January ATC

Hello crafty people! I have just finished my ATC for the monthly swap at the All Things Tim Yahoo Group. This month's ATC was to be of course Tim inspired, green, and written on the back, a creative resolution. I am also entering this little guy in Hel's Sunday Stamper Challenge "time", and Studio L3's Grungy Monday Challenge "any of Tim's 12 tags techniques", which is also being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. The time theme is pretty obvious on the card, and the techniques I've chosen from 12 tags are the tissue wrap background and creating an embossed resist. As always, I am excited to see the ATC's I'll receive in return.

To Create the 2 Tim Techniques: Using Wendy's Studio 490 Art Parts in the ATC, I stained front and back with Distress Stain in Peeled Paint.

Lifted from Wendy, I ran Perm Tac Adhesive on the ATC and placed Tissue Wrap over it, and pressed down (instead of stamping images as per Tim's technique). You can see the green tint as well as the tiny dots from the tape runner. It really creates an awesome texture and contrast.

I stained the tissue tape with Peeled Paint, which really enhanced the dots. Then I sanded over the sides, and the tissue wrap just fell off so smoothly.

I stamped a Hero Arts Time Background over the ATC with Distress Embossing Ink, covered that with UTEE, and heat embossed. This created a clear image which will resist any coloration. I inked over the ATC with Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs and Peeled Paint. The resist worked beautifully.

After embellishing with the embossed metal number 2's (from Mover's & Shaper's Mini 25), a clocked clad mini rosette, pen nib, flourishes, and sentiment, the ATC was overflowing with various textures.

I love how the clock turned out on the rosette, and the background is still visible under all the goodies.

An appropriate sentiment is embossed on the back along with my Creative Resolution for 2012...to really work on time management, so I can create everyday while still getting my other responsibilities completed. That is a huge goal that I hope I can tackle!

Supplies:

Ranger:  Acrylic Paint Dabber in Silver (frame out); Inkssentials- Glossy Accents, Crackle Accents, Big & Bossy Two-Tone Embossing Ink Pad; UTEE

Tim Holtz:  Alterations: Sizzix Dies in Mover’s & Shaper’s Mini 25, Mini Paper Rosettes; Idea-ology- Lost and Found Paper Stash (rosette), Pen Nib, Game Spinners; Stamper’s Anonymous Start/Ending wood block; Adirondack Alcohol Ink in Meadow; Distress Ink in Peeled Paint, Gathered Twigs, Embossing Ink; Distress Stain in Peeled Paint; Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint

Wendy Vecchi Studio 490:   Art Parts: ATC Art

Hero Arts: Cling Stamp - Time To Stamp

Technique Tuesday: Stamp - Life Is A Journey

Bazzill Basics Paper: Daisy Paper Flowers in Hillary

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!