Today I played around with an older set from Altenew, which was part of a class I found on their website from 2021. These were cards that I slightly modified to make them a little more my own, but the general design is credited to Altenew!
The set is called Elegant Motifs and comes with a stencil, stamps, dies, and a 3-D embossing folder. (I used a different stencil to create the stripes.)
This week's challenge prompt was "washi tape." I don't know how I accumulated so much of it, because I really don't use it very often. I think I need to get a little more creative and start finding ways to put it to use!
For this ATC I first added three strips of different washi tapes. I then just wet the background (water color paper) and dabbed it with some different colored water color markers. I spritzed it some more to make it bleed. The butterflies were already in my "bits and pieces" drawer. I used a label stamp to make the words and cut them out, then I used my Tim Holtz distressing tool to rough up all the edges.
This weeks prompt is "Honeycomb." I have several different sets with bees, a honeycomb stencil, but I decided to go with this honeycomb background/cover die from Stampin' Up that I got many years ago.
After doing a little smooshing on some water color paper with Distress Oxide inks I then added the cover die. I used some of the pieces that were cut out to layer with. All the pieces were distressed with some brown ink.
The bee and flower images are from Pink & Main, colored and die cut. After adhering to the background I did some splattering with some brown paint. The final touch was some glitter glue on the bee's wings.
Joining in these challenges:
ATC Around the World #139 - monochromatic
The Little Things #6 - anything goes
613 Avenue Create July Challenge - anything goes
A Cut Above - anything goes with a die cut
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - fun with paint
Today's prompt for the ATC 52 week challenge is "diamond."
Several ideas came to mind, mostly because of different things I have in my stash of supplies (diamond shapes on various stencils, argyle paper that has a diamond shape, a cover plate die that creates a stitched pattern of diamonds) however I decided to go with the idea of a real diamond because I knew I had this die for making wedding cards.
I did some smooshing to create my background with Distress Oxide inks, added a little paste with a stencil, then put a little glitter over it. I also stamped some script from a background stamp with a wedding theme.
Entering the following challenges:
Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenge - Wedding theme
613 Avenue Create - anything goes
Allsorts #783 - anything goes
ATC Around the World #139 - Monochrome
The prompt for this weeks ATC challenge was "just add water." This can be interpreted in a lot of different ways. I used water spritzed into my distress oxide inks and then smooshed the ink onto my water color paper. I also used some dew drop embellishments that look like very real water droplets. To add some more texture I heat embossed the circles and stamped some script.
Joining in the following challenges:
Creative Inspiration Challenges #40 - anything goes
Creative Artiste Challenge #128 - anything mixed media goes
Crafty Catz #717 - anything goes
Tag- Along and ATC's Challenge - anything goes