Another set of 3 ATCs

Doesn't it seem I always do my ATC 3 by 3?
Here are my latest ones.


"L'Elegante" I created for the ClubScrap October 2006 Retreat. I was reading a cool technique about using painted Tyvek for backgrounds. I used Golden fluids acrylics (quinacridone crimson, pyrrole orange and iridescent gold) that I smeared with my fingers on wetted Tyvek. The beautiful lady is from art-e-zine wonderful bank of images. The background design is a ClubScrap stamp from the Paisley kit, and the medallion is paper clay colored with black PearlEx and gold paint.






"Bird of the East" is a very quick one. The main image is part of a ClubScrap stencil done with Adirondack inks. Then I masked the bird and the branch and stamped the background with the Asian characters. I added pieces of distressed Asian pages and a little charm.










For the "Orientalist", I painted the background with Twinkling H2O (I just got the new colors, I have to try them) and stamped some random words. The main image has been cut out from one of these free advertisement postcards. Some stars, Egyptian symbols (ClubScrap stencil) and a distressed stamp from my stash complete the picture.

3 ATCs

I don't remember who this stamp is from, but I titled it "the Dreamer". It is stamped with Staz-On grey on glossy cardstock and colored with Tombow markers.



"Little Prince" by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous (seems that some new ones are coming!!!).
Tombow, PearlEx (with Future floor polish) and Adirondack butterscotch stippled in for the background. I wanted to use the stamps for a baby card, but I found it definitely too sad for a joyous event :))


The main stamp here is from Acey-Deucy, but it all started with me playing with the Adirondack acrylic and Silk iridescent ink on the vine leaves. I try them on matte, glossy cardstock and glass for totally different results. (here's the matte version).

Technology is against me :)

Just got a brand new monitor at work. I'm very happy... except I can't see the sheep on my last ATC!!! The brightness/contrast combination renders my poor watermarked sheep invisible :(((

So if you don't see it either, tweak your display buttons a little and it will magically appear

Little boy blue too

Boy image and poem from the same Altered Book Club ATC kit than last month post
The sheep is watermarked and chalked, and there's just a tiny bit of Galaxy white to frame the atc

Little boy blue

Just a little ATC with a canvas paper background.
Chalk inks from Colorbox, stamp by ClubScrap and images from the "Little Boy Blue" ATC kit (Altered Book Club)

One dinar

A little bit more play with Nick Bantock stamps. I finished the double trilogy of Sabine and Griffin this weekend, and his collages are so inspiring... Anyway, following his suggestions in "Urgent 2nd class" I used an old torn 1 dinar bill for this ATC. I stamped the manuscript background (Hero Arts) in distress Tattered Rose, then the remaining in Vintage Photo. The edges are a mixed of Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Black Soot.
Can you tell I love Tim Holtz distress inks? :)

Red Spirit

I found a scrap of slick but non glossy paper. I had to try the alcohol inks on it! I used a couple of drops of Terra Cotta, Rust, Cranberry, Caramel, Ginger and Butterscotch, added a bit of pearl mixative on the craft sheet where some gold krylon marks remained, swirled the paper on it, blotched with a square of felt and let it dry.
I then stamped the Asian text (uptown designs) on the left with Adirondack Rust, and the figure and word from Stampin'Up with India ink. "Spirit" is mounted on foam and is edged with krylon red

Digital Dream

Stamp by MotherRubber on silver tissue paper. The ATC background has been very lightly glazed in silver too.

Corte Placido

From a wine bottle to an ATC!
I liked the label (more than the wine :) so I decided to give it a second life
The central image and the "titles" have been transferred from the bottle to the ATC. The background is sponged with 7gypsies color washes in pastel-peach and walnut-purple, plus a bit of Vintage Photo distress ink.
Stamps from Ma Vinci (in Vintage Photo also) and German foil paper and charms from my stash. The edges got some Krylon red as well.
To me, the horse has the roundness of Ucello's paintings, and this brings back fond memories of Tuscany

Spirit

Back to the ATC format. Background paper, child, wings and buttons from various Tim Holtz' collections. Everything is distressed with Vintage Photo, Walnut Ink, Tea Dye or Black Soot.
Stamps by PostModern Designs and stickers from my stash

Rembrandt revisited

A funnier take on Rembrandt's "Portrait of Joris de Caulerii"

With Love To All at Home

Background is Moon Glow's Glitz Spritz and it's too bad it doesn't show in the scan.
Stamp from Memory Box

2 more ATCS

Images are from ScrapSMART.com. The little images in the frames are mounted on pop dots to give a nice 3D effect.
Snaps altered with Adirondack alcohol inks, and backgrounds distressed with, you know it, Tim's Distressed Inks :)

Call Me

Just because I wanted to use this telephone :)

The Agony of Deceit

Guess I was not in such a good mood!
Stamp from Stampers Anonymous and unknown company
StazOn inks on glossy paper. Love that Violet :)

2 ATCs

2 ATC I made for the Club Scrap Retreat 2005
First is Asian Artisan stamp colored with Distress inked and Twinks
Second is the official ATC for the CS Swap: Sunken Treasure and Travel stamps on an Island background paper found at Flax

Wonder

I love the CS font for September!
Stamps by Catherine Moore (Character Constructions), Stamps by Judith, Clearsnap (inkum's)
Ink is StazOn Midnight blue.
Background colors and details: Sennelier iridescent oil pastels. The scan doesn't show how shimmery the ATC is :(
The face stamp has been colored with the Art-Kure watercolor brush. A bit disappointing, but I'm new with these, so maybe my technique will improve.

Clown dreams

On the left is a Xylene transfer on watercolor paper colored with Zig Photo Twins and chalks.
On the right is MotherRubber's clown colored with Twinks H2O; chalks and chalks inks for the background.
"dream sequence" stamp by Postmodern Design

Bug

I hate bugs, but this one's ok :)
Stamp by StampersAnonymous. Rainbow pad inks brayed on glossy cardstock and Distress Ink for a little shadowing

Serenissime

The most romantic and magical city.

Background stamp from Maureen Blackman painted with Twinkling H20s. Lion is Above The Mark stamp on polyshrink. I glued tissue paper on the painted background for texture and sponged mica magic for a bit of gold.

Atelier Couture

This nice burgundy background color is the result of my printer going out of ink! Cardstock and stamp by ClubScrap
And new StazOn Cherry Pink (not pink at all) on the bodice

Retour a la Naivete

Exotism

2 ATC with transparency images from alteredpages.com.
Cardstock is from ClubScrap.

3 Dreams - ATC series

Stampers' Anonymous "Dream" stamp on glossy paper, underneath a layer a tissue paper
Purple is sponged stayzon inks + lumiere paints
Green is brushed lumiere + metallic rub-ons
Orange is sponged luna lights + lumiere paints

ATC du jour

Pinata alcohol inks on transparency and glossy cardstock + rub-ons