Thursday, September 12, 2013

ATC's - Fall edition


I have a little something different to share today; it's an ATC, well technically 2 of them. I bought a pack of Ranger ATC's at Hobby Lobby and had a chance to work on a few over the holiday weekend. For the holiday weekend we went to our cottage with my Mother & Brother-in-law along with my husbands 93 year old grandmother. It was fun however I lacked good packing skills and so my holiday weekend went something like this-I brought my rubber stamps but didn't bring the scissors to cut them to use; I brought Versa Mark ink and embossing powder but no heat gun; I brought stamps, ink, stickers, rub ons, paper, you name it for this frame that I was asked to put together but I forgot the frame at home; I had these invitations to work on that I brought my paper to use, trimmer, notes I had made but I forgot the template to the invitations at home; and one more I brought my Cuttlebug, plates die cuts and all to die cut my scraps of paper but I left the scraps of paper box at home as well. Therefore, these obstacles gave me playtime to just do whatever with what I had and so I came up with these ATC's to share.

This first one I made by background stamping the base with Stampin Up ink and a Deep Red Stamp that you can find HERE. Deep Red Stamps is a newer company that has many different images to shoose from. They are good quality stamps made here in the USA and you can find them at Oozaks and A Cherry on Top has some too. These two sites are here in Michigan, so to all the Michiganders please support the shops in our beautiful state.

Then I dry embossed it to give it more of the woodgrain affect using an embossing folder by Darice. After that I inked the edges with Ranger distress inks. I played with a few different colors until I got this look. The pie and utensils die cuts are by K and Co. The orange patterned paper is by Recollections however I inked it a ton and therefore it wasn't the same color as when I started. The purple paper is a scrap from IDK where and then the Thanksgiving sticker is by Flair Designs.


For my next ATC I used a background paper that I made with paint blobs all over kraft cardstock. I had forgotten I tried that a few years ago and didn't like it then.So when I pulled it out over the weekend I decided to do a little bit more to jazzy it up. I took my Ranger distress inks and inked it with multiple colors of inks and then I sprayed it with water mixed with gold Perfect Pearls. This peanut has so much sparkle that my husband ran away in fear. (He hates glitter and anything glittery-whatever!) I think the paint is by Plaid and the cardstock by Oriental Trading Co.

The die cuts are from the same pack as the ATC above K and Co. I placed the nut die cut on a Spellbinders Label #5 die that I had inked like the rest of the card. The patterned paper is by Scribble Scrabble-very old from my stash-and the metal sentiment is by Scrapbook Pro-local dollar store find.


Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Challenges:
http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/- Forgotten things {2nd ATC-forgot about the background paper I had made a few years ago}

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

these are both full of lovely fall colours and the pie looks yummy. thank you so much for playing along with us this month at the penny black and more challenge.
linda

Lin said...

Such fun ATCs for the season, Cindy! Thanks so much for sharing them with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
(And I did the exact same thing a few months ago.....took my stamps, ink, paper, but forgot my acrylic blocks to stick my stamps on! I managed, though, too.)

heidy said...

Such a beautiful card Cindy,I really like those fall colours!
I really dropped by to reply to your question about linking up my card to your Manly Monday post - the answer is Yes! I would be honoured and delighted to be included!
Thank you!

Hugs Heidy

K8 said...

Lovely card, so clean and adorable!! Love the color!! Thank you for join us at Artistic Inspirations this week, hugs Kate (DT)

jane stillman said...

Both ATC's are brilliant, love the embossing on the first one. Thank you for joining us over at LEJ Designs, good luck

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Shirley-Anne said...

Hi Cindy
Fabulous ATCs .love Autumn hues .
Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday

KarinsArtScrap said...

it's a wonderful fall card Cindy.

Thanks for join us at ScrapbookStampSociety Challenge.

Greetings Karin DT Coördinator


Margaret said...

Both lovely ATCs. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown for this challenge.
Margaret, DT

Leanne said...

Thanks for playing our challenge at Love to Scrap! Anything Goes Challenge, great fall card!

Leanne DT LTS!

Redanne said...

Really lovely autumnal colours on both ATCs. hanks you for joining our Forgotten Things challenge at Our Creative Corner with your second ATC. Anne x

Anonymous said...

Beautiful ATC's, love the colors. Thank you for joining us at Artistic this week. Abbie xx

Cheryl said...

Love your ATC's! The first one is adorable, and the sentiment on the 2nd one sums up your weekend pretty well, doesn't it? Thanks for the story of your weekend. I got a nice chuckle out of it! Thanks so much for joining us this week in Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge!

Sylvia Anderson said...

Two lovely ATCs.... just think, if you had packing skills you wouldn't have made these.... time well spent.
Thank you for joining in the LEJ Designs challenge, good luck x

Mish B said...

Fabulous fall cards. Thank you for joining The Corrosive Challenge!

Sarah said...

Greatjob! I REALLY like the woodgrain background. You made a great color there! Thanks for joining us at My Sheri Crafts! BTW...your packing skills sound like mine! :)

Cathy's Obsessions Still said...

What great fall cards!!! Thanks for playing along with us at Loves To Scrap!!
Hugs ~Cathy DT

Sari / Granne said...

Really great card for fall. Love the background at the first card, looks wonderful. Thank you for sharing for Digi Sketch Challenge, good luck.

Crafting Vicky said...

That is really really annoying when you pack and realize once there that you are missing a bunch of stuff!!! Great little ATCs however! Love the embossing.

Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at Gingerloft Card Challenge. Hope you will join us next time. DT Crafting Vicky

Sandy said...

Two wonderful ATC's. Thanks for sharing them with us at Gingerloft Challenge this fortnight.
Hugs,
Sandy

Sandy Fredrick said...

Sweet design, love the fall colors and the torn paper layer. Thank you for joining us in this weeks blog challenge at SweetStamps.com.

Leslie said...

Your project is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us in the Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog's "Anything Goes!" challenge!
Hugs,
Leslie, DT
http://leslieturner58.blogspot.com

Allison Cope said...

Two fabulous ATCs Cindy! Love the fall colours and the textures you used! Thanks for playing along with our dry emboss challenge for our Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes!

hazel said...

Wonderful ATCs, I love the Autumnal colours. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, gorgeous layout and super colour combinations, great image and grosgrain ribbon you used and love that you have shared it with us at the christmas ribbon wholesale Challenge.

kelly ledder said...

These are both fab, thanks so much for sharing with us at Digi Sketch Challenge.

Kelly x

Mary said...

What a great ATC! Thanks for playing along with us at Crafty Creations.

Sparkly Engineer said...

I liked both of your cards. The first made me smile because I'm all about digging in at our Thanksgiving feast and the second I liked because of the sentiment. It's so original.

Mary Anne, Great Impressions DT

Mel @ Princess Melus Crafts said...

Great cards, love the colours and them themes! Pretty!

Thank you for sharing this with us at Aud Sentiments!

Mel xx