6th Challenge - Windows or Doors or Anything Goes

Hi everyone

Thank you for your wonderful entries for our last challenge, some gorjuss ones there and very inspiring.  

The winner of the Vintage Goody Bag is 

 Lydia - So email me hun at craftymess@rocketmail.com and let me have your details

The Prize for this Challenge is quite Apt - Its Frames 

I have these in several different styles, they are from Darkroom door - so the winner can choose her or his favourite 

Okies, without further ado,  for this fortnight the theme is ANYTHING GOES - If you want to challenge yourself Sandie  has chosen the aditional theme of Windows or Doors if you want to go a little further and follow Sandie, then let the fun begin

Heres what our wonderful teamies have come up with this time 

Sandie

For my "Windows" atc, I used inks to shade the background, then stamped this lovely image of a wrought iron window frame. Then I carefully cut the 2 windows, adding the sentiment and the image of the girl and a victorian chair. Finally I mounted this on to a blank atc, trimming off the top edges of the canopy in line with the stamp.

Lisa Sparkle

Image is a Lavinia stamp. Background is made with Dylusions spray inks. Additional highlights with Sakura glaze gel pens and diamond Stickles.

I went for windows, I've always loved this little stamp and I can just imagine the little fairies who live there! I was intending to colour the image in, but the background I used was so stormy and colourful I thought the contrast with black and white was more effective.

Abbie

Made with a door/window image behind the window is a victorian lady with bicycle, colored with gel pens, the backing paper is a page from an old book and inked.

Caro

Here is my little ATC - Who's home is this? Peek through the door to see. Made with the use of chalk inks, door template, copic colouring & stamping

Jack

For my ATC this week I dug out my Crafty Individual stamps.  I've used CI-232 and stamped them in Stampin' Up Early Expresso onto brown card.  Then I've cut and mounted them onto some cream card that has one of the other stamps from the set stamped at an angle in SU Sahara Sand and then everything is mounted onto a dark brown ATC.

Fiona

I was running a little late with this one as I have been making my guinea pigs a new home, as I was running late I decided to make a digi atc with serif craft artist, it was a task to find a door or window but there is one in the bird house. I have printed it out too.

Lisa

The background was painted using watercolour paints and then shimmer added using Twinkling H2O's. I stamped the tree in Vintage Sepia VersaFine ink and then hand drew the ground and word 'tree'. Finally I overstamped using a script stamp and VersaMagic Thatched Straw  and distressed the edges with a dark cerise ink.

Judie 

I have used my Vintage photography from Creative Expressions - I have done a Window Frame and used the man with the brolly (quite apt, as its pouring down here) - I double embossed the frame and used the wording from the same set.  I have used distress inks as the colours this time 

   

Shirley-Anne

   

            White ATC with black layer to represent night . Diecut house and yellow card behind windows for lights. Remember the song ..." What's behind the green door " ?

5th Challenge - Household items or Anything Goes

Good Afternoon Crafters

What a gorjuss day it is out there !!


Firstly The catch up Winners Post - 

Okays Drum roll for the winners

For our Second challenge The Beach/Seaside  the winner is

Mistys Mum - Buttons

For our Third Challenge Austin Powers the winner is

Kathleen - Green Leafs

For our Fourth Challenge Male Themed the winner is

Sherryn -  Stamped Images 

Please take and display our Winners Badge - Well done

Could you all contact me at craftymess@rocketmail.com letting me know your addie please - Dont forget to let me know which prize you have won.

Well done and hugs

The ATC Team xx

 

Thank you for all your challenges from the last month - We have all been chatting and we have decided to go with the Theme of Anything goes for the time being.  We hope this will inspire you all to get your ATC blanks back out the cupboard and start creating again.  We have a wonderful Sponsor coming up shortly, so some wonderful goodies on offer there.

So for this fortnight the theme is ANYTHING GOES - If you want to challenge yourself Shirley-Anne has chosen the aditional theme of FAVOURITE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS if you want to take it up a notch, the choice is yours.

Our Prize for this Challenge is an  A4 Vintage Bag - This bag has an assortment of different Vintage bits and bobs

Our wonderful talented team have come up with the following ATCs this fortnite, so hop on over to there blogs and see how they made them.

Abbie

I made this ATC by embossing the ATC first, then adding an image of a household item, I used gel pens to go over the image in certain areas. I then inked the whole ATC xx

Jack

Lisa

I stamped and embossed the tea bag and tea spoon randomly in shades of green to form a background and the added a tag stamped with a tea cup, a stamped sentiment and a bow ...quite CAS really

Caro

some chipboard images, with little embellishments - yummy biscuits and cake - my favourite things

    Shirley-Anne

White base with pink layer. Sentiments fromSU and image is a "tile" from my stash .

I love tea , coffee or hot chocolate to start and end the day .

 Matters of the world/ household are discussed over cuppa .

Friendships  are  shared over cuppa. 

Definately my favourite household item "The cup" 

Sandie

For my "Anything Goes" atc, I very gently smudged orange and yellow inks for the background. Then stamped the image,mounted the piece on a black atc. Then added  the quote and a sparkley black brad.

Fiona

For this atc I used My minds eye madison avenue pretty stamps and stamped with distress inks dusty concord and milled lavender.

Lisa Sparkle

The stamp of the lady with the vacuum cleaner was a gift from a crafty friend and makes me laugh. She looks far too snooty to be cleaning! The background is inked and stamped through various stencils with Tim Holtz stamps.

4th challenge - Fathers Day Themed

Afternoon Everyone

A big Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful Fathers out there xx

Thank you for the lovely entrys for our last challenge Austin Powers - We will be back later for a Winners Post catch up for the last two challenges 

Its Tonys Turn to choose this fortnight - So he has chosen in the theme of Today Fathers Day - Male Themed ATC 

The Prize for this is - 

5 Stamped Images of the above stamps, A gorjuss Van and a wonderful Bike 

Tony

This is made entirely from free images from the internet. DAD with peel offs, and a few blue gems just to give it a little bit of jazz. And of course blue eyelets.    

Shirley-Anne 

Made mine a Father's Day ATC.

3D trophy and epoxy stickers [ best] from my stash .

ATC is black with layer of light blue which has diecut oval .

Punched small star to add DAD to trophy.

Caro

This train I cut out by hand, decoupaged up and added the happy Fathers Day sentiment and also some metal brads to enhance the male theme

Abbie

Decoupage Fishing Scene, with a peel off with love

Fiona

For this atc I used images from a mens atc booklet, I also used crackle paint on the man's picture and the edges and ink around the edges too.




Sandie

 I very gently smudged some black and yellow ink with a piece of sponge on to a piece of card, careful not to over colour it. I then stamped the image and mounted it on to a black atc blank to frame it. Finishing off with a computor generated sentiment,also mounted on a piece of black card.

Lisa

Stamped the postage marks and stamped & embossed the the image of the man. Painted over entire ATC with acrylic paint and then wiped over with a tissue to remove some of the paint. Stamped 'Man' in bottom right.

Kama



Jack

I have decided to make a little ATC Easel.  My image is a free stamp that I got years ago from Craft Stamper (do you remember the old red rubber ones mounted on foam - yep it's that old!).  The lovely papers are from DCWV La Creme stack

Please remember we are an ATC Challenge Blog, the rules can be found at the top under the tabs

Look forward to seeing all your ATC creations 

Hugs

The Team 

xx 

3rd Challenge Austin Powers !! Yeah Baby

Thank you for the wonderful entries on the Seaside Beach theme, there were some gorjuss ones in there, we will be back later for a catch up on the winner.

On this Challenge, its Leah turn to choose a theme for us all - So she has choosen Austin Powers !!!

So the prize for this Challenge is - A pack of assorted leaves - I have used these before and they ink well !!!

The Design Team have had a little chat about Copyright rules, so I had a little chat with a very talented Designer Shendy, her work is amazing and her CDs are about to become available to buy.  So big big Thanks to you Shendy for designing these papers just for us here at ATC Challenge.

So You can use these papers by saving and printing them or just by taking inspiration from them.

Lets have a Look at what the team have come up with this time around.

Leah

Made using neon pens and promarkers

austin powers image decoupaged in centre

Abbie

Sandie

The trousers I've made from yellow glitter card, added the chain from my stash. For the shoes I had to google a free picture, which I glued on to some card before cutting out, making them stiff enough to stand out.

kirsty

coloured using neon gel pens then added the images of Austin Powers and his car and used silver peel offs to add the word swinger!!.

caro

used one of the free backgrounds - then found a 70's disco dancer and added some bling

Fiona 

Don't know about you guys but this looks like its moving, lol. I love the psychedelic colours. I googled this image and cut groovy on my cricut with some swirls and mounted it onto black card.

Kama

I printed a background from my computer, and found a picture from the web. Mounted on black cardstock and used copy paper for the wording. 



Jack

For my groovy ATC I used stamps from Hero Arts Circular Designs and stamped them with Stampin' Up inks in Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango and Delightful Daffodil then added some more colour with Sakura Stardust pens.  I then matted and layered on blue and yellow, finishing off with some gold peel-offs.

I just had to make a second ATC for this challenge.  At about 1 o'clock in the morning I had this brilliant idea of making Austin Powers' jacket.  I stuck lace to the base of my ATC and then cut out his jacket, adding faux stitching and a snazzy square button.  Yeah, baby, yeah!!!





Lisa

 Background made using alcohol inks and cosmic shimmer sprays, sentiment printed on printer and embossed with clear sparkle embossing powder, flowers punched from same background and added sparkley stars.





Shirley-anne

Used  one of Shendy's papers , thank you .

.Image from web site  on  Punched circle from gold card . Initials are stickers .