Rusty

Hi everyone, this month's ATC swap theme over on the Visible Image FB group is Rusty, so the expectation is that that participants will produce either something brown, rusty-looking or autumnal, using only VI stamps, stencils and/or dies. 

The theme immediately suggested to me my VI vintage car line drawing, which I thought I could present in an aged and rust-spattered way. Usually I make a matching card for the swap, but this time I thought a card with this particular image would look a bit too masculine so instead I made a "co-ordinating" card using the same colour palette but different stamps. Here they are.

First the ATC.

I used a snippet of multifarious stamping card in cream, and created a smoosh background with Distress ink. I stamped the car in sepia ink, then added spatter stamping also in sepia and my wording in brown. I edged the card with more blended DI and copper gilding polish, and also spattered it with watered down gilding polish using my new Tim Holtz spatter brush which is fab, but I haven't completely got control of it just yet!! When dry I matted onto a snippet of dark brown card stock and added a couple of Tim Holtz rusty cogs.

Stamps: Visible Image You're A Classic, Christmas Robin (spatters);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Versafine Clair (Pinecone); Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish (Copper Shine);

Other: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gears.

Challenges I would like to enter:

ATC's Around the World #105 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #5 - Anything Goes (no cards)

Creative Fingers #260 - Anything Goes

DL.Art (September) - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #679 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Little Red Wagon #724 - Small or Large

Paper a la Mode (September) - Anything Goes (no cards) - TOP 3

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Snippets Playground #462 - Use Snippets

Secondly, here is the card I made.

For this I cut a piece of cream multifarious stamping card and created a smoosh background as before. I then stamped the focal flower using Pinecone VFC and the spatters and grungy circles in sepia. Again I blended more DI ink round the edge, edged with gilding polish and added some spatters. I stamped a sentiment onto separate card, cut out and attached, then matted onto dark brown card stock and a 6" square card blank. 

Here is an angled pic to show some of the shine on the gilding polish.

Stamps: Visible Image Where Flowers Bloom, Christmas Robin (spatters), Sunflower Grounge (spatters), Birthday Wishes (sentiment);

Media: Tim Holtz Distress inks (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Versafine Clair (Pinecone); Cosmic Shimmer Metallic Gilding Polish (Copper Shine).

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Gem of a Challenge #18 2023 - Anything Goes

Allsorts #744 - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms #8 - Anything Floral Goes (3rd entry)

Crafty Addicts #4 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #184 - Browns

Incy Wincy (September) - Colours of Autumn

Mix it Up #67 - Anything Goes with option Make Your Own Background

Simon Says (Monday) - Sparkle and Shine (2nd entry)

Triple B (September) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms

Word Art Wednesday #611/612 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

That's me all rusted out for today - take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,