Wicked Wednesday ATC #80

I'm hooked. I can easily see myself making more ATC's! The pocket-sized format is such a challenge, and at the same time it gives so much more room for trying new stuff and experimenting.

The challenge over at Wicked Wednesdays is Black, White and one other color. I chose purple (my favorite color).

Like last week, I've used an ordinary playing card as a base for my ATC. I've painted my card black (using black gesso). I then stamped with one of my favorite bubble stamps in white on the black card. Some tissue tape, gems, purple and white twine, a silver angel (I'm hoping silver can count as white for this challenge), a rose and a sentiment made with my trusty label maker are what I added.

As I played around with my decorations, I noticed that the gesso was pretty easy to scratch off the card's glossy surface, so I covered up the most obvious scratches afterwards, applying more black gesso with my finger. I like getting a bit messy when I play with my paints! :)

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Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #79

I've started making ATC's. It's a real challenge, keeping inside the tiny format of an ATC (I use playing cards as a base for my ATC's) and still being able to fit everything I want into them. Today, I'm playing along at Wicked Wednesday for the first time. Wicked Wednesday is an ATC only challenge blog that I found out about from Tabbatha.

This week's theme is "Show Us Your Suit". My ATC is a playing card that I covered in metal tape and embossed using a Tim Holtz embossing folder. After that, I covered it in black gesso. When the gesso had dried, I sanded it off with my trusty nail file and decorated it.

This is my first real attempt at several new techniques, a new format and a new style. Yikes!

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