Sunday, November 20, 2011

An ATC for Wicked Wednesday


Okay, so instead of working on my DT project for this week I've been messing around with an ATC. Have you seen the new(ish) Wicked Wednesday ATC Blog? Jenn has some fun challenges for ATC's only and this week it's being sponsored by Dilly Beans. Since ATC's are only 2.5" x 3.5" I figured I could slip one in today quickly but got pretty involved trying to come up with something a bit different. The challenge is Flowerful and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to use another of my adorable Dilly Beans stamps. This one is #186 Framed Flower girl. After coloring her with Copics, I used my craft knife to cut out the frame and background. I tried a number of Dp's behind it, but in my stash was an old laser cut sheet. Cool! Then I came across some really heavy acetate from the now defunct Short Cuts and wondered if anyone ever makes transparent ATC's. Well, they do now! LOL Not the greatest background here, but I wanted you to see that you could see through it.

Whenever I print a digi stamp. I always print it at least twice (more likely 3 times) just in case I screw up the coloring or decide to layer the image. Big surprise, the flower is layered and I've used a tiny button for the flower center. Often ATC's are traded and the back is used to write the artist's name, blog, and whatever other pertinent info you want to include, a bit of a prob for a transparent one. LOL However, on the back I added a Scalloped Nestie Oval behind her head ( and not visible from the front) for a place to write if need be. This was a really fun challenge for me since my mojo has really needed a shot in the arm. I know I'll be playing again soon. If you want to try something new, why not pop over to the Wicked Wednesday Challenge Blog and be inspired. There's still a couple of days left for this challenge and there's an adorable Dilly Beans Stamp up for grabs. I'm also entering this in the ATC Challenge Blog #15 Anything Goes or Lace Challenge, the Squiggles Saturday Anything But a Card Challenge, and the Speedy's Friends Black, White and One Other Color Challenge (I'm assuming eye and skin color doesn't count here). Now I better get my butt in gear, or there'll be no BBTB2 for tomorrow. YIKES!

20 comments:

  1. ooooooh Donna this is just fabulous!!!!! love it!! and i think that fLowery cut out back is just sublime!!! awesome!!
    huge hugs Lou xxxx

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  2. this is amazing... i love it..great colors to

    Tina

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  3. Love your creation Donna! Great colors and it's so pretty!--Pat N.

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  4. What a flowery cut! Pretty neat!!! Thanks for joining us at Speedy the Cat's Challenge!

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  5. Oh Donna oh Donna, this is so cute I giggled. I love her face and I love how you have featured her on the wonderful cuts. So so cute.
    Hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
    Hugs
    Carole

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  6. Donna, you are such a doll. Smooches. This is gorgeous - thank you so much for playing along with us at Wicked Wednesdays! :) xoxo

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  7. You're so clever! At first, I thought you used your craft knife on the pink part as well...phew! Love your take on the atc. You go girl on those challenges! Woo Hoo!

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  8. What a fab idea, see? We are always learning new things! Great work, thanks for joining us over on the ATC Challenge Blog x x

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  9. Gorgeous ATC, love the colors, thank you for joining us over at the ATC Challenge Blog this fortnight xx

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  10. What a fabulous creation.... thanks for sharing with us at Wicked Wednesdays!

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  11. I love the wicked wednesday atc challenge blog too, I don't always have the time to join in, which as you say is terrible, I mean how long should an atc take to make, but like you say,it sometimes takes me longer than when i make a card, hehe. thanks for joining us at squiggles and giggles. hugs heidi x

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  12. Donna...didn't realize this was your first time at Speedy..WELCOME!!! Good luck and thanks for sharing this great card! Hope to see you again next week!!

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  13. Donna this is a fabulous card!! So beautifully colored. I am so happy to see you playing along with us at Speedy The Cat's Friends Challenge, good luck.

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  14. VERY CLEVER , Donna.
    Wonderful idea for clear design for ATC . Love it . Thanks for sharing on ATC Challenge blog
    Shirley-Anne

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  15. wow! this is so amazing! I'm super excited to be on the Dilly Beans DT with you! what fun we are going to have. :)

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  16. I love it-the background's gorgeous!

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  17. Cool card. Love your design and coloring. Thanks for playing with us here at Speedy the Cat's Friends challenge this week. Hope to see you again next week.

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  18. Fabulous ATC. I've also thought of making ATC on something different than paper or cardboard so I should give acetate a try.
    Have a nice day!

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Thanks for making my day!