Friday, February 10, 2012

GM #35

For this week's Grungy Monday challenge, we are making a Tim Holtz style ATC. I am pretty bad at ATCs, but I figured it's not a challenge if it's easy...right? I decided to use it as an excuse to clean some stuff off my desk and experiment a bit!

My heart was cut from white chipboard using the Love Struck die from Sizzix. I used Adirondack Dabbers to 'ink' my Union Jack flag stamp from Artistic Outpost's London Underground stamp set, and stamped it in the center of the heart. When it was dry, I applied Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint over the top. I used the demo heart from my glitter tutorial on top of the crackled heart.

The ATC background is from the new Idea-ology Destinations Paper Pack. On top of it I've layered a stamped subway sign (also from AO's London set) and a strip of kraft cardstock that was cut using the new Stenciled strip die from Sizzix. The strip was painted with a Snow Cap Dabber and attached with Tim's Tiny Attacher.

You can find all the supplies listed below at Inspiration Emporium. Make sure you use my coupon code - stamptramp - to get 10% off your order! And, make sure you check out this month's challenge over at the IE blog. February's challenge is to 'Put a Heart on It'!

Supply List:
Sizzix Love Struck Die
Sizzix Stenciled Die
Idea-ology Tiny Attacher
Idea-ology Destinations Paper
Adirondack Dabber - Snow Cap, Denim, Red Pepper
Ranger Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!

13 comments:

  1. Hi Shelly! Wow, I stinkin' love your ATC, you did a fabulous job! You should make more because you nailed it! I love your heart, it's the perfect focal point of your ATC! So you mentioned that you've lived in Oregon before ... can I ask where? I lived in Portland from 1989 - 2009, then lived on the central coast (Newport) from 2010 - 2011. I miss Portland but thankfully it's only a few hours away ... hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

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  2. Wow Shelley, This is fantastic! Love everything about it xx

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  3. Es muy bonito, el craquelado te ha quedado genial, besitos

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  4. This is a fab piece for GM, Shelly! I do love the glitter heart and the background heart is really, really cool!

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  5. I love all the texture! And the paint. And the ripped edges. And the stencil cut. And the colors - the red just pops off the page. Fantastic!

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  6. Shelly, your ATC looks great! <3 Candy

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  7. So cool Shelly!!! Love that Union Jack ;0)...crazy creative!!!

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  8. I love this Atc
    It is very beautiful

    Janny

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  9. Such a wonderful ATC. I love your eye candy!

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  10. I had to comment again, because I do lOVE LOVE LOVE this. I couldn't see all the detail on my phone, so I had to get another gander from the real computer. It's really cool.

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