Friday, July 31, 2015

Christmas ATC's

Hello friends!  Happy weekend!  I had to squeeze in a couple of simple ATC's for Christmas in July!  I don't know whether I will use these ATC's as gift tags, maybe put them on a cardfront or something else.  Artist Trading Cards are just about as versatile to me as the tags I make.  There are so many things you can do with them.  Here's how I put them together.  I die cut a couple of ATC's using Distress Watercolor Cardstock.  I stamped the Christmas tree and greeting (which are Tim's new Scribbly Christmas Set) with Jet Black Archival Ink.  I watercolored with Distress Markers and a Waterbrush, then heat to dry.  I added some Brushed Pewter Distress Paint through Tim's Speckles Stencil (that one always reminds me of falling snow) with a blending tool.  Then dried with a heat tool.  I distressed a number brad and added a snippet of an index label.
 I used three different blue distress inks on the Weathered Snowflake (Tim's new Mini Weathered Winter Stamp Set) and stamped onto the watercolor cardstock.  I lightly mist water over stamped image until it began to wick color, then dried with my heat tool.  I stamped the number 25 with Potting Soil Archival Ink on top of the snowflake.  I shaded the edges of watercolor cardstock with Antique Linen Distress Ink and a blending tool.  I flicked a little Tumbled Glass and Brushed Pewter Distress Spray Stain onto ATC and dried with a tool.  For a final touch I added a bit of Idea-ology Merriment Tissue Tape and Mini Paperclip.
You can find most of the supplies I used at Inspiration Emporium via the links below.  Remember to use my coupon code - vintagemuse - to save 10% on your order.  That wraps it up for me, I hope you enjoyed todays projects!  As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!




Thursday, July 30, 2015

Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge #33

Hello friends!  It's time for Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge #33!  It's hard to believe there is only 1 more challenge left!  Linda Ledbetter is hosting this CC3 Challenge over on her blog Studio L3.  Thank you so much Linda and the Curiosity Crew for inspiring us with all their wonderful creations.  All the tips and techniques for this challenge is found on page 45 of Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities Volume Three book.  If you don't have this great book you can find it here.  This challenge is sponsored by Inspiration Emporium who have a wonderful $50 gift voucher to give away to one lucky winner. Also, the Curiosity Crew Pick wins a fabulous pack of goodies from Tim and Mario!  This is also one of my DT projects for Inspiration Emporium.  I thought I would make a card with Tim's Robots Blueprint stamps, so much fun!
I can't give away the fun techniques, but I did list all the products I used to put this together.
 I just love all the layers!
You can find most of the supplies I used at Inspiration Emporium via the links below.  Remember to use my coupon code - vintagemuse - to save 10% on your order.  That wraps it up for me, I hope you enjoyed todays project!  As always thanks for stopping by and I'll see you next time!