This year one of the things I vowed to do was to step out of my "stuff making" box a bit and challenge myself to try a few other crafty things. One challenge to myself was to become a better and more frequent stamper. Up until now I have mainly worked on my stamping by making tags. This week I embraced the ATC. I have resisted them for a while. I just wasn't sure what to do with them. As I have been making more and more tags, I think I finally found what I wanted to do with ATCs. They are perfect for stamping with smaller scale stamps that would otherwise get lost on a much larger tag. To give them a go, I made two ATCs and that is what I am sharing today.
On this ATC, I first stamped the bike image using Black Soot Distress Ink. Because Distress Ink stays wet for a bit, you can use it as an embossing ink, which I did. After embossing, I inked the rays stamp with several yellow and orange shades of Distress Inks and stamped it on the ATC overlapping the bike image.
While the ink was still wet, I added clear embossing powder to the outer part of the rays. I like the texture the embossing powder adds.
I used a Ranger Pen Nib to pick up a bit of ink color from a pad to dab in color in the open areas on the bike frame and tire.
To add a phrase, I stamped the large random words text block stamp from the Stuff to Say stamp set on scrap paper and then cut out the words I wanted to use.
I added brown Distress Ink (I just used the mix of browns already on my brown ink blending tool foam) to the edges of the words and edges of the card. Along the bottom edge I added a light edging of Shabby Shutters.
For the second ATC I used stamps from Skipping Stones Designs. I am guest designing for them this month and will be sharing several more creations with their clear stamps through the month.
I started this card by stamping the background with a background design from the Pumpkin Seed Sentiments set in Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. I then stamped greenery from the Dandelion Dreams set in Peeled Paint Distress Ink.
I stamped just the stem portion of the dandelion with Pine Needles Distress Ink. While the ink was still wet, I added clear embossing powder. After heating the embossing powder, I inked just the flower part of the stamp with Scattered Straw distress ink. I stamped the flower part again over the the first stamping with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. I then stamped the flower portion for a third time using Distress Embossing ink and clear powder. I love how layering the two colors created a really nice color variation in the image. I inked two small butterfly stamps with both Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks. I added a phrase with Black Soot Distress Ink that was also clear embossed. To finish off the card, I brushed over the surface and edges of the card with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.
I am thinking I just might be hooked on stamping on ATCs! I definitely think I will be making more of them when I want to get inky and stamp!
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