Wednesday, November 16, 2011

From Texas to NYC!!!

I am off to NYC for Debby Schuh's class and tour, and I am so stoked to go!!! I decided to make ATC's for the class and of course bring them a little taste of Texas...some Susie's South Forty Texas Trash! I hope I don't offend anyone with my ATC and warped sense of humor, but I always find the stereotypes of what some think a Texan or New Yorker are hilarious, so I decided to go with it. The background of these were from old postcards of each state that I photocopied. The pictures were so cool and had a vintage feel and look to them so I did not want to cut them up. I will be blogging all about my time there so I can share it with y'all...hehehe!!!

First Design...I can't wait for someone to ask me what Chukka's are!
Second Design

Back of ATC...love those red soles!!!
Supplies:

Masked Dove Sympathy Card

I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend and decided to make one that qualified for Grungy Monday which uses the technique of masking and misting from Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas Day 6 from 2007. I didn't even know about Tim or his 12 Days of Tags back then, but I love the look of his blogging from that time, because it has so much detail more so than than now, probably because we were all learning the terminology or technique in the beginning. It was so cool to see the difference, and refresh the memory. Isn't he wonderful for doing all this work to bring more joy at Christmastime? Thanks Linda (StudioL3) for taking us back in time!
This is a Tattered Angels mask but I had to use spray adhesive to make it stick.

I taped a paper shield to the other side to keep it clean using Tim's tape which is easily removable.
Sprayed with Perfect Pearls mist in Blue Patina and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Electric Blue.
I inked around dove with Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans.

I poured water into my hands from a Mini Mister and sprinkled it onto the card, causing water droplet images.
I misted with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Silver Sugar, angling the bottle to create large droplets.

I die cut a bookplate from Grungeboard using Tim's die Tag & Bookplates. Then coated it with Silver Paint Dabber.
This was ran through Vagabond using the Checkerboard Texture Fade.

Next, I misted it with Tattered Angels Black Magic and let it set a few minutes to really seep into the cracks.
I applied Perfect Pearls Blue Patina onto alternating squares of the checkboard pattern.

On the inside piece that fits into the frame, I double coated it with White Picket Fence Distress Stain. When it dried I stamped my sentiment.
2 brads were placed into the holes and a thick layer of Glossy Accents was added to give the illusion of glass.