February ATC's Received!

Happy mail came last week, I've just not been able to get these ATC's from the All Things Tim Yahoo Group up from our February swap up on the blog until now. Gorgeous makes traders! Thank you!!!!

From Kathleen Spitz (What a heavy metal beauty! Love the rustic embossed background, and all these metal embellies are too fun! Great heart and wings, and love the abc's on the bottlecap! Fabulous make!)

From Kavi Coulson (The gold is just stunning on the background and edged on the hearts! Beautiful crackled hearts as well! Just a striking piece!)

From Julie Case (By still my rusted and textural heart...yummy! Love the pin right through it! The crackled gold embossing in the background is subtle but gorgeous! Love the X and O...brilliant!)

From Claudine Criner (Tattered Floral challenge piece a little early...lol! GORGEOUS! Metal madness! Love the heart, gears, and edges! Oh the flower...perfection!)

And...here is mine again.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Chained and Bound???

The ATC challenge this month at the All Things Tim Yahoo Group was to use a "Heart/Hearts with only Antique Gold and/or Bronze". These are my two favorite metallics so I really had fun layering on lots of stuff, and I even tore apart an old necklace to use as the chain.  I wanted to make these extra special as it might be iffy as to my participation as regularly as usual due to my teaching and DT work responsibilities. I will try to participate as often as I can though as you know how much I love to trade!

I misted a sheet from Tim's Crowded Attic with Ranger Espresso and Butterscotch Color Washes.

More misting with Perfect Pearls in Sunflower Sparkle and Bronze. I cut these to ATC size and mounted them on chipboard. I stamp the sentiment over and over again in Jet Black Archival. I tore pieces of Symphony Tissue Tape and colored them with Antiqued Bronze Metallic Stain and added them to the card. I painted the edges with the Pitch Black Paint Dabber to finish up the background. For the inside, I adhered a folded ATC sized Kraft card to the back on the ATC. I stamped the sentiment on the  inside the card and stamped a watermark image and misted Heirloom Gold. I inked all edges in Black Soot Distress Ink.

I die cut hearts from Sizzix Love Struck die from Grunge Paper, and painted them with Pitch Black Paint Dabber. I ran them through the Music Notes Texture Fade after.

I lightly painted over the raised music noted with Gold Paint Dabber, and when that dried added Black Soot Distress Stain over that to deepen the black. It resisted the Gold perfectly. I misted this with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls. I added the hearts on the card. I added the chain to the heart.

I die cut the Mini Locks out of Grunge Paper.

I painted these with Pitch Black and while wet added Antiqued Bronze Metallic Stain right over the top. It glided over some spots and coated others and gave me the look I wanted...not too orange, but perfectly rusted. I added the lock to the chain with jump rings.

  

 

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- gold chain


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

January ATC's Received

I've received a wonderful post...my January trades from the All Things Tim Yahoo Group.  The challenge is "Things With Wings".

This from Donna Jean Eno (Gorgeous shimmery butterfly wings, and the wrinkled background is fabulous!)

This from Pamela Preston (Gorgeous UTEE Enameled rose buds! So romantic looking1)

This from Claudine Criner (This tot is precious with those gorgeously colored wings! Love the shimmery background as well!)

This from Kathleen Leanna (A Valentine lovely for sure! Love the grungy wings on the mechanical heart!)

And here is mine again.

 I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Time Isa Fly'n!

Hi Crafters! I'm really excited to get through this post, and you will see why towards the end. 

At the All Things Tim Yahoo Group, the ATC swap challenge this month is "Wings". So here mine is.

I stuck some Inkssentials Metal Foil Tape to cardstock, and then colored it with Red Pepper Alcohol Ink.

I used Tim's Mini Clock Die to cut the shapes out.

I added Alcohol Ink Blending Solution to an Alcohol Ink Pen, and removed the Ink from the feet, knob, and hands of the clock. I recolored the hands with Pitch Black Alcohol Ink in another Pen.

I inked the clocks with Walnut Stain and then poured UTEE on them and heat embossed. The red faded a little bit, but it made a wonderful vintage color.

More Foil Tape was adhered to cardstock and then gessoed very lightly. I used Tim's Sizzix Heart Wings Die to cut wings.

I coated the wings with Crackle Accents, let them dry, and then inked them with Walnut Stain.

Using the Mini Compass image, I stamped it in Jet Black Archival onto some scrap pieces of round shapes of cardstock. I cut them out and adhered the clock faces to them using Crackle Accents, which made a crackley look underneath. I adhered these to the Mini Clocks, and the wings to that last. A Long Fastener and a metal gear finished these off.

I created a masterboard using a sheet of Sandable Embossed Graphic 45 Cardstock from Core-dinations. I sanded the clock faces, and then stamped 2013 using Brushed Pewter Distress Stain. After I cut the ATCs, I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink, and misted the cards with Biscotti Perfect Pearls. After I adhered the flying clocks, I computer generated the sentiment.

 

I had some of the masterboard cardstock left over, so I thought I would do a little variation, and make some more ATCs as gifts.  I added some letters in Antique Bronze Distress Stain. Yes that's right...CHA! I'm heading out today and I couldn't be more excited! This is a dream come true for me. I didn't think it would ever happen. I'll take lots of photos and blog about what I see so you all can share in the fun through my eyes.

I am also submitting this to Hels Sunday Stamper challenge for "Things That Fly". And, I will finally get to meet Hels at CHA in the flesh!

Supplies:
From My Stash- silver cardstock, computer generated words


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!