Designing with Springtime Coffee ATCs

Hello crafters, 

First let me remind you that the STAMPLorations Spring Fling blog hop and linky party is still opened until Wednesday evening (20th May 12pm PDT) with prizes awarded for both commenters and uploaded crafty makes. DON'T DELAY!!! 

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Today I have a special post showcasing the Springtime Coffee ATCs newly added to the STAMPlorations range this year. The simplest design can be just an ATCs on a card blank and a sentiment, but if you fancy adding your creativity... there is a world of possibilities!

My first card has a stencilled background and a paper backing:

I stencilled Distress Inks through the All Blooms stencil, added the ATC matted to the same cardstock and layered the whole on a piece of (antique) paper. 

The "Hello" sentiment is die-cut with the Skinny Sentiments die set.

My second card is a variation of the same design, this time with white cardstock instead of vanilla:

I used Distress Inks again, this time with the Petal 1 stencil and the sentiment is from the same Skinny Sentiments die set.

In the same way the stencil provides a background for both cards above, I decided to use the Dragonfly Cover Plate Die to add a lacy design to my background:

To mat the ATC I used the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies set and added a teapot die-cut from the Tag O'Coffee die set. The paper peeping through the cover plate die-cut is a very old one from my scraps collection. A very good way to use these unloved papers when only the colours matter and not the motifs!

Finally a second variation of this last design: 

This time I added a stamped sentiment to the ATC's mat from the Thank you Coffee stamp set and matted the whole on my chosen paper as well as adding a piece of the paper on top of the right hand side of the Dragonfly die-cut.

For my faithful readers you will be surprised that although there is no stamping of note in these cards, I actually have enjoyed the process of designing around the ATCs, especially as I find these images so beautiful.

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If you fancy trying out the ATCs in your makes, think about the ATC VIP Subscription service to receive your choice of set every 4 weeks. The plan is flexible as you don't have to commit to a length of time and there are also added perks (all the details here).
I am personally trialling this and love the (almost) surprise landing on my doorstep! The other sets I am planning to use are just as pretty as the Springtime Coffee... watch this space for more inspiration!
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P.S You can get the cover plate I used (and others) with a Buy 1 and get one at half price offer!  Other offers are available for stencils, stamps and word dies with the Spring Cleaning Blowout event.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge
               

Tile effect ATC

Hello crafters, 

Have you entered the STAMPlorations April challenge yet? Time is running out...

My card inspiration involves ready made card front and ATC so fairly quick to make:

The card front is from the Quick Cards #4 "Artsy Abstract" set and the ATC is from the Color Me Spring ATC set.

To put my own spin on the ATC I embossed several times with UTEE and added a border with the Wow! Heart Throb Embossing glitter (it comes as a mix of red and gold).
The photos do not show the shine of the enamel very well but here's a close-up:

The ATC's mat has been die-cut with the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Die and both mats use Black Magic Core'dinations (yes it's old...).

For the sentiment I die-cut the Thanks with the Skinny Sentiments (without its shadow).

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Hope this will you spur you into action to join the challenge, there are prizes to win...
* $25 prize code to the player who used a STAMPlorations product as the main/focal point in her project.
* $10 prize code to two (2) players randomly picked from all entries.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   I am entering the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge.

 

Using up leftovers

Hello crafters,

As the new Tag Along and ATC challenge has made its debut this month, I have made an effort to create ATC's and this is the first one.

  

I have assembled the ATC from already stamped and die-cut images, die-cut waste and snippets...

The pot plants are from Crafters Companion (Sara Signature Country Lane Perennials in Pots)

The arch, Kraft corner and background vellum are waste from die-cuts and the butterfly had escaped from, I presume, a Tim Holtz field notes snippets pack.

Thanks for coming by,

 Craftyfield   

Shabby chic ATCs

I have been inspired by Jennie's ATCs over on the Paper Artsy blog and tried my hand at her technique. It didn't exactly turned out the way I hoped... that is, the way Jennie's background looked... Still it's all a learning experience!

Out of my comfort zone

I had to try my hand at ATCs again for the Paper Artsy challenge and today I'm following Claire's colour scheme to challenge myself out of my usual colours.

My first ATC

It seems I am always late to the party...
Last year I made a tag for the first time and, this year, spurred on by the Vintage Journey challenge, it was time to try ATCs.

Rather obvious, but, I didn't quite grasp, until I had one in front of me, how small ATCs are. Since I started card making, I have been working on increasingly bigger, not smaller, "canvases" and I found the exercise quite difficult.
And some people do Twinchies and Inchies....

My starting inspiration was this stamp by Tim Holtz  (C0M004 - Time) which is ATC size!
I love vellum and thinking about his latest Vellum Paper Stash I wanted to add some to my panels. I substituted TH's by a British sourced version (Papermania - Mme Payraud) - cheapskate that I am... Sadly it doesn't show very well.

I made my background following a TH demo where he overlays several stencils, using Distress Inks.
As TH uses lots of metal embellishments, so I die-cut corners pieces which I embossed (Frantage Aged rose for the left ATC and WOW Pomegranate for the right one).
Small pieces of Tissue tape were added, just 'cause... and an altered paperclip that was lying around.

I am also entering That's Crafty challenge.

I apologise to my loyal followers if I am overwhelming their feeds, I just wanted to squeeze these projects before school starts again!