Art Pieces ATC Challenge

This week’s (no, actually it’s a fortnight this time) challenge is an Easter Themed ATC.

Easter is not a big deal in NZ unless you are a practicing Christian. I find it not much more than a commercial chaos, really.  In saying that though, I do usually send a box of Easter goodies to my daughter at Uni.  She is training big time at the moment to beat hers Dad’s running time so the Easter Bunny may have to deliver some protien bars or something this year. lol.

This is my entry. 

The beautiful tatted egg is a cutting file made ( and given freely!) by Paulo, here.  What talent this man has!  It appealed immediately because of the real tatting Mum does. I keep promising myself that I will learn the skill but have, as yet, to take up a tatting shuttle.

Tuesday Trigger 16/3/10

This weeks Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is all about Texture + Colour = FUN.

I had lots of complicated, time consuming ideas – none of which I could really be bothered with because I am having a “tired” week and it was all just too hard, lol.

What I did do though, I am pleased with.  The photo does not really do the card justice, sadly.  However – here it is:

 

 

I printed the image on photo paper and added rhinestones to her jacket, glitter to her top and belt buckle and feathers to her hat.

The balloons have dimensional magic and the flowers on the car have the addition of stamens from artificial flowers.

All mounted on a pink card base and finished with a rub-on sentiment.

Art Pieces Weekly ATC Challenge

Ribbon, Buttons & Flowers

Hmmm, I thought. Not sure that this one is for me.

However, as I looked through my stash a number of times an idea formed and this is the result:

Three layers of cardstock, a clear button with printed butterflies hung onto a reclaimed jewellery part with it’s original red velvet ribbon attached.  The three flowers are metal ones that I picked up at an Emporium.

To be honest – I rather like it 

Blog Candy from Norway

Anette, a contributor to Art Pieces (and many others), has blog candy to give away.  Not sure if it will come this way, but you never know.

Anette is Norwegian and you will need to translate her blog but it is worth doing. She kindly comments on my ATC entry every week too, bless her.

Art Pieces ATC - Owls

This weeks challenge at Art Pieces was to make an ATC with one or more owls on it.

I chose to re-size a cutting file from Tina at Forever Memories For You.  This woman is amazing!  Her cards and projects are simply out of this world! Pop on over there to have a look through what she has made.

There are several layers used for this owl and I used Tim Holtz Distress inks in shades of Scattered Straw, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo. I used Spiced Marmalade on the beak and added googly eyes. The white rings around the eyes are coloured with a correction pen, of all things.

The main ATC is backed with textured silver cardstock. It was reasonably labour intensive but I love that this sort of challenge allows you to use techniques or product that you would probably dismiss when doing a swap of 9 or more.

Tuesday Trigger

This week’s Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is all about Green. Here is the Trigger picture:

And here is my card:

I used a digital paper  for my background and stamped my Captain (from B Line Designs) using Stazon Olive.  I typed the caption in word and popped them both up on foam.  I was really pleased with the colour matching of the font and the ink.

It’s nice to make a masculine card for a change.  They can be a challenge in themselves sometimes.

ABC of ATC’s – A Friendship Swap

Last year Shell, Tricia and I started to make a series of ATC’s to create an A to Z swap.

Tricia and I each had 9 letters and Shell had 8, so she also made the title ATC.

We made the swap in person at Shell’s place in January this year and I have now mounted mine on a canvas, as was the plan.

Maths bores me to tears so having to measure out the spacing, using a combination of centimetres and inches, was no fun!  Worth it in the end though.

Our styles are quite different but the set, as a whole, works so well together. I am very proud of my set and they are now on the wall in my craft space.  Thanks Girls!

Do you have a favourite?