3 ATCs

I have been busy making ATCs this week. The subject for this weeks mingle in my Google group , altered designs, was Old people and so I made my "wise woman" ATC to be swapped. Then there was a competition for a vintage ATC in the same group which I thought I would ave a go at and produced the "vintage style " ATC for that. The third is one I have made from some of the Artchicks kit I sent for from the States.

Nephews Birthday card

It was my youngest nephews Birthday on Monday. As he is mad keen on all sorts of Sci-fi but loves Lego Star wars I managed to find some great images on Google images and made him this card, which he loved !

Baby ATC

This weeks theme for our ATCs in my altered designs group was babies.I just love this image and have used it a few times. The background stamp is part of my new Bo Bunny stamp set

J for Jester

As my I for inventors will have to wait until I am back in my craft room , I want to play with my acrylic inks, I skipped ahead to J for jester ! The J challenge was to use journaling in your piece or some sort of words. So here it is, image from Google images, I just love the way he is sat holding the crown!

Foot Card

I actually get my stitched out of my ankle tomorrow!!! Almost 3 weeks with my foot up! Some how I don't think it will end here, it still has a long way to go but it will be one step to towards the end, thank god for my love of cutting and sticking stuff as my Hubby calls it!

So I have to go back to the hospital and see my consultant Mr Harries so I thought I would make him an appropriate card.

and this one

Beach Babes altered book

I had begun this altered book months ago but then it had been put aside to collect more things together so when I wanted something small to work on on my lap it fitted the bill perfectly.I had already prepared the book and done the cover by using a transfer technique with a piece of 12x12 paper and then added some gesso to give it the washed look, so all that was needed was to do the inside.Because I was on the settee I didn't want to use paints so all the backgrounds are done either using H2o's, watercolours with a water brush or my new fave toy my water soluble wax crayons. Well here it is

Lap work

For the past week and a bit I have been stuck on the settee with my foot up after an op on my ankle. Of course I had to have some art to do and ATCs, Moos and my altered book fitted the bill perfectly. So here are a couple of ATC I have done to fit the "Think Monday think ATC " website challenges, the first was a ticket challenge and the second a stone one. A bit limited as to what I could use being away from my craft room but it is keeping me sane !!

H for Hollywood

For our H page in my A-Z journal the challenge was to use a hidden element and as my H was for Hollywood I just had to build a theater ! Only a flat one this time although I now want to build a 3d one, and of course as the curtain is pulled up my favourite MGM musical "Singing in the Rain" is on ! Where would we be without Hollywood !!

Dad's birthday card

This is another card from our card challenge on alternative, this time for Dad's birthday at the end of the month. Papers and images are from my Joanna Sheen " Tales of the Orient " CD rom.

Just B

The ATC theme last week with altered design was Just B. I am still having fun getting to know my water soluble wax crayons so I used them for the background, over stamped and then collaged !

Triangle ATC swap

I have taken part in the triangle ATC swap on alternative, there was no theme and we just took a regular ATC and made a triangle out of it. They reminded me of the medieval banners they had so I decided on a medieval theme for one of my sets of 3 and for the other my good friend Boo had done me some embossed script pieces on her die cut machine and so I was just itching to do something with them, so I used my chalks on one and my paper stains on the others and made a set of postage style ATCs. Well here they are !

G for Grand Tour

We have got to G in our A-Z journal and for me that was the Grand Tour ! The challenge set for this letter was Grandiose, so her she is enjoying her Grand Tour, sat on her suitcase in a grandiose way !! Just loved doing this collaged page using papers, stickers and stamps

Hot Summer Nights ATC

The next ATC mingle with my Altered designs group was "Hot summer nights " So here is what I came up with

Fathers day Card

Of course couldn't leave Dad out , so I made his Fathers day card using the same sketch and CD rom

Card Challenge

On Alternative we have started a card challenge each month to put some sparks into our cards So here is a card I made from the sketch for Mum for her birthday today, all using images and paper from Joanna Sheen Fashion Boutique CDrom. Happy Birthday Mum !!

F is for Fire

My fire page, the challenge was to use felt, friendly plastic or feathers. Had problems with this one and was going to scrap it and start again but it grew on me and I decided to stay with it , even if its not my best ever work. Never mind ! The image was from Google images and I used Fantasy film to make the flames and added feathers to fit the challenge and give the fire some heat. The rub-ons are Scenic route and yes I have used an r and not a v although I had to look twice !!

USA atc

I have just joined a new Google group called Alterdesignes which I am very excited about. Each week they do a Friday ATC mingle with a different theme each time and on a Monday they give you an image to do something arty with. So, here is my first Mingle ATC the theme was the American flag and I had just the image I wanted to put with it. Hope it is up to their high standard !

E for Explorers

The challenge for our E page was experiment. I had been meaning to play with melting nappy liners as Claudia had shown us on AN for ages so as I wanted a snowy feel I had a go. I was so pleased how it came out like a frosted window, it took some practice to get it like it but it was fun , if not fumy trying. To get the background I slopped on thick gesso and drew snowflakes into the wet gesso and added some texture with a stipple brush, then sprayed the wet gesso with Perfect Pearls. The pictures are of Shackleton and his boat. The E is a clear plastic letter coloured with alcohol inks and the little snowflake is a sizzlet snowflake cut from shrink plastic and shrunk

Book for Lucy

My neighbour Lucy is off today for a holiday in Japan ! So I just had to use my "Tales of the orient" CDrom to make her a book with the good old Bind it all !