It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog, so I thought I’d post an ATC that I made a few months ago. This one was for a Norman Rockwell themed swap, so I chose this fun illustration as the focal point. There is some writing in the bottom corner that is a note from Mr. Rockwell to Walt Disney, two of my favorite artists!! I took a bit of a break from creating, but I hope to have some new ATCs to post soon.
The monthly color swap at VPI ATCs was to make a yellow tag. I had fun playing around with my digital kits for this one. Most of the images are by Tumblefish Studios over at Deviant Scrap. I stitched a little line of gold on the stars and added a few brads to give it a little bit of texture. I also glued on a glitter star. The ribbon at the top is Snug Hug seam binding that I dyed with Ranger Distress re-inkers in shades of yellow. Making the ribbon was so fun; and because I still have about 98 yards of it left, I’m sure I’ll be coloring more in the future!
Here’s an ATC I made for a swap theme of “Where’s My Crown?” This is an new Yahoo group that has just formed and it will be my first swap with them! The images of the child and the crowns are from a Tumblefish Studios kit (Deviant Scrap), and the background is stamped with some random numbers and the Eiffel Tower. When all else fails, stamp the Eiffel Tower!!
This is my first attempt at making an ATC triptych. It was for the monthly color swap at the Vintage Photo Images ATC group. Green is the predominant color this month, so when I saw this tinted image in one of my Tumblefish Studios digital kits, I decided to build the story from there. I trimmed the images of the girl and crown and glued them onto the center card, but the other elements were all arranged in Photoshop. The words were computer-generated and glued on as well.
Here’s a little ATC I made for the theme “how does your garden grow?” This garden has honeybees, blue flowers, and two sweet little girls. The honey label image is from Deviant Scrap, and the flowers (from the Graphics Fairy) and children are free images I found on the web. I used a Copic marker to color the ribbon so it would match the flowers.
I cannot resist a swap with Alice in Wonderland as the star. This ATC is for the Alice’s Tea Party swap with my Vintage Photo Images ATCs group. I used images from Deviant Scrap for the focal points; I typed some of the text from the story inside the bottle (using Photoshop) and then layered the image of Alice over that. The Poison stamp is from a Halloween set by Oxford Impressions and the “Drink me” stamp is from Inka Stamps (no longer in business). I originally bought “Drink me” to use with my coffee stamps, but a couple of Alice in Wonderland swaps later it has occurred to me that this stamp was probably fashioned after the bottle in the story. I also had to add a little key (by 7 Gypsies), since there was one on the table.
I recently made these mini cards using images of vintage children. The images are so sweet by themselves that they don’t need a lot of embellishment. I just cropped some photos I’ve had on my computer (the black “fly” slide is an image from Lisa’s Altered Art) and added a few bits of paper and words.
After I made the first group of minis, I decided to make one digitally. I did cut out the heart and glue it on (although I should have added it digitally, too). I spread some Glossy Accents on the heart and dropped in some gold beads to keep the slide flat. The words were computer generated and glued on separately. The images used in “sitting pretty” are from several different Deviant Scrap kits.
