Vintage Spring Delights

Hi everyone, this month’s Tracy Evans FB ATC swap is on the theme of “Spring Delights” which gave me another opportunity to break out my “Elegant Spring Florals” set, including inking up the lovely tulip stamp for the first time. I came up with 2 coordinating designs and actually made 8 ATC’s - 4 for the swap plus 4 more to trade privately … my largest ATC series to date!! I also decided to go off piste slightly with a vintage look for my spring ATC’s instead of pastel colours.

I created smoosh backgrounds with Distress Oxide inks on a couple of large snippets, and cut into 8 pieces each slightly smaller than a standard ATC. Onto each one I stamped “Bulb Gazette” using Golden Meadow Versafine Clair, then stamped either a daffodil or tulip in Pinecone. I coloured the stems with Distress watercolour pencils, then stamped the flower heads onto separate card, coloured with Distress watercolour pencils, cut out and attached. I added a little stencilling to the background in green, added white gel pen highlights to the flowers, and edged each piece with blended DOX in Scorched Timber to add to the vintage feel. I stamped my flower words onto separate cream card, cut out, distressed and attached, then matted each piece onto dark brown pearlescent card stock cut to standard ATC size.

Stamps: AALL & Create #623 Elegant Spring Florals, #907 Bulb Gazette;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron, Rustic Wilderness, Scorched Timber); Distress watercolor pencils (Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Peeled Paint); Versafine Clair (Pinecone, Golden Meadow, Nocturne); gel pen (white);

Tools: AALL & Create stencil #124 Lotza Diamondz.

Here’s a closeup of each design.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #773/4 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Beautiful Blossoms #15 - Anything Floral Goes (4th entry)

Craftlandia #18 - Easter or Anything Goes - WINNER

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (March) - Use Stencils (2nd entry)

Double Trouble #162 - Spring Florals (3rd entry)

Mix It Up #70 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Shopping Our Stash #518 - Spring Has Sprung

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Easter/Spring (2nd entry)

Tracy Evans FB Challenge (March/April) - Vintage (2nd entry)

Challenges I would like to enter:

C.R.A.F.T. #713 - Easter/Spring  (2nd entry)

Creative Crafting Uncles #51 - Spring and/or Easter (3rd entry) - TOP 5

Creative Fingers #274 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2412 - Anything Goes

Tracy Evans FB Challenge (March/April) - Vintage (3rd entry)

We Love 2 Create #2 2024 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (4th entry)

Word Art Wednesday #641/642 - Anything Goes 

I love taking part in this ATC swap as I so enjoy making them with Tracy’s stamps, and the ATC’s I receive back have all been really beautiful so far. 

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,