Quilted Stuffed Animals

Made this tiger and zebra from the Rumplequiltskins patterns

Merry Christmas

To wish you

the gift of faith

the blessing of hope and

the peace of His Love

at Christmas and always

Crow ATC

 The theme is Crows for the 9ATC Group.
Applied yellow Distress Ink to card stock with DTP (Direct-to-Paper) technique. Heat set. Then put on a circle mask and applied orange Distress Ink over the surface and let dry. I didn't worry that the masked area was irregular.

 Placed a tree stencil over the ATC and sponged on rusty hinge Distress Ink and let it dry.

Used black Distress Ink to stamp on feather image. Tore off a piece of a music sheet and adhered tot he ATC. Stamped a crow and crown with black Distress Ink on white card stock, cut them out and adhered to the ATC. Used red glitter pen to color the crow's eye.

Comfort Quilt

Used an Iris fabric panel to create a comfort quilt

Trash Polka ATC

The theme for 9ATC Group is Trash Polka
I stamped the "D" collage image with Blacke India Ink
Stamped the butterfly, stars and "freedom" with red Archival ink and used the same red to made a rough red edge around the ATC.

Sympathy Card

For Stamp Club we were to make Sympathy Cards.
I embossed the top 3/4 of light purple card stock with an embossing folder. Stamped saying with apurple ink. Tied a purple ribbon around the card stock and layered it onto a slightly darker purple card.

Cut edged Card

For Stamp Club, we were to make cards using dies, embossing folders, pop-us, folds and/or shapes.  

Stamped a piece of green card stock with a Thinking of You stamp in red ink, then ran it through a dotted embossing folder. Next, cut the  bottom edge off of the card with a fancy shaped die. Used same red ink to color the edges of the card. Adhered a striped paper under the cut edge of the card and used this same paper to punch out a butterfly to add to the card.

Lace ATC

Lace is the theme for 9ATC Group.
Stamped french script onto brown card stock with black India Ink. Used a flourish embossing folder then inked the raised areas with a green Distress ink. Used the same green ink to stamp the word "thrive" onto buff card stock. Edged the word piece and the atc with gold metallic ink. Made a flower out of two types of lace and adhered to the atc and added a metal embellishment in the center of the flower.

Two ATC

The theme for 9ATC Group is 2. We were to use two of anything and the numeral 2.
I used two papers, two dragonfly embellishments and two "pearls".
Cut out some decorative floral paper and inked the edges with a green Distress ink, used the same ink to stamp the large 2 on the decorative paper. Layered this onto dark green card stock. Punched out two dragonflies from a red paper and colored the antennae, body and edges green. Adhered the dragonflies to the card, then applied liquid glass to the wings and let it dry. Added two "pearls" to the upper right corner.

Iris Folding ATC

 The theme of 9ATC Group is Iris Folding. I found a "wave" pattern to use for my Iris Folding and placed an ATC sized frame over the part of the pattern I wanted to use.

 Instead of folding 1" paper strips (as in the traditional Iris Folding), I tore 4 blue papers in half lengthwise and started adhering it to the back of the frame.

 How my "Iris Folding" turned out.

















Added 3 shells and 2 beads to the bottom of the frame:

Reflection ATC

 The theme for 9ATC Group is Reflection/Mirror. I decided to do a reflection theme. Stamped a tree image on the upper 2/3 area of glossy ATC with black India Ink. Then stamped the same image with the same ink onto a piece of acetate. Immediately flipped the stamped acetate onto the lower area of the ATC and rubbed the back of the acetate to transfer the ink onto the ATC creating a "reflection" on the original image.



Used a large sponge dauber with a yellow Distress Ink to create an inked sun onto the ATC, used the same dauber to lightly ink a reflecting sun on the reflected tree image. Heat set the ink.

 Used small sponges to ink orange and red Distress Inks around the sun, blending these colors, then heat set.

 Used more sponges to ink on purple and blue Distress Inks to complete the background colors and heat set.

 Stamped a large "crackle" background stamp with black India ink over the entire ATC. Used gold StazOn Metallic ink on a splatter background stamp over the ATC, used this same gold ink to color the edges of the ATC.

To finish the ATC, used a blue Distress Ink marker to draw a line between the upper and lower areas of the ATC and darkened the blue ink in the top section. Added 2 yellow rhinestones.

Food related Card

 For stamp club the theme is food/kitchen/recipe. I choose food, specifically a pear. Colored a solid pear stamp with Distress inks and then stamped onto card stock. After cutting out the image, colored the edges with the gathered twigs pen.

Used the gathered twigs Distress Ink to stamp the Pear words onto cream card stock. Cut out thin strips of green gingham paper, added to the card along with the pear stamped image.

B&W with a little Red Card

For stamp club, we were to make Black and White colored cards with a little Red. I adhered a wide B&W grosgrain ribbon, added a large black punched flower with a small white punched flower, added a red "pearl" to the center of the flower and stampeded "you are special" with red in.

Aboriginal Style ATC

 The theme in the 9ATC Group is Aboriginal Style Art. I rubbed a blue Distress Ink (DTP) over manila card stock and then stamped a solid frog image with red Archival Ink.

 Used black Sharpies, 2 different white pens and a purple metallic gel pen to add doodles and dots.














 I continued adding more dots until the background was full.

Shrine ATC

 The theme for 9ATC Group is Shrine.
I embossed an arch image with detail gold embossing powder on a bronze metallic sheet of card stock and heat set.

 Made a background of blue mica dust splattered onto black card stock and cut out 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" backgrounds.

I found a madonna with child image on the internet and altered it a bit and added some details with a gold metallic pen. Layered the image onto the embossed arch image. Cut out the outline of the arch from other pre-embossed set and layered it over the other arch to give a slight depth. Layered all of this onto the mica splattered card stock. Punched out 3 candle images and added gold metallic ink to the flames. Added some paper flowers with gold from a pearl pen to the centers.

Jungle Themed Cards

For stamp club this month the theme is Jungle or Tropical. I used some bits of scapbook paper to layer onto card stock. Stamped an African animal onto buff colored paper and stamped a saying onto the card.

Comfort Quilt

Australian Quilt Hanging

Made a quilted wall hanging out of some fabric I bought in Australia a few years ago.

Vintage Card

Vintage style card made for stamp club:

Science ATC

 The theme for 9ATC group is Science. I cut out some embossed gear paper and ran it through an embossing folder and inked the raised areas and the edge of the paper with black ink.







Stamped an image of two old fashioned men with black ink and cut them out. Added a number strip of washi tape. Printed and cut out the words of a corny science joke:

Asian themed card

The theme for stamp club is Asian. I choose the Haiku bunny stamp and stamped it with black ink. Placed a mask of the rabbit over the stamped rabbit and sponged red Distress Ink over the exposed card stock.

 Highlighted some of the stamped image with a Gold Gelly Roll pen. cut out the image and layered it on gold metallic card stock over a strip of Origami paper on black card stock and layered all onto a gold card. Used the gold Gelly Roll pen over a stencil on the lower right of the card.

Comfort Quilts

I really like this pattern that has 16 and 4 square blocks. I used oriental fabrics for these blocks.

 Fun way to use striped fabric:

 Couple of scrappy quilts using up leftover 5" squares

Verdigris ATC

The theme for the 9ATC Group is Verdigris.

I sprayed a green Starburst, a blue Starburst and a bronze Color Mist sprays over narrow corrugated card stock and let dry.

Used a copper colored metallic rub-on to highlight the edges and some of the ribbings of the ATC.

Also used the copper colored metallic rub-on to color a snowflake embellishment.

Added the snowflake and some bluish green rhinestones to the ATC:

Veggie Print ATC

 The theme for the 9ATC Group is Vegetable or Fruit Print.
I decided to try to make a roller print using corn on the cob. I spread some red and yellow acrylic paint along with some gold Lumiere Paint on a craft sheet. Then rolled a piece of cooked corn on the cob through the paints and then onto card stock.
The paint laid down was very uneven, so I decided to then use the corn on the cob as a "roller" and spread several layers of these paints over the card stock.











I got several backgrounds using this method and let the paints dry thoroughly.

Later, I used a raw piece of corn on the cob and ran it over a black India Ink pad, then rolled it onto the left side of the ATC. I then used this same ink pad to color the edges of the ATC.

I added some orange fibers and ribbon along with a small bird charm to complete the ATC: