Autumnal ATCs

Hello friends!

Today I'm sharing a couple of ATCs I created for 

our October challenge at Scraps & Pieces.

The challenge is about 

Autumn

and we have this beautiful moodboard to inspire you.

You can create any kind of project you want, as long as it's relative to our subject.

For my ATCs I used ColourArte products to color them and 7Dots Studio stickers to embellish them.

 Here are some details.

Thank you for visiting

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

Textured background with Radiant Gel and Vivids

Hello :)

Just a quick post today, a couple of ATCs with a video tutorial

I created with amazing ColourArte products.

In this video I will show how to create an amazing textured background 

with a  Radiant Gel - 3D paint in no time!

I hope you will enjoy it with the process and get inspired! 

Don't forget to leave me a comment, as well give me thumbs up on my You Tube channel  :)

ColourArte products I used for this project

H2O: Siam White

Vivid Ultra Metallic- Ginger Peach, 

Vivid Ultra Metallic- African Jade
Primary Elements - "Mermaid" France Papillon Series: 

Nutmeg, Ocean Wave, Guatamalan Green & Copper Pearl.

Radiant Gel - Copper Pearl

The Solution

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx 

Athanasia

Shaker Twin Atcs ***with video

Happy Sunday!

Today I'm sharing a couple of twin ATCs I created for ColourArte.

For this project I used...

ColourArte products

• Silks: Silver Bells, Iridescent Blue
• Primary Elements: Oyster, Black Ice, Winter Ice

Other products:

• White Heavy Gesso
• Black Gesso
• 3D Gloss Gel
• rice paper
• grey embossing powder
• glue inkpad
• thread
• Art Ingredients (glitter, glass beads, glass glitter, micro beads)
• butterfly stamp
• chipboard frame
• stapler
• bubble packaging
• art pebbles

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Here are some details...

...and my video - I hope you will enjoy it :)

***you can buy all ColourArte products here

Thank you for visiting

have a lovely crafty day!

Colorful ATCs

Hello dear friends!

This is my second share for 2Crafty Chipboard for this month.

I love making small art pieces and ATCs, they are always a perfect choice.

Even they measure only  2¹⁄₂ by 3¹⁄₂ inches, 

they provide sufficient space for many small embellishments,  believe me :)

And what would be most appropriate than chipboard pieces to use on them!

It was really a fun and quick project and I really enjoyed the process.

First I created a mixed media background with Primary Elements by ColourArte  and let it dry.

In the meantime I fuzzy cut the Circular Panel and Painted it with brown acrylic paint and a little bit of blue. I stuck them together using staplers.

Last thing to do was to glue the word stickers and the tiny Star and Heart.

 I decided to leave those two little fellows natural - I don't know why, I just liked the way they looked on there as they were, with no paint at all :)

2Crafty Chipboards Used:

Circular Panel

 ATC Tiny Hearts & Stars

 
Thank you for visiting, have a lovely crafty day! xxx Athanasia

fun background technique

Hello everyone!

Today I'm hosting the ColourArte blog and sharing a fun and very easy technique on how to create a background with beautiful textures and colors!

Let's see the supplies we need for this project:

ColourArte products:

• Radiant Gels: Vavoom Red, Guatemalan Green, Olive Vine, Luv-U-Pink
• Primary Elements: Blue Grass, Periwinkle, African Jade, Ginger Flower

Other products:

• ATC card
• Finnabair  Mixed Media Silicone Brush 1"
• stamps
• stapler
• paper embellishments
• rice paper heart - handmade
• thread
• flowers

First I applied the Radiant Gel on the tag with the silicone brush. 

Then I pressed the stamp on the gel and removed it.

It dries very quickly and the result is pretty impressive!

After that I spread some primary elements with a paintbrush here and there and sprayed water.

When it was dry I glued everything down and I was pretty much done!

I hope you got some ideas on how to create a simple but impressive mixed media background!

Have a lovely crafty day!

Athanasia

ATCs - Collect moments

Hello dear friends! 

Today I'm hosting the Mixed Media Place!

I created these ATCs one for a friend and one for my personal collection. They are actually twins! If you look carefully you will find out that the one on the right is the upside down side of the left one... or the opposite :)

In order to create the background I placed the mini cards one next to each other and worked at the same time on both of them. First I used a circles stamp with Butter Embossing Powder and then the Scissors Stencil with the Graphite Texture Paste to create even more texture.

When the texture paste was dry I used three different shades of silks to paint the cards all over their surface. Silks are very shiny paints, you can see it on how all the pictures glow! The embossing powder resists the silks, but the Graphite sucks it! Ι love how the scissors turned out, with this double shaded color!

Next step was to glue everything down. As ATCs are very small cards, I used only a few embellishments, like small scraps and labels from the 7Dots Studio Soulmates Collection, 2Crafty Chipboard arrows (I painted black with Winter Ice silk), a couple of eyelets, bubble stickers and thread.

Then, I used the Soft Gloss Gel to glue some Glitter and Micro Beads on the big circles. It drys clear and I love the effect!!!

 Last thing to do was to paint here and there with three shades of H2Os Watercolors and also make some splashes with them. And that was all!

***you can find full supplies list here

I hope you got some inspiration on how to give shiny effect on your projects!

Have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia

'Peace on Earth' ATCs

Καλό μήνα! Tα Χριστούγεννα πλησιάζουν και έχω αρχίσει να μπαίνω σιγά σιγά σε εορταστικό mood, χιχι... Σήμερα σας έχω δύο ATC με αγγελάκια για το Scraps N Pieces.

Ηappy December everyone!

Christmas is getting close and Ι'm already in Xmas mood :)

I created two ATCs for Scraps N Pieces.

 To moodboard μας αυτόν τον μήνα είναι Χρισουγεννιάτικο, με γήινα χρώματα και ...γλυκό :)

Μπορείτε να εμπνευστήτε από οτιδήποτε θέλετε (χρώματα, γλυκά, αστέρια, ΑγιοΒασιλάκια, κτλ) και η δημιουργία σας δεν χρειάζεται  να είναι Χριστουγεννιάτικη.

For your inspiration we have a Christmas moodbard, with earth colors and lots of sweets :)

You can create any kind of project, as long as you tell us what inspired you by this moodboard (colors, sweets, cookies, stars, Santa, etc). Your project doesn't have to be Christmas themed. 

Για όσες δεν έχετε δει ή ακούσει για τα ΑΤC (artist trading cards), να σας πω ότι είναι μικρές καρτούλες, πολύ μικρές όμως, 2,5x3,5 inches (δηλαδή 6,35x8,89 cm - να σας γλυτώσω από το googleάρισμα) :)

Χρησιμοποίησα λοιπόν 2 σε αυτές τις διαστάσεις σε craft χρώμα. Για το background κόλλησα χριστουγεννιάτική χαρτοπετσέτα με γκι με κόλλα decoupage και χρησιμοποίησα Finnabair stencil, σφραγίδες (αυτή και αυτή), Mica Powders, Soft Matte Gel, Micro Beads, Flakes και glitter.  

ATC (artist trading cards) are small cards, measured only 2,5x3,5 inches.

For the background I decoupaged a Christmas napkin with mistletoe and used Finnabair products like stencil, stamps,  Mica Powders, Soft Matte Gel, Micro Beads, Mica Flakes and glitter.

Για να φτιάξω τα αγγελάκια σχεδίασα ένα απλό σκίτσο σε χαρτόνι, το έκοψα με ψαλίδι, το κόλλησα πάνω σε scrapbooking χαρτί και το ξαναέκοψα. Επίσης τα ψιλοέγδαρα λίγο με το ψαλίδι για να φαίνονται vintage. Για τα φτερά χρησιμοποίησα χρυσό σύρμα και για το στόλισμα χρυσή κλωστή με ένα Finnabair αστεράκι brad.

For the angels I made a simple draw on card board, cut it with scissors, glued it on a pattered paper and cut it again with scissors. I distressed the angels with my scissors to make them look like vintage. I used gold wire to make the wings and gold thread with a Finnabair star brad to decorate it.

Tέλος έγραψα τον τίτλο με ανεξίτηλο μαύρο μαρκαδοράκι πάνω στα αγγελάκια, έκανα μερικές γραμμές με λευκό Uniball Signo και πιστιλιές με άσπρο gesso.

H όλη διαδικασία έγινε ταυτόχτονα και στις δύο κάρτες.

I wrote the title on the angels with a permanent pen, made some doodling with white pen Uni-ball and some splashes with white gesso.

The hole process was carried simultaneously on both cards.

***Μπορείτε να βρείτε όλα τα υλικά που χρησιμοποίησα στο μαγαζί του Scraps N Pieces εδώ.

***you can buy all supplies I used for this project at the Scraps N Pieces Emporium 

Η νικήτρια θα επιστρέψει ως Guest Designer και μια τυχερή θα κερδίσει μια υπέροχη συλλογή χαρτιών της Dovecraft!

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Κορίτσια περιμένω να δω τις δημιουργίες σας!

Φιλιά!

So, will you play with us at Scraps N Pieces for a chance to win this beautiful paper collection by Dovecraft (see the picture above)!?

I can't wait to see your projects!

xxx

Athanasia

Xmas ATCs

Hello, hello!
Today I'm sharing my first Christmas project for this year
for Mixed Media Place Creative Gym!

This month challenge is host by our amazing and talented Tusia! 
Create a Xmas card, tag or ATC (only small forms are allowed).

I wanted to make some Christmas ATCs  for 6 special scrappy friends of mine and this challenge was the great opportunity to make the decision and get started working! 

I had these craft chipboards in my stash for a long time waiting for the right moment to transform into art pieces. They are only 2,5x3,5" and that was a challenge for me to work with so small areas.

I used papers, tags and stickers from the 7 Dots Studio Yuletide collection, a Christmas collection perfect for seasonal projects.

I placed all six of them on my craft desk and started working. First I used gold and red embossing powder with stamps to create a beautiful base to work on it.

Then I glued all the embellishments and worked with H2Os watercolors and a paintbrush on several spots.  I also painted the chipboard pieces and the flowers with them.

 Last thing to do was to make a shiny glue with 3D Gloss Gel and gold glitter. 3D Gloss Gel dries clear, so I wanted a little bit of sparkle to be shown on the finished project, that's why I added the gold glitter. I used it to glue some Art Ingredients like gold Glass Glitter and ruby Glass Beads, pretty Christmas colors, don't you think? :)

***you can find supplies list here

(Just scroll down to find my project)

So, will you play with us at Mixed Media Place?

I can't wait to see your small form projects!

Thank you for visiting,

have a lovely crafty day!

xxx

Athanasia