ATCs

Worked this weekend on some ATCs that I am sending to a friend who gives them to Cancer Care Patients.

Here is a sample of the dozen I made:

Strength

You are not invisible

Strength in numbers

Barbie is different

What I've been up to this week...

The "Season" is coming quickly upon us. This year I feel like I have a bit of a jump start - I have updated my Christmas Card list, finished making my cards (Yes, this year I have hand made cards! I'm such an over-achiever!), taught myself how to make intricate snowflakes, and have reservations for dinner and the Christmas Parade for this evening. Whew! And it's not even Thanksgiving yet!

Here's a sneak peek at the cards:

I also put together an ATC (Artist Trading Card). It is inspired by a message I received via a Facebook group I am apart of. One of the members is in the process of moving to Ft. Hood, a somewhat daunting task in light of recent events on that base. As a group we are making inspirational/encouraging ATCs for her and all members of the Armed Forces.

Here's mine:
I'm off to conquer my next task: once I figure out what it will be!

Theme Thursday - Labels

This week over at Theme Thursday the challenge is to incorporate a label into what you create.  I came up with the ATC you see above.  

I love the expressions on the people's faces!  She looks like she is in need of a throat tablet, that's for sure!

Thanks for checking it out.

Mixed Media Monday - Hearts and Wings

ATC made for the "Hearts and Wings" challenge over at Mixed Media Monday.  

Not a theme I would normally choose - I'm just not that girly!  But I enjoyed it and appreciate how it pushed me out of my comfort zone.  Plus I like the way it turned out!

Theme Thursday - Game Pieces

This week over at Theme Thursday the challenge is to use game pieces of some kind in your creation.

I put together the ATC you see above.  I love the expression on the little boy's face!  

I used a card from a game (I don't know which one - but it is also in french!) as the back ground.  Added in the boy and some tidily winks, a couple of chip board arrows, a sticker of a vintage toy sheriffs badge, and a rub on border.

This is the first time I met a themed challenge without using any patterned paper!  

Thanks for checking it out.

Mixed Media Monday - Romance

Romance

This week over at Mixed Media Monday the theme is "Romance" in a bit of a pre-Valentine's celebration.

I have created the ATC you see above to complete the challenge.  I used a vintage couple and placed them on a background of patterned paper, and embellished it with a Hambly Rub-on and a butterfly.  

Now if I could just get my other Valentines done this easily...!

ABAA - Milagros Heart

Mi Corazón

Loved, Loved, Loved this challenge! This week at Awfully Big Art Adventure the challenge was to create a Milagros Heart.  It is a religious icon of sorts, popular in Latin America.  (You can get more information here.)

I was inspired almost immediately!  I have to admit that I am enthralled with the Latin American culture.  But could a gringa like me do justice to this theme?

I created the ATC you see above.  I love the way it turned out.  For once it matched exactly what was in my head!  

I used chipboard hearts and covered the bottom one with red and gold glass glitter.  For the top one I first covered it with patterned paper, used a rub on from Hambly, and then a vintage button I had in my stash.

I used the hot glue gun to adhere the mini pearl garland around the edge and cut out the flames from chipboard covered in gold paper.  Stuck it all on a card and here it is!

I added the picture below to show the different layers.

Linda, Rosie:  Gracias por el fantastico desafio!

Theme Thursday - Borders

"He Was Dreaming of His Future..."

This week at Theme Thursday the challenge is to use a border of some kind in your creation.

To meet this challenge I put together the ATC you see above.  I actually used 2 borders:  the lacy sticker you see on the bottom layer, and the metallic green on the top layer.  The handsome gentleman is an "instant relative."

Additionally I used a Heidi Swap ghost clock, some vintage stamps and Basic Gray for the back ground.  

Thanks for checking it out!

ABAA - Something to Crow About

This week's challenge at the Awfully Big Art Adventure is crows.   The ATC above is the one I created for this challenge.  I am not entirely sure that it's done.  It seems a bit too simplistic to me.  Like it needs to be sophisticated up a bit.  I just don't know what exactly it's lacking.  I'll mull it over a bit and maybe it will come to me.

Theme Thursday - Something New

Here is my submission to Theme Thursday . This first week of 2009 the challenge was "Something New".  I created this ATC, titled: "Waiting for the Season to Change".

This is the first time I made my own embellishment out of Polymer Clay.  It is also the first time I used a stamp in clay, and colored it with chalks; so a lot of new things to me.  To add a bit of sparkle I embedded glass beads in the branches as leaves.  And the background paper was also made by me - nothing fancy, just  black card stock that I wrote "waiting" repeatedly on.  

My inspiration was a friend of mine - her husband is leaving for Iraq today, she is pregnant and understandably scared.  All she can do now is wait, and pray.