Stazon black ink to overstamp the curved surface again in a random way. I then added some eyelets in contrasting colours, a brad or two and some oval flat backed gems adhered with glossy accents. The dotty decoration is from gold & red shimmer Krylon pens applied direct from the nib in patches. Finally the clear lid was decorated with alcohol inks in Wild Plum, Stream and Eggplant, thinned with a little blending solution. I was going to add something on top of the lid (ribbons?) but decided not to. Hope you like it................

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Remaining Boxes

The final offering of 5 little houses. This completes the set of 21. I used stamps on all of them but also enjoyed doing the backgrounds with Starburst Stains(which contain mica powder), in advance of the decorating. The shimmer does not come through in the photos but looks great (in my opinion), on the actual houses. Many thanks to Sarah (Flo) for organising this swap and I now look forward to receiving my swapped selection of others houses in the post. With some 61 participants in this swap the variety is staggering. Marvellous and fascinating how everones art is so different.

Hope you like the final lot :)

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Even More Boxes.........

Here are little boxes 13 to 16, phew nearly done !! Hope you like them :)

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More Boxes.....

Here is the next set of 4 'Little boxes'. Almost completed with just 9 left to do. Hope you like them :)

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Little Boxes (Part 2)

Here are the next 4 in the series, need to do more now so planning to do another 8 tonight..........inspiration where are you?

Actually I am enjoying doing these very much and it is forcing me to check my stash and look for things I know I have but have lost track of exactly where they are. So far I have found things I had forgotten I had !!!! Sign of old age?

Hope you like them :)

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'Little Boxes On The Hillside'

I recently signed up for a swap organised by one of our forum members called 'Little Boxes On The Hillside' . The swap required you to make 21 little buildings in a size 2.5 inches wide by 3 to 6 inches tall. The idea was first spawned by Sarah Fishburn and Angela Cartwright who published a book called 'In This House' . I think, when swapped, the selection of art will lend itself to being displayed as a 'Street' of houses on a long canvas collage.

Here are my first 4 of the 21 and I really need to get a move on to complete and send by July 4th........so they should come thick and fast.

Hope you like them :)

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Black & White ATC's

This set of ATC's was done as a swap run by UK Stampers Forum . The swap limited colours to black and white only. I used black Stazon and onyx black Versafine inks on blank white background card. I used three stamps a bird design from Crafty Individuals, a Dovecraft triple block and a Tanda Stamps Klimt swirls background. The embellishments were plain flower brads from Dovecraft in white and black gloss finish. The first ATC has a decoupaged bird on 1mm foam pads overlayed. The last has the swirls stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with fine detail black embossing powder.

I am busy doing another two black & white swaps at the moment. In the meantime, hope you like these.

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More ATC's

T & C

Diamond

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Here are 3 more ATC's I have just completed. If anyone would like to swap ATC's with me, please email me from the 'contact me' link on the blog. I am very happy to do any theme, colourway or series. These three are, of course available to swap. Hope you like them !!

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