ATC DARES...A place to swap, inspire & be challenged!

My Contributions!

2009-09-13T18:00:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone,

Here are my two contributions for the Art Nouveau dare:

Embossed chipboard/paper backgrounds, images from Lunagirl, coloured peelcraft, Collections frames, inks, stamps, flowers. Art Nouveau fonts downloaded free from the internet.

looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

TFL Lisa :)

ATC Dare # 11 - Art Nouveau

2009-09-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, sorry better late than never but finally I am posting the new dare! We are very excited with this theme and are looking forward to seeing all your creations.

This month we decided on ART NOUVEAU which is a great theme with several interpretations. You can find many images online to view and get ideas, Lianne and Nickie have made their take of the dare and mine will follow shortly.

Ok, so you have until Sunday 4th October to post your dare in the Art Room in the folder named

'ATC Dare # 11'

Here is Lianne's take:

and here is Nickie's take:

A Winner for Dare #10

2009-08-31T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Have just drawn the winner for the ATC Dare #10!

Here is the list of names and assigned numbers:

Sue #4

Lilli #1

Barbara #3

Dana #2

Karen #5

OK, here is the random generator draw:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2009-08-31 23:10:11 UTC

So this makes our winner this month SUE!!! congrats Sue, thanks for playing, will be posting the next dare a little later its a goodie so keep watch.

Here is Sue's take on the 'Metals' Dare:

and here is the prize, some metals, chipboard and two awesome sheets by Lisa's Altered Art.

Thanks, Lisa

ATC Dare # 10 - Get Crazy with Metals

2009-08-06T02:54:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, we have a great dare in store for you all this month, metals, metals and more metals! Come on get crazy and show us how creative you can be with various types of metals, trinkets, charms, foils, metal embellishments and more....

Ok, here's the thing...You have to use some types of metals or 'metal look' on your ATC for around 80% of your card. For the other 20% you can use whatever products you like i.e papers, pictures, embellishments etc

Myself and the girls have come up with some ideas to help inspire you and show you an example, here they are:

(I'm pretty sure we have all used alcohol inks for colouring too)

Nickie's take:
Nickie has used chipboard, inks, embossed impressions, mirror embellishment and vintage pictures to add gorgeous charm and a beautiful soft array of colours.

My Take:
Using some old metal rim embellishments, I've covered with paper, added charms from Artgirlz and used metal on the back which I've embossed on the cuttlebug and coloured with alcohol ink. Also used were bronze metallic rub ons.

Lianne's take:
Lianne has embossed her background on the cuttlebug, coloured I presume with alcohol inks, wired a little metal fence, and hand made metal flowers using punches for a fabulous effect.

The colours are just stunning in this one.

Ok, so hope they give you a head start of inspiration.

Please upload your completed ATC to the Art Room under the folder ATC Dares # 10 by Friday 4th September 09 to be in the draw for a cool prize. You can also follow the threads in the Forum HERE plus check out out forum ATC swaps while your there!

Can't wait to see all your creations

Thanks

We have a winner for ATC Dare #9!

2009-07-31T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, well late as usual but I have finally drawn the winner for our latest dare 'Favourite Quotes'!

You can follow the thread on our forum but the winner for last month's dare went too:

Lilli...!!! Congratulations Lilli well done, you have scored yourself the following prize.

Here is Lilli's take on the challenge, an adorable little ATC

Here is the prize, an awesome little set of background stamps...

Autumn Leaves Stampology, 4 Clear Stamps, Block Stamps 2

Also check out the latest ATC swap that Anya is running in the forum NOW, don't miss out on putting your name down for this one, its going to be a goodie...

Colours of the Rainbow! Pick from what colours are left available, you will end up receiving a set of 10 cards with all different colours. I have chosen 'INDIGO' looking forward to working on these. Go over to the forum now to see if their are any spaces left.

Keep watch I'll be posting the next dare over the weekend!

Lianne has another Contribution

2009-06-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

Hello once again! Lianne has done another awesome contribution to share, a adorable little house. Here it is:

Hope your ATC's are starting to come along! Looking forward to seeing some in the Art Room.

Lianne's Contribution

2009-06-23T20:01:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

As promised, here is Lianne's contribution to the Favourite Quotes Dare!

Lianne has been very creative and etched her quote into a layer of Gesso then rubbed paint over in layers. This is very effective and something completely different.

Thanks for a great inspiring card Lianne!

ATC Dare #9 - Favourite Quotes!

2009-06-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

Hello again, yes I am late once again but finally got my example ATC finished last night.

Thanks to all those that have joined in to ATC dares in the past few months! This time we decided to make it easy for you. You basically can do anything you want this month, the only catch is you have to have at least 'one' favourite quote on your ATC somewhere.

You have one month to complete this dare so you have plenty of time. Please remember to upload your finished ATC to the ATC Dare #9-Favourite Quotes Folder in the ART ROOM by Tuesday 21st July 2009.

You will also find a thread in the forum if you want to show anyone your ATC or talk about it.

Lianne is still working on her contribution but in the meantime hopefully Nickie and I can inspire you with ours!!

Here is Nickies......she has a gorgeous image in the background with a fabulous 2Crafty chipboard window embossed and popped up over her image. She has also added a Collections butterfly, sprayed roses and quote, isn't is just adorable?

Here is my example, I decided to add an additional piece to my ATC to fit in the quote. The main body of the ATC is the required measurement. I have double stamped the background with music and tape measure stamps, stamped the background for the corset with an dictionary print and stamped the corset. I have also added some german scrap coloured with alcohol inks along the top edge. I couldn't quite fit the quote in how I hoped, trust me to pick a long one!!

Thanks for looking, good luck with your ATC's and I'll be back to add Lianne's ATC very soon.

Feel free to leave a comment!

thanks, Lisa :)

A Winner picked for 'Places' Dare!

2009-06-16T02:40:00.000-07:00

Hi Girls,

Sorry better late than ever. Wow what a full on week with phone calls coming through with weekend pass holders for Senz ringing to book their classes, the phone in the shop has been a hotline!

We have some really cool new products that can be used on your ATC's instore now. A fabulous range from Collections Elements, not just the new products but still some older goodies too. Some awesome coloured metal sheets from 10 Seconds Studio, fabulous for ATC's, can be embossed, coloured with alcohol inks etc. I'll have to make up a sample to show you, you will love it! Don't know anyone else in NZ that stocks this either. They also have some stunning embossing moulds which I'm going to bring in also.

Nickie our contributor has made up a stunning project that she is displaying as a sample in the shop, will have to photograph it tomorrow to show, its absolutely gorgeous!

Ok, I have been on the random number generator and here is the list I prepared:

3 - Dianne
1 - Sonya
4 - Daffyscrapper
2 - Dana
5 - Lilli

Here are the results:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2009-06-16 09:47:59 UTC

So, it seems the winner this month is SONYA!.....yay way to go Sonya.

Really loved all the ATC's thanks girls for amazing work once again, really liked the movement in yours too Sonya, I would never have thought of adding the clock hands, too cool plus I like how you have used the postage stamp edging!

here is Sonya's ATC

Sonya you have this small prize coming you way to say thanks! Congratulations

We have decided on the next topic, a pretty easy one this month you won't have to think too much! Stay posted because tomorrow we will upload the next dare!

Our Contributions!

2009-05-18T23:38:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone, sorry its taken so long but finally here are our contributions (I held things up a bit with finishing mine off!)

First of all I'll start of with Nickie's as she finished her's first. I love this, she has used these adorable new little rose buds we just got instore, take a look:

TICKETTY BOO - BY NICKIE MOUNCEY

and here is Lianne's. She has used loads of techniques on this one including stitching and glazing over map for her background, then cracked it, what an awesome effect!

AFRICA - BY LIANNE GRAY

and finally here is mine. A bit of a weird one I must say. I like to make ATC's outside the square so to speak but a real pain when it can't fit into a folder! My background measurement is measured around the perimeter if the chipboard background. Images sourced off the internet and resized etc. Originally I had a plan to use my new Hero Arts Russian Doll stamps but couldn't find where I put them! Typical

I used German Scrap strips for the background and had to resort to Peelcraft for the lettering...lol to tie it together.

I did not know Russia was such a beautiful place until I started looking up images of the cities etc, I really enjoyed the exercise.

MOSCOW - BY LISA WALKER

Thanks for looking, hope you are all busy working on your take on this dare! :)

ATC Dare #8 - Places & Their Icons

2009-05-12T22:29:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, I'm back again to post your new dare!

This month we decided on Places & their Icons! Now its up to you to choose how you do this and whether you want to just focus on the place or use one or some of their icons to give the clue on what place you are trying to convey.

For example: You might want to focus on a place with pictures or words about France, Egypt, England etc etc, or you might want to create a card with some icons that can represent a place, for example: Holland - Clogs, Paris - Eiffel Tower, Paeroa - L & P, Auckland - Sky Tower, New Zealand - Kiwi, England - Queen etc etc

The only rule is you have to have the name of the place somewhere on the card plus it has to be a place that everybody knows of ie. Town, City, Country, Famous Icon etc, cannot be your local coffee shop or beach house..lol

Here is an ATC I found online to give you an idea: Here is the link to where I found this, she has some other great ATCs to check out, look HERE

I should be able to get my ATC example done tomorrow night, I have an idea in mind. I know has an idea up her sleeve and I pretty sure Nickie and Kryshina will do one too so keep watch. I'll post in the forum when we have posted our examples also.

Ok, so remember to post your ATC in the ART ROOM under ATC Dares, I have set up a folder in there. You have until Sunday 7th June to complete your ATC and post in the gallery.

Good Luck everyone, talk soon :)

A Winner picked for House Dare!

2009-05-12T22:16:00.000-07:00

OK girls, sorry bit late as usual but I have used a 'random number generator' online to pick a winner for the 'Miniture House' Dare #7. I simply wrote out all the names (5 in total) numbered them then went online to get a winner!

The winner for this dare is: Daffyscrapper! (Lisa)

A big congratulations to you, thanks so much for participating. Email me your address: inspired2scrap@hotmail.com so I can send out your prize!

Here is Lisa's take on the Dare #7

Here is the fabulous prize Lisa has won:

Some Collections ATC frames, Collections ATC words and 2Crafty ATC Clocks.

I'll be posting the next dare shortly. A big thanks to the other four that participated, the cards were amazing!

To check out the other Miniture House ATC's go HERE

Nickie's Contribution!

2009-04-27T05:46:00.000-07:00

Here is Nickie's contribution to this month's dare for 'miniature houses'. Just love what she has created. Sorry I got it up so late, Nickie actually did it a while ago but I went away in the School Holidays etc.

Have some awesome ATC's in the gallery for this month's dare already, keep them coming girls, this is a fun topic. Also if you haven't already, remember to check out the forum for our latest ATC swap, not sure if there are any spaces left but the theme this month is 'Black & White'. These swaps are a great way to get your ATC collection really built up.

Here is Nickie's 'Home & Heart'

New Contributions!

2009-04-16T17:58:00.000-07:00

Lianne finished her second contribution last night and so did Kryshina.

Here is Lianne's:

She has stamped the background with one of the new Prima Brick Wall Clear Stamps, stamped the house with one of the new Hero Arts Wood Grain Rubber Stamps & Collections Chipboard Bird. Isn't it adorable?

Here is Kryshina's:

Kryshina has used some of the new patterned papers from Webster's Pages & Prima plus some ink and bling.

How cute is this little birdhouse?

House Contributions!

2009-04-15T21:29:00.000-07:00

Lianne and I had loads of fun creating these ATC's. Lianne has another one in the works that I should be able to post tomorrow. I have a couple more ideas in store also, we share these over the next few days.

Nickie and Kryshina are also currently working on theirs too.

Here is Lianne's Take using fabric and stitching:

Here is my take, tried to get a vintage feel with this one, the wings were added for something random, absolutely no meaning at all....lol

Embossed background, painted frame & window, cut out paper and images, german scrap,brad.

ATC Dare #7 - Miniture Houses

2009-04-15T01:17:00.000-07:00

Well, girls the next dare is quite a simple one really but so many ideas and options can go with this theme. My mind is filled and already I can see me wanting to make more than one!

I have called this dare 'Miniture Houses' solely because ATC's are small so don't read anything more into it, the theme is basically Houses. So anything you can think of to do with this, go for it, its wide open!

Now also remember to think outside the square literally, maybe your card will be a house shape? Maybe it will host a little cottage, maybe a bird house, maybe something modern. Whatever you want as long as it resembles some type of house is fine by me.

Now I'm making my sample tonight and will be posting it up here tomorrow, we will post the contributors ATC's also as soon as they come in.

Once again its simple. Upload your ATC to the correct folder in the gallery HERE (making sure you sign up as a member first if you haven't already) I will make the appropriate folder. There will also be a thread in the FORUM also if you want to talk about it or have any questions. Otherwise simply email me at inspired2scrap@hotmail.com

On both Forum and Gallery simply scroll down to find the ATC's threads.

You have until Sunday 10th May to get your ATC's in so that leaves you around 3 weeks.

Good luck everyone and looking forward to seeing those entries!

thanks, Lisa

Posting Finally!!

2009-04-15T00:56:00.001-07:00

Sorry everybody, yes I know this is soooo late! With going away to SIA, catching up back at the shop plus Easter things have run behind.

Never fear tonight I am finally drawing the winner of the Masquerade Dare. I have a delicious prize here it is: (around $37.00 value!!)

Ok, I'm going to get my daugher's to do the draw:

and the winner is.......Ngaere (bngaere), fantastic congratulations! Thanks for participating in last month's draw to everyone including the Contributor's for making their samples. Hopefully this time around we will get some more interest.

Ngaere please email me at inspired2scrap@hotmail.com to give me your postal details so I can get your prize out to you! :)

Here is Ngaere's entry:

I am going to follow with April's ATC Dare # 7 post.

More Contributions!

2009-03-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

Hi again, well it was a nice surprise this morning to come in to work and find Nickie and Lianne had both done their take on this month's dare.

Other exciting news, Lianne Gray has also decided to join us as a contributor, fantastic!

Here are their two takes:

Lianne's

Nickie's

Thanks girls, these are great. Really looking forward to seeing everybody elses!

ATC Dares is back! - ATC Dare #6

2009-03-10T13:41:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, yes yes I know its been a very long break for ATC dares! Well we have recovered from the holidays, kids are back at school and you know what that means....yay more time to make ATC's!!!

Last year things did get a bit hectic for me running this site fornightly on top of our website and store. So we have decided this year to run the dare once a month. Like me I guess most of you scrapbook, make cards or other mixed media or altered projects so it can be hard to fit everything in sometimes. I think to produce at least one ATC per month is very manageable for most of us.

Other exciting news is we have the lovely Nickie Mouncey now working full time in the shop and she is also in to ATC's! So thats great news for us because she has agreed to be a contributor too!

Ok, to get the ball rolling for the year I have come up with this cool theme which I really enjoyed making. I have done a couple of takes on this, completely different than the idea I had in mind when I first started out! Anyhow am very pleased with my first one:

Ok, the theme for the month - MARCH 09 ATC DARE #6 is: MASQUERADE!

Now you can do any interpretion of this, I have just done the typical stereo-type, but there are heaps of ideas out there. You have until midnight 31st March to get you dare up on the gallery. Since this is the 1st dare for the year I have a nice prize in mind so come on girls, get your thinking caps on and join in. This is one way of getting some ATC's done to fill that album!

For those newbies out there this is what you need to do:

For full info click back on our side bar to September in the Archives and read up all about what an ATC is, the standard size for your card must be 2.5" x 3.5" generally most are portrait but you can make landscape too. Once you have made your card scan it or take a photo and I generally downsize mine to 400 pixels in height, then upload this to our ARTROOM which is linked to my online website and shop. There will be the appropriate folder for this month where you can post your ATC too. Also check out our FORUM as we also have ATC swap running most months. Swaps are a great way to get your collection of ATC's going fast.

Any queries feel free to email me at inspired2scrap@hotmail.com

Ok, so now you have all the info here are my two takes on this theme:

For both of these I have embossed and stamped the backgrounds using UTEE, same with the chipboard pieces on the 2nd one. Not sure if I should have glittered the wing on the 2nd one but anyhow its done now. I resized all pictures and by fluke the masks just happened to fit the eyes of both pictures so I was quite pleased about that.

Looking forward to seeing all your creations and good luck! I'll add an update soon with details of the prize!

In Light of Christmas!

2008-12-08T03:27:00.000-08:00

Hi again, in light of Christmas I was in the spirit tonight and made up this quick little ATC and just thought I'd share :)

This is a lot more glittery in real life, the background paper is a glitter paper from Franchville and the ornaments and branch is cut out of the same paper.

Lisa

An Apology

2008-12-07T02:55:00.001-08:00

Hello everybody, I have a big apology to make. The last week I have been so full on I've barely been on the computer to catch up on emails and blogs. Given the fact that things have been so busy and I'd imagine for everybody else this time of year, we have decided to not post any more dares this month until after Christmas.

We didn't get a lot of interest in our last dare and I think its definitely due to the busy time of year. A big thanks to Amanda and Lianne for joining in on our last Eighties dare, because Amanda posted her dare within the given time makes her the winner for that round.

Congratulations Amanda and I'll get some goodies out to you this week. Have a fantastic Christmas and Holiday season everybody and we'll be back in 2009! In the meantime keep up the great work with your ATC's and we'll have some great themes next year.

To get you in the Christmas Spirit here are some nice Christmas pics to get you inspired.

Kryshina's Take

2008-11-18T03:05:00.000-08:00

Kryshina finally finished her 80's ATC. She made the backgrounds for a set of 3 but wasn't happy with the other two images. I've just finished my Halloween cards for the forum swap tonight so I'll get on to this one sometime this week. Will get up up as soon as I can.

Kryshina used Bazzill Bling Cardstock on the back overlayed with printed Prima Transparency. Next came the Silver Mesh topped with Felt Lace. Printed picture, dymo label maker and safety pins.

ATC Dare #5 - 1980's Fashion

2008-11-14T00:36:00.000-08:00

This fortnight Kryshina came up with the idea of 1980's Fashion! Kryshina was going to post this tonight ended up going out so here I am!...lol

We are still working on our examples so hopefully we will get those up over the weekend. In the meantime, think of some of these for ideas!

This should really bring back memories for those my age group and over...lol

Mullet haircuts, double-belts, off the shoulder tops, apron dresses, lurex clothing, nappy pants, puff-ball skirts, Madonna look-a-likes, slouch socks, stirrip pants, electric blue mascara, teased hair, diamonte earrings, paisley, shoulder pads, waisted pants, baggies, sweatshirts, ripped tops, new wave, punk, leg warmers, court shoes, fishnet stockings, lace ribbons, t-shirts under suit jackets, doc martens, gothic, converse shoes, studded dog collars, denim jackets, bob hair styles, perms, large earrings, swatch watches, bat-wing sleeves.

And what sort of things would you find around the home or in decorating? Rubix Cube, music tapes, vcr videos, 10 speed bicycles and the list goes on.

Hmmm think Madonna, Duran Duran, Olivia-Newton John, Whitney Housten, Cindy Lauper, Paul Young, Dallas, Dynasty etc etc - so get your thinking caps on girls!

Your ATC needs to be uploaded to the Art Room by Midnight Wed 26th November - Good Luck!

We have a winner for 'A Quest For A Cure' Dare

2008-11-13T19:49:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Kryshina and I did the draw today for the winner of our latest dare 'Quest for a Cure' I really liked this theme and a big thank you to everybody who joined in this past fortnight.

The winner drawn for this dare was:

MONIQUE DARGE! - Fabulous Monique, congratulations! You have scored yourself some goodies this week including some awesome NEW ATC background clear stamps. Well Done.

Here is Monique's ATC, I really like her whole approach which I wouldn't have thought of.

and the Contributor's pick this week goes to: Elaine - there is something about this one that appeals to me, I like the picture Elaine has chosen plus the great way she has showcased her words, this is very appealing. Well done girls!

Keep watch as the next DARE is going up tonight!

A Random ATC

2008-11-09T12:34:00.000-08:00

Hi, over the weekend I decided to try out a new technique. I had brought some texture paste from the art shop that comes with glass beads mixed through. I also added fibres to the background and adhered it with modge podge. After this I painted the background with luminarte paint and added a couple of colours of pearlex powders. I added a charm, cut out picture, pressed flower (which keeps falling apart mind you) and also dimensional magic over the words and wings, also a few beads added to the wings also.

I also had this stuff called Mica which I had in my embellishment box for years, I took a piece and stamped it with Stazon ink to put underneath.

The completed ATC Xmas Cards!

2008-11-08T15:13:00.000-08:00

Here are the cards I put together using the Xmas ATC cards featured in my last post.

The stamped backgrounds are using a technique using Bleach to stamp with.

Just Sharing!

2008-11-04T20:23:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, just thought I'd share a set of Christmas ATC's I'm going to incorporate onto Christmas Cards for a class at the shop.

Have used some new glitter papers from MME, some copper mesh, a couple of other bits and pieces, stamping and images from Lisa's Altered Art.

Enjoy!

My Samples For The 'Quest for a Cure' Dare

2008-11-02T00:04:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, this is my first post on this blog!
If anyone doesn't already know im Lisa's daughter, at the present im working at Scrapbook Studio until early next year when im going to further my studies in make up artistry. I try to do as much Scrapbooking as i can if i have time lol otherwise ive been getting into doing ATC's, i did 2 of the big swaps that we run in our forum, but now im going to concentrate more on contributing to these dares!!

I decided to make a series of three ATC's for this challenge and have called them the 'Cure All' Fairies, they took me a little while to figure out exactly what i was going to do! which happens with pretty much everything i tend to do!! lol

The backround pieces of paper i used are from the new My Minds Eye - Laundry Line, I loved the papers so much when i saw them, I cant resist anything glittery or pink!! ive also used Silver Skeleton Leaves in the backround under the gorgeous pictures i stole from mum! lol.

Good Luck to everyone joining in on this dare!! dedicated to a great cause!! Have Fun!!! :)

ATC Dare # 4 - Quest for a Cure

2008-10-30T18:27:00.001-07:00

Hello everybody!

Since its the month of October and Halloween is already sorted for our forum swap I decided since its also Breast Cancer Awareness Month that this would be a great topic.

So the topic for this fortnight is called 'Quest for a Cure' and the only rules are the following:

You must use some pink on your ATC and you must also have the pink ribbon logo (whether it be a picture, actually ribbon etc)

You are to have your submissions uploaded into the Art Room by midnight Wednesday 12th November 2008.

Now I was lucky enough to have these gorgeous pictures so I felt like I cheated...LOL, but the clock was ticking and I didn't have a lot of time. I am off to a Scrapbooking Retreat this weekend so who knows I may just get another one done!

Here is my take:

So, there you go, get your thinking caps on and good luck!

And the Winner is.....

2008-10-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

Hello, well Kryshina and I drew the winner this morning for the 'Fantasy' Dare #3 and the winner is:

ELAINE!!! - Congrats. Here is Elaine's take on the Fantasy Dare:

And this fortnight it was really hard to make a pick on which ATC I liked because they were ALL so awesome, you girls definitely put me to shame...LOL

anyway I chose one of Lianne's ATC to show as I loved the techniques she used for her backgrounds, well done Lianne!

A new post will follow shortly with the next dare!

ATC Halloween Swap

2008-10-30T04:24:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!

Have you checked out the swap over in the forum for this month? In the spirit of Halloween month, Amanda is running the swap this time, to sign up simply post your name HERE

I am also joining in on this swap, have done a practice card for fun, still not sure what I am going to do yet though. Love these cute little Halloween babies.

Sorry but I had a class tonight and didn't quite get the chance to do the draw, will do it tomorrow from work. Also keep posted for the next dare :)

My Fantasy Cards

2008-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

Hello, I have finished a set of two ATC's as my take on the Fantasy dare. These are pretty basic, the hardest part is finding and resizing the images.

Card #1 - Zenith Warrior (I made these names up by the way....lol)

Credits to cosmosue.deviantart.com for most of the images

Printed background, cut out 4 different images and put together

Card #2 - Princess Warrior

Stamped background and cut from 3 different images

I have a stamp that I would like to use on another one so I'll see how I go over the next few days, good luck everybody!

ATC Dare #3 - Fantasy

2008-10-17T01:12:00.000-07:00

Hi, back again with your next dare!

This fortnight we are going to discover FANTASY this is a great subject which leaves alot open to the imagination. Fantasy can be whatever you want it to be but when I think of Fantasy I immediately think of random weird pictures or some of the following:

Myths, Legonds, Fairies, Gargoyles, Dragons, Zodiac, Elves, Magic, Warriors, Mermaids, Unicorns, Wizards, Vampires, Sorcerers, Vikings & Goblins.

OK, so get your Fantasy ATC uploaded to the ART ROOM by Wednesday 29th October under the correct folder >ATC Dares>Dare#3-Fantasy. Also remember if you are interested in joining our swaps or have ATC's that you want to trade check out the other folders in the Art Room or whats going on in the Forum.

Here are a few pics I found on the web to get you thinking, I am still working on my sample which I hope to have up tomorrow, have fun with this one and I DARE YOU!

And the winner is......

2008-10-17T00:23:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, sorry this is late coming but I worked all last night and never got the chance to do the draw. Anyhow the draw is done and a big thank you once again to the ladies who entered our 1950's/Retro dare, all the entries were awesome and it was great to see everybody's takes.

Here are the results:

Sorry that this is so hard to read but I could not get my camera to focus on a close up but you get the general idea, the winner of this draw is.....AMANDA!!!

Congrats Amanda, you have some ATC goodies coming your way...

Here are Amanda's 2 ATC's she did for the dare:

Love these Amanda has done a great job in putting these together.

And for this fortnight the Contributors Pick goes to Sonya! I love all the work Sonya put into this card and the movement and flow it has, well done Sonya :)

Right girls, get ready for your next dare, I'll be posting the details shortly!
(Sorry I've been trying to add the slideshow but it keeps telling me the slideshow is empty!!!)

ATC Bird Swap

2008-10-15T03:01:00.000-07:00

Hi there, our swap last month was the theme 'Birds'. I received lots of cool ATC's and wanted to share mine with you. This month our swap theme is 'Fairytales' which closed today, I will post a pic once the cards have been posted out.

If you are keen to join in on some swaps, check out our forum as the next swap and deadlines should be posted soon, it will be swap #5....Keep tabs on it here.

Here is my Bird ATC, 3 layers of ripped paper (used up some old papers that I probably wouldn't have used for scrapbooking but worked perfectly for this!) Collections chipboard bird (wren) inked and stamped, cuttlebug embossed backround and inked, cuttlebug embossed bird wing, stamped branch and speech bubble.

I am full on tomorrow afternoon and evening teaching a birthday party and christmas card class so I try and fit in the draw when I can. A big thanks to everybody who has participated in the 1950's/Retro ATC Dare the Art Room is looking awesome. Good luck everybody! :)

More 1950 ATC's for inspiration!

2008-10-03T21:18:00.000-07:00

Just finished my other two cards as promised. I had to re-do one of them because I decided to try this new technique which was not successful...lol but in the process I found that Dimensional Magic mixes really well with LuminArte Pigment Powders to make up a great paste to use as a nice shimmery paint. Might try this on another ATC sometime.

I decided to try my hand at a 'landscape ATC' this shape doesn't seem that popular but wanted to give it a go, I'm really pleased with it. I stamped the background with black stazon on glossy card, did not colour this, edged the card with a red slick writer pen. Cut out images from 4 different pics found on the internet, resized them and printed on photo paper. I'm getting it down to a fine art resizing the proportions on Photoshop Elements now. I also popped up the 2 main images because they seemed to get a bit lost in the background. The background is suppose to represent a black & white tiled floor.

My second card a bit more basic, printed background and 3 other images, all on photo paper. This was my girl I started out with:

I added a retro backround to funk it up - end result:

Now, off to make a start on my fairytale swap cards for our forum swap! Absolutely no idea what I'm going to do yet...lol

ATC Dare #2 - 1950's/Retro

2008-10-03T00:52:00.000-07:00

Here we go, we are up to Dare #2 already! Are you up to it? We are going to go back in time to the Nifty Fifties!

This was the era for retro kitchens, the perfect housewife, the hula hoop was invented, rock & roll, enamelware, jukeboxes, pedal cars & tricycles, Elvis Presley, vinyl records, black & white TV consoles, I Love Lucy TV show, Marilyn Monroe starred in 'Some Like it Hot', Don McLean's 'American Pie', movies like Disney's Cinderella & Alice in Wonderland came out, these were the good ole days!

This era leaves so much open to the imagination for your ATC's, the only hard part is 'Where to start?' Kryshina and I have a couple to get you going which are fairly basic. I am working on a couple more which I will post later on tonight once they are finished.

You must have your ATC's up in the Artroom Gallery by Wednesday night 15th October.

Here's Kryshina's:

Printed background and photo both found on the internet with dimensional magic and beads on the back, also dymo label maker.

Here is one of my attempts, pretty basic but the hardest part about this is finding all the images etc, I have used black glossy card as my background and stamped with lavender stazon ink using some retro circles clear stamps to represent bubbles.

Will post my other two a little later. Good luck and get searching!!

Quick & Easy ATC Background Tip

2008-10-02T15:53:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody, I just wanted to share a little bit of inspiration and a tip for the weekend.

Last night I made a couple of ATC's, one being really basic to show you a quick background technique.

What you will need is a Dye Ink (Memento's are great with a beautiful new range of colours), Stazon Ink, a brayer (the handiest tool ever which I use all the time) plus one piece of glossy cardstock. All these products are available at Scrapbook Studio.

Cut out your 3.5" x 2.5" ATC from your Glossy Cardstock. Stamp your desired image over the glossy card with a stazon ink, I have chosen black for this card.

Then take your brayer and roll it several times in your large Memento Dye Ink Pad, for this card I have chosen the colour 'Lady Bug'

Taking your inked up brayer, evenly roll it several times over your glossy cardstock, sometimes it may slide around but be assured the colour does even out as you continue to roll over it. This ink dries almost instantly. This is the effect you will get:

I made a quick ATC with this background and also coloured glossy card with a lime green Memento 'Pear Tart' to matt my vintage picture. Dye inks are a fantastic way to colour a boring piece of white card to add some quick colour!

Here is another ATC using the same background technique, this one is using Memento 'Summer Sky'. Also used Dimensional Magic, Stickles, several cut out designs, cut out flowers embossed to curl the petals. Tim Holtz Background rubber stamp.

Thats it for now, will post again later tonight with Dare #2!

We Have A Winner!

2008-10-02T01:17:00.001-07:00

Hello, everybody. Well two weeks have gone quick and its time to pick a winner for our 'Send In The Clowns' dare. A big thank you to everybody who joined in, the ATC cards that came through were all very inspiring and fantastic!

The winner for 'Send In The Clowns' is:

Congrats Roo (Ruth) for your fantastic ATC, here it is:

You have a great assortment of goodies to use on your ATC's coming your way! Here is your prize.....

Again a big thanks and for this fortnight we have the Contributors Pick. We loved all the ATC's and it was a hard choice but our pick to showcase this time around goes to 'Mummymoo' (Janine) this was her very 1st ATC and I think she did a fantastic job, just love the colours in this one, well done!

Thats it for tonight, be sure to check in tomorrow night for details on our next Dare #2. See you then!

Send In The Clowns - Swap Cards

2008-09-20T23:02:00.000-07:00

Hello, as promised, I mentioned earlier that I would make up 3 ATC cards to swap based on our theme for our 1st dare 'Send In The Clowns'. I have made up 3 cards all slightly different, these are French Clowns.

These 3 cards are all made up from one piece of white cardstock, everything has been hand coloured.

Background is ink rolled on with a brayer using Tsukineko Kaleidacolor Inks which have 5 colours per pad. These give a really cool rainbow effect. I then stamped over the background with a diamond stamp and heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder.

The lime green matts is Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist which has been sprayed on then embossed on the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then cut out the printed images (two I had to customize the faces) coloured a touch of red with a Tombo Pen and punched out some left over brayered ink with a stationery punch to make the circles. These are suppose to represent juggling balls.

I have made up 4 cards, 3 to trade and one for myself. These cards will also be posted in the Art Room. If you are interested in trading, email me a pic of any ATC's you have available to swap and I'll get back to you.

Thanks, Lisa..........inspired2scrap@hotmail.com

ATC Dare # 1 - Send In The Clowns!

2008-09-18T05:30:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our very 1st Dare! I do hope you find the time to join in.

This fortnight I decided randomly on the theme of Clowns. Why I don't know, I just happened to see the word somewhere on the internet and thought it could be interesting. There are so many different angles you could take on this dare and I think it will be fun to see what people can come up with. Everybody's perception on things can be so different, so come on, give it a go.

Here are some examples which could spark an idea: Scary Clowns, Circus Clowns, Evil Clowns, Clown Dress-ups, Class Clowns, Joker Clowns, Famous Clowns, French Clowns and Magic Clowns. On this dare, you can do anything you like and whatever tecniques you like so it leaves it wide open.

So come on, give it a go. You will need to upload an image of your ATC ( I save mine around 400 pixels in height) to our folder in the Art Room by Wednesday 1st October. We will then draw a winner on Thursday and post before the next dare is set. We are also going to have a Contributors Pick of the Fortnight. The winning ATC and Contributors Pick will both be posted on the ATC Dares Blog. All other entries will be viewed in the Art Room or occasionally I might post a slideshow with all the entries.

You must sign up to become a member of the Art Room if you haven't already. Uploading a picture is easy and there will be a folder set up each fortnight with each dare under ATC DARES so when you upload simply post it in the right folder.

To sign up now click HERE

If you scroll right down the bottom under the MAIN window you will see the different ATC folders. Any queries do feel free to email me (Lisa) at inspired2scrap@hotmail.com

The winner of this dare will receive a little bag of ATC goodies :)

I did a take on this, my result was very far away from my original idea. Not really the clown I had in mind...lol, anyhow I am going to make some more of a different type of clown which will be available for a trade. I will post these next week.

Here it is......'Clowning Around' - Background coloured with Radiant Rain Shimmer Mist, edged with paint dabber, painted with bubble wrap. Also included a cut-out transparency, computer journaling, epoxy bubble, printed picture, stars & gems.

TIP OF THE WEEK: The background for this ATC was not my first attempt! First of all I covered the background with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder. The texture is quite different and when it melts it doesn't seem to change that much, it ends up with a rough texture not unlike sandpaper. Anyhow I discovered that it does not paint or ink over that well. I stamped over the background plus bubble wrapped paint and neither stuck to it, I ended up with a very faded out image. But the upside is that the Distress Powder is a very cool effect if you want that rough type of texture.

Our Latest ATC Swap is On - Fairy Tales

2008-09-17T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody, incase you haven't been over to our forum, we have an ATC swap up on the board now. The thread is available for you to post your name if you want to join in. Our last swap we had 15 which was great. If the numbers start to get too long we may revise our idea of how many sets we make etc so we don't have to committ to too many.

The theme has been set by Lianne Gray this month and she has chosen the theme of 'Fairy Tales' this should be a fun theme and has so many angles and possibilities. I'm going to enjoy dreaming up a design for this one. To join in, you must be a member of the forum, simply log in and post your name in the thread. Further details will be advised.

Here is the link to the thread so sign up now!

If you have been over to our Art Room you will see I finally got around to loading up my first ATC's. I have just finished my 15 cards for our Bird Swap, so once they have been sent out I'll post mine here. Great to see some other ATC's getting loaded up too, fantastic!

Here are my two last swaps, themes of Hearts and Butterflies:

The first one called 'Hearts of Love' was using a the cuttlebug to emboss tin foil, then I simply inked over the embossed image with Stazon black ink, a really effective backround.

On the 2nd one 'Fly Butterfly Fly' I have used a simple tecnique that I love and use alot using dye inks and a stipple brush. You stamp your image then stipple over the top using a couple of different colours in different areas to colour the backround. This dries instantly and a great way to add colour to a stamp in an easy way. This technique is also used when masking and stamping. The wings were a butterfly stamp I stamped with Stazon onto a transparency then cut out. The little girl is also popped up on the backround using foam dots.

Thats it for now, remember to pop back over on Friday night to check out the 1st dare. I have an idea sorted, kinda off the wall for me, something out of my comfort zone but should be a fun challenge and interesting for all. Not sure what I'm going to come up with for an example yet but stay tuned!

Welcome!

2008-09-16T03:41:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody and welcome to our new ATC Dare Blog! Myself and a group of friends have started to dabble in the world of Artist Trading Cards. I thought it would be great to have a place for us New Zealanders (and anybody else for that matter) to meet, swap, be inspired and share ideas.

My name is Lisa and I the owner of a Scrapbooking & Papercrafting shop in Auckland called Scrapbook Studio (formerly Scrapbooking by Design). We sell several products suitable to use on ATC's and other mixed media projects. I love to create and also love working with mixed media, art products & fabric, whether its for sewing or adding to my papercraft projects.

We have recently started a ATC swap on our forum and I decided I had the perfect opportunity to start this site because we have the resources of our forum and gallery within our online website, we also have an online shoppe where we can also host ATC suitable products for purchase.

What is an Artist Trading Card you say? Well, an ATC (in short form) is a small collectible piece of original art, always traded but never sold! The act of creating and swapping ATC's is an exciting way to share your art and connect with other artists. A rule of thumb is that an ATC has to be a certain size which is 2.5" x 3.5" in size.

Usually you create your art on one side, maybe from a swap theme or your own theme. On the back you would normally sign your name, date, the name of the card and which number it is out of how many.

ATC's can be made up of all kinds of mixed media e.g paper, fabric, fibres, metal etc. They can feature the work of photographers, printmakers, watercolourists, collage artists, doodlers, metal crafters, cardmakers, scrapbookers and any mixed media enthusiasts.

These cards you can create and collect are a great source of artistic inspiration to keep and refer back to and admire not too mention very addictive and loads of fun. While entering the journey of ATC's you will find yourself trying new techniques and using products you never thought of using which will help inspire new ideas for other hobbies and projects.

So, lets get started! What is this site all about?

Well, on this site we will host a series of dares (i.e challenges) to motivate you to create some cards for either your own use or perhaps for you to trade. Each fornight we will set a dare, this may be based on a theme or a particular technique. Having guidelines will enable you to think outside the square and possibly force you to try something you never would have thought of. Joining in on the dares is of course optional and is purely for fun and motivation. However on most occasions we may have a small prize to send winners inside New Zealand.

What else can you expect from this site?

Not only will you gain inspiration and ideas from the ATC's that come out of the dares, but we will also have a small group of Contributing Artists for the site that will help inspire, motivate and offer ideas and information where possible. Each fornight when a new dare is posted, the contributing artists will post their interpretation of the dare.

We will also have links to other ATC inspiring sites, links to our forum ATC community and swaps, links to our Art Room and Online Shoppe plus tips and techniques offered where possible. Each month we have a ATC swap in our forum, its as simple as signing up in the forum and posting your name to join in. To join in on our newest swap #4 (still open) check out the info in our forum HERE

So! What are you waiting for? Go sign up now....... and don't forget to check back in, our 1st dare and details will be posted by Friday 8pm