Tight Rope

Hello all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! Over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see any Tiddly along the theme of ‘ATC Fun’!

I've been meaning to colour Walk a Tight Rope Wryn for a little while now and I thought she would be fabulous all teeny tiny and clean and simple on an ATC:

I added a tiny little sentiment and a little bit of stenciling.

Supplies:

• Image: Walk a Tight Rope Wrynby Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Tiny Sentiment Set from Simon Says Stamp    
• Ink: Altenew Grey Denim Ink Pad
• Embellishments: Stenciling and Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

ATC Challenge Blog – Challenge 10

I’ve been having another mini holiday (well staying at y Mum and Dads for a week) so have been a little quiet on the blogging front but I should be back to posting a little more over the coming weeks.  It’s time for another challenge over at ATC Challenge Blog and this times theme is:

ANYTHING GOES

(Optional ‘Something that Represents You’ Theme)

I have been having a play with making my own embellishments again (see here) which says a lot about me. I’m not happy using things just as they were intended but like to experiment and have a play. Also the colours and ribbon show that at heart I’m quite a girly girly.

Pop over to the ATC Challenge Blog to have a look and see what the rest of the design team have made.

Items: Card, Mirror Board, Stamp from Inkadinkado, Perfect Medium inkpad, VersaFine inkpad, VersaMagic Inkpad, White, Clear Sparkle and Purple embossing powder and ribbon from my stash.

ATC Challenge Blog – Challenge 8

My holiday is just starting but I’ve scheduled this little post to share with you challenge number seven over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this week is:

ANYTHING GOES

(Optional ‘Things with Wings’ Theme)

I was very inspired by an article in Craft Stamper about stamping into Melted UTEE so I have given this a try here, but I had to be a bit creative as I don’t have UTEE and I don’t have a melt pot, so I just used used normal embossing powder and heated it a layer at a time on a cheap non stick oven liner.

Pop over to the ATC Challenge Blog to see how I made it and to also have a look and see what the rest of the design team have made.

Items: Card, Stamp from Inkadinkado Music paper free download from My Grafico, cosmic Shimmer Bronze, Flowers from wild Orchid Crafts, Glitter, Embossing Powder – Clear White and Gold and a gem from my stash.

ATC Challenge Blog – Challenge 7

It’s challenge number seven over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this week is:

ANYTHING GOES

(Optional ‘All things Summer’ Theme)

Well we sort of have some nice sunny weather here at the moment and my garden has a nice row of sunflowers all down the left hand side so with that in mind here is my ATC for this weeks challenge…

Pop over to the ATC Challenge Blog to see how I made it and to also have a look and see what the rest of the design team have made.

I would also like to enter the following challenges:

• Divas by Design – Summer is Here
• Anything Goes – Pick a bunch of flowers
• Paper Play – In the Garden
• Allsorts – Free & Easy
• Craft your Passion – Anything Goes

Items: Corrugated card from Inkspots Art & Craft, yellow and green card from stash, DP from a DCWV stack, Woodware circle and daisy punches, Cinnamon Stickles and handwritten sentiment.

ATC Challenge Blog – Challenge 6

Another fortnight has gone by and it’s time for challenge number 6 over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this week is:

ANYTHING GOES

(Optional Windows or Doors)

As you will see from my ATC below I stuck with Anything Goes, I spent ages searching through all my stamps and couldn’t find anything Windows or Doors that inspired me so I used this cute little tree stamp…

I’ve had the stamp so long I don’t know the make but for details on how I made this ATC pop over to ATC Challenge Blog and while your there take a look at the fantastic work by the other DT members

Judie is offering another fab prize of Frames by Darkroom Door.

I’d also like to enter my card in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge of Anything goes.

Items: Card from stash, Tree Stamp (make unknown), watercolour paints, Twinkling H2O’s, brown fine liner pen, Prima Marketing script stamp, Thatched Straw VersaMagic Inkpad, VersaFine Vintage Sepia Inkpad and Clear embossing powder.

ATC Challenge Blog - Challenge 5

Monday already? I had quite a hectic weekend and not quite enough sleep but a very enjoyable weekend with the In-Laws celebrating my MIL’s 60th Birthday. Anyhoo it’s challenge number five over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this week is:

ANYTHING GOES

(Optional Favourite Household Item)

As you will see from my ATC below  my favourite household item is a cup as I love a nice brew. I’ve cheated a bit as it’s actually a mug but I didn’t have a stamp of a mug lol.



How cute are the little tea bags and teaspoons on the background? These the cup and the sentiment come from a little Hero Arts sets that I’ve had for quite a while. For more details pop over to ATC Challenge Blog and take a look at the fantastic work by the other DT members

Now onto the prize for this challenge which is a fab A4 Vintage Bag - This bag has an assortment of different Vintage bits and bobs.



As well as the challenge why not swap your ATCs as well....head over to Craftymess and take a look at the Everything ATC group.

Items: Card from stash, Hero Arts Clear Stamp set, ribbon from stash, clear sparkles embossing powder, various green inkpads.

ATC Challenge Blog – Challenge 4

Fingers crossed Mr Blogger is playing nice today as this is a scheduled post. I’m on holiday and hopefully right about now I will be in a nice Pub enjoying a yummy roast dinner. Anyhoo, enough waffle, it is challenge number four over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this week is very appropriate for Fathers Day and is:

MALE THEMED/FATHERS DAY

Below is my ATC and this week I think all the Less is More cards I’ve been making have sent me down a clean and simple route with my ATC and this is the one layer ATC I’ve made:



I stamped the postage marks and stamped & embossed the the image of the man. Painted over entire ATC with acrylic paint and then wiped over with a tissue to remove some of the paint. Stamped 'Man' in bottom right.

Don’t forget to take a look at ATC Challenge Blog for more inspiration and as well as the challenge why not swap your ATCs as well....head over to Craftymess and take a look at the Everything ATC group where this months theme is a very similar ‘Male and including some sort of motor vehicle’.

Items: ATC base from stash, VersaFine Deep Lagoon, Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder, Acrylic Pain, Paper Artsy Stamp Set and Alphabet stamps unknown make.

ATC Challenge Blog - Challenge 3

June already and we have our usual British Summer....it's pouring down with rain. Anyhoo enough waffle, it challenge number three over on the ATC Challenge Blog and the theme this time is a very groovy: 

AUSTIN POWERS

Below is my ATC but don’t forget to take a look at ATC Challenge Blog for more inspiration and there are also some fabulous free papers from the wonderful Shendy :

Background made using alcohol inks and cosmic shimmer sprays, sentiment printed on printer and embossed with clear sparkle embossing powder, flowers punched from same background and added sparkly stars.

And finally as well as the challenge why not swap your ATCs as well....head over to Craftymess and take a look at the Everything ATC group.

Item's: Silk white card from Clarity Stamps, Alcohol Inks, Cosmic Shimmer Mists, Woodware Flower Punch, Little Stars from stash, Sentiment printed on computer and clear sparkle embossing powder.

The Stamp Man - May ATC Swap

Just a quick post as we are going out for a meal. I just wanted to share a quick picture of the ATCs I've made for The Stamp Man's May Swap. I'm a bit late getting them in the post so hopefully they'll we get there in time.

ATC Challenge Blog - Challenge 1

I’m excited!  The first challenge starts today over on the ATC Challenge Blog and this is my first ever DT post. To ease us all in gently the theme is: 

ANYTHING GOES

Below is my ATC but don’t forget to take a look at the blogs of the other DT members for more inspiration:

A little birdie told me... Base is covered haphazardly in silver coloured leaf and then coloured with alcohol inks, a piece of tissue paper stamped with a hessian background stamp has been glued on and a sentiment added, a scrap of glittered paper (handmade using pva glue, tissue paper, glass paint and glitter), a decoupaged bird covered in glossy accents, some punched leaves to make a branch and finally some lace coloured to match with alcohol inks. Stamps used are from Hero Arts and Dimension Forth.

As this is the first challenge it will be open for three weeks but after this the challenges will run fortnightly and don't forget to take a few seconds to read the challenge rules.

A little reminder of the fabulous prize for the winner of the first Challenge… 

A DCWV paper stack

And finally if you want to swap your ATCs then head over to the Craftymess and take a look at the ATC swap group.

Some more good news.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  We enjoyed a family BBQ in the New Forest today and although tired am feeling nice and relaxed.

On a different note...through the Craftymess forum (link on my sidebar) I have become quite hooked on making ATCs, so imagine my delight when I opened my emails last night to find I have been chosen to join the DT at the new ATC Challenge Blog set up by Judie, Caro and Kim. I'm really chuffed and know it's going to be a hoot as I know a few of the other new DT members through Craftymess and they are a lovely bunch of people.

To celebrate I thought I would share one of my early attempts at an ATC that was made for the March ATC swap run by Kim over on the Craftymess forum:

OMG addictive or what?

I’m taking part in the ATC swaps over on Crafty Mess, and I love it! I’ve not really made proper ATC’s before just things that look a bit like them…lol…where I have tried out techniques to see what I like/what works before using it on a card. Last night I made a start on my ATC’s for the April Swap where the theme is ‘Girly’, one down two more to go, and I can’t wait to make the others later on today.  It’s a great way of using up scraps, trying something new and generally just getting inky and having a play.

Here are some pictures…the quality isn’t great as the light was really bad:

Let me know what you think.