Sending Sunshine

Hi everyone, this month's ATC swap theme in the Visible Image FB group is "Holiday Season", and as usual participants need to make an ATC (and most make a co-ordinating card) using only VI stamps, stencils and dies. I have to confess that I really struggled with this theme even though the swap intro made it clear that we could think fairly laterally ... the only suitable thing I could come up with was around the theme of sunshine ... so here they are.

Firstly the ATC ...

I cut a piece of white stamping card 3.25" x 2.25" and created a smooshed background with blue Distress Ink, then stencilled on top with yellow Distress Oxide and the VI "Strobes" stencil to give an impression of sunrays. I stamped the small sunflower from the "Sunflower Grunge" set onto separate card and coloured with Distress Watercolor Pencils then fussy cut out. I stamped some black spatters and a little 2nd generation script before attaching the sunflower, and stamped the working in black. I added white gel pen dots to the centre of the sunflower and Glossy Accents. Finally I edged the finished panel with black marker pen and matted onto blue pearlescent linen card stock. 

Stamps: Visible Image Sunflower Grunge (flower and spatters), Golden Daffodils (text), Sketched Tulips (background script);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Warm Breeze); gel pen (white), Glossy Accents;

Tools: Visible Image stencil - Strobes.

Challenges I would like to enter:

ATC's Around the World #103 - Colourful - TOP 3

Classic Design Challenge #7 2023 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #3 - Anything Goes (no cards) (2nd entry)

Crafts Galore Encore #113 - Anything Goes

Crafty Addicts #3 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers #258 - Anything Goes

Let's Craft and Create #197 - Anything Goes + Add Flowers

Love to Craft #75 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap #162 - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create #6 - Anything Mixed Media Goes

I then made the co-ordinating card.

This followed a similar construction to the ATC, except that I used the large flower from the Sunflower Grunge set, added background stencilling using the VI "Halftone" stencil, and stamped the sentiment in blue.

Stamps: Visible Image Sunflower Grunge (flower and spatters), Golden Daffodils (text), Sketched Tulips (background script);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Warm Breeze, Paradise); gel pen (white), Glossy Accents;

Tools: Visible Image stencils - Strobes and Halftone.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #6 - Anything Floral Goes (5th entry)

Crafty Calendar (July) - Anything Goes

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (July) - Use a Stencil

Daisy Chain #76 - Summertime

Four Seasons (July) - Summer

Krafty Chicks #671 - Stamp Act

Stamping Sensations (July) - Summer Flowers (2nd entry)

Sweet Stamping - Blooming Beautiful

We Love Stamping (July) - Fabulous Florals (2nd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #603/604 - Anything Goes

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,