Viva Las Vegas ATC Bash!

I am super excited to be guest designing for Viva Las Vegas Stamps this month!  I will have a couple of posts to share with you, including today's fun ATC post!  Yup!  I hadn't made an ATC in a long time, so I was excited to jump in when they mentioned that they were planning a big ATC Bash!!!

If you are new to the concept of ATC's, they are Artist Trading Cards.  They are created on a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 canvas that can be made from just about any material you would like!  They are a super fun way to create mini works of art to share with others!  I used two different VLVS images on my ATC.  I used this fabulous Row of Stars stamp and the Lacy Lines Round texture stamp.  I super love that circle stamp!  It's full of yummy visual texture!



I used a watercolor paper base and then stamped and embossed the lacy lines circle several times.  I inked over that with distress inks to create a resist as well as add depth of color.  I then stamped the stars in permanent ink directly over all of the stamping/inking.  Finally, I added the word stickers, inking the corners with my fingers a bit to make them blend well.



Be sure to head on over to the Viva Las Vegas Stamps blog to check out what the rest of the team has been creating!  It is some pretty awesome stuff, dude.

Have a Happy!

Tombstone Time!

No, not the movie, although, I do love that movie! It's a good one! Just sayin'. Retro Cafe Art Gallery hosted a super fun Halloween Tombstone swap and was MORE than excited to participate!  We each created four tombstones and sent them in for swapping!  I haven't received the return swap yet, as the due date was only Saturday, but I wanted to share the four tombstones that I created with you today!  These were SO stinking much fun to create!

I started with the Masonite Gothic Tombstone ATC Bases.  I covered each one with a different embossing enamel from Stampendous!  I love how the backgrounds look covered with the embossing enamel!


For this White Owl Tombstone ATC I covered the background with Stardust Embossing Enamel.  I love how it glitters behind the white owl!  The owl is from the Owl Paper Cuts collection.  I also embossed cross from the Cross Cut Outs in Masonite with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel.  I added a few gem stones and a bit of May Arts Burlap string to finish it off.


For this one I covered the background with a HEAVY coat of the Aged Black Embossing Enamel. I used the masonite skull and crossbones cut-out and the Spider Web cut-outs, both covered with the Aged Silver enamel.


For this Brown Owl ATC I used the owl cut-outs, once again and combined it with a patchy layer of Aged Black Embossing Enamel. This allowed some masonite to show through and gave it a lot of texture.


And this is the last of the four. I used the Moth Paper Cuts for this one and the background is covered with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel. Again, I used a spotty application for this one to create more texture.

So...there are my four Halloween Tombstone ATC's. I kinda LOVE how they turned out. Just sayin'. LOL! I hope you enjoy them! I'd love to hear your comments! It seems when I share non-card projects you get quiet out there! *wink*wink*

Jingle Out!