More ATC's

Here are some ATC's I have made recently. I swap mainly in the UK to save on the postage costs, but postage has gone up yet again ouch!!

Geishas








Lilac and tan challenge

Blue challenge

Acr ylics-

Not quite got this one right but I am happy with the sky, so thats a start :):)

a bird on hardboard in acrylics.

This bird has been done on hardboard in acrylics.

woodpecker in acrylics

This is another first for me. My first painting of a bird.

ATC's- entries for challenges-

I tend to only make challenge entries for my ATC's these days, but I have done a few yesterday that were just random.
I go to bed so early because body is in a lot of pain (MS). So I sit in bed with my boxes of ATC bits and create away listening to something in the background..I really enjoy creating.

These 3 are for a dot entry.



Anne Boleynpart of a 3/3 owl swap.



These two below have no theme.

Unsteady hands painting.

Wow to see the difference when painting when I have the shakes.
This one is going in my file under a bad day lol.
My MS should make my paintings interesting lol.

Purple sky.

I love playing about with colour and purple made a diiferent feel to the sky.

Autumn colours- Acrylics

Acrylics.

A mixture of cards.

Here are a few cards I have created recently

A mixture of New Baby cards.





Wedding Cards.






Birthday cards.



Female birthday cards. I have embossed aswell as decoupaged the cards below , as I love texture on cards.

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Boat

This one I had fun with and that is what painting is all about to me.

A Loch

This is an experiment on a different style of sky.

Vibrant colours.

This was done on board, unsure if I liked working on it as it didn't let me blend as easily as paper.

Completed and framed.

Well here it is the completed picture, framed and ready to hang on the wall. I am going to give it my parents for a Birthday gift.

ATC's- entries for challenges

Here are a few more challenge entries.

Bronze/Copper theme




Film stars. The centre one is a pocketed ATC, full of mini pictures of film reels and stars.



Blue theme.

2nd phase for painting.

Here is the painting with just the top of the waves to complete.

Painting progress.

I joined an Art club a few weeks ago and I am really enjoying it.
Here is my painting so far. It has alot more work to do yet but wanted to share my progress.
I am by no means an artist its just a hobby I love doing.



As you can see I have the forground to do yet.

Butterflies and mythical ATC's

Here are a few more ATC's I have made for varoius challenges.
Butterflies are one of my favourite themes.

This theme was butterflies and glitter/sparkle








These are my mythical ATC's for another challenge.

ATC'S again

Here are a few of my latest ATC's some are themed for some challenges I joined in.

These three are a lemon and lime theme.


This one is a native american theme




These are some vintage ladies, one of my favourite themes.

Foil technique used on cards and books.

A few months ago I was introduced to something called foil technique. I am a big fan of things being different and having texture.

You find something you want to cover - maybe a a notepad or a card. It makes great scrapbook pages.
PVA the surface, crumple up the tin foil (use extra thick).
Stretch foil over glued surface and flatten carefully.
You can use different shapes on book/card surface to give it some extra interest. Just be a little gentle easing tin foil over glued surface.
Allow to dry.
You can keep it as it is or cover it in paint, enamel, varnish etc.

The notepad below was covered in tin foil then topped in blue and white in different areas. I allowed paint to dry to a tacky feel and used a soft cloth to remove some of the paint, to expose tin foil and make different shades of colour.





The card below is covered in a rustic colour enamel to dull the shine of the tin foil.

Stencil and acrylic paints.

I have been quite productive crafting as I have not been well enough to do much else.

Here is another first for me and I am very happy with the effect.
I used a brass stencil a dry push and a tiny amount of paint.

One of them I filled in a little with water colours.