My First ATCs

Hello again - here's a very quick post as I scrape in under the wire for Sunday Stampers Challenge #241 (Birds) and for Anything But A Card Challenge #11 (Things that can be tied).

This week has been a bit hectic what with tax returns and trips to the fracture clinic (Moonshine Minor has broken his wrist (he did it in PE so no it's not a snow related injury!) so my project is very simple. I chose to go with a monochrome colour scheme making use of second impression stamping on the background images to add depth. In hindsight I wish I had sprayed some Glimmer Mist through a harlequin mask to give the background a bit of interest and texture - but hey-ho I didn't - lesson learned for next time!

 Here's my humble offering...

Some close ups...

The Deets

Stamps
Eiffel Tower and Ledger - Habico - Vintage Travel
Flourish - Artemio
Birds - cArt-Us - Birds on branch
Journaling spot - Kelly Panacci for Sandylion - Decorative Details
Text - Royal & Langnickel - Viva France

Ink
Versafine - Onxy black
StazOn - Jet black

Other
Frosted shrink plastic
Black cord
7Gypsies mini keys, black
Jump rings

The charm was made by stamping the Kelly Panacci journaling spot and part of one of the Birds on Branch stamps on frosted shrink plastic, punching out with a 1 inch circle punch, punching a hole at the top with a single hole punch and then shrinking with a heat gun. I then threaded on a black jump ring followed by a second jump ring with a 7Gypsies mini key, then a final jump ring before threading the piece on to the cord.

I really like the effect of the sharp black stamping over the lighter second impression stamping of the background images but REALLY wish I had done some Glimmer Mist or clear embossing harlequin background - anyway I hope you like it and thanks for taking the time to stop by.

I predict a DIET (Sunday Stampers #222)

OK so I've played fast and loose with the title of this weeks challenge (apologies Hels) but bear with as all will become clear...

After three failed attempts at this challenge Mr M stepped in to the breech and suggested a twist on the title (Thanks Mr M) which got the old creative juices flowing and what a time I have had!

This fun little offering includes not one, not two, not three but FIFTY FIVE individually hand stamped and coloured images and yet it is only seven inches tall!

I hope you enjoy it...

My tiny riot of colour cake display began life as a the 99p first instalment of a new dollshouse part work spotted in the village post office.

I gave it a couple of coats of acrylic paint (bog standard craft white mixed with Folk Art linen).

When dry, I sanded back some of the edges to give it a distressed look and then rubbed on some Inka Gold highlights.

Then the cakes - all forty nine images were stamped on to frosted shrink plastic using Staz-On, coloured with Derwent Academy coloured pencils then cut out and shrunk using ye olde heat gun. 

The shrunk images (of cakes) were then adhered to L shaped pieces of acetate (packaging) using Dimensional Magic (similar to Glossy Accents) the gingerbread men and Linzer biscuits were put on die cut tissue paper "doilies" and stuck on to two of the plates that also came with the part work. The red swirl candy lollipops were stamped on to white card and then punched out using a single hole punch and glued on to dressmaking pins (I'm still finding bits of pin which pinged off when I cropped them!) The multi colour round lollies are simply pearl headed dressmaking pins cropped and then poked in to a blob of white Fimo (un cooked).

For the Record:

Stamps: Cupcakes - Papermania - cupcakes minis and Creativity freebie, Gingerbread man - Papermania - Seasons Greetings, Bunting - Molly Blooms (Simply Handmade freebie)  Wow - I do seem to be making use of my freebie stamps lately!

I do hope you've enjoyed sharing this and sorry for posting so late - have just returned from an unplanned but fab day out at Ironbridge Gorge with Mr M.