Pretty paper...

... that was Leonie 's Fab Friday challenge, to make an ATC using only paper - no stamping, peel-offs, etc allowed. For this ATC I used some lovely embossed floral paper by K & Co for the background, then cut some other elements from the same sheet and decoupaged them.

Chop and change

That was Leonie 's challenge this week - to make an ATC and then cut it up and reassemble it! I have had a go at two - the one on the right is a bit more planned, using a stamped background and an image by Paper Whimsy. The other one was just for fun... I dug out an old ATC that I had made for another challenge ages ago, cut it up randomly and then used the pieces like a mosaic on black card, then I added the two cute bees.

Anything Blue

Two challenges with one ATC! I've gone for economy of effort this weekend - the theme for Florrie's ATC challenge on CraftswapForum was 'Anything Blue', and the Fab Friday challenge on Leonie's blog was 'Tone on Tone' (only one colour can be used, but different tones). All the stamps are by Art Journey, the background and most of the stamping were made with chalk inks.

Masked ATCs

A new challenge this week from Leonie to make an ATC with a masking technique. I have made two - the first one uses the traditional method of masking an area off and stamping & adding colour. Leonie used a peel-off as a mask on her example and then painted over it. I wondered how this would work with alcohol inks instead of paint... so I had a go! It worked reasonably well, although it was difficult to remove the peel-off afterwards. I'm not sure if this was because I used glossy card, or if the alcohol dissolved the 'stickiness' on the peel-off?