Vintage ATC's for Sid

Sid picked Vintage for our March ATC swap theme. I had fun with this one (I have with all of them actually).

The one on the left is made with Sugarloaf/Inque stamps from the Victorian Dressmaker set. First I took some ordinary tissue paper and crumpled it a bit. Then I sprayed some Gold Glimmer Mist to simulate and old dress pattern. I attached that to a piece of cardstock with Paper Mod Podge applying it to the cardstock and then on top of the tissue paper. Two of the images I stamped then glued onto the card and the third (the one of the woman) I over stamped.

The middle ATC is made with a Tim Holtz stamp from Stampers Anonymous. I cut out the holes where the negatives would be then printed out images I found for free from Gaby. I stamped the clock/watch face again and then covered it with glossy accents for dimension.

The one on the right is an image from Artful Illusions. I colored in the background with distress inks and added the cigar label which sort of gives this guy the distinguished name "Lord Sterling".

Until my next post,

Diane

Dictionary ATC

Here's the first ATC I did for yet another Yahoo Group I belong to . This group is called AlteredDesigns and I found it by looking at Elizabeth's art on her blog. I contacted her and now I'm a member of that group too. Give her blog a look/see, she's got some really neat things on it.

Q: So Diane, just how many of these Yahoo groups DO you belong to?

A: Less than 100 but more than 20 (22 to be exact).

Q: Why?

A: Because they are there.

This ATC was made with using a background layer of Metallic cardstock from DCWV followed by a piece of paper from the Rock King collection also by DCWV. The embellishment is made using a piece of grungeboard from Tim Holtz. I used paper Mod Podge on the grungeboard and then on top of the dictionary page. Look closely and you'll see the words "skull and crossbones" that I specifically selected from the dictionary. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the grungeboard and then inked it with Ranger Distress inks. I then outlined the edges with a gold deco marker.

Until my next post,

Diane

Giving Credit where it is due

A while back I had a post of the page I submitted for the Yahoo Mixed Media Art Friends that I belong to. I had seen a video that gave me inspiration but couldn't remember who did it. It bothered me and I kept searching using different terms and FINALLY found the source. Jennifer McGuire made this post and although I modified it using recycled cardboard instead of Grungeboard and Gel Medium rather than Mod Podge the concept was basically the same. Take a look at Jennifer's video and maybe you too will be inspired to make something fun.

Until my next post,
Diane