Dare to be different

Hello everyone,

For this week's blogpost for AALL & Create I have made a trio of ATC's.

And here's how I made it :

I used a piece of watercolour paper for the ATC's. I cut it into cards after I coloured it with Distress Inks and added some Texture paste through a stencil. 

Here is the coloured card for the ATC's. I also made a base from card board, book pages and ink to mount the finished ATC's on. 

This lovely butterfly is going to be my focal point. I coloured it with the same Distress Oxides and a water brush. I glued the book paper onto some card stock before colouring and cutting it out to make it more sturdy. 

I added some stamping to the cards and here you can just see the texture paste I used. It is transparent but it gives a nice detail to the cards. 

Here you see everything finished. I used more book text and ribbon to add interest and I also used some metal wire behind the butterfly. 

Behind the cards on the board is a piece of silk, again to add interest. 

I have used the following stamps/stencil:

Stamp #80 - Lined

Stamp #45 - Butterfly

Stamp #6 Sentiments

Stencil #11 

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Capture the magic

Hello everyone,

Today it is my turn to show you another project for Roc. I had so much fun making this and I hope you like it. I keep seeing ATB's all over the internet. They are Artist Trading Blocks and I decided to try and make one too. And here it is :

Here is a close up of the Love birds eh... dogs:

This ATB was made from some cardboard I had lying around. I put masking tape all over it to create a bit of a pattern and then added some model paste through a stencil. 

Next I coloured the whole thing with a Lindys Stampgang Flat Fabio. The colour is 'Pop Rock Purple'. A Flat Fabio is just an inkspray with no glitter in it. I the used a blending tool and Archival ink and accentuated the corners of the box and also the model paste. I also dripped some white Lindys on all the sides to create more interest, this one is called 'Frozen Jack Frost' and does have some glitter in it. 

Next I glued on the 4 beads for the feet and the three on the top for the wire. I used gel medium for this. The wire was rolled around a knitting needle and then pulled out a bit. 

It was then time to stamp. I used :

Stacked boxes

Flying heart

Stacked love

Dog

Capture the magic

All of these stamps were stamped in white card (the dog was stamped once as he is and once reversed using a solid piece of rubber. You stamp on the rubber and then stamp the rubber on the paper) apart from the stacked love. I stamped that on tissue paper. Everything was coloured with a mixture of Copic Markers and pencils and glued on. Lastly I adhered the moustache on the one dog for a bit of fun... 

Here are some more pictures:

The stacked boxes stamp is on both sides. 

The back of the block.

If you would like any of Roc's Stamps you can find them HERE.

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