ATC World - Something Blue

I had no idea what to do with this swap so I googled 'blue' and there were lots of flowers............ then roses.  I downloaded several of them as I formulated a plan.  I already had my base - Truth Cards, a freebie from WithWildAbandon - just needed a focal point and blue roses were it!



I printed several of the roses to size and cut them out, selected three after trying them against the backgrounds. 



 I now needed to fill the empty spaces so I stamped a border - is that stitching?!!!!! - and then added the ribbon to bring depth. 






 Yep! round the corners, all done.


They may not look much but an awful lot of thought and research has gone into these.  I believe that I am finally getting the hang of these little works of art .............. I do hope so!




UPDATED - 14.06.2013 

 Blue Hope - very neat with peel offs

ATC is enamelled, Moon is glittered with howling wolf placed over.

Backing paper, ribbon, peel offs and a tissue butterfly.

Beautiful swaps - thank you so much girls for being my Partners and thank you Resi for hosting.

Circle of Crafters ATC Swap - New Beginnings

Lynsey is hosting this swap at the Circle of Crafters and I entered with these ATCs.  
I took as my focal point the New Library being built in our City Centre.  The design has caused a lot of discussion on the web and in the streets.  After looking at the ATCs as I worked on them I am getting to quite like the building!!

I added suitable text to each picture and then embossed.

 On this one I clear embossed the whole picture and then added both black embossing and glitter using my glue pen.  It suggests trees..................

I added the ricrac braid to bring all the ATCs together.



The clear embossing is only on the the right hand side and the black embossing all along the bottom.  Once again I added the ricrac and also some  ribbon braid along the bottom.



I clear embossed the left half of this one and added black embossed tree outline with the glitter falling down.............
Ribbon braids added the finishing touch.




Unfortunately the real world took over and they were relegated to the 'to be posted' box.  Today I received the following ATCs from my swap partner Judy - ooops! - after an apology via the Circle my ATCs will be in the post tonight!!



A really peaceful scene followed by 

a 'hanging' one and 

a definite 'new beginning' suggestion.


Well done Judy!  I love them.

ATC World - Fanciful Things that Fly

There's only one for me .............. Tinkerbell!

so here she is........................ printed onto coloured background.  



Watercolour pencils, gelpens, glitter glue and spritz all used to complete pictures.  They looked so good that I just added some 'fairy dust' and words formatted in Word.

The 'Goth' didn't want any 'Fairy Dust' !
UPDATED - 14.06.2013


How sweet is this ....fairy and hummingbird all hand painted and gold added to fairy wings.

Sock monkey flies!  I like the small copy used as a stamp on the reverse.

                                 And pigs will fly.... with goggles and golden wings!

 Thank you girls for being my partners and thank you Resi for hosting.

ATC World - Suffragettes

I can remember my Mom talking about these happenings...... she were only seven years of age but her Mother was a supporter - not actually demonstrating but supported in other ways and because of this past history I joined in the swap.  I would have liked to add a ribbon banner but could find quite the right colours.  I used newspaper clippings and a photo of a banner which I altered to fit.  After I had collaged these images, they needed some more colour and a bit of life, so I added some dark green ribbon which was edged with gold and some bits of purple.

My swaps came through today and they are a great selection again.

 Brigita has spent a lot of time making hers, she has not only included tiny flowers but lots of glitter all tied up with blue string!



Marlene included the front page of a newspaper celebrating Emily Wilding Davison (who gave her life to the cause).  It is folded up on the ATC and unfolds for viewing - very clever.

Patty hosted the swap and sent me this stamped one.  It looks like a real stamp that has been issued by the United States Postal Service and is so appropriate for me (me being a Philatelist!).  Great swaps again!

ATC World - Bingo

I don't indulge myself but I know that for some people it is a great social evening.  I entered cos I thought I would scrounge some books off a friend but, when I worked it out, I wouldn't have them until it was too late for me.
I smurfed the net and found some great images and chose one that showed several books and it printed out just right to fit an A4 page.   I stamped a few edges and added lots of peel off numbers of all sizes, followed by a spritz!  When it was all dry I attached some peel off words and then stamped  words of encouragement - another set of stamps found!!  I thought this was enough so now I will post them and await my return swaps.

UPDATE:  
Doesn't look like I will receive the swaps as the Daffodils ATCs have not arrived at their destination yet!  I posted both the Bingo and the Daffs in the same parcel ............ I could cry........... I so don't want them to be lost ............I am thinking that the stamps fell off and they are either going slow or being returned to me.  Time will tell.
2nd UPDATE:
The cards arrived too late to be sent out so they were very kindly returned to me, I shall save them for another day!

Wicked Wednesday Challenge #81

The challenge is - Things with Wings - so it has to be my favourite thing with wings - Tinkerbell!

This is Tinkerbell goth style!  
 I wish I had kept the link to where I found her but I didn't ....if it's your sketch, please contact me so that I can give you credit.
I printed the image onto a pre-printed background, coloured her with watercolour pencils and gel pens.  Added glitter to her wings, and printed out the word.  

Wishes - thinks I'm doing the dishes, huh!!!

ATC World - Daffodils

Found one of my stamps which is part of a set that I have had for ages so I entered this swap.
Which meant that I needed to change my shelves round so that I can now access my stamps easier - what's that?  .......... about time?  ..........now I might use them more often! ...... yeah! yeah! yeah!
........... so I stamped a big bright daffodil right in the centre of a blank ATC - ok, as near as I could!  I then coloured them with a bright neon yellow!  I rubbed on some golden daffodils, added scriptures and numbers, a few gold peel off butterflies and they are ready to post.

I shall update when I receive my swaps.

Update:
My cards were received the same day as the swaps went out so they were very kindly returned to me.  I may enter them into another swap ........we shall see.