Tuesday 10 April 2018

Happy Little Stampers ATC challenge ........

Happy Tuesday evening ......

Only 2 more sleeps to go then we're off on our trip to Italy ..... non vedo l'ora!

Before I get started on the packing though, it's time to get the final challenge for April underway over on the Happy Little Stampers Blog.

It's already been a busy month over there ...... as it is every month.   There's a challenge for everyone whether you like to Watercolour,  or is CAS your thing?  A little bit of Christmas maybe,  or Mixed Media.  And if dies are your thing, then there's also a challenge for you with Anything Goes with Dies ...... and last, but not least this month it's the ATC challenge


It's a great theme this month ...... we all have butterfly stamps in our stash.


I've kept things fairly simple ..... watercolour card inked with Distress Inks and spritzed with water and then cut into ATC sized pieces (2.5 x 3.5 inches/64 x 89mm)


A little bit of random stamping on the background with a white ink


And then I stamped my butterflies using Onyx Black Versafine and heat embossed the images with a clear powder


All the words/sentiments have been stamped onto vellum using Versamark ink and heat embossed in white

I stamped a little extra onto the bottom of one of the ATC's .....


And this little guy has been stamped onto a leftover piece of card, fussy cut and given the Wink of Stella treatment to add a touch of sparkle, before attaching him to the ATC .....


and a few dots of white gel pen here and there finishes everything off nicely.


So .... are you an experienced ATC maker or have you never made one before?  Why not give it a go and join in the fun.
As with all the HLS challenges there's a $20 gift certificate for the winner AND .... if they've used HLS stamps then the prize is DOUBLED!!

Happy stamping!

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your day.

It's been a busy few days here .... I've finally made it back into the craft room and I've been playing catch up trying to get everything done before we go away. 
Thank goodness my back is a lot better than it was ..... I can comfortably sit down again ..... yeah!! (Maybe the G&T's at the weekend did work after all!)

Cheerio until next time .........


5 comments:

simo said...

Beautiful ATCs Linda! Love the details and the Eink of Stella treatment is really brilliant!
Have fun in your trip to Italy...safe travel! Hugs ❤ Simona

Mrs.B said...

Lovely ATCs Linda, The vellum sentiments look good.
Have a fabulous holiday.
Avril xx

Redanne said...

Simple is best for butterflies, they are so beautiful on their own, I love your ATCs! We are away too so I will take this opportunity to wish you a wonderful holiday! Hugs, Anne xx

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

beautiful ATC's - wonderful colors
Barb Housner

Jane said...

So gorgeous! Beautiful colours and beautiful butterflies, love this trio.