Monday, 24 November 2008

Think Monday Think ATC: Cloth and Paper


This is my entry for this week's TMTA on the theme of Cloth and Paper. I wanted to create a traditional looking Christmas ATC for this one.

The main image is a gel medium image transfer onto linen. (The linen an offcut from the bottom of some too-long curtains that I bought a few years ago, and it's proved to be extremely useful.) I'm quite pleased with how soft the transfer has turned out as I think it suits the look of the ATC. The background is a printed image of some Christmas music, which I've coloured using distress inks. I added some printed papers at the corners, some sparkly mesh and a strip of printed paper along the bottom. Then I layered on the main image and some fabric holly leaves with some stick on gems for the berries. Finally I added the star brad at the bottom, and the words which I made using a Dymo label maker.
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15 comments:

  1. Sherry24 November 2008 at 18:59

    This is beautiful, I love the way the image transfer has turned out. It's surprising what you can find a use for isn't it - like the old curtains.

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  2. Sandy24 November 2008 at 19:21

    Wow this is so gorgeous.
    Really great vintage ATC.

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  3. Anonymous24 November 2008 at 20:06

    What a wonderful idea!

    I love it.

    Hugs, Melanie <><

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  4. Nancy B24 November 2008 at 20:21

    I love the soft look of your Santa. Pretty ATC!

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  5. Unknown24 November 2008 at 20:27

    I love this!

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  6. Anonymous24 November 2008 at 20:34

    Great image transfer. Wonderful ATC!

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  7. Astrid Maclean24 November 2008 at 21:28

    Gorgeous, love it! Brilliant transfer

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  8. Faye24 November 2008 at 23:21

    What an outstanding job of image transfer to cloth! Your ATC is really beautiful.

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  9. ~*~Patty S25 November 2008 at 00:18

    Lovely Santa transfer!!!

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  10. Mooneybeams25 November 2008 at 08:30

    I like this!

    Am going to have to give gel image transfers a go, methinks. Such a soft and olde worlde feel to it - lovely.

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  11. Veronica25 November 2008 at 12:20

    Love the gel transfer - I have the stuff to do it, just not tried it yet - great result.

    Hugs

    Vron xx

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  12. vintage wil25 November 2008 at 12:40

    Really Vintage atc !!!

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  13. Hermine25 November 2008 at 15:53

    Great Christmas ATC

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  14. Anonymous25 November 2008 at 23:50

    We had the same idea, lol . Your ATC worked out very well

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  15. Helt ude Vestpå29 November 2008 at 14:14

    Wonderful vintage Christmas ATC.
    Great idea.

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