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It's a Dry Heat ATC

Today's Created By Hand Challenge is "colors blue and sand".  Having just made a mermaid ATC yesterday and with the stamps still out on the worktable to be cleaned, an ocean theme was my first thought.  However, today was the first day I turned my ceiling fan on after the furnace came on for the last time less than three days ago.  Oh this Mojave Desert weather can be fickle.  The title is a typical desert rat's response to people who ask "How can you stand to live there?" Stamps from Taylored Artwork (title), Stampin' Up (rocks), After Midnight (plants).

Alcohol Ink ATCs Take 2

I felt like I cheated on today's Think Monday, Think ATC challenge because I didn't use text and aluminum foil in my background like the tutorial did.  It's not that I didn't try both the first time around, but I think a background this bold needs a bolder stamp than the mermaid one I used earlier today.  The Stamper's Anonymous Create worked much better and the aluminum foil under the alcohol ink gave it a copper look. 

Ocean Fantasy ATC

Today's Think Monday, Think ATC challenge was to use the alcohol inks on transparency technique. The video is in German, but the visuals are easy to follow. This week's Mixed Media Monday challenge is mermaids.  The mermaid stamp is from the Altered Book Club, the wave stamp is from Rubbernecker and the dolphin eyelets are from The Eyelet Outlet.

Glamor Girl ATC

This week's Theme Thursday Challenge is Glamor Girls.  Image from Ten Two Studios Thelzeda's Photo Album CD, background script stamp from Stampington. 

Modern Dance ATC

Today's ATC Wednesday theme was "modern".  That's it.  Just "modern".  After reliving visions of avocado green and harvest gold, Nevada test site mannequins and atomic symbols, these angi-b dancer stamps with Judikins retro accents on a blow-pen background showed up.  

Good Advice, Seldom Followed...

which probably explains why I don't sew and I don't own a sewing machine, even though I love the look of stitched paper crafts.  Today's Theme Thursday is "sewing" and my being sewing deficient made this one really challenging.  Rubber stamps from Rubber Nature (lace background), Postmodern Design (ruler), Paper Artsy (scissors) and Yan Kiwi (zipper), which is hidden under the text because--TA DAH!--I didn't measure!

Flower Power Dress

Today's ATC Wednesday Challenge was "Dress".  Stamps from Rubbernecker.

Bloom Where You're Planted

Yesterday's Make It Mondays challenge was "to create a piece of artwork inspired by flowers".  Because our local recycler doesn't take pasteboard such as cereal and tissue boxes, I've got quite a stack of them and this challenge was a great opportunity to do something fun with one of them. The scan doesn't show the stamping well, but it's embossed metallic and shows up more clearly in person.  Next time I'll play with a brighter embossing powder color. If you want this one, it's yours!  First come, first served. 

Alcohol Ink Play

Last week I saw Tim Holtz demonstrate this technique on Craft Lab.  As I'm in a summer kind of mood, I thought I'd get a headstart on celebrating the Solstice.  The colors ended up looking more like fall than like summer.  Back to the lab ... er... studio!

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