And Finally... a Bit of Love... or was it just the wine?

This one has a gesso resist and distress ink background.  The heart is cut from a book page and I've used ink and gesso to colour it, using sequin waste as a stencil.  I've added the swirls on the heart using white gel pen and have stitched around the edges of the ATC and the heart.  The word "Passion" is rubber stamped and the rest of the words are found poetry taken from a page of "David Copperfield"

Doodling on Metal

These are embossed alumininium which I coloured using alcohol inks before embossing.  I've done them all freehand, which is just like doodling on metal.

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Green and Fruity

These are for Cazro's colour swap on the DoCrafts forum.  This month's colour is leaf green.  For the grapes, I've inked and stamped the background, added three layers of UTEE over the top  and stamped the grapes into the UTEE.

For the apple, I've stamped half of the background, used book text for the other half, inked it and then added the stamped apple image over the top.  I've watercoloured the apple using distress inks.  I added some acrylic paint around the edges, edged with black and white pens and added the printed image of a caterpillar and written words.

 For the pear, I inked and stamped the background, stamped the pear over the top, watercoloured the pear with distress inks and added Glossy Accents over the top of the pear.

Mushrooms!

These are for a hand drawn and painted mushroom swap.  The blue one is acrylic paint.  The red and yellow ones are done with Promarkers, black fineliner and white gel pen, and the purple one is coloured pencils on black paper.

A Bit More Weirdness

These are some more collage ATCs I've done.  I definitely don't think I can do collage without getting either silly or just plain weird!

Rock Salt and Acetate

These were created using backgrounds created with rock salt and watercolours.  I added some acrylic paint around the edges which I applied through sequin waste then stamped and embossed the image.  I then stamped the image again on acetate in black Stazon and attached it over the top with brads, making sure part of the embosed image showed through to give a shadow effect.

A Bit of Sillyness...

...because I just can't help myself.  I can't seem to do collaged ATCs without getting silly.  I did these last night:

This one has a text background covered with gesso and ink, acrylic paint stamped with bubble wrap and rubber stamping. Collage using printed images and rubber stamped across the head, a bit of white gel pen and colouring with Promarkers.

This one has a background made from a vintage dress pattern (a bit lost under the layers) painted using watercolours, rubber stamped, with a collaged layer on top using printed images, acrylic paint, more rubber stamping and more collaged bits, with a bit of pen around the edges.

...and Some Red

These are all for a PIck a Theme swap on ATCs for All.  I started with similar backgrounds for all of them, created using inks, rubber stamping and acrylic paint, and then I did something different with each one.

The fish is painted in acrylic.

The bird and the branches are made using various pieces of printed paper, pieced together and shaded using coloured pencils. I've drawn the various bits using a PITT artist pen and accented with white gel pen.

For the kiss I have done a gel medium image transfer, added a definition from a dictionary and edged with acrylic paints and rubber stamping.

The rooster is done by piecing together pieces of printed paper in a similar way to the bird.  I've added shading using pens and pencil and a dictionary definition.

Finally I have done a zentangle style ATC using PITT artist pen and white gel pen (background as above) and have added a bit of Cosmic Shimmer glitter paint.

Some Orange...

For Cazro's colour swap on DoCrafts.

The top one is rubber stamped on a stamped, inked and acrylic paint background.

The middle one is stamped on a background made of various pieces of printed paper and inked.  I've added white gel pen to accent.

The bottom one is Grungeboard and Grungepaper on an inked and stamped background.

Mermaids

These are for a swap on ATCs for All.  I've drawn the mermaids using Promarkers, PITT Artist Pen, white gel pen and Sakura Stardust pens (although the shimmer unfortunately doesn't show up on the photos.

For the background, I've used tissue paper, Cosmic Shimmer Sprays and acrylic paint.

...and some more

I've had lots of fun doing these.  I like anything a bit weird and I love bright colours.  They're so much harder to do than they look though!  I created all the background bits myself using Promarkers, acrylic paints and gel pens.

A BIt of Zetti

These are a couple of ATCs I've made for a Teesha Moore inspired swap on ATCs for All.  They're my first attemtps at anything like this, and I think maybe I've gone a bit OTT on the colour, but I had to put a bit of me in there too, and I do love colour!

Friendly Plastic and Mica Powders

This is a RAK for a friend.  I've used Friendly Plastic on a background which I've stamped in Versamark and covered with mica powders in various colours.  The butterfly is printed on acetate and shows up more in real life.  The word "Imagine" is stamped into Friendly Plastic.

It's a lot more colourful and shiny than it appears in the photo.

Funky Hair

These are for another swap on ATCs for All.  The backgrounds are created using inks, water spray, rubber stramping and acrylic paints.  I've used vintage images and given them funky hairstyles which I've drawn using coloured pencils, altered their makeup a bit also using coloured pencils, added some pen outlines and printed words.  These were great fun to do.

I think this one looks like Boy George!  (It's the makeup, I think).

More Found Poetry

These are some more found poetry ATCs I've made.  I love doing these.  They're a lot of fun.  (See post below for details of what found poetry entails).

The pictures are gesso image transfers.  I've used inks, acrylic paint, gesso, pens, gel medium, printed papers, paper flowers, gems, and the butterfly images are printed on acetate

A Bit of Black & White

These are for a stamping swap hosted by Cazro on the DoCrafts forum.  The idea is that the first month's swap is simple - stamping in black ink on white card.  Well, it's simple in theory, but making an interesting ATC with simple black on white stamping was a real challenge for me!  I think I like my colour too much.