Pocket Letter with Artist Trading Card- ATC

My latest Pocket Letter. It's just about all I can do these days. Life has definitely taken over. Life is grand. Wouldn't change it for anything. Love our new coop and chickens ;). More on that later.

I made the "Beauty" ATC with Altenew's Vintage Rose stamp set and white calligraphy ink.

Things for the recipient to play with!

Have a great day!

Pocket Letter Pen Pals

I've always been one to enjoy a handwritten letter. These Pocket Letters combine my passion for scrapbooking/papercrafting and my love of the handwritten.

I will definitely be making more of these in the future.

You just use a pocket page normally used for baseball cards.

Here is how I've filled my pockets

Stickers for my friend

A picture of home

The Letter

Wash Tape Sampler

ATC

10 Random Facts about me

Ephemera

Sequins

Tea

I hope you've enjoyed this little endeavor. 

Stay crafty!

Vintage Rose Card

Here I am again, using my Altenew Vintage Roses stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

I'm entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

ANYTHING GOES

I used a chalkboard paper with Bombay white calligraphy pen ink and a calligraphy pen.

I used the colors in this order for the rose.

Pretty in Pink

Positively Pink

Primrose Petals

Bravo Burgundy

For the leaves

Summer Starfruit

Wild Wasabi

Handsome Hunter

Fox Artist Trading Card ATC

I really do adore this stamp by PTI. It's is ever so sweet. I was working on making some ATCs for an upcoming exchange and these were few of my first attempts.

I'll show you the final ATC in few weeks. I hope you all have a great weekend. We've got lots going on.

Winter ATC Swap: Snowflakes Galore

I love making ATC's. This is a group I made for a swap I'm participating in this winter.
Twenty-seven in all and so fun to look at.

I  used October Afternoon Sprinklers in Ice Box just dripped on the background.

The "brown" snowflakes were stamped with Versamark and then embossed with Stampin' Up's Iridescent Ice embossing powder. I chose the sentiment from one of my favorite hymns.

Master the Tempest Is Raging

I love how the kraft background highlights the white flakes.

 

Hope you're all having a wonderful day.

Take care.

Cool Scoop ATC's

If you're looking for the give away just scroll down :) to the next post.
I have a little something sweet to share with you today.

I'm headed up to a scrapbooking retreat in Utah for a few days this week and I'm participating in an ATC exchange. I love this sentiment from the Cool Scoop set they can be used for so many things!
I got to play with Sweet Stamp Shops Cool Scoop set and had a blast. If you want to see the other project I made with this set head on over to the

SWEET STAMP SHOP BLOG

Here's a little sneak peek. ;)
Thanks for stopping in today and don't forget to enter for your chance to win a SSS Haunted House set in the post below! Today is the last day to enter. Have a great day and remember to make some time to create.

ATC Artist Trading Card

 

I made this ATC from random bits on my scrap desk. I sent it off to a dear friend!
I love this paper from We R Memory Keepers Travel Light collection...the patterns are awesome. The chevron stamp is from Sassafras. 

Scrapbook Steals April Blog Hop

WELCOME to the April SCRAPBOOKSTEALS blog hop!!

Today's steal is so AMAZING!!! 
MY MIND'S EYE MISS CAROLINE

I was overjoyed to receive a pad of MISS CAROLINE DILLY DALLY in the mail from the Steal Network to create with! It's so fun and cute too. 

I quickly dug into the paper and began by covering an over sized clothespin. I added some ink and flowers and voila-a recipe holder that's perfect for my kitchen.

Next, I used a mix of the papers to make flowers for this batch of ATCs. Sweet, little spring treasures to trade with friends. I love the wood grain papers that come with this set. The red polka-dotted paper made me swoon too.

And finally, I made this sweet little gift basket to be filled with goodies for a friend. I hope you enjoyed this morning's eye candy and don't forget to leave comments along the way to be entered to win a 

$20.00 gift certificate 

for some amazing scrapbook supplies from ScrapbookSteals.com

1. ScrapbookSteals
2. Misty Buck: http://www.mistylynnwhat.blogspot.com/  ------ You are here
3. Michelle Philippi: http://michellephilippi.com/         ----GO HERE  
4. Stephanie Umpleby: http://sucw.blogspot.com/
5. Kerys Sharrock:http://scrappinnhappy.blogspot.com/
6. Jennifer McDermott: http://wonkywares.blogspot.com/
7. Emily Lanham: http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/
8. Brenda Smith: http://theimperfectscrapper.blogspot.com/

PS I'M GOING TO BE DOING A RANDOM GIVE AWAY OF MY OWN--JUST BECOME A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG OVER ON THE SIDE BAR AND LEAVE A COMMENT AND YOU'RE ENTERED

Winter ATCs: Crafty Enablers Swap

This is my take our most recent swap with a winter them. I love seeing all the different interpretations from the girls.

I used a light blue cardstock and laid floral punchouts over the top. I then spritzed it with Glimmer Mist. Next I ran my SU whimsy wheel over one side in Night of Navy ink. I punched out the snowflakes, stamped the tree in basic brown, added sticky strip and micah flakes across the middle and then I was on to the circle snowflake. :)

i stamped teh snowflake in Buckaroo Blue ink, punched them out and inked the edge. Added a pearl and adhered it to the ATC. Finito and I love the way it came out.
Have a super day!

Do you ATC?

I recently entered an ATC swap and I need to make 34 ATCs!!!! The new swap has a fall theme and I was thinking about something like this card I made a few years ago

ATC stands for Artist Trading Card and is exactly what it sounds like...a little piece of "art" made by you that you trade with paper artists. They measure 2.5"x 3.5" and can look like ANYTHING!
These are a few ATCs I've made in the past.

I love doing ATCs because you can put them together so quickly.

With bits and scraps of paper.

stitching and stamps.
Hope you have a great day!