ATC Creating with the Girls

Penny - age 11

 Dixie - age 5

 Mine - ageless

Two of our granddaughters spent this last weekend with us, and with our daughter-in-law and her baby girl who live with us, the Penmaker was totally out numbered. After watching several cartoons, I broke out some supplies and we tried a technique I saw the other day on YouTube.

We cut watercolor paper to 3.5" x 4.5", sprayed with water, and dropped on blobs of mica powders. More water, more mica. Dried with the heat tool. Now drops and sprays of Lindy's Starbursts. Heat tool. Some stamping with Archival Jet Black ink. Heat tool. A bit of Stickles here and there and Distress Ink sponged on the edges. A fun project and simple enough for 5 and 11 year old crafters.

Thank you for stopping by!
Linda

Save Some Trees At Sugar Creek Hollow

For their first challenge

of 2012 the talented gals at Sugar Creek Hollow are asking us to Save Some Trees by making your project with some re-purposed paper... paper towels, toilet paper or coffee filters. 

Yessss!!! 

I told you here, that I was 

partaking in the Creative Jump Start Summit 2012 and that Jump Start #2 with Carmen Sanchez` was making an ATC from toilet paper. Oh, happy day... now I can try this technique and enter my ATC in the SCH challenge. Here is my first attempt at toilet paper crafting...

I used nine sheets of

toilet paper for my card, wet it, folded it over once and gently squeezed out as much water as I could without damaging the flat shape. I then placed it into my Tim Holtz Alterations Postcard Texture Fade, wrapped some more TP around the folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug machine. When it was dry, I sprayed it with Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist and Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls. (At this point you are suppose to heat emboss with UTEE, but I don't have any right now.) I then ran my Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad over the edges and across the raised lettering.

I embellished with I Am 

Roses mini roses and a skeleton leaf, two Prima Woodstock Bristo Blooms and some pearl sprays. The butterfly is a Bo Bunny Trinket.

Wish you could see the

glimmer on this card... my photos never seem to show off the shine.

Here I tried one more shot
with a different background... hope you fine this technique interesting and something you'll want to try.

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs!

Linda

City Crafter Challenge #61 - ATC

Are ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) new to you?

I have to admit that this is my first, and although it took me nearly as long as it does for me to make a card, (I think I must be EXTREMELY SLOW), it was a lot of fun to create.

The challenge this week at CCCB is to make

one of these miniature works of art. From what I understand, you trade them with fellow paper artificers. Sounds like a good time to me!

So here is mine... ready to trade...

The card has to be 2.5" x 3.5". I made mine of kraft 

cardstock from Kraft Outlet, some K & Co scraps from my stash, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, leftover Prima bling, organza ribbon, a Maya Road heart pin and mini roses painted with Starburst Cotton Candy Pink from Lindy's Stamp Gang. 

Hostess Linda Robinson has even provided

a link to see a video on ATC, so be sure to hop over to CCCB and check it out.

Have a Happy Day!