Three Days, Four Projects

I showed you the first 2 books I made on April 1st and 2nd, so on April 3rd I got the inspiration from Charmane over on Tweedcurtain Productions blog to alter a watch box I've had for awhile.
This little cardboard gift box had an insert glued inside and the manufactures name on the lid. I pulled the insert out and lined the bottom with peal and stick black felt and the sides with black and white scrapbook paper. On the outside of the lid I used Nestabilities Label 4 and cut one piece of the scrapbook paper and a smaller piece of white cardstock which is rubber stamped with stamps from the Altered Art mini set. It's the perfect size to hold ATCs.

So now for the third book and fourth project I've wanted to try alcohol inks and canned air for awhile and this seemed like a good time. The long piece of shiny cardstock is 3.5 inches wide and has a black stripe on one side and a reddish stripe on the other. I dropped the inks on the black stripe side and blue it around with the canned air. On the reverse I dropped ink on the applicator and dabbed it on the used alcohol to blend it. I cut 2 pieces a little over 4.5 in for the covers.
For pages I folded 4.25 X 6 inch envelopes in half and punched the folded edge with the Zutter
Bind-it-all The envelopes were in my stash from when Ruby Dog's Art House had a bulk section and made pocket pages that will hold ATCs or tags.

May 2009 ATC Swap at The Grind

Sunday was the latest round of swapping at The Grind and I managed to make 11 new ATCs and along with some leftovers I had plenty to swap, which was a good thing because we had a great turn-out despite it being a long weekend. I did a few alcohol ink backgrounds and then scanned them in order to have enough ready in the time I was able to create. I used various sections of a block stamp to create these, in some cases heat embossing. Some are edged with gold and silver leafing pen and some are mounted on black cardstock.
Two of this group use tile stamps from Quietfire Design.

May ATC Swap

"At The Beach"
The first ATC is an alcohol ink background and the rest are scans printed on cardstock. All have been rubber stamped and embellished with shell beads and computer text. The first 2 have a border of gold leafing pen and the last 2 are silver leafing pen.

"Dangerous Waters"
Again the first ATC is alcohol ink on shiny cardstock and the last is scanned and printed on cardstock. I glued clear beads on for bubbles and the text is computer generated. Sorry the background is blurry but the thickness of the stingray toy makes the background go blurry.

Some Triptych ATCs

These are cards I made from a scan of a photocopy of an old photo. I digitally altered the photo from black and white to sepia and printed on HP double-sided matt photo scrapbooking paper, this paper is cotton and has a nice feel to it. The other is printed on acrylic paper. The backs are either painted watercolour paper or alcohol inks on shiny cardstock. The quote stamp is from Quietfire Design and is stamped with sage pigment ink or green Stazon ink. By the way, since at least one person wants to know the one on the right is me.