A Year of ATCs? - Day 264

This is my Day 264 of 'My Year of ATCs?'!

I take part in the Facebook Pocket Letter Lovin' Round Robin Swappin' Group
Last month the theme was 'Fairground' and I received the following pocket letter:

This month the theme is 'Silhouette' and this is one of my 9 ATCs that I have made for this swap.

I started with a rectangle of black and added my image printed on green - this is a digi I found on my computer and I am not totally sure of its origin but I think it is Dragons Lair.
I then added some butterflies from Stampin Up's Beautiful Wings die.
Finally I added some black gems.

And these are my 9...not all quite the same...

Happy Crafting!

A Year of ATCs? - Day 263

This is my Day 263 of 'My Year of ATCs?'!

I started with a rectangle of orange card, matted with some green which I had printed with acrylic paint using a plastic lid.
Next I added the image Sunflower from Scribbles Designs - one whole and two parts.
I had printed this 3 times and coloured them with Zig real brush pens.
Finally I added some gems.

Happy Crafting!

Addicted to Stamps and More #260

The new Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More has the above Photo Inspiration.

To make my background I wanted a leaf-shaped design - so I used a Craftstash 'Leaves' stencil. I dabbed Versamark watermark ink through the stencil and added a pink embossing powder and heat set this.
I then die cut butterflies from this using some Stampin Up dies.

I added a blue Distress Ink to the butterflies (still in the dies so that a white rim remains). I added an orange Distress Ink to the remainder of the background, with the blue ink distressing the edges. I added the background to some blue card, replacing the butterflies in their spaces, on a Kraft card base.

Finally I stamped the butterfly and 'Just For You' with archival ink -
 stamps from Happy Little Stampers 'Butterfly Birthday'.

Hope you will enter the Challenge!

Happy Crafting!

Ike's World Challenges #97 and 'A Year of ATC's?' - Day 262

Today I would like to show you my makes for Ike's World Challenges!

The current Challenge (#97) is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist -
White on White

and this is my midway post...

If you pop over to Ike's World Challenges you will find there is a super freebie to pick up:

Harpy Ghost

You could use this for the Challenge - but your image is free choice - I have used it, however, on a card and an ATC.

For my card I started with a scalloped white card blank and matted it with a layer of stitched die cut white card. The next layer is a scalloped square of a background made by dabbing Versamark through a stencil, adding white embossing powder and heat setting it.

Finally I added Harpy Ghost, printed and cut out, the letters of BOO (card stickers), and a ghost button.

For my ATC I combined 'Harpy Ghost' with a music background in Serif Craft Artist 2.
I printed this, cut it out and matted it on blue.

Finally I added a skeleton button on silicon glue.

This is Day 262 of my 'Year of ATCs?'!

Look forward to seeing your creations in Challenge #97...

Happy Crafting!