Jubilations!

Hi there, today I would like to share a set of 3 ATC's I have made for the FB UK Stampers Forum monthly swap, where the theme is "Celebrate".  Many of the participants have made ATC's that are  themed around the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration, so I thought I would join in as I found some suitable supplies in my stash - so if not now, when??

I was actually away over the Jubilee weekend so didn't have time to make these before then, but I am still well within time for the monthly swap, so here they are!

I found an old paper pad which included some funky Union Jack papers, including some small die cuts. They were actually shaped, so I squared them off and used them as the basis of the design. I matted each Union Jack onto a co-ordinating piece of paper cut slightly smaller than standard ATC size, them matted again onto standard ATC size blue card. I hand cut triangles from glitter card and attached them to form the strings of bunting, and die cut the E II R letters from silver mirri card to represent the platinum in Platinum Jubilee. I stamped my sentiment onto another co-ordinating paper from the pad, edged with blue Promarker and attached. Finally I finished off with a silver "70" sticker and a sparkly silver heart on each card.

These may look quite simple but actually they were really fiddly and took me best part of three hours!  I was pretty pleased though with how they turned out, and after all this is a one-off as there will obviously never be another Platinum jubilee in our lifetimes (if ever!).   Here's a closer look at each ATC:

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Stamps: sentiment - Uniko "Birthday Sentiments";

Media: Versafine (Majestic Blue);

Papers: Papermania "Portobello Road";

Tools: die cut letters - Tatttered lace "Alphabet Retro";

stickers and gems from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cards4galz #175 - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (June) - Anything Goes With Patterned Paper

Creative Moments #235 - Red, White and Blue

Fab ‘n’ Funky #553 - Celebrations - TOP 3

Get Creative #112 - At Least 2 Patterned Papers

Penny's Challenge #523 - Anything Goes Using Paper

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Add A Sentiment

Sweet Stampin' - 3 Of a Kind

Taylormadecards4u (June) - Red, White and Blue (2nd entry)

Use Your Stuff #450 - Triangles

That's me done for today ... hope you are all having a good week and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,