Vegie ATCs

I worked on a set of vegie ATCs because I have always loved these three images from the Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers line, now at StampFrancisco, but never used them. Plus vegie images always remind me of how amazing seeds are, that they can produce vegetables, and I love to be amazed at what God has created! Can't wait for summer all of a sudden :o)

STAMPS: vegies - Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, postage - Hero Arts, Stampers Anonymous, Stampa Rosa, speckle - Judith peg, vegie words bkgd - A Stamp in the Hand

INKS: Stampin' Up! Real Red, Really Rust, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss and Certainly Celery, Staz-On Jet Black, Versamark

SUPPLIES: black embossing powder, anti-static bag, cosmetic sponges, Dove blender pen, glue stick

TECHNIQUE: Technique Junkies Dragged Madras 04/09

STEPS:

1. Use Certainly Celery and Always Artichoke to do a Dragged Madras bkgd on a 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" card.
2. Overstamp with the vegie words bkgd with Always Artichoke.
3. On white scrap cs emboss vegie using Versamark and detail black powder.
4. Use Dove blender pen and ink pools to color in vegie image.
5. Trim image closely and adhere to card with glue stick.
6. Stamp phrase with Staz-On Jet Black.
7. Stamp postage with second generation Real Red.
8. Ink speckle stamp with black ink and stamp on two edges till it needs reinking.

Hope your weekend was nice - thanks for stopping by!

Using up scraps

Thought to myself, why not use up those fab scraps from the last card, and so here they are! LOL I've had this fish stamp at least two years and hadn't used it because it is HUGE and I was never sure what to do with it. So here are some more ATCs (yes, I'm officially hooked!!)

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Each card measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

STAMPS: fish - Fred B. Mullett BG 15 - Big Pompano, swirls - Autumn Leaves

INKS: Stampin' Up! Pacific Point, Versamark Watermark

SUPPLIES: corner rounder, flat backed acrylic gems (Cloud 9 Design - Archivers), ArtQuest Pearl Ex Watercolor Palette, paintbrush, Black Diamond (Judi-kins) embossing powder, sponge, white gel pen (Signo Uni-ball)

PAPER: leftover Wet Stencil scraps, Neenah Solar White #110 cardstock

STEPS:

1. Round corners on 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" white cardstock
2. Tear edges of decorated paper scraps and glue to base card.
3. Wipe with anti-static pad.
4. Ink fish with Versamark and stamp where desired.
5. Sprinkle with embossing powder and heat.
6. Use a paintbrush and water to activate the palette and color in fish.
7. Add white gel pen to eyeball.
8. Cover fish and overstamp card with flourish inked with blue ink.
9. Sponge blue ink around edges.
10. Add bubble gems as desired.

Just having fun - hope you enjoyed!

3 Arty Girl ATCs

More ATCs - what a surprise, huh?! LOL

Each card measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

STAMPS: flourish - Autumn Leaves, daughter quote - Stamping Sensations, cosmetic quote - Inky Antics, net bkgd - B-Line Designs, all others - Jody Posey (now owned by Alluring Impressions)

INKS: Distress Fired Brick and Antique Linen, Staz-On Jet Black and Azure

SUPPLIES: flower brads, Tombow #970, water spritzer, craft sheet, oil pastels, Uniball Signo white gel pen

PAPER: vellum, Neenah Solar White 110#

TECHNIQUES: Technique Junkies Watercolor Distress

NOTES: these ended up a little busier than I planned on so I maybe should have spent more time editing ~ I wanted an arty feel so I scribbled a blue oil pastel in the open white spaces of the portraits, and just colored all the skin area with the Tombow marker, highlighting eyes/teeth with the white gel pen ~ flowers were stamped in first and second generation ink ~ the bkgd mesh was stamped on the white cs and then generously edged with the Antique Linen pad

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND COME BACK SOON FOR AN I BRAKE FOR STAMPS CARD!

3 Butterfly Collage ATCs

I think I've found the perfect size paper to work on! I've always been so afraid of color but not now LOL I feel freer to experiment on ATCs - maybe because I know if I don't like the outcome and toss it in the trash it's just a tiny little piece...

Some days I am so in awe of God's creation I can hardly stand it! I know my butterflies aren't colored true to life necessarily, but have you ever Googled photo images for insects? The variation and and delicacy really is beyond comprehension when you remember they are tiny little functioning machines that can FLY!!

Speaking of color, I was so inspired by Michelle Zindorf's blog post today that I had to whip these up immediately. I had been laying in bed sometime during the night/morning (who can tell!) thinking about this bkgd stamp for ATCs with the torn edge technique and it went perfectly with the butterfly motif and color theme Michelle used today!

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Each card measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

STAMPS: butterflies, left to right - Funny Business, Whispers, and Stampabilities, collage - Inkadinkado

INKS: VersaMagic Dew Drops - Aspen Mist, Ocean Depth, Eggplant, Pumpkin Spice, Gingerbread and Red Brick, Staz-On Jet Black

SUPPLIES: sponges, Glue Lines, white crayon, grey pencil, Post-it notes, tissue, Q-tips, Micron finepoint black marker

STEPS:

1. Cut 80 - 110# white cardstock to ATC size - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
2. Ink collage stamp with Jet Black and stamp on cs.
3. Tear Post-it and place as desired.
4. Use white crayon to color in a few areas you'd like to stay whitish.
5. Stamp collage on Post-it, trim out number rectangle and place mask over ATC.
6. Coat sponge with Agean Mist and cover ATC surface with masks in place.
7. Continue process with Ocean Depth, and then Eggplant, keeping to the edges.
8. Wipe ink gently from crayoned areas with a soft tissue.
9. Remove masks and edge with black pad as shown.
10. Stamp butterfly on white scrap cs with black ink, then color with sponges, starting with Pumpkin Spice over all, then Gingerbread near the center, then highlighted with Q-tips and Red Brick and Eggplant.
11. Trim and apply Glue Lines to body area.
12. Adhere over collage in desired area and draw in antennae.
    

Hope you liked these - I was really happy with how they came together :o)

3 Fashion ATCs

Well I am LOVING making ATCs and wonder why they never appealed to me before! I really like making three coordinating ones while I have my supplies out.

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Each card measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

STAMPS: woman with parasol - Stubby Stamper, other two women - Stamp Affair, beaded flourish - Inkadinkadoo, feathers - unknown, Paris postmark - Rubbernecker, Grand Central postmark - unknown, Milano postmark - Jody Posey

INKS: Staz-On Jet Black, VersaMagic Dew Drops - Tea Leaves, Aegean Blue and Purple Hydrangea, Versamark

SUPPLIES: Signo white gel pen, white embossing powder, heat gun, Pritt glue stick

PAPER: vellum, Neenah Solar White 110# Classic Crest

NOTES: the vellum torn strip on each was lacking weight so I layered a couple of them ~ bkgd color is pads direct to paper ~ I love 110# cardstock for ATC's - provides a very sturdy base ~ women were stamped on 110# cs, colored with the pads and a Dove blender, then trimmed out and glued down with the glue stick (yep, little miss parasol took the longest - look at those tiny feet! LOL) ~ used the white gel pen to fill in the 'highlights' on the beaded flourish (love this - just bought it for 40% at our local Joann's)

HOPE YOU LIKED - I CERTAINLY ENJOYED PLAYING!

3 Bird ATCs

I almost always do cards, but couldn't resist the new TweetyJill publication Rubber Stamping Artist Trading Cards at Michael's yesterday, which got me wanting to make some ATCs. I've wanted the book since I saw that it was coming out and it does not disappoint!

Hope these ATCs don't disappoint you! LOL as you'll probably be seeing more ;o)

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Each ATC measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

STAMPS: all I Brake For Stamps except for the background with fleur-de-lis which is Whispers, and the birds on wire which is Inkadinkado. Spatter stamp is Annette Watkins.

INKS: Distress Antique Linen, Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Frayed Burlap and Staz-On Jet Black

SUPPLIES: raffia, Fastenator, white gel pen, black fine point marker, glue stick (Pritt), pop-dots and feather

PAPER: photocopied vintage dictionary page

NOTES: turqoise bkgd was stamped over white cs rubbed with Antique Linen, and then torn and adhered to bkgd paper ~ all cards were edged liberally with Antique Linen, and then lightly with Frayed Burlap direct from the pads ~ one bird on wire was pop-dotted and nest on same card was stamped seperately and then layered, outlining eggs with a white gel pen ~ solid bird was inked with Broken China, kissed with bkgd stamp to remove some ink in a pattern, then stamped, trimmed out, and edged lightly with the black pad

Found this cool old skirt hemming stick on a metal stand and decided to use it to display finished ATCs and cards