MY LATEST ATC

This one was created for our Paper-Arts monthly swap, the theme being "Weird and Wacky Chairs".

Hand dyed back-ground, spattered with Moon Glow Mist. I found the image in a newspaper.

Rudolf has his red nose turned on so the birdies can see where to land and won't fall off his graciously supplied "chairs".

He has rusty metal cog "shades" on his eyes to protect them from the glare of his "shiny nose".

SPYING EYE

Rusted paper,fabric paper and copper border sticker strips surround a square image of Lina on a hand dyed watercolour paper back-ground,with added rusted cog and dragonfly embellishments.

I love the rusty metal doo-dads...especially when used on sepia toned images.

It is easy to rust paper and metal doo-dads...all you need is one of the old "Willow" brand tin Swiss roll baking trays,which has seen better days and has already begun to rust.If it hasn't, just get stuck into it with a sharp instrument and give it a good going over! I suggest you rust the tray up first to get better results with the paper.
Mix 2 parts brown vinegar to 1 of water,lay the paper (or metal doo-dads) into the tray and just cover with the mixture. You can also add a little bleach and salt to hasten the procedure but it won't take long anyway.It also helps to add objects that are already rusty,like nails,screws,washers etc.
This MUST be done outdoors and be left out to rust.

Hang the papers to dry and either brush off excess rust powder or seal with a clear spray.

CHEEKY DREAMS

At first glance, these two appear very similar; which they ARE, in lay-out.

But isn't it interesting how the two faces give a different feel to them individually? Is there no end to the variations that can be found of beautiful Lina's face??? These two are images of Fornasetti plates....worth looking up on Google.

Not much of the background can be seen, but I used rusty coloured hand dyed paper then added strips of assorted designs, including a strip of my hand dyed Reflex paper, which is over-sprayed with Shadow Mist that unfortunately doesn't show up in scans.If anyone ever invents a scanner that does ,not only will she/he become very wealthy but I will be one of the first to get one!

The harlequin patterned paper is one I scanned from some wrapping paper and printed out....love the effect of that pattern...it's always handy to have in the paper box.

FUN TIME

These two make me smile....especially "FAMILY"...those little fellas sure have happy faces...vbg.


They are 3D mounted onto a painted background, sprayed with black webbing, which I think looks like they are in a deep, dark, mossy forest where only the best "red-caps" grow...some even to a point, as in the case of THEIRS!...LOL



"FUN" is just that!...here's Lina AGAIN....she was created from bits of this and that,her dress being a scrap of hand marbled paper,her shoes are punched hearts,her wings German Scrap and she has a rusted cog over one eye, which makes her look as if she has flown into a door knob...vbg ....and of course, a hand dyed background.

CUTIEPIE and FLY

I don't do many landscape ATCs because they don't display as easily as the portrait ones do... it hurts one's neck screwing it to the side to view them in the album...vbg... but these images couldn't be used any other way.

I am not sure where the "CUTIEPIE" image came from originally, but the flowers are from an envelope that had a get well card in it from a friend.

The background (hand-dyed) is stamped using a swirl stamp, the brand of which escapes me at present, and her wings are 3D mounted.

I just love the bright background in "FLY"..it sets off the 3 D mounted front bird's chest beautifully, and the scrap of music sheet breaks the harshness of it.

Theraputic Play

These two are made using hand-dyed paper backgrounds and images from a downloadable collage sheet, available from http://www.digitalcollagesheets.com/

They are a little more on the "cutsie" side than I normally do.


"ADVENTURER" is split mounted onto the bird and has 3D mounted wings, which are not the original ones that are on him on the collage sheet. I added white stripes and buttons to his out-fit using a gel pen.


"CHARMING" has her original wings split from her body and 3D mounted.

I added stripes to her socks, flowers, buttons and a collar to her dress and dots on her bow using a permanent marker and Gel pens.

The flowers in her hand and the leaf, are 3D mounted, and were cut from the envelope that contained the get well card from my friend Sonja.

Creative Therapy

"FREEDOM"

This is one of a series I did recently that was for a monthly swap on our Aussie PaperArts Yahoo Group whilst in hospital for a two week's stay ....I would have gone completely ga-ga if not for being able to do this!
After one week's stay,I was permitted to go home for a few hours one Sunday afternoon to collect some stash and the required tools and toys to play with, I spent the next week creating ATCs with what ever I had on hand, altho' I had taken the specific requirements for that month's swap,"Birds".

I was in a private room so caused no problems with my mess making, altho' the hoover lady was always looking forward every morning to see what I had "created" the day before!...vbg.

For the bird ATCs, I used hand dyed backgrounds (I have a stack of them on hand at all times....makes life easier when I've got to make a bunch of ATCs in a hurry), Scrapbooking paper for the eggs,and a little scrap of music paper. The green trim is velour and the bird is 3D applied,feather added.