Christmas ATCOTM

Here's the ATC I made for the Stampers Corner Yahoo group for the ATCOTM club. Someone (sorry I can't give you credit since I don't remember who) sent me this snowflake background paper with a swap. I layered that on top of to pieces of blue cardstock. On top I stamped the busy shopper and embossed the image. I colored in portions of the image with Sakura glaze pens.Three blingy snow flakes complete the piece.

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Diane

Leaves ATC

This was last months ATCOTM for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group. I stamped a background of...well leaves of course using a set by Inque. Next I used a technique I saw on Roni's blog. I added a few smaller leaves I had purchased in a bag and then finished it off with a phrase from Repeat Impressions.

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Diane

Steampunk ATC

This is my first actual attempt to make a Steampunk themed ATC. I made it for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group. I like the images that go with this theme and want to explore it more so that will be my next search to find more "stuff". For this ATC I used a stamp by Technique Tuesday for the left border. The other stamps are from a set by 7 Gypsies. I'm not sure where I got the image I cut out but I thought it would work with this theme. I added a few watch parts on top of the gear stamp.

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Diane

Witches ATC

Here's a change from the Halloween cards I've been posting, it's a Halloween ATC! Actually the theme for this Stampers Corner Yahoo Group is "Witches" not Halloween. I got this image from the internet but can't remember where so I can't give credit. I can give credit for the stamp though. I used a portion of an Artistic Outpost stamp and then cut around the swirls to tuck the printed image through it. After stamping the image I added some Stickles to the stamped potion. I wanted to color the background blue to match the sky and had some leftover homemade shimmer/glimmer that I made with Ranger Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls. My mister clogged so I decided to pour the remaining contents onto the cardstock so the whole thing is very shimmery/glimmery.

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Diane

Gorgeous Geishas ATC

I made this ATC for the Stampers Corner Yahoo group using the Glimmer Lace technique by Technique Junkies. I made with the Glimmer Lace technique by Technique Junkies. I made my paper with Ranger Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls instead since I had those supplies on hand. The theme for this ATC was Gorgeous Geishas and I used a stamp by Inkadinkado and made an attempt at making a knot with mizuhiki cord.


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Diane

Dragonflies ATC

The theme for the ATCOTM at Stampers Corner was Dragonflies. I wanted to give the illusion that you were looking down at a pond and saw dragonflies at different levels. I've got the very small silver ones in groups of three. Next is a larger one stamped with Brilliance Ink and embossed with clear. The largest one, the one closest to you is black. It is stamped and embossed in black. The two larger ones are stamped on vellum and cut out. The paper is some I had left over from marbling. All stamps are by Altered Arts.

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Diane

Non Paper ATC

This challenge with the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group was to make a NonPaper ATC. I used grungeboard and stamped on it with acrylic paint using a Stampers Anonymous stamp. The important thing to remember if you do stamp with acrylic paint, gesso or gel medium is to wash your stamp off ASAP otherwise you might ruin it since the "stuff" will dry and stick to it forever. After the paint was dry I used Ranger Distress Inks then wiped off the part that was on the paint since it acts as a resist. The big embellishment is from K&Co Life's Journey series. The next step was to use a clear tag by Heidi Swapp. I colored the back of it with a silver Galaxy Marker. They don't bleed up on acrylic surfaces like other markers. I stamped on the front using StazOn with a stamp by Inque and secured it to the ATC using some silver mini ric-rac and then outlined the ATC with a Krylon marker.

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Diane

By The Sea ATC

By the Sea was the theme for a Stampers Corner Yahoo Group ATC lottery. I trimmed the edges off a bunch of sea shell die cuts and glued them to a backing piece of paper. On top of that I created a glaze using craft paint and Gloden Acrylic Glazing Liquid to try to blend the colors a bit more and also color the background. The image is from a Design Originals ATC booklet called Travel. I also used the smaller shells from that book and covered them with some Glossy Accents for dimension. The two small shells in the lower left corner were made by stamping Tanda stamps on shrink plastic and reducing it in size with a heat gun.

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Diane

Stampers Corner Collage Image ATC

Debi, our list Mom at the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group just started this new ATC idea. Each month she'll post a collage image and we make an ATC out of it. Each person can size it and tailor it to their creative juice so even though they are the same they'll all be a bit different. To me the gal in this image looked guilty of something carrying that gun so imagined she had just heard sirens and needed to make a quick get away. I cut around the collage image and glued it on to K&Co background paper. The two stamps in the corner are by Studio G and I accented them with the clear Sakura stardust glitter pen.

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Diane

Fairies ATC

I made this ATC for the Stampers Corner ATCOTM group. The theme for this month was Fairies. First I started with some marbled paper that I made using regular old crafting chalks. I filled a dishpan with some water and cut some rice paper to fit inside when wet. Then I lightly scratched the chalks to let some of the flakes float on the surface of the water and disperse a bit. I put the rice paper on the water and it soaks up the color but it is very subtle so it really lended itself to this technique. The stamps are all by Studio G. I inked them with chalk inks in various pastel type colors. The brass fairy is from Fancifuls.

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Diane

Red, Yellow and Orange ATC

Last month on the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group the ATCOTM theme was red, yellow and orange. I carefully applied Ranger Distress Inks directly to the Stampers Anonymous stamp. After the ink dried I went over it with blending foam in a contrasting color. I used Ranger Alcohol Inks in themed colors on the silver word "dream" to make it fit in and I'm done.

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Diane

Rainy Days ATCOTM

Here's what I made for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group ATC of the month swap. I've made a few other Rainy Day type ATC's and wanted this one to be different. The first thing that came to me was the Carpenters song "Rainy Days and Mondays" so I started with an image from Stampers Anonymous of the pouty child that almost looks like it's about to cry. I used a backgound image also from Stampers Anonymous. Both images are stamped with Ranger Distress Ink and Ranger Archival Ink.

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Diane

Numbers ATC

I made this ATC for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group ATC of the month club. I used a Stampers Anonymous Stamps that I embossed with clear powder on glossy paper. Next I swiped three colors of alcohol inks in diagonally. I added a bit of gold ink too. The final touch was the addition of the "believe" word.

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Diane

Because you're special card

Here's another card I made using the Double Bugging technique with my Cuttlebug. It is such an each background to make and then you can add a sentiment and then you have a quick card. I used a sentiment by Inkadinkado and a bit of ribbon I got at Michaels to complete this card. This card went in the mail with a recent ATC swap I did for the Stampers Corner Yahoo group.

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Diane

Nature ATCOTM

Here's my submission for the Stampers Corner ATC of the month for March. First I took some glossy paper and sprayed some watercolors on it. Then I used a portion of a stamp by Inque (they used to be called Sugarloaf and that is what this stamps says). I actually got out a needle and thread and tied on the butterfly on the left as it had a hole through the body portion. For the right side I cut out two matching butterflies from a collage pack by Leisure Arts and glued one to the ATC. The other I coated with Glossy Accents and when it was dry glued just the body for a bit of dimension.

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Diane

Bon Voyage ATC

Here's an ATC I made for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group with the theme of Bon Voyage. I already had a rub-on with that phrase and an ATC with a travel theme using stamps from Royal Langnickel and recycled cereal boxes with oil pastels so I put them together. I didn't think the rub-on would work well with the gritty texture of the gesso on the cereal boxes so I added a layer of acetate which is why I used the brads.

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Diane

Valentines ATCOTM

This month on the Stampers Corner Yahoo group our theme for the ATC of the month was Valentines. I stamped with VersaMark Dazzles the xoxo that is in the background (hard to see on the scan) and embossed with clear powder. I cut and embossed the Cuttlebug heart and embossed that too with Dazzles. The photo is from Tack-O-Rama.

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Diane

Unusual Holiday ATC

This ATC was for the Stampers Corner Yahoo group. I picked Pi Day on March 14th which is also the birthday of Albert Einstein. I started by stamping 3.14 (the beginning of pi - the diameter of a circle) again and again with Ranger Distress Inks and embossing with clear powder. I then embossed the paper with a Cuttlebug folder and embossed the raised areas in clear. I sprayed some gold Glimmer Mist and then added a bit of dry Caran D'Ache crayon to bring out the linen texture of the paper. I added two stamps by Stamp Camp of Einstein and one of his quotes. The final touch is a Pi symbol that I printed backwards and made into a gel medium transfer.

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Diane

Vintage styled card for a vintage swap

This is the card I sent with my Vintage School Days ATC swap. As I've mentioned before, if I can I like to include a handmade card with my ATC swaps. This one was made with Life's Journey paper by K&Co as the background. The lady and her accessories are stamps by Inque that I stamped/embossed and then cut out. I used a border punch on the corners and deco scissors on the border paper.

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Diane

A Year in Review Stampers Corner ATCOTM

Here's the ATCs I made this year for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group in the ATCOTM (of the month) swap. I like them all together. They are in order from January-December running left to right, top to bottom. The themes were:

Jan - Time/Travel
Feb - Bugs
March - Acetate
April - At the Beach
May - Babies
June- Birds
July - 4th of July
Aug - Butterflies
Sept - Buttons
Oct - Collage
Nov - Farm Animals
Dec - Children

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Diane