Button Up

Here is a ATC for a swap that I mailed out today called Button Up. The challenge was to use buttons as the primary design element. I had a hard time coming up with a good idea but ended up making this cute little tree.

Fancy Fish

This is for a swap called "Fancy Fish" and the challenge was to create a card featuring your favorite fish. My favorite is the Koi, I find them so beautiful and I think this card came out pretty. Makes me want to start a collection of Koi ATC's, lol...

I used Acrylic paint on smooth cardboard for the background and used Distress Ink to make it look like wood. I rubbed Perfect Pearls all over it and then adhered my image which is a scanned photo of a Tattoo Artist's drawing of a Koi. I finished up with more Distress Ink and added some pretty blue Micro Beads.

Tim Holtz Style

0602011526, a photo by vanne_paris on Flickr.

This card is for two different swaps coming up. One is a challenge to use a Tim Holtz stamp and the other is for Tim Holtz Style using Blue and Green. I used all Tim Holtz products, starting with Tim Holtz patterned paper and coloring it with Distress Ink. Then I used two different stamps and finished up with Perfect Pearls and Tim Holtz embellishments.

Pink Princess

This is an ATC that I am working on today and I am calling it Pink Princess... I am doing a swap that is a color theme and this month is "Pink". I painted Acrylic paper with a baby pink paint, used Ranger's Distress Ink and gold Embossing Powder with a clear stamp by inkadinkado to create a pretty background and then adhered a princess image that I found at www.thegraphicsfairy.com. I finished the corners with Perfect Pearls to give it a very vintage look. I am still deciding how I am going to embellish her but I am loving how it's coming out so far. I am a total sucker for super-girlie challenges like this, haha...