ATC-ABC Swap: "C" is for Crayon Resist

Here's a sample of the ATC's I made using Crayon Resist, a very easy technique. I stamped white CS using black ink, first using a text background stamp and overstamping with an open flower. I colored the centers and petals of the flowers with crayons and deliberately didn't fill in completely. I used several colors of Distress Inks to cover the images, then "polished" using a soft cloth. Finally I CB'ed the letter "C" from a scrap of copper colored foil. Quick and easy!!

More Projects

Here are some samples of swaps from the last few months.

Alice in Wonderland ATC's

Cards for Troops

This 'n That/ATC's

I have finally returned to making ATC's - it seemed that my groups had somehow gotten away from these for awhile. I joined the monthly round of themed ATC's through a Wisconsin group - this month's theme was "Farm Fresh" - Door County Cherries was my contribution:

Another group is doing monthly swaps of techniques. The following are my ATC's for "A" and "B" - looks like we will be swapping through 2013! Thanks to my stamping friend Carol S. from WA for organizing this. Her blog is awesome and inspiring.

"B" for brayered background with rubber bands, blue, blossoms and bling:

"A" for acetate and alcohol inks:

These are the cards I made for the "Cards for Troops" project for May. Each month, besides general BD, TY, etc., we are asked to send special seasonal cards such as 4th of July. I really enjoy making these each month - Usually around 30 0r so cards which are sent to a central location and then forwarded to troops stationed around the world for their use. Thanks to my stamping buddy Jan of Redrubberink for linking me up to this project. Of course, it's also a reason to add to my stash!!!!!

Welcome Miss Rosie

Who could ask for a prettier "fur ball?"

April Oriental Themed Card

I really enjoy challenge swaps, so the Oriental Art challenge for April is Kites. EGADS!!!! I don't have a kite stamp, so I needed to come up with an idea. After doing some reading about Oriental kites, I discovered that the fish kite (Japan) is very popular. Although I'm not good at Origami, I was able to fold the fish. Here's the result.

March Cards for Troops

A few months ago I found out from my stamping buddy Jan Hoeffler - Red Rubber Stamping -about an ongoing project to create cards which would be sent to bases where troops are stationed so that they would have a choice of handmade cards to send home to their friends and family. Besides general cards such as birthday, thank you, etc., each month there are two special themes. Here are scans of the cards I made (I made 4-6 of each):

Father's Day

More Father's Day

Graduation

Birthday