ATC Swaps - Theme: Body Parts

Hi all!  I thought I'd share a few photos from my latest crafting adventure.

I'm participating in an ATC Swap this month and the theme is "Body Parts"... hmm...

So, I have been wanting this particular Legs stamp set from Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley for a while now and this was the perfect excuse to go ahead and buy it!  I got it in the mail today and couldn't wait to ink it up!  With the help of my MISTI, I got great dark black images.

The idea in my head was a polaroid photo featuring the body parts.  A pack of flowers jumped into my cart at the craft store today, so I already had the colors in mind, that made picking the paper pretty easy.  I did start by stamping the legs on plain white cardstock, but thought it looked too bland, so I tried again using patterned paper.

Then, I decided that it needed a sentiment down in that blank white corner.  So, I stamped up a simple "Wow!" and cut it out to see what it looked like.  I liked it, so I actually stamped it directly onto the polaroid frame on each card.

Then, I decided since I had 8 great leg stamps to choose from that I would use a few of them on the set and mix up the colors a bit.  I ended up using 5 different legs.

Once all the legs were colored and the layers glued down, I thought they looked great.. but they might be missing a little something.  So I added a strip of bling to the top.

And DONE!  I'm really thrilled with this set of cards, and I hate to part with them for the swap!  But, I'm also excited to see what everyone else came up with for "Body Parts"!

Hope you enjoyed a short trip through my crafting process!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dee

Got Mud? ATC

Happy Monday, Friends!!

Here's an ATC that I made a bit ago and I realized that I never got a chance to share it with you all.

This one was a lot of fun!  I made it for a swap and the theme was "Splash".  Since it was during the summer, I thought that lots of people would think pools and water and ocean.. well, I wanted to do something different!  So, I cut the splash on my Silhouette Cameo and positioned my Stampin' Up! truck so that it was diving into the mud.  The Got Mud medallion was also cut on my Silhouette Cameo.

This was a fun swap to participate in!  I hope you like my ATC.

Hugs,

Spryte

Picnic Time ATC

Hello!

It's been such a long time, I know!  But, I'm going to do my best to come back often and share with you again.

To begin with, I'd like to share an ATC that I recently made for a swap that I run on Facebook.  If you're an ATC swapper, please leave a comment!  I'd love to invite you to join our group on Facebook, we're always looking for new crafters to swap with us!

This card is a special single card that I made, so there isn't another one exactly like it!  I made it using leftover pieces that I had from a box card that I made.

ATC - July2014 - "Picnic w/ Donna"

I hope you like my ATC!

Check back, I promise I'll be posting my crafts more often!

Hugs,

Dee

Travel To Paris ATC

I made a few ATC's at Mom's house this weekend.. this is one of my favorites

I've been saving the tags off of new clothes for quite a while, thinking they would be great for cards and ATC's - I finally used this one from my jeans!  I also got to use my new Eiffel Tower die cut from MFT, it's the perfect size for ATC's!

Challenges:

ATC's With Attitude - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - No Stamped Images

Mermaid ATC's

So, my Mom has been making ATC's lately (Artist Trading Cards) and has kinda gotten me into making them too, although, I have a lot of catching up to do!!  She's made so many by now and I think I've done... 8?  Hahaha!  I guess since I got her into cardmaking and scrapbooking to begin with, it's only fair that she get me into something new, too, right?

Well, she and I are looking forward to going to the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Expo in Portland, Oregon next weekend and they have an ATC contest and swap!  This year's contest theme is Mystical Mermaids, so I decided to make up a set of ATC's to enter into the contest - wish me luck!!  I am also making a few ATC's to take with me to swap, but I don't know how many I'll end up having.. it's still such a small canvas for me to get used to working on!

Here are my Mystical Mermaids - using the Mermaid digi from Karen's Doodles

I kept them very similar, to make them more of a set, but of course, not identical.  I also needed them to reflect my style of "art", so I kept them simple, but they had to have shimmer, glitter, sparkle and pearls!  I really like how they turned out!

Some ATC's are wild, some are simple... some are odd, some are cute... some are colorful, some are monochromatic... it all depends on the artist that creates them and their style of art.  I think these show off my style pretty well.  Simple, colorful, cute and sparkley!

I hope you like them and I hope they do well in the contest next weekend!  Anyone else going to the show in Portland?  I'd love to swap with you!  :)

I'd love to enter these into the challenge at Digital Tuesday Challenges - It's a Magical World