Oriental ATCOTM

Here's what I made for the Stampers Corner ATC of the month swap. The theme was Oriental so I used a stamp by the Stamping Ground and stamped it on white paper. I also stamped portions of it on plain and patterned origami paper. I out portion of the origami paper and pieced them on to the white one that I had colored in with watercolor markers. The background is paper embossed with a Cuttlebuged embossing folder. To complete the ATC I added two embellishements from SkyBluePink, one stamped with another Stamping Ground stamp and outlined the edges with a gold marker.

Until my next post,
Diane

Kings or Queens ATC

Here's an ATC I made for the Altered Designs Yahoo Group with the theme of Kings or Queens. I had some detailed Egyptian stamps and decided to use this one of Ramses III by the Stamping Ground. I embossed it with gold detail powder to make it look more "royal". Since the stamp is so large there wasn't much else I could do. I added a smaller stamp by Non Sequitur and an embellishment by Fancifuls.

Until my next post,
Diane

Dragonflies ATCs

Here's the latest set of three ATCs I made for Sid. He picked the theme of Dragonflies. For the one on the left I stamped with Brilliance Ink then stamped using Stamping Ground stamps. I sprayed Glimmer Mist and the Brilliance resisted the coloring. I added a type stamp by Altered Arts and a few brads as an accent. The one in the middle also uses a Stamping Ground stamp that I colored with Prismacolor colored pencils then cut out and layered over paper by Leisure Arts. All dragonflies have stickles on their wings. The one on the right is my attempt to recreate this technique that was featured on the Design Junkies blog. I used swirl and flower stamps by Inque. The dragonfly is by Stamping Ground and the Diamonds by Stampers Anonymous.

Until my next post,
Diane

Oriental Themed ATC

I made this Oriental Themed ATC for the Altered Designs Yahoo group using a two techniques I never done. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the new Asian bundle set. I inked the back part of the folder with dye ink then ran the paper through the Cuttlebug and the design is impressed into the paper. Next I stamped (Stamping Ground) the lady twice, once on plain paper and the second on origami paper. I cut the parts I didn't want from the origami paper and glued that to the plain paper. The finishing touch is a bit of red jewels that are hard to see in the scan.

Until my next post,
Diane

Egyptian Card

Here's an Egyptian themed card that I recently sent to the recipient of my TGIF ATC with the Open Theme. There is some handmade paper and stamps with some of the Egyptian gods. The colorful image from Stamping Ground was colored in with Sharpies.

Until my next post,

Diane