'tis the season ATC swap

 

It's a Christmas theme over on our ATC swap blog this month, so do pop over and join us.  Our design team have great ATCs over there to inspire you.

For my ATC I used,

Tim Holtz ATC stamps - Holiday Collection

Distress Inks:  Barn Red and Peeled Paint

Nestie Scalloped Hearts

Moonglow Embossing Powder Bougainvillea Red  Teal

USArtQuest Ah Great Tape and Mica Flakes Sparkling Champagne

and a spray of gold Starburst Stains

It's quite list of products for such a small ATC!

The small nestie heart was cut from thick card then embossed a few times with the Moonglow Embossing Powder.  I then stamped into it to create a pattern.

 

This close up shows the AGT (ahh great tape), that has been ruched up before adding the Mica Flakes.  It gives lacy strands of shimmer.

Our new fortnightly challenge theme starts tomorrow at noon, perhaps you can join us with that too!

Take care and keep warm!!!!

Jill

ATC Swap October theme - Travel

Well here we are at the beginning of a new month and a new ATC theme, the travel theme was chosen by Anita, winner and featured ATC'er of our first swap back in July.

Click HERE to travel on over the the ATC swap blog, where some of the design team have added their ATC's to get your inspiration racing on the theme!

Thank you to everyone who joined in the September swaps, the theme was The Look and today Janet is picking up a large bag of your entries that she'll be swapping about over the weekend and will no doubt be posting them all out to you early next week.

We hope you will join in this month!

Jill

Exciting News...

Yes, our ATC swaps are coming back!  We have been asked about them a number of times and Janet, our new DT member is going to be running them.

We will be announcing the details shortly but in the meantime if you would like to look at the past swaps then head off now to view the gallery, there are over 900 ATC's to view, by theme, to wet your appetite until the new ones start!

Janet and Michelle were lifesavers yesterday.  Michelle had held a workshop and we were all happily chatting and packing away our things at the end of the day when Helen left the shop to go home.  Well, Helen had the shop keys, believe it or not I don't actually have keys to my own shop, I usually go with Ian or leave there with Helen. 

Anyway, there we were, in my rush to run out of the shop to try and catch Helen who could have walked home any number of ways, I didn't take a phone, money or anything with me.  I couldn't find Helen on the route home and she wasn't there when I got there.  We tried ringing her mobile but no answer, I even searched Marks and Spencers in town!  Anyway, to cut a long story short, after buying a sturdy new padlock, Helen was found and returned to the shop with the keys. Phew!!  So thanks Janet, Michelle (for looking after the shop) and Helen (for coming back!).  All ended safe and OK.  I wonder if I can have my own set of keys now??

Jill