Steampunk ATC with Irit

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Irit is here and this is my take for our usual Anything goes week with Tando.

This time I made a couple of Steampunk ATC CARDS and this was my very first time to use those best ever Tando Artist Trading Cards chipboard blanks.

As you can see both pieces are totally Tando, all  but Mediums that are DecoArt Mixed Media line.

The scull ATC was made with Tando Scullduggery  mask and Modeling paste and then, when dry, covered with layers of paints and glazes. On the top I added Cobweb mini mask in the same technique.
The blue paint splashes are made with Andy Skinner background stamp with acrylic paint from Stampendous Toxic stamp set. Then I added Tando screw pieces from the grab bag.
The right ATC piece was made with Cogs  mini mask in the same way as the first one. But this time I added 3 different chipboard pieces over this card.
The sentiments are from Tim Holtz and just fit the cards in this " out of the blue" way.
Tando products used:
ATC 


Grab bag of Screws


Minis Mixed Halloween


Sculldaggery  mask


Mini mask Cogs


Mini mask Cobweb


Toxic stamp set


Decoart media line

Hearts and swirls with Irit

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my Hearts and Swirls post!
This time I made a couple of matched ATC cards with - sure- Hearts and Swirls.
The swirls were made with texture paste and Tando most gorgeous Long Flourish  mask. Then I heat embossed the wet paste with embossing glitter. The golden hearts- Rubber Dance lovely stamps- were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with gold powder. Then I added some red stamped Love words and some Tando gold heat embossed symbols.
It's just my tribute to those hash tags and site symbols and all this media thing. Even love is now public!
So let it be!
 Tando products used:
Long Flourish mask


Mini - Symblos

May Colour Theme - ATC

Hello there,

Dawn here with you today showing an ATC I have made using this months colour theme. (Hee hee I enjoyed the colours so much I made something else using them to share with you later on in the month too!!)

I have kept this really simple and very painty, it was soooooooooo much fun to make.

Here is what I used.....

Mini Butterflies

Mini Leaves 1

ATC's

Garden with Watering Can Mask

If you fancy having a play with any of this months themes please feel free to share your lovely creations using the links at the top of the page. All entries will go into this months prize draw.

Many thanks for taking a look today

Hugs

Dawn x x x 

Crackle week - with Dawn

Hi everyone,

oooh I don't think you can beat a bit of crackle on anything, no matter how you get it on your project! There are so many ways to approach this technique/effect that there is a way to suit everyone out there I'm sure.

I chose to have a play with one of Tando's wonderful ATC's and some coloured crackle paste from my stash....................

It didn't crackle as well as I had hoped sadly but I still love the colour and subtle crackle that has developed. I used some water-colour crayons on some thick paper, this was spritzed to activate the colours and blend them too by letting it all run. This was then stamped and cut out to add to the ATC. Some gems were added to finish before the ATC was edged with black ink.

Here is what I used......

If you fancy joining in with any of this months themes please add your work through the link at the top of the page to be in with a chance of winning a prize in the March Challenge.

Many thanks for popping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to.

Hugs

Dawn x 

"Glittered Glass" Technique - Free For All

Hey Crafters, Kerri here.  Ok I'll be honest, I kinda dropped the ball on this week's project.  I was working on a project and life got in the way so I wasn't able to get it completed in time.  So I hope you will forgive me an accept this really cool technique video.

I learned this technique on YouTube and I wanted to share it with you all.  I have done a complete YouTube tutorial, whit all of the steps for this technique on my channel.  Here is the link to the video:

"Glittered Glass" Tutorial

Below are pictures of how it turned out, but as always it looks so much better in person.  I hope you will check out my video and learn this awesome technique.  If you have any questions please just ask.

  

White with blue script:

Black with orange script:

For this technique I used:

Tando's ATCs

I hope you enjoy and Happy Crafting!!

ATC WEEK with Irit

 Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our ATC WEEK.
  Irit is here and I am going to show you small things filled with a lot of Tando love!

I really like to make  those small art cards and was very happy to make some for this week.
 First I used 3 different Tando masks to make the texture: sorry that after all it's not much seen , but each piece is half covered with mask image with texture paste.
As you can see I made those card stamped and misted and then added some Tando chipboard pieces: the birds are also stamped and those leaves background looks great as the feathers.

 Products used for this project:
Bird cage small

Birds and branches

Harlequin mask

Random circles mask

Have you say

Free for All: A set of Artist Trading Cards

Hello, its Coco here! We have a "Free For All" week again Yay!...Today I share with you a set of ATCs (Artist Trading Card) made a few weeks ago, some are cute and some others not at all!!! However, there is a common point between them all... This is Andy Skinner, as I used on top of each of them a stencil designed by this stunning Artist.

On my two first ATCs, you may have recognized the beautiful Children stencil... It fits perfectly the size of an ATC which is 2 1⁄2 by 3 1⁄2 inches (64 × 89 mm). 
If you are a regular follower, you must have viewed this first ATC on the challenge blog too, posted by Carol last Wednesday to help to inspire you for our "Bold and Bright" challenge this month. Don't forget it, this is an easy challenge I think and it's not over! 
Here's the second ATC I did using the same 'Children' stencil, but in a very different way.

Well... As a first good New Year's resolution, I have decided to try organizing myself better and to take time to write down (directly on the back when I can) all the steps of creation during my creative process. I'm happy it's been successful this time at least!! So here's the how-to for the second ATC only (I just discovered that I wrote nothing for the others hahahaha!!!!). I did my background with leftovers of Cosmic Shimmer (rose and violet) and Dylusions inks (red). I added texture over my Children stencil using cheap fine textured paste. I usually prefer a textured paste that dries quickly, but this time I was in no rush, so I let it dry all the night and it was okay. I covered almost all the parts with Treasure gold. 

I edged my ATC with Distress Dusty Concord, and also added a bit of Mustard Seed at the top right side.

The quote is from "Quintessential Quotes" by Dyan Reaveley. it was inked using Eggplant Adirondack ink on scraps of patterned paper, and heat-embossed using pearly transparent powder. 

A bit of intense Fuchsia colour was also added in the middle behind the children using a drop of alcohol ink (Rasberry), to add pink colour shades and extra dimension.

For the other ATCs, they have been done for quite a long time, being also used to mop up ink and paint remainders from other bigger projects and spillages, so even if I'd like to I couldn't be sure about all the ingredients I used I'm afraid!

On the two next ones, I used one of my fave stencil/masks forever from Andy: Skulldugerry. I love this stencil, it's so special and beautiful, you can do many different artsy works with it. 

This latter was done for a swap with a crafty friend on the theme of Halloween. There are lots of (Grunge) paste, Treasure Golds gilding wax, stamps, inks and paints over them... I remember I also sanded the surface of the skull (The little blank "holes" you can see here and there are done using this simple technique, done with more pressure at some places to create beautiful holes). 

Tip: If like me you don't have any ATC box yet and do not feel you will have time to make one in the next short while.. you can reuse the packaging of your long Sizzix dies (if you have some), they have the perfect size to store up to 4 ATCs!! Here's my strip of ATCs, I fill the fourth place with another ATC I did for Halloween with some remaining inks and stamps that were lying about.

I used:

Hope you like...  I had a great fun to do all these ATCs! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment if you feel you would like to and have time to do it of course. Have a great day and lovely week ahead all my crafty friends and/or fans of Tando products! (I've long been a fan myself!!!)  Coco xxx

Fun & Games - King & Queen ATC Set with Dana

Hi Tando fans! Dana here today sharing a pair of ATCs for the Fun and Games theme this week. I mounted each playing card onto an Artist Trading Card base. If you've never used a Tando ATC, they are absolutely fantastic and hold up to several layers of wet mediums and all kinds of abuse!

I selected a heart from the Grab Bag of Hearts and painted it red. Once the paint dried I applied some Inka-Gold over the top and then sealed it with a coat of glaze. The text on this card reads "You hold the key to my heart."

I colored this key from the Set of 5 Keys the same way. The text on this card reads "love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."

Thanks for stopping by today!

Proverbs, Sayings and Quotes - ATC Set

Hi Tando fans!  Dana here today sharing a set of ATCs for the Proverbs, Sayings and Quotes theme this week. I chose to use some love proverbs and and set of my favorite stamps for this series of cards. I love the strength of the Tando ATCs!  I applied several layers of mediums and plenty of heat to these cards and they didn't peel or warp.

I chose hearts from the Grab Bag of Hearts and the Buttons Grab Bag and colored them with bright red ink for a pop of color.

Thanks for stopping by today!