Play Date Cafe # 81 and some ATC's

This week at The Play Date Cafe Sarah Anderson has chosen the colour palette inspired by wallpaper, and my card is inspired by some ATC's I have made for the challenge at Hero Arts this month.  I made the central panel as an ATC and soon realized that it was to small and was perfect for putting on a card.

 I stamped the Art wording onto a piece of white card and then embossed, next I distressed with Milled Lavender and Bundled Sage distress inks.  The flower image is coloured with Copic Markers.  My background flowers are stamped onto a piece of grey paper and then sprayed with perfect pearls to give a slight shimmer.

 Here are my ATC's  (the right size this time) in various colour ways.

A close up of my favourite one,(pink of course!!!)

Hope you are all having a relaxing weekend, DH is glued to the television at the moment as the FA cup final is on, still its my turn later with the Eurovision Song Contest!!!#



supplies:Hero Arts Stamps. G2678 Art, CG251 Solid Flower. CG250 Open flower.LL072 Peeking Posies.  Distress inks Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender.

Hooked on making ATC's

This new challenge over at the Hero Arts Blog has really got my mind racing and I had to have another go at making an ATC.  It is so different making things on a smaller scale.

This would be perfect for a keen gardener,  The background is made using the Musical Collage stamp and a lot of distressing.  For the main image I just used a bit of masking to stamp the background words.  The watering can and fork stamps are old ones I found in my draw and I am not sure who makes them.

One more day and its the weekend,  I am looking forward to watching the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday , such a fun programme!!



Supplies: Hero Arts Stamps, F5407 Lets Garden, CL479 Dictionary Greetings, S5501 Musical Collage. Words from Artistic Outpost. Distress inks.

Another ATC

Just a quick post tonight with another ATC, I really love this Beetle stamp and thought it would be fun to paper piece it with some girly paper.  I have first stamped the friends words from the Dictionary Greetings set  and then added my car.  The pink banner is from some DCWV paper that I have had for ages.  I made the banner with the same paper I used for the car.

An ATC and a card.

I have become a follower of Jacquelines blog as I really love her soft romantic style and wanted to have a go myself. One of the themes at the Hero Arts blog this month is ATC's which stands for Artist's Trading Cards.  They are only 2.5 X 3.5 inches,  and are little miniature works of art, meant for trading.  I have only ever made one of these before so thought it was time to make another and I have tried to use Jacquelines style.  I have just bought some really pretty paper by Prima and knew it would be perfect.

I have stamped with the small dictionary greeting a perfect size for ATC's and then distressed the card with bundled sage distress ink.  Next I have added a paper pieced butterfly from the Antique Engravings set and also stamped part of the butterfly straight onto the card, added some pearls and that's it!!!

Here is a card I have made using the same style, I am pleased with the effect and will definitely be making some more cards like this!!

Yipee its the weekend, the forecast says its going to rain here, my garden really needs it as it has been dry for a few weeks now, so more crafting time I think!!!

Supplies:Hero Arts Stamps. CL479 Dictionary Greetings. CL383 Antique Engravings. CG2678 Art. CL430 Real Garden Petals. Distress inks and Prima Paper.