Hey homies! Welcome back.
Today I’ve got a pile of ATCs to share with ya.
I took these to the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo last weekend.
I included them in my swap cards and handed out about 10 more throughout the day.
These guys are made on watercolor paper and painted with Distress Ink reinkers.
Let’s make something.
Grab some watercolor paper and some Distress reinkers.
I used Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Carved Pumpkin, and Lost Shadow.
Randomly paint your watercolor paper and dry it.
Cut it into ATCs (2.5 x3.5″).
Stamp some speckles with a white ink pad (or alternatively you could do some white splatter),
Grab a nice background stamp and black ink (I used a stamp from Viva Las Vegas Stamps and Jet Black Archival ink) and stamp each card. Then ink the edges of each card with black ink.
Stamp your pink flamingos onto watercolor or heavy paper (I stamped onto Neenah 110 scraps) with permanent black ink. Paint ’em, and cut out with a circle die. Ink the edges with black ink.
Now ya need some words. Paint up some watercolor paper or heavy card stock. Get it dry, stamp your words with black ink, and cut out however you like to create a sentiment strip (I used a Waffle Flower die).
Add the flamingo circle to the cards at the right edge, hanging off the edge, and trim.
Ink the part ya cut again with black ink. Add the sentiment as shown.
Time for bling! Add some sequins/bling up the left side, and add some pink Stickles to the flamingo. Make her fabulous!
I love love love these ATCs and was very proud to hand them out.
Supplies-
- watercolor paper and scraps of heavy card stock or watercolor paper, water, paint brush, heat tool for drying
- scissors, adhesives, dies, die cutter, paper trimmer
- permanent black ink (I used Jet Black Archival Ink)
- white ink or something to splatter
- speckle background stamp
- Distress Ink reinkers or watercolor paint
- word stamp
- fabulous flamingo stamp
- cool background stamp
- bling bling bling baby
- Stickles