ATC Calendar

I have been a very bad blogger and have not added anything here for about six months (!) I am making up for this now by showing you my ATC calendar. I made twelve ATCs, each representing a month of the year, and added a calendar to the bottom edge of each one, and then bound them with the Bind-It-All. I added some stiff card to the top of each ATC for the wire to go through.
The stamp for January is by Inkadinkado. I coloured the bird using Distress Inks, and added red to the berries with a Whispers pen. I put some glossy medium on the berries and bird's eye. Seeing lots of birds eating red fruits from a tree today made this image even more apt for this month.

This Penny Black bear is bringing some Valentine's Day roses! I coloured him with Distress Inks and made his flowers glossy.

Another Penny Black image. I expect everyone is longing to see the Spring flowers. Again I used Distress Inks to colour.

Some Papermania bunnies! How cute are they. I found some Hot Off The Press silk flowers to give this some real Spring colour.

Well it had to be a cat for May (my birth month) and a ginger one too! Socks may be a little old to chase butterflies now though (he would disagree I am sure.) I used some Whispers pens to add colour to this image.

A very cute Penny Black bunny has a nap in the sun. Sun? What's that?! I used Distress Inks again and some Brenda Pinnick paper.

These Penny Black images are so useful for projects like this. I used both Distress Inks and Whispers pens to colour this.

A Forever Friends bear brings in some late summer flowering daisies. I used Distress Inks and Whispers pens, and some Dovecraft paper.

This cute stamp is by Sugar Nellie and was given away by Craft Stamper magazine. I keep using him, he is so sweet. I coloured him with Distress Inks and added some highlights with a white gel pen. The papers are from My Mind's Eye Bloom and Grow pad.

October means Hallowe'en and I love Pumpkin and Aubergine from Papermania. Where would I be without Distress Inks for colouring!

This stamp is very lovely and I used part of it for this ATC. I stamped with an Ariondack Woodland pad. The spotty paper comes from a Papermania A4 paper pack.

It'll be here before we know it! I used some sparkly card and punched a snowflake in red/gold shimmery paper. The stamp is from Penny Black.

Late Again! I Don't Know....

This is an ATC I made for the letter F! Better very late than never I suppose. I hope Linda will be kind and forgive me. I used a piece of Whitewash card for the base, embossed with the D'Vine Swirl folder and then rubbed back with a piece of sandpaper. The picture is a little Snag Em stamp made for Papermania. Another F is the Frayed ribbon and of course the Flowers!

I chose Green and Grey to represent G and made a Gatefold ATC. The paper is from the new Jesse Edwards range. The stamp is a cute little bird by Inkadinkado, coloured with Distress Inks. The phrase stamp is from Cat's Life Press. The sparkly strips are Anita's Glitterations - can't use them enough! And they are another G.

Finally on to H! I made a skinny and put a Happy Hedgehog on it. I embossed the card using a Cuttlebug folder, I can't remember the proper name, I call it Little Birds. The chipboard embellishment, flowers and brad are from a Brenda Pinnick kit.

Sketch 'n' Stash

For this card I used a new item - my X-Cut corner rounder. What a brilliant punch this is! Perfect corners every time and no problem getting the card in the right position. I used it a lot on this card as you can see. The papers are from Papermania's Nostalgia Warm pad. For the image I used a 3d sticker I have had for some time. I added a ribbon and some Prima flowers too.

Sketch Saturday

I picked up a DoCrafts goody bag this week and decided to use some of the things within to create this card. I really enjoyed working with this new character and look foward to making some more cards using this new stash!

My Time To Craft - Woman

This ATC came out as a complete surprise to me when I finished it! I used a piece of Coredinations card for the base, embossed on the Cuttlebug with the D'vine Swirl folder, then given a good roughing up with the Chizzel-It. The lady is from a Craft Individuals book, and I framed her using a card slide mount. This was coloured with chalk ink pads and then stamped with a Paper Artsy swirl. The butterfly is a new 3-d one from Papermania, and I used one of Tim's Doo-dads to finish.

Forever Friends Challenge - A Sketch

I used Brenda Pinnock papers on this card, and matted the bear on the new Coredinations pearlescent cardstock - it's very smart indeed! I coloured the bear with coloured pencils. The purple flower is a Prima one and the white ones are new from Papermania.

Tag You're It - Sugar Candy Kisses

Just a small tag for this one - but quite nice all the same and the camera managed to pick up the sparkle for a change! I used some Papermania papers for the background and glittered the icing on the cake. The cake stamp was given away with an edition of Craft Stamper last year.

Penny Black Challenge - Recipe

I made an ATC for this challenge. The recipe was: 3 flowers, 2 papers and 1 ribbon. I used a mid-orange card for my base, and used two papers from my 7 Gypsies Capri paper pack. I added some Papermania flowers, with adhesive gems for their centres, and a nice soft velvet ribbon.