A set of ATCs that were relatively quick and easy thanks to my Silhouette Cameo 3!
Yes, the pen I used did leave some extra lines. I've decided to call them power lines...
This project was just one of those projects that fought me every step of the way! I couldn't get my idea to come together. I had to redo a few things, some more than once. The pen I used can get build up on it (apparently...maybe I knew that but forgot *shrug*) and I think that is was gave me my "power lines." But I had had it with this particular project! I almost didn't do this topic for the swap (there are four categories, I've done the other three already: Flag A.T.Coin, World Tiger Day, & Forest Key.)
I did finally finish, and my package is ready to get sent to the hostess, Marci (who you can find here and here) ASAP!
I even managed a quick process video!
I turned the cityscape into a sketch, the sign into a Print & Cut, and added an outline (Offset) to the car, then put it together and hoped for the best!
I thought the sign needed a little something more, so I used Crushed Pineapple Stickles for some "lights." And since the sky seemed a little to gloomy, I added some "stars" with Shimmerz "Buttercream" Paint.
I don't know if I should say I created these for the June Mixed Media Place challenge, but will be swapping them, or if it would be more accurate to say the June Mixed Media Place challenge helped me put together these ATCs for the "Favorite Product and/or Technique" category of the swap over at scrapbook.com! They both helped each other along in the end!
I love the mood board this month over at Mixed Media Place. The wonderful colors of the forest really spoke to me! I'm also participating in the ATC swap over at scrapbook.com, hosted by Marci (you can find her here and here), and was still "needing" to make my "Favorite Product and/or Technique" batch! I have a little of both on these cards! I love, love, LOVE Finnabair's products by Prima, and I adore using her waxes, but I also love mica powders (in this case I used Lindy's Magical Shakers), and Tim Holtz was my first designer love (I've been collecting Tim Holtz since shortly after I first started scrapbooking!).
(Below you can find a process video, more photos, & a product list.)
The Mixed Media Place June Mood Board for the June challenge.
Process Video:
I think one of my favorite things about ATCs is they help me use up scraps & partial packages, plus I find them to be very freeing, even I can only fit so much on a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" surface!
With these ATCs I didn't cut into any new cardstock or open any new packages! In fact I finished off one of the Prima packages & the Little Birdie package in addition to getting rid of a teeny tiny bit of my vast scrap collection! (Okay, maybe not vast...it could be worse I suppose!)
Also, to make projects go faster, when I have some spare time I will make up batches of pieces from my various moulds. I can't say I have an absolute preference of which resin to use, both of the ones used to make these keys have a purpose. Amazing Cast Resin sets up F.A.S.T!! And I mean you better have a plan of action and work in small batches! This is great when I don't have the time to wait for the Art 'N Glow resin to set. However, I love the Art 'N Glow because it mixes up thinner, and I have a work time of 45 minutes! The thinner is great for the smaller moulds I have, and the longer time is better because I can pour slow and sure! (It does, however, have a 24 hour cure time.)
**Note: I'd wear gloves. The Amazing Cast Resin gets real hot, real fast (it's best not to ask why I know this so well!). Gloves will help you peel that off quick! The Art 'N Glow is just practically impossible to wash off with soap and water. It's very sticky! (Again, don't ask! LOL)
For the image of the tiger I used a free one I found at needpix.com (link below) and then played with editing it until I got something I liked. I can't really tell you the steps, because sometimes things just happen, and I'm not always sure how I did it! There was some selective color picking and changing though, I can tell you that much!
There isn't really anything overly complicated on these, just some coloring/watercoloring with some Scribble Sticks, fussy cutting, and gluing! OH! The tigers weren't fussy cut, I used the print & cut feature of Silhouette Studio with my Cameo 3.
The main photo is actually one of my ancestors, my great great grandfather! The original photo of him is actually very faded & blemished, but I used my dusty photo editing skills to fix him up for this challenge! He's not exactly fit for hanging on a wall yet, but for what I wanted to do here I got what I needed! I printed the photo on regular, white, printer cardstock and used JudiKins MicroGlaze to protect the majority of the photo. After he was thoroughly coated with the MicroGlaze, I spritzed water to get the printer ink to bleed a bit, dried the photos, trimmed them down, rounded the corners, distressed the edges, then inked them! WHEW! That was a mouthful!
The background for the ATCs is made of bits and pieces from Tim Holtz's "Lost and Found" paper stack. I layered up some random bits, glued them down, then used a blending tool to add some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide, which I then spritzed with water to activate. The little "film strips" of photos are also from the "Lost an Found Stack." I love Tim's style, but I have never figured out what to do with all the photos of random people he has in many of his stacks & ephemera packages! This is only the second time I have found a use for the faces of strangers! It's not anything I dislike about them, I actually think they are very cool, but my poor brain just can't add "strangers" to things very well!
Product List:
Tim Holtz - Tiny Attacher, Distress Oxide: Vintage Photo, Lost and Found Paper Stack, Mini Blending Tool, and Paper Distresser.
The patterened paper for the backgrounds came from the Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit, the twine I've had forever, the pink in the "frosting" is Shimmerz Paste-eez "Raspberry Sherbet," and the white "frosting" is Prima Snowflake Paste! All the other colors, except the "chocolate," came from Tim Holtz Distress Crayons or Distress Oxides! The "chocolate" is a Bic Mark-It in "Woodsey Brown."
I used the Distress Crayons on the bottom layer of the cupcake wrapper, and the Distress Oxides on the wrapper layer with the chevrons and the layer on the frosting with the circles cut out.
Product List:
Background papers are from the Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit!
Twine ... ::shrug::
Shimmerz Paste-eez "Raspberry Sherbet"
Bic Mark-It "Woodsey Brown"
140# watercolor paper
Prima Snowflake Paste
Ranger Glossy Accents
Tim Holtz Distress Crayons & Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, & Seedless Preserves
A set of ATCs I made for the ATC swap over at scrapbook.com! The category for this is was to be "Inspired" by the photo shown below!
The leaf clusters are put together with a lot of staples from Tim Holtz's Mini Stapler, regular staples, and hot glue! I used leaves from the Autumn Decor section in my local 99¢ store, cut them in half, then, more or less, folded them into pleats and stapled them! Then I stapled the individual leaves together into clusters, glued them together, then glued them down!
For the background I used some tissue paper I received with a Pocket Letter (the letter was wrapped in it!) and some Mod Podge!
Inspirational Photo!
Product List:
Jute
Decor leaves from the fall decor section at the 99 cent store
Lots and lots and LOTS of hot glue!
Lots and lots of regular staples to go with THs mini staples!
The tissue paper came wrapped around the September Pocket Letter I
recieved from Donna (bonprof)! It was the perfect color for the BG!!
Thank you, Donna
Over at scrapbook.com MarciB hosts a monthly ATC swap! One of the categories for September was Halloween, and this is what came out of my mind!
For the background I used Amazing Cast Resin on my Tim Holtz, "Cracked" Embossing folder. I painted the resin with ordinary, black arcylic paint then added the Prima waxes!
I actually found the lace and skulls at the 99¢ store when I went in looking for a package of those plastic spider rings that come out this time of year!
The 'mulberry type' roses I bought off eBay a while ago and used Heidi Swapp Color Shine: Tinsel on a set to turn them from light purple to, well, tinsel!
Product List:
99¢ Store lace, skulls, and spiders
"Mulberry Type" roses from eBay
Tim Holtz "Cracked" Embossing Folder
Amazing Cast Resin
Ranger Glossy Accents
Prima Metallique Wax - Old Silver; Opal Magic Wax - Royal Robes
I did this set of ATCs for MarciLB's ATC swap over at scrapbook.com! The category for this set was travel, and while going through my supplies looking for inspiration I came across Tim Holtz's "Blueprint Compass" stamp & die set and I had my idea! I'm also entering them into Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge "Distress It."
The background of everything is a pattern from the Silhouette store. In it's original form it is a much lighter shade of tan/brown ... parchment-y ... whatever! LOL! But I used the built-in Image Effects tools of Silhouette Studio (I have the Designer Edition) to change it more to my liking! And, actually I did it two different shades and then printed it out on some self-adhesive paper. After I printed it, I put *some* Mod-Podge Acrylic sealer on so the printer ink wouldn't run (as bad) when I spritzed the images with water after using Distress Oxides! Other than all that, it's a rather straight forward cut & glue project!
Close-up of one of the ATCs
Layering and edge distressing!
Product List:
Tim Holtz Sizzix Blueprint Compass Framelit & Stamp set, idea-ology Game Spinners and sanding block, Tonic paper distresser, and Ranger Distress Oxides Salty Ocean, Frayed Burlap, & Antique Linen.
Sizzix Big Shot & precision baseplate
We-R-Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile
Mod-Podge Acrylic Sealer
self-adhesive paper
chipboard (it's what I stuck the paper to before stamping & cutting)
This was one of those projects that started with a vague idea and I just followed where all the trials and mishaps took me! The ATCs aren't exactly what I had in mind, but I'm still content with what came out of the process!
These are a rather straight forward process, a lot of Cameo sketch pen work and cutting, followed by a lot of coloring!
For the 'green' of the peacock's tail I mixed Peeled Paint & Lucky Clover Distress Oxides on my work surface with some water & used my water brush to paint!
For the 'stone' I used Weathered Wood & Pumice Stone Distress Crayons and blended them.
After the Crazing Distress Collage Medium was dry, I used a blending tool to add the Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to the surface.
Cut Files:
All cut files came from the Silhouette Store.
Product List:
Silhouette Cameo & Pen holder with uni-ball gel pen, micro line, with "uni Super Ink." I seriously love this pen, it makes nice, fine lines, and it holds up to water!
Watercolor paper
the green background paper is from an OLD K & Company stack from their "Designer Paper" series. And I mean OLD, like probably 2009, and in scrapbook years, that's ANCIENT!! LOL!!
My initial background was too embossed! I didn't want it to be quite like that! But, if nothing else, I'm persistent, so I decided to see what I could do with it!
Initial Background. Thick watercolor paper, coated with white acrylic paint, embossed using Tim Holtz's "Cracked," striped with Tim Holtz's "Stripes" stencil & Distress Oxide Fired Brick, and colored with Distress Oxide Faded Jeans for the blue.
I decided to get Mixed Media crazy! I added Candied Apple Distress Paint stripes, I threw down a layer of Mod Podge, which "intensified" the Distress Oxides underneath, I added some Prima Snowflake Paste for those rays using Tim Holtz's "Ray" stencil, and colored them with Shimmerz Vibez "Glorious Day." If that wasn't enough, for the "stars" I used Shimmerz Dazzlerz "Spun Sugar" and Echo Park's "Beach Towel" stencil. About now I was thinking I should give up and start over! But, as I said, I'm persistent (some may say overly stubborn, but they're wrong! LOL). Anyhow, I decided that I should cover some of my "flag" with a firework (as so originally inspired by the July Challenge at Creative Embellishments) and I dug out my glitter. (I have a great dislike for glitter, but I was getting desperate!)
What better way to adhere that glitter than with some Transparent Gloss Texture Paste from Ranger "squished" through a temporary stencil I made with some scrap card stock and a "starburst" cut file from Silhouette? In hindsight, there probably are better ways! Oh. My. Gosh. Now I just have too much everything!
Well, that's just too much ... EVERYTHING!
I actually threw the ATCs in the trash at this point, I just didn't know what else to do! But, as I was sitting there thinking about what items to keep out for the next try I saw an old Tim Holtz Mask "Flourish" just hanging around collecting dust, and I had an idea! At first I was going to use the mask, but I hadn't worked out what I would use to cover the undesirable areas. Then, as I sat there staring at the mask over the ATC next to my pile of scrap pieces of Simple Stories "Stars & Stripes" a firework went off in my mind! And the following picture is what that firework sparked!
Using my hot glue gun I stuck the cuts to the ATCs, used the sanding block to distress the edges, and inked them up with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink! There was still a little too much "stuff" showing, and that's when I decided to enlist the help of a little birdie!
Flourish cut file from the Silhouette Store!
Little Birdie (Tim Holtz's Mini Bird Crazy & Things) to the rescue!
Persistence paid off!
Product List:
Silhouette Cameo: Used to cut the flourish which is from the Silhouette Store.
Over at scrapbook.com "MarciLB" hosts a monthly ATC swap with four categories. For July, "Flowers" was one of those categories, and these are the ATCs that popped into my little head! I'm also entering in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday "Anything Goes" Challenge! The background is some thin, self-adhesive cork that I didn't even remember owning until I went digging through my stash looking for inspiration! (I believe I bought it at Hobby Lobby)
That "fishnet" ribbon got a total make-over! I've had it for years, and had used the majority of it previously. It was originally a dark teal and green with glitter. I changed that. I could have worked with the dark teal piece, but I didn't have enough for all four ATCs! I slapped on some Tim Holtz Distress Grit-Paste pressed the ribbon into it and used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to hold the ends in place. After it dried I started painting the background with white acrylic paint! I used paint instead of gesso because it is thicker, and I needed coverage! (As for the origins of the ribbon, I know I received it in one of my first kits from "Birds of a Feather," and I received kits for close to 18 months I believe. Unfortunately as of February 2016 kits were no longer offered.)
Some old bits of fishnet "ribbon" that got a make-over!
The flowers are made up of a combination of Prima E-line flowers and flowers from Prima's Wildflower Pillar Pack. The gems came in the same kit as the ribbon.
A closer look at the flower cluster!
Those two metal filigree pieces are even older that the ribbon and gems! After I added them I painted them with the white acrylic paint as well.
After everything was glued down and coated with some acrylic paint (The gems are the only parts I didn't put paint on!) I started spritzing on some Heidi Swapp Color Shine in "Tinsel" and "Sweet Mint," and some Shimmerz Vibez "Jeni B Bleu."
List of Products:
White acrylic paint
Tim Holtz Distress Grit-Paste
Heidi Swapp Color Shine: Tinsel and Sweet Mint
Shimmerz Vibez: Jeni B Bleu
Prima Flowers: white E-line mix and Wildflower Pillar Pack
Another ATC to share! I don't have photos of the process along the way, mostly because the process took way too long! But it's a rather straight forward ATC...I think! But, I am going to give a list of products!
Anchor's Away ATC!
**The anchor is a cut file from the Silhouette Store.
**Machines used: Silhouette Cameo & Sizzix Big Shot.
Products:
Lawn Fawn: Dye Ink Pad: Peacock (used with the Compass Stamp...which bled more than I expected!)
Distress Grit Paste (used with the Echo Park stencil)
Shimmerz: Dazzlerz: Spun Sugar (I mixed the Broken China Distress Oxide in it before applying)
Creative Essentials Laminated Burlap (white, for the BG)
The little bit of burlap looking stuff under the sand dollar is from The Paper Company
Hemp twine
Water color paper (anchor)
Chipboard with white gesso on it (seahorse and sand dollar)
Eyelets from I don't know where
Echo Park - Summer Fun Collection - 6 x 6 Stencil - Beach Towel
