Mechanical Marvels ATC

The theme on 9ATC Group is Mechanical Marvels. I knew I wanted to make a mechanical dragonfly, but couldn't find enough gears and watch parts to make 9. My sister was up visiting and went with me to the craft store and found lots of interesting bits in the jewelry dept. She wasn't sure how I would use them, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Thanks Laraine for this great collaborative project. I adhered the dragonfly on to some decorative background paper and colored the edges with a silver metal leafing pen.

Wax ATC

Wax is the theme/medium on 9ATC Group. I decided to make a melted crayon background. I taped some crayons together above a piece of coated card stock and heated them with a heat tool while trying to hold it all upright and let the melting wax drip down the card stock.

 You can see that the results varied each time.

 I stamped the umbrella man with black Archival ink and coated card stock, cut out the image and adhered it to the melted wax background. Used a Dyno maker to print out words and stick them on the ATC.

Stencil Play

Decided to make a few backgrounds for later. Sprayed some green Memories Mists over dictionary pages and let dry.

 On one, used copper stencil paste over a clock stencil:

 On another used light molding paste over a bird stencil. Have some extra texture, because I didn't apply the paste evenly.

 On the third, used crackling paste over a dragonfly stencil. I reread the jar and it says it takes 3-4 days for this paste to "cure". It will be interesting to see what it does when I come back from vacation.

Comfort Quilts

 I had time to finish a couple more quilts for Comfort Quilters. Found a fun African panel, cut it into four pieces and created borders and sashing out of leftover scraps!

Another Disappearing 9Patch, this one made out of oriental design fabrics

Terri's Journal Page

This page is forTerri's quote/poem/writings journal in one of my stamp clubs. I stamped some sayings on colorful background paper and added some butterfly cutouts along with a previous made card front.

Jeanne's Journal Page

This page is for Jeanne's quote/poem/writings journal in one of my stamp clubs. I stamped some quotes over decorative background paper and added a card front from an earlier project I made.

Quick Christmas Card

For stamp club this month we were to make Holiday cards. I decided to make quick Christmas cards. Stamped Merry Merry Christmas with dark gray ink on a paper with lighter gray dots and layered it on a white card. Added 3 different snowflakes punched out of textured white paper and added 2 small and 1 larger rhinestones.