Spring ATC Swap Results!!!

If you're in the Spring ATC Swap....

and

you want to be surprised...

Look away NOW!!!

(Warning, lots and lots of pics in this post!)

I finished up swapping out both the General and Holiday groups this weekend and I have to tell you I'm very excited.

First, I want to thank everyone who participated. All of the ATC's were great - such a varied lot of ideas, it always amazes me how several people can take the same idea ~ Valentine's Day for example ~ and come up with such a wide array of cards.  It's what I really love about ATC's.  Well, that and the freedom to create without restrictions.

All of the packages will be in the mail tomorrow...mail lady was early today so I missed her.

And now without further delay...the goods!!!

I believe I got all of the artists paired up with their ATC's but jlmk if I made a mistake.

(Note - they are in no particular order...just the way I pulled the envies out of my swap box.)

Mine - Holiday

(the bottom right ATC says "let the good times roll" in honor of Mardi Gras)

Mine - General

Mom's - Holiday ~ she went a bit nuts....she ended up making 97 Holiday ATC's!!!!  Needless to say there were a few extras so if you'd like to trade some holiday ATC's with her you can e-mail me and I'll arrange the trade :)

Mom's - General

Theresa P - Holiday (Notice her January Card - I believe it's made using the technique used for our 2012 January Calendar page!!)

Theresa P - General

Patsy B - Holiday

Patsy B - General

Kathleen - Holiday

Kee - Holiday

Kee - General

Hollie - Holiday

Hollie - General

Pam J - Holiday

Pam J - General

Pam E - Holiday & General

Claudine - Holiday

Claudine - General

Donna E - Holiday

Donna E - General

Paula - Holiday

Paula - General

Kay - General

Jean - General

Mom ATC's 7 & 8 - Powder Play!

We're nearing the finish line with our set of ATC's for Mom (or an aunt, good friend, etc.).  Today we're working on ATC's #7 & 8...

Mom ATC #7 -

Chalked Ink

I thought we'd dig out for some of us a rarely used goodie in our stash...chalk.  I know I rarely remember to use these powdery gems so I figured it was time to dust them off and use them on today's ATC.

Supplies:

Chalk
Embossing or Pigment Ink
Rubber Stamp (mine is from StampersBest)
Cardstock
Collage Image (Altered Pages)
Sentiment

Instructions:

1. Ink up your stamp with a slow drying ink....embossing or pigment ink works best. 

2. Stamp the image onto your cardstock.

3. Use either a cotton ball, one of the tiny puffs or whatever your favorite tool is to pick up a bit of chalk.  I am using one of the puff balls paired with a pair of pinch tweezers.

4. Gently pat the chalk onto the various areas of the image.  Try not to brush the ink since it's still wet it may tend to smear a bit depending upon the ink used.  Since I'm using more than one color I skipped around a bit...

5. After you have applied the chalks to the entire image gently wipe it with a dry tissue. 

NOTE: Once the inks dry the chalks are pretty much set.  I took the scrap from what I trimmed off the ATC and really had to work at it to get the chalk to smear which wasn't much.   If you feel you will need to seal it and don't have any of the acrylic sealers give hairspray a try.  I've used it many times to seal chalks or other powder mediums and it works great.

6. Finish off the ATC as desired!

Mom ATC #8

Baked Powders

I guess today is powder day cause I used Pearl Ex powders for this technique. 

Supplies:

Cardstock

Ink (if desired)

Clear Glue

Pigment Powders

Embellishments to finish off the ATC

Instructions:

1. If desired, ink up your cardstock with whatever color you choose. 

2. Squeeze a nice dollop of clear glue over the cardstock and smear it around.

3. Use the tip of a paint brush or other small tool to pick up a small amount of one or more pigment powders and drop it into the wet glue.

4. Now pick up the paper and flick it from the bottom.  This will make the loose powder jump all over the wet glue for a totally random effect.

5. Now immediately heat the glue ~ you'll get all sorts of bubbles and distortion as the glue dries and pulls the pigments along.

just check out the cool texture I got....

Now finish off your ATC as desired!

So there you go ~

Two really fun techniques incorporating powders

with such different outcomes.

I hope you have time to give em a try!

General ATC Swap Results!

I had planned on posting both the ATC & Charms for the General group

in one post but there are 48 photos! 

WAY too many for just one post

so here are the ATC's from the General Group.

I lost my list of who made what ~ I've tried to post as many artists as I could remember but a few will have to remain a mystery!

 

Of course, I do know mine...

 

 

and these are moms...

 

 

Paula

 

 

Sheryl

 

 

?????

 

 

??????

 

 

Katy

 

 

Theresa - she used the techniques from the 2013 Technique Calendar to make her ATC's!

 

 

Donna J

 

 

Anabela

 

 

Sandie

 

 

Kee

 

 

Hollie

 

 

Karen B

 

 

Nan

 

 

Pretty cool huh?