You are Every Bit of Wonderful

Hi Artsy Friends,
It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The June Challenge Theme is Monochrome.

For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog.
I finished this set of ATC right before the deadline. Hope they are inspirational and eye-pleasing to you. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day ahead.

ATC Details
I got inspirations from Jennifer McGuire’s tutorial here. The following are how I made my version.

1. Apply Distress Ink over dot stencil (Tim Holtz) on ATC panel. Apply White pigment ink on top of Distress Ink. Heat set to dry.

2. Apply three shades of Distress Inks over Leaf stencil (Simon Says Stamps).

3. Stamp text (Simon Says Stamps) in black over leaf image and mount to ATC panel. Voila!

Challenges to Enter

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – Masculine

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Favorite Technique Challenge

My favorite technique is to apply different inks/mediums over stencils to create backgrounds and/or focal point.

• Crafter’s Castle June Challenge #30 – Anything Goes
• STAMPlorations June Stencil Challenge – Always Anything Goes

  

• Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge Week Beginning 2th June
• Love to Craft Challenge #47 - June Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Purple
• Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge – Anything Goes
• Love to Create Challenge #6 – Anything Mixed Media Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge for June, #6 - 2020

Thanks for Everything ATC Card

Hi Artsy Friends,
I hope you’re doing well under prevailing Coronavirus situation.

It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The May Challenge Theme is Rainbow.
  
For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog.

I love how my ATC card turned out to be. Rainbow colors are so delightful and just made me happy. Hope this ATC is eye-pleasing to you. Thanks for stopping by. I wish you and your loved ones healthy during the pandemic.

ATC Details
1. Apply various Distress Stains directly on a watercolor paper panel. (DTP, Direct to Paper Technique)

2. Spray some water on panel to blend colors and create rainbow color effect.

3. Stamp my favorite text background (Hero Arts).

4. Stamp text (Simon Says Stamps) in black.

5. Apply embossing paste through a stencil (TCW) randomly.

6. Die cut flower (Simon Says Stamps).

7. Affix flower diecut on ATC panel and attach to a white ATC card. Voila!

 

Challenges to Enter

• Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Use Dies and/or Punches
• ATC Around the World Challenge #65 – Flowers
• Crafter’s Castle May Challenge #29 – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge Week Beginning 5th May
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Pink
• STAMPlorations May Stencil Challenge – Always Anything Goes

  

• Take It Make It Challenge: May Anything Goes
• Love to Craft Challenge #46 - May Anything Goes
• Love to Create Challenge #5 – Anything Mixed Media Goes
• Love to Scrap Challenge LTSCB #133 - Anything Goes

Be You

Edited on 5/9/2020

I'm thrilled that this set of ATCs was chosen as a Top 3 by Crafter’s Castle Challenge #28. Thanks, DT. You certainly made my day.

Hi Artsy Friends,
I hope you’re doing well under prevailing Coronavirus situation. Are you staying home to save the world or continue working/living as usual?

Anyway, it’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The April Challenge Theme is Make Your Own Background. For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog.

For me this theme is like Anything Goes and the possibilities are endless. To try something new, I challenged myself to use Distress Oxide Sprays which I bought last year and have not even opened yet. The following is how I made my set of ATCs using Distress Oxide Spray Resist Technique inspired by Jennifer McGuire.

Hope these ATCs are eye-pleasing to you. Thanks for stopping by. Wish you and your loved ones stay healthy during Coronavirus difficult time.

ATC Details
1. Stamp three cosmos flowers with VersaMark and heat embossed in clear on burgundy ATC panels.

2. Spray Distress Oxide Sprays (Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar)randomly on ATC panels and heat set.

3. Sprinkle Distress Oxide Spray (Squeezed Lemonade) randomly to add depth.

4. Stamp flower centers and heat embossed in gold. Cover ATC panel borders by VersaMark pen and heat embossed ATC panel borders in gold.

5. Glue text tissue paper and cover all ATC panel with Matte Medium. Surprisingly all colors become vivid and bright.

6. Attach ATC panel to ATC base. Voila!

 

Challenges to Enter

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Yellow

Love to Craft Challenge #45- April Anything Goes

Mix it Up Challenge MIUCB #36 - Anything Goes with Optional Fancy Fold

Crafter’s Castle February Challenge #28 – Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge #408 – Anything Goes

If Life Gives You Lemons

Hi Artsy Friends,

It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The February Challenge Theme is Fruity.

I am a fruits lover. I eat lots of fruits every day. But I must say this challenge is super difficult for me because I have rare fruit-image stamps.
I found and found and finally found an old NEW stamp set- SU Lemon Zest. Thank God I bought it last year. Otherwise I would have had nothing to hand in.

I’m glad I went back to the basics- purely stamping and punch, and recalled the simple joy.
Hope this set of ATCs is eye-pleasing to you. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

ATC Details
All stamps and punch is by Stampin Up.

Challenges to Enter

• Take It Make It Challenge: February Anything Goes
• Crafter’s Castle February Challenge #26 – Anything Goes
• Love to Craft Challenge #43 - February Anything Goes
• Mixed it Up Challenge #34 - Anything Goes + optional twist of Stenciling
• A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge February #2-2020– Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations February Challenge (#406) - Anything Goes
• Wednesday’s Creative Inspirations February Challenge - Anything Goes

• Let’s Craft and Create Challenge #155 – Anything Goes + Option LOVE IS IN THE AIR

 

He Who Plants a Tree Plants a Hope

Hi Artsy Friends,
Welcome to the first Happy Little Stampers’ (HLS's) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge for 2020. The January Challenge Theme is Masculine.

For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog.

Honestly speaking, making a Masculine project is very challenging to me because I’m too feminine (ha!) and I have very few masculine stamps. I finally decided to pick a tree image and simply enjoyed stamping and revisiting some basic techniques - brayering, VersaMark Resist and Heat Embossing.

Hope you like this set of ATCs. Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day.

ATC Details
Stamps are all by Stampin’ Up.

 

 

 

Challenges to Enter

• ATC’s with Heart # 88 Anything Goes
• Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #42 - January Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too Ch. #156- Monochromatic
• Love to Scrap LTSCB #129 - Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Blue

 

Merry Christmas / Holiday Cheer

Edited on 2/1/2020
I’m super excited that this set of ATCs was chosen as the Winner of More Mixed Media White Challenge as well as a Top Three by ATCs with Heart # 87. Thank you all, DTs. It’s indeed double happiness.

 

 

 

Hi Artsy Friends,
It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The December Challenge Theme is Bling. For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog. 
  
I instantly thought about making a snowing Christmas theme with lots of bling bling might be a good idea. And boy, these ATCs turned out to be quite gorgeous, so shiny and sparkling! My bling is made out of Glitter Ritz (Transparent Micro Fine Glitter), Gold and Silver Embossing Pastes. Hope you like my interpretation. I'd like to thank and credit my artsy friend/mentor, Mandy, for this Mixed Media Tissue Paper Technique which I learnt from her during a Christmas Handmade Card Gathering in mid November.
Thanks for stopping by and wish you a great day ahead.

ATC Details
1. Apply three Acrylic Paints (Ocean, Sky, Lapis) on Gelli Plate and mix well with a brayer.

2. Lay snowflake stencil (Memory Box) on Gelli Plate.

3. Place a tissue paper and press with fingers. The tissue paper will get acrylic paints for the positive snowflake images.

4. Remove the stencil and place another tissue paper. Press with fingers. The tissue paper will get acrylic paints for the negative snowflake images.

5. Place two tissue papers together, one on top of the other.

 

6. Use bottle caps to apply Gold Metallic Embossing Paste on background tissue paper. Boy, this monochromatic mixed media tissue paper background is beautiful, isn’t it?

7. Cut background tissue paper into ATC size. Apple Silver Metallic Embossing Paste over Falling Snow Stencil on ATC background tissue paper.

8. Apply Be Creative Tape on white cardstock and die cut Country Landscape die (Memory Box) from it. Cover Country Landscape image with Glitter Ritz (Warm Highlight).

9. Assemble the ATC and affix text stickers (Tim Holtz) as shown.

 

Challenges to Enter

• Simon Says Monday Challenge – Let’s Sparkle
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional White

  

• Memory Box Challenge #56- Holiday Cards

    

• A Vintage Journey December Challenge – Holly Jolly Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #17 - December Anything Christmas Goes

• STAMPlorations December Stencil Challenge

    

• Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #41 – December Anything Goes
•  ATC Around the World Challenge # 60 * * Snow & Ice
• ATCs Mit Herz Challenge # 87 - Christmas
• We Love 2 Create Challenge #12 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes 

Mixed Media ATC – Thank You

Edited on 12/7/2019

 

I'm thrilled that this set of ATCs was chosen as the Top 3 by ATC Around the World Challenge #59. Thanks, DT. You certainly made my day.

 

Hi Artsy Friends,

Time flies. It’s time to play along with Happy Little Stampers (HLS) ATC (Artist Trading Card/Coin) Challenge again. The November Challenge Theme is Die Cuts.
  
It’s super easy, right? I can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with. For Challenge Rules and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog.

ATC Details
1. I cheated, I confess. I picked a mixed media background panel that I made before here and cut into ATC size.
2. Die cut Flickering Butterflies (Simon Says Stamp) from the MM ATC panel.
3. Stamp French Script background (Stampin’ Up).
4. Apply Distress Paste over stencils (Tim Holtz and TCW) on ATC panel.
5. Stamp Thank You text (Altenew) and heat embossed in black.
6. Mount the ATC panel to a black panel. Voila!
I like what I made very much. Hope you like it too. Thanks so much for stopping by and wish you a great day ahead.

Challenges to Enter

• Simon Says Monday Challenge – Thanks/Thanksgiving
• Craft Stamper, Take It, Make It November Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
• Mix it Up Challenge #31 Anything Goes + Optional Watercoloring
• Try it on Tuesday – Colors of Autumn
• STAMPlorations November Stencil Challenge

  

• Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB #40 – October Anything Goes
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional Black
• We Love 2 Create Challenge #11 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
• ATC Around the World Challenge #59 – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge Week of November 5