Distressed Summer/Nature ATCs

Distressed Summer/Nature is the theme for the July Paperplay group ATC swap.
The backgrounds for my ATCs were inked up ages ago and I can't remember what inks and colours I used.

Dragonfly ATC. I stamped ferns [unknown] on the ATC and stamped flowers [ Stamp Bug] with acrylic paint, I also used a crackle stamp [Tattered Angels]. I used a Dreamweaver dragonfly brass stencil with some Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste. I was going to put some colour on the dragonfly when it dried, but decided to leave it as I liked the way the wet paste had soaked up some of the background colour. I edged the ATC with stormy sky Distress ink.
Fern ATC. This was made exactly the same way as the dragonfly except that I used a Crafters Workshop fern stencil and I added a small leaf charm.

Bumble Bee ATC. I stamped the small bee [Stampotique] onto the ATC and scraped some acrylic paint over it. When the paint was dry I stamped the sequin waste [The Artistic Stamper] with spiced marmalade Distress ink. The large Bee [Stampotique] was stamped onto white card and coloured with the spiced marmalade. After I cut it out I added Stickles to the wings and adhered it to the ATC.

Rose ATC. The background stamps that I used are by The Stamp Bug and Tattered Angels. I used a Dreamweaver Rose brass stencil with the Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste. I embellished it with a Tando Creative mini butterfly embossed with Frantage shabby pink embossing enamel.

I'm entering my ATCs in the Simon Says Stamp and Show No Rules challenge.

The Voices Spoke Only To Her

I'm a little late this week with my DT piece for Creative Expressions, it's been one of those weeks. 

I made this card with the Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi  Voice of Art stamp set, I also used the background stamp from the Sentimental Art set.

I stamped the background onto vellum with pearlescent coral Brilliance ink, after attaching it to a card blank I edged it with aged mahogany and vintage photo Distress ink.

For the die cuts I used Spellbinders Assorted Leaves, Bird Sanctuary and Fleur De Lis Accents dies.

I embellished the card with lace, ribbon, fabric roses and pearls.

I'm entering my card in The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog  Ribbons and Lace Challenge.

Linda Elbourne Workshop

On Sunday I went to a brilliant workshop run by Linda Elbourne at the Craft Barn We made a heart hanging using an Artemo wooden heart mobile and got very inky fingers.

I coloured the hearts with bundled sage Distress stain and edged them with rusty hinge Distress ink, then I stamped some script with black Archival and some flourishes with butternut Fresco paint. The butterflies and dragonflies were coloured and stamped the same way and then I added some gold Eco Green paint.

I'm entering my hanging in the The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog challenge. The theme this month is Hearts.
I'm also entering it in the Sunday Stamper Heart challenge.