Catching up with my ATC's - with Emma Zappone and with VIDEO

Happy Thursday all! 
Em with you today, popping in for a quick share and a catch up.
How are you all going with the ATC's? They pull you out of the comfort zone, don't they?
They do me, and I love it!
I have found that I love that they don't need to be complicated and that is very freeing, plus I'm still creating when time is poor.
Here is my take on week 5's - 'Mythical Creatures'.

I knew I wanted to add this awesome resin piece, but still wanting to use some 49&Market (as this is my challenge for the ATC's).
I have a video for these creations so you can see them coming to life.

I used some Rub ons and Distress Oxides for the background. The wings are 49&Market and the legs are from Tim Holtz's paper dolls that I cut off. 
So I created my own mythical being.

Week 6 ATC - 'Under Water World' got me a little more stuck. 
And then it came to me - ABM!!!

So This started with 49&Market Rub ons again, using the music notes, as I thought it could represent a 'sirens' song. 
Then i smooshed oxides onto the background, quick and easy.
Then started to layer my ABM diecuts, creating a bright, under sea vibe.
This is also on the video.
I hope you keep joining in, as i love seeing your interpretations to the themes.

Till next week, Em xx

'Dreamy Landscapes' ATC by Emma Zappone PLUS Video

 Welcome everyone to another ATC share from me 🤗
I must admit I am having so much fun playing with these tiny cards.

And I've had fun creating these fast little videos of them coming together too.....

Dreamy Landscapes had me scratching my head a bit, wondering how I could incorporate my own challenge of using 49&Market products and using them with this theme. 
So came the concept of peering through a window to the outside 'landscape'.

I started by painting the card with some ABM acrylics in greens and blues, (you can see this process better in the video)
And then proceeded to layer some 49&Market Rub-ons to add dimension to view from my 'window'.

Next came some layered die cut elements, again from a couple of different 49&Market collections, using up more from the stash.
The window is an old Tim Holtz one, I love that you can use these for so many different types of projects.

I hope you get a small slice of inspiration to join in with the ATC challenge.
I look forward to seeing all your creations.

Catch you again next week.
Em xx

 

Time of Our Lives - Palette Play + next ATC

 Hi all, Welcome to Saturday.

I am back with my take on the January Palette Play, where Scrapping Clearly provide a palette of colours and you create your own take on that with only using additional monochromatic magic. 

YEP.. I forgot to add the steps. So, I will just include the close ups and add the Supplies list to the bottom. but I did start with some texture paste through a dot stencil and then smooshed some of the distress oxides into it. 

see, I told you the last post that I like to add wings

and the final image all together. oh and Don't forget to add black.... that's another of my favourites and I know that Black scares a lot of people but it really isn't that bad.... 

so that is my take on the January Palette Play. Don't forget to add your take the album on Facebook. We love to see what you create..

as promised (well it says it in the title) my next take on the next ATC. 

this one is 3. Dreamy Landscapes: create a surreal or dreamlike landscape.

I kind of remembered process photos for this one.... 

I started off using some Liquitex Texture Paste to cover this old Kinder Kreations mask of a forest. 

how it ends up is the actual image that I am creating will be lower than the rest of the card. I then added a couple of colours of the Lindy's Stamp Gang magical shakers (product list below) and spritzed with water to activate them. 

I then went over the modelling paste - top was with the Speckled egg and bottom the Hickory Smoke and lightly spritz with water, this helps to create that dreamy feeling.

then I stitched around the edges and added my quote....

Just a little close up so you can see how the shakers ended up. I love how random and uncontrolled these are. It is so freeing to leave it to the products to do their job and waiting to see what happens. 

and to share how it looks in my album.... 

Product List:

Time of Our Lives (Palette Play)

• watercolour paper
• Liquitex Modelling Paste
• 49 & Market - Ocean Acetate Leaves (actually the wings from that pack)
• 49 & Market - Everywhere Chipboard Set
• Pink Paislee - Artisan Ribbons
• Punchinella
• Dina Wakley Black Gesso
• Tim Holtz Distress Oxide
• Broken China
• Blueprint Sketch
• Uncharted Mariner (spray) 

Life takes Courage (ATC)

• watercolour paper
• Kinder Kreations forest mask
• Liquitex modelling paste
• Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical Shakers
• Cathedral Pines Green
• Cowabunga Copper
• Grab A Guy Gold
• Distress Oxide 
• Hickory Smoke
• Speckled Egg
• Stabilo all pencil
• Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk stickers. 

thanks for stopping by. 

until next time, Live with Respect

Leanne xo 

'Nature' ATC by Emma Zappone with VIDEO

Hi there!
Em with you today.
How good is the ATC challenge! I personally am loving it.
It's a small project that whets the creative taste buds.
This weeks prompt is 'Nature'. Oh how I adore this prompt. I just knew I had to play with the 49&Market 'Nature Study' Rub ons!

You can see my creation come to life via my video here.....

I love how you can create layers without the bulk (even though I adore bulking 😂😜)
This ATC also has some Laser cut elements from the 'Plum Grove' collection. It's awesome how you can use different collections but they all compliment each other.

I have decided that my 52 ATC's will use/incorporate 49&Market products as I have sooooo much.
It also spurs on the creativity.

These are my 15-20min of creating time, even when time is poor, these wonderful little cards spring excitement into my art. 

I hope you enjoyed my little video and it inspires you to create little.

Keep your projects coming through on the FB page, as we all love seeing your versions of the theme.
Plus the monthly Palette Play is the wonderful blue tones, so join in the creative fun.

I will catch you all again soon.
Em xx

ATC week 2 - Nature's Bounty

 Hi all, Welcome to Saturday....

This week I am going to share another one of my ATC for the 52 ATC prompts. 

But first, I thought I would run through what is an ATC - Artist Trading Card. ATC started as a conceptual art project that was initiated by Swiss artist M. Vanci Stirnemann in 1997 - called a Collaborative Cultural Performance. ATCs are 2.5 x 3.5 inches in size and are self-made unique works of art or small series. Typically, these were signed and dated by the artist and then traded/exchanged and collected by people who wanted to participate. BUT.. for Scrapping Clearly 2024, it is more a small-scale jump start to creativity where there will be 52 prompts shared to get the mojo started. 

So, in saying that, let's start off with the next prompt: Nature's Bounty - depict a natural element (e.g., flower, tree, animal). Here is my take: Souvenier

I totally forgot to take process photos. I started off with some Distress Oxide - Lucky Clover that I smooshed onto the ATC. After it had dried, I then added some Liquitex Modeling Paste through an old Kinder Kreations stencil. I love how you can still see the oxide ink through the dried paste. 

I then added the frame which was cut in half from a 49 & Market - Plum Grove Ephemera Bits pack.

If you know me, you'll know that I add butterflies, moths, or even just their wings to a lot of my projects. So since this prompt was all about nature and animals, I transferred a Dress my Craft - transfer me - Vintage Butterfly to the project and it cracked and filled the lumps and bumps. Now some people might not like that but I love how it came out. I then stitched the edges (one of my ATC rules that I set myself) and added a very very very old Tim Holtz (I think) sticker word and .... done. 

a little close up

and here it is sitting in my book/album that I shared on the previous blog post. 

Next week I will be back to share my take on the January Palette Play.

and here is a little sneak at my take.. 

I'll share that next week.

So, until then.

Live with Respect.

Leanne xo

'Little Details' by Emma Zappone plus VIDEO

Hello everyone,

Today I share a small project with you.
You are all enjoying the awesome ATC challenge that has begun. And I too have made it a goal to get creating also. ATC's are not something I am super familiar with.
I love creating small, but this is all new sorts of small.

And I did create a little video.....

This weeks prompt is 'Self Portrait', and this made me think hard.
So I decided I would see it in a different way.
I love the small details on my creations and so because ATC's are small, I have decided to use small elements on my ATC.

I started simple with some Distress Oxides, and decided to follow this months Monochromatic theme as well. And then added 49&Market rub-ons. These have become a huge part of my details in my art and so it was only fitting to create with these. 

And I finished it off with a butterfly and some splash ink.
It's pretty rare not to find a butterfly on my creations, so it was a fitting representation of my self portrait also.

I do hope my video was a little bit of inspo also.

I hope that you join us creating these little pops of art.
Make sure to add them on the FB page so we can all see your magic.

I will catch you all again soon

Em xx

 

Make Today Count - ATC series and Book

Hi all and welcome to 2024. 

WOW what a year ahead has already been started here at Scrapping Clearly. 2024 certainly looks to be the year of creativity and I love love what is in store for all of us. I am especially excited for the weekly ATC prompts. 

I have set myself a few ground rules for the ATC prompts and this is just for me, but I think it will help to kick start the creative hiding and just dying to get out. What are my rules you ask:

1. Allow yourself the freedom to create weekly.
2. Aim to make this quick - 15 minutes to create each ATC. 
3. Don't Overthink them (anyone who knows me knows that I am an overthinker)
4. Interpret the prompt - you don't have to follow the exact description.
5. Complete them all. 
6. oh, and the only consistent thing throughout is to have stitching of some description. 

So that's my rules. Then I overthought things... What did I do you ask? 

Well, I have cut out the whole 52 blank cards from some water colour paper. Then I created a storage box for all of the blank cards (1. so I don't lose them; 2. so they don't get dirty; 3. to help with the time restraints that I have set about; and 4. any excuse to make a pretty box). And what more does someone with all the best intentions (and because as part of the DT I've received all the prompts) I cut out all of the bold prompts and stuck them to the back of each card. (Because this is a stupidly long post, I'll add all my supplies at the very end). 

I am pretty sure that I haven't finished the box yet because it isn't grungy enough and it just doesn't feel finished so for now it is marinating. 

(let me know if you would like the template for the box and I can add it to the Facebook group). 

And no, I didn't stop there. Then I sat down and made a display book to get started. I think it will hold around 15 cards (I didn't count how many). Oh, and because I love January's colour palette I stuck with it. 

Front Cover

Back cover

Inside Covers

Already to rock and roll.

Ok, so now I've overthought it all it was time to actually get to making the first of the ATCs from the prompts - Self-Portrait: create an ATC that reflects you.

I started off with an offcut from the box and the cover backgrounds - definitely my colours, but it wasn't quite ATC size, so I painted a black background and sewed the piece onto it. 

I smooshed some extra Tim Holtz Distress Oxides other shades of blue.

I then added some Shellac because that is definitely a me thing. 

I also finished it off with some Stabilo All black pencil and some splatters. 

A quick little Tim Holtz Sticker sayings 

and I think this final little ATC really does sum up the products I really enjoy, my style, and some of my recurring themes. 

I have added it to my book and I'll continue to update you all with the progress each week. 

I'm pretty happy with how the first project has started off and look forward to a creative 2024.

Supplies

Box:

• White cardstock
• Liquitex Light Modelling Paste
• The Crafters Workshop stencil 
• Dina Wakley acrylic Paint 
• Peacock 
• Magenta
• Ruby 
• Distress Oxides 
• Chipped Sapphire
• Blueprint Sketch
• Broken China 
• Lindy's Gang Magical Shakers
• Guten Tag Teal
• Time Travel Teal
• Liquitex Ink - Deep Violet 
• White Gesso
• Black Gesso 

Book:

• Black Cardstock
• Deco Art media crackle paste - white 
• Distress Oxides - Uncharted Mariner (spray and ink pad) 
• Dina Wakley Collage Paper - faces (front cover image)
• Scribble sticks 
• Black Gesso 
• Dress My Craft - Transfer me - Vintage Butterflies (back cover)
• Calico 
• Text image transfer
• Gel Medium 
• 7 dots studio - quote stickers 
• Ribbon

Self-Portrait ATC:

• left over from the book/box cardstock coloured with oxide inks 
• Shellac
• Stabilo All Pencil - Black
• Tim Holtz Metallic Quotation Stickers

I think I have covered everything and I hope to make the future posts a lot shorter..

if you have any questions please ask on the Facebook Group. 

Live with Love and Respect. 

Leanne xo

ATC's - get a little bit of creativity happening.

Welcome back to the blog and for taking time out on the weekend to get yourself in the creative zone.  I have been very blessed over the past few months to attend some arty retreats and I am sharing some of my work from last weekend’s retreat on the Sunshine Coast of Oz. There is so much creative energy flowing when you attend a retreat or arty escape as I like to think of them. I cannot vouch for them enough to help refill your cup and recharge your creative energy.

I have created three ATC {Artist Trading Cards} all themed a little differently. An ATC is created using a background measuring 2.5” by 3.5”. I have used plain white cardstock as a base and have prepped each card using white gesso.

 Card 1 – I used Vicki Boutin water colour crayon in orange to colour the cardstock. Then I used water to disperse the colour evenly. I have then used a spot stencil and rubbed off excess colour.  

Card 2 – Vicki Boutin water colour crayon in pink was used. I placed a Kinder Kreations stencil on top and then wiped away the colour leaving the white resist.

Card 3 = Vicki Boutin water colour crayon in blue was used with the same technique as Card 2. I have used a spot stencil.

The next step was to choose stamping. I have chosen some Viva Las Vegas stamps. You can use any stamp of your choosing to add to this layer. For Card 1 & 2 I chose the stamps as part of the feature for the card. Card 3 I chose this stamp purely as a background stamp to add interest to the piece and compliment the lines that I would add to the card later.  

I have added more texture to the cards by adding another layer to each.

Card 1 – Liquitex modelling paste was added using a stencil.

Card 2 – Liquitex matte gel was added through a Kinder Kreations stencil

Card 3 – Liquitex modelling paste was added using a stencil.

After these dried I used my ALLS pencil to add darkness and shading to the cards. I have then added different finishing touches to each card.

Card 1 – I have added more stamping with the word mysterious. I have stitiched around the circle of the stamped image. I have coloured a small price tag and  added it to the top of the card. A face was glued to the centre of the card. I then added more black pencil and smudged it over the white texture paste using a little water. 

 Card 2 – I stitched a black border around the outer edge of the card.   Word stamps from an older set were added to the outer edge of the card. Finally I used some glossy accents to glue down some teeny tiny watch gears. 

 Card 3 – I stitched a black border on the card. I then folded a paper flower and stitched this to the card. I have used the stitching to create the stem to the flower. I stamped a VLV stamp quote to the bottom of the flower and have also added some Finnabair art stones.

I love that I have been reintroduced to these little mini masterpieces. The dimension and individuality that you can harness from creating each one is amazing.

I hope this has given you a spark to create your own little mini masterpiece. Until next week - have a fabulous creative journey. 

Tracey xx