Nature ATC

Water stamping backgrounds and metal embellishments

Here are three ATCs I made using a water stamping background and some metal embellishments I made from wire.

ATC catch up

I belong to an ATC group and we have a guessing game every month to try to identify who made which ATC. This means that I can't post up the ATCs as I make them so I always forget to post them up later. So here is a catch up from the last few months.

Birds



Edgar Allen Poe


Texture



Beatles

The Stamp Moves

I participated in a swap where each person in the group sends round a stamp for each person to use. Here are my finished ATCs.


Rosie's stamp. Stamped onto glossy card and then distress inks sponged on top. Used some black german scrap to finish off.

Adrienne's stamp. I sprayed some card with red glimmer mist. I then sprinkled over some UTEE and heated until molten then stamped using some black ink. I then used the stamp on a fragment of polymer clay.

I use a background sprayed with ink sprays and stamped the picture and text. I used a black marker to add the borders and a silver pen to pick out the text.

I used a dictionary page painted with watered down gesso and then coloured using watercolour crayons and water. The image was stamped on a piece of background made using acrylic paint and an old credit card. I then used a sponge to darken the edges of the main image and tint the edges.

Purple ATCs

The purple papers are sprayed using ink sprays. The butterfly was die cut from the paper then embossed with script, black ink to pick up the script then embossed again using a butterfly embossing folder and finished off with some treasure gold. The mulberry paper was embossed in a folder and then I used purple and gold treasure gold to pick up the texture.

ATCs

A bit of a catch up of some ATCs I've made over recent months. This swap involves a guessing game where we see if we can spot who made which ATC and so I can't put the pictures up immediately. This means that I end up forgetting to post them at all so you can have them all at once in this post.


The theme was numbers. I used a teflon sheet and smeared some distress ink pads on and then sprayed with water before dipping the card into it. Dried then dipped again and again to get the final effect.

Theme was Impressionists. The background paper was made using three colours of acrylic paints picked up and dabbed on using some scrumpled up magazine page. The image was printed onto textured card to give the look of canvas.

Theme was Acetate. I die cut the butterfly from acetate then coloured using alcohol inks on one side and once embossed picked up the texture with black ink on the other side. Some beads attached the butterfly to the ATC and made the body, The background was made from several colours of acrylic paint. I used a stencil to dab on the purple border.

Time ATC

House and Springtime Promises ATCs

The house ATCs have now been sent out so I can post up my version.



The background is radiant rain sprayed onto textured black paper. The house is a sprayed paper stamped and with a sprayed piece of book paper added. The words are dymo tape.

The previous month's theme was Springtime Promises and here is the ATC for this theme.


I created the effect using masking. I used a flower mask and sponged some colours over it then put a bird mask over that and sponged on more colour. The little piece added in the corner is made from a textured piece I made in this blog post and punched out.

Masking ATC

My prototype for ATCs for a theme of masking. I sprayed a dictionary page with spray ink. I then put on a watered down partial coat of gesso. I put a mask on top and sponged on ink. Used some new Tim Holtz stamps to finish it off.

Texture ATCs

The theme for these ATC was texture. I created the background using light moulding paste through a glimmer screen. I then painted it with acrylic paints and finished with gold wax to highlight the pattern. The butterfly (Crafty Individuals) was stamped onto coloured paper and a little glitter glue makes the wings sparkle.

Resist ATC

Baroque ATC

Two part ATC

This ATC had to consist of two parts so I made an envelope and a tag to slip into it.

Postal Correspondence ATC

This theme was postal/correspondence so I chose a postcard theme. The scan isn't terribly good. I used fantasy film which I ironed onto a rubber stamp and made alittle shrink plastic shell embellishment.

Shake Rattle and Roll ATC

The theme of this ATC was to make an ATC with moving parts. I made a circle which turned round to reveal different parts of the image in the window.

Music and Dance

I have made up the prototypes for the Music and Dance ATC swap.

Four seasons ATCs

Using a faux batik technique on mulberry paper.

Blooms ATC

Summer ATCs

Shining stone background and Stampendous stamps

Brayered rainbow inkpad and water spray and dabbed with kitchen roll for the background. Crafty Individuals stamp