Tuesday, January 26, 2016

ACETATE DRESS-UPS

When I was a little girl I used to absolutely LOVE playing with those paper-doll books that had the press-out clothes that you would dress your paper-doll up in.  This is an ATC version of that and the possibilities are only limited to your imagination!  This is basically a flat background card with stamping on it that you can "dress-up" by adding a hinged acetate window (I used Washi Tape to add the hinge on the left hand side), then the acetate has extra bits & pieces added to it to create the finished ATC.  What a great idea for a card though too!  What you will see below is the ATC with the acetate window closed and then the next picture has the acetate window open so you can see just the plain card underneath.  The accessories and sticker words are added to the acetate but you can see in "October", the wording is on his t-shirt on the base card.   It's important that you don't add dimension to your card otherwise the window won't close flat.  A little Stickles glitter or wording stuck down is fine though.
Hope you have a play with this technique and have fun with it.

"What dogs hear"...  (my favourite!!!)


"Incognito"... (the hat, glasses and bow-tie stickers 
came from a $2 shop)


"Nerdette"... (glasses & googly eyes suit
 this style really well)


"October"...


"Party-girl"...


Tuesday, January 12, 2016

BRUSHO'S STENCIL

I'm beginning this year on a really positive note!  I've finally finished putting together my second ATC Technique Book and in about a week it will be ready for sale and shipping!  My first ATC Technique Book was released back in 2011 and had 40 techniques in it from my previous classes.  This new one (ATC Techniques Volume II) has 50 techniques in it and they are from the past 4 years of classes so if you have my first book, these are all brand new techniques, nothing repeated!  It will sell for $40 (Australian $) and my first book is still available for $35 (Australian $).   An image of the cover is over to the right.  If you're interested, send me an email here and I'll let you know what postage would be to your address.

The first class back for this year is Brusho's Stencil.  There are multiple ways of using Brusho's powders and this is my second class using these little pots of coloured pigment.  I have used gloss card as the base for this one and have created a resist using stencils and clear embossing powder before using the Brusho's over the top.  Such wonderful colour combinations you can create with the Brusho's and you can either let them just sit and burst into their little starburst patterns or blend them with an aqua brush or paint brush to blend the colours.  Below are my samples.

"Fracture"...

"Trapped"...

"Enthrall"...

"Salvage"...

"Evidence"...

"Visa"...