Saturday morning .....

Morning readers,

Earlier this week I had an "accident" with my snippets box ... it was top heavy  and tipped over so I thought I should go through it and weed out the bits which (on reflection) I'm unlikely ever to use, sort them in to sizes and/or colour families. It's amazing what you find. I found the leftover snippet of masterboard (using Paper Artsy fresco and pebeo iridescent paints and Dylusions stamps) which was virtually THE perfect size for the ATC below, I merely shaved off a tiny border ... the bright blue panel was also less than a cm too big - how ever had I failed to notice this before? So, aside from tossing some of the less usable snippets I've used two to make the ATC below .....

My Artist Trading Card

And a closer view of the detail

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in bright blue and a leftover piece of a painted masterboard (which was created using acrylic paints in blues and white + iridescent pink and Stampers Anonymous stamps with white paint, various bottle tops used to create the painted circles too)
• On the bright blue layer I stamped the Kaisercraft mini grid image using Ranger Archival cobalt blue ink
• On the masterboard I stamped the Sheena Douglass circles image (from LBS "Grunge Band") also using the cobalt blue ink
• I stamped the sentiment (CardzTV "Just Saying") using Versaclair nocturne ink, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and then heat set
• Finally, to add a bit of glamour I took three glue dots and a piece of multicoloured foil (though I used the predominantly blue section) and "foiled" my ATC ...... I saw this technique somewhere just this week and thought (I have foil and I have glue dots - why not? It adds glamour, texture and shine - I LIKE it!

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Everybody Art - challenge No. 439 - ANYTHING GOES
2. The House That Stamps Built - challenge No. 2319 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Paper Shelter - challenge No. 367 - SHADES OF BLUE
4. More Mixed Media - January challenge - ANYTHING GOES + optional USE BLUE
5. Love2Create - challenge No. 1 - ANYTHING (mixed media) GOES

And now for a card ....

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of funky foam, cut to mat the image panel
• Using copier paper and tissue tape I masked off my triangles and used the "bouncing brayer" technique with Kaleidacolour Denim ink pad
• Tim Holtz image (man with umbrella - TU-MS105 "Muse") stamped using Versafine Clair twilight ink
• Designs by Ryn image ("Rising Bubbles" CM-T8) stamped using Memento Bahama blue ink
• TCP sentiment (S-5845-CL) stamped on to a snippet of white card
• WRMK "Banner" die used to die cut my sentiment panel

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Simply Less Is More - challenge No. 387 - SKETCH - see below (actually based on one of my own cards which I have to say DELIGHTED me, especially as it was a surprise) - my thanks to my fellow LIM-ettes and the Design Team for embracing this design so creatively. - 3rd entry
2. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 332 - ANYTHING GOES
3. CardzTV - challenge No. 81 - ANYTHING GOES - 3rd entry
4. CASonFriday - challenge No. 150 - BIRTHDAY
5. Crafting With Friends - challenge No. 78 - ANYTHING GOES

 

And the "Bouncing Brayer Technique"?