Blue frog ATC trio - Sept Creative Artiste

Good Morning everyone

September has started so time for a new challenge over at Creative Artiste where the theme is anything goes MIXED MEDIA - we need at least 3 different mediums

I decided for a change to make a trio of ATC's.  I used this fab frog stamp set from aall&create and what I had left on my desk.  So we have a blue tree frog as I had scraps of this pale blue dotty paper.  I had a piece of inked background with shades of green, blue and pink which made my bases.

Each atc is 3.5x2.5" in size

I started by cutting my inked background to size, I then inked through a circle stencil with pearl white dora paint and through a dotty stencil with glossy glaze.  I added some text stamping in grey and a dotty mark stamp with green.

I stamped the lily pads onto lemon inked card which was on my desk but a good contrast to the blue.  I stamped the dragonflies and waterlily onto white card and coloured with alcohol markers in pink - this picks up on the touches of pink in the background. 

Stamped the words onto more of the dotty paper, cut out and arranged  to finish.  See below for each individual atc

You can make out the pearl stenciling better here.  I used a yellow paint pen to add colour to the frogs spots.

Photos don't show it well, but the bottom left corner you can just make out the glossy glaze dots.  I inked over them with stormy sky distress ink and the glaze resists it, also inked all the edges with the stormy sky.

For this happy chappy - by that expression he must be feeling croak😆, I torn a scrap of white card, inked blue and added to the bottom to 'ground' him & added a few doodles with a fine liner to give a water like effect.  I had a die cut piece of foliage left over which i added behind him.  

Heres the background before adding the extras, you can just make out in the light the shimmer of the white dora paint on the bigger stencilled circles and the glossy glaze with the small dotty stencil...also some of the ink sprayed background was pearlised so when the light hits them they shimmer and dance with the different finshes

Items Used:

Aall&create stamps #521 'Be hoppy'

Cosmic shimmer airless misters - green, pink & pearl teal

Cosmic shimmer glossy glaze

Cadence Dora paint 'white'

Distress Inks - stormy sky, picked raspberry, wild honey, lemonade

Posca paint pen - yellow

Stencils - circles & dotty

Patterned paper scraps

Do hop over to Creative Artiste to see what the rest of the DT created and to join in with your multiple different mediums projects

Thank you for stopping by.  Due to the vertigo and nausea Im not getting much serious crafting done so thankfully I was very well prepared with my DT projects, still hoping to get my 'new' eyes soon! So I apologise for not keeping up with comments on your projects but about 5mins of screen time is all i can manage before having to lie down again.  Big hugs to you all Emmax

Id love to enter the following

https://tag-alongandatc.blogspot.com/2025/09/september-things-with-wings.html

 

Octopus

Good Morning everyone

Today is a card using Pink Ink octopus stamp set...im obviously going through a sea theme stage...watch this space😀  Ive also used my spellbinders grand label 4 die set as they have been very badly neglected...

Card size approx 9.5x6"  I picked a piece of previously made background that was made using brusho's, pixie powders & sea salt in orange and bluey tones.  When wet sprinkle on chunky salt and let dry, once dry you brush off the salt and are left with these fabulous cell like effect.  I do find the wetter the paper when you put the salt on the better the effect.

I die cut my background into shape and attached to the largest die cut from white card.  I then die cut a white frame and added over the top with foam tape. I water coloured the octopus & shells with oxide inks, cut them out and arranged.  I stamped some water drops onto white card with navy ink, watercolour blue, covered with glossy accents and cut them out. Stamped sentiment to finish. 

 For the back of my card i die cut the largest die from white card, scored a line at the top and glued to the back of my card front, to help it stand up i cut a little off the bottom of the back piece to give it a straight edge to stand on.

Just a close up.  I went with a pinky/purple octopus so it was a complete contrast to my background - distress oxide Raspberry & Seedless preserve.

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I was invited to join an ATC swap over at Craftworld and these are my first ever atc's in 18yrs of crafting, i decided to use the left overs on my desk from the octopus card.  

I cut the background to size, stamped on some fish with archival ink, some seaweed with oxide inks.  I stencilled on some gold dots with starlight paints which really shine in the light. Pink ink seahorse coloured with oxide inks.  Tim Holtz chit chat stickers..  All mounted onto very dark green cardstock and edged with gold paint. I also added some glossy accent water droplets. 

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamp set 'pinky inky'

Designs by Ryn stamp set 'water effects 2'

dot stencil

Oxide Inks, Brushos & Pixie powders

Imagination Crafters Starlight paints - rich gold, orange

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week. Hugs Emmaxx

Id love to enter the following:

https://sweetstamperschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/56-animals-or-critters-or-birds.html

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https://bastel-traum.blogspot.com/2021/05/101-wasser-water.html

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https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2021/05/shopping-our-stash-445-here-fishy-fishy.html

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http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-65-shaped-cards.html