Transparent ATC's & MY BOOK!!!!!

I've finally done it, my atc technique book is printed and ready for sale! It's A4 sized with 40 techniques in it, colour pics on each technique page....all for $35. (Postage in a tuff bag within Australia is $4, postage to the US is $14). Yes, I can do direct deposit as well as paypal. Email me here to order.

The technique for this fortnight is Transparent ATC's using acetate, stazon ink and alcohol inks as well as chipboard frames. To make a normal atc I have used 2 frames back-to-back so you have a completely transparent atc. For inclusion in the technique book the girls are making in class (or for on a card!), one frame is used and then a piece of white or cream card stock is added to the back so you don't lose the alcohol ink/stamp effect on the black background pages in the book.

"Offering"...

"Clarity"...

"ho ho ho"...

Here's the last of the Clear Embossing & Gilding Wax atc's from last fortnight's class.

"Reflection"...

"Treasure"...

"End of life"...

"Ill-fated love"...

Clear Embossing & Gilding Wax

Seems like forever since I've posted here though I've only missed one fortnight's class while recuperating from a minor operation. I'm fully functional again now so it's straight into the next atc technique that's coming up this Saturday....Clear Embossing & Gilding Wax. I've actually done this technique before but as the girls who attend my classes know, if I've done something before and repeat it, I always put a twist on it so it's new for the old girls and new for the new girls...make sense??? Well it's clear to me anyway.

Gilding Wax is a new product that we'll be selling at Scraptivate. It's like Rub'n'buff, Treasure Gold etc but I love the tins that it comes in. Rub'n'buff has always annoyed me when it dries out in the tube. Not a problem with Gilding Wax. Sometimes these products do dry out but you can reconstitute them easily in the tin by adding a few drops of Mineral Turpentine, not something you can do in a tube! So here's some samples of the new version of this technique.

"Not polite"...

"Recline"...

"Life is the flower"...

"Idiots"... (This is not my opinion of my hubby, I just liked the saying and it matched the crown)

I'll have some more samples of these using stamping in my next post. The above ones are using Cuttlebug embossing folders, but you knew that didn't you!

Here's a couple of samples from the last technique - Texture Paste Backgrounds.

"Change your life"... (I'm waiting for some little handcuff charms to arrive to add to this one!)

"Perfectly Good"...

Finally a couple from the class before Texture Paste Backgrounds - Reflective Microscope Slides. It's extremely difficult to get a good scan or photo of these because of the reflective quality of the foil tape under the glass slide. You'll just have to imagine....

"Laser printer"...

"Opportunity"... (This one's for you Barb, as I said, it's a saying that we can all relate to!)



Now a bit of news about my ATC Technique Book....it's all completed except for the printing. As soon as this last bit is done it'll be for sale through my blog. Will keep you posted!