July/August ATC Swap

Hi all

Well its that time again to share with you all my next set of ATC's for the Charmed Cards and Crafts swap.

This months theme is SUMMER - with layers

Here is my take on theme

For these ATC's I used the following:

White Cardstock

Neon Paints - Pink and Yellow

Brayer

Stencil

Texture Paste

Pebeo Studio Acrylic Dyna Paint - Green Yellow

Pop Of Paradise Stamp Set

Acrylic Block

Flirty Flamingo Ink Pad

Melon Mambo Ink Pad

Garden Green Ink Pad

Emerald Envy Ink Pad

Tombow Glue

Foam Tape

On the back of each one I have inlcuded my name, date, number of the ATC, Theme, and name of the set "Be a flamingo in a flock of pigeons"

If you would like to take part in the ATC Swaps you can join the group >>> HERE<<< and all details shall be in there.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Spring Time ATC's - March Swap

Hi all

I hope everyone is well, apologise for how quiet I have been things have been hectic but i won't bore you all with whats been going on.

So I have started to take part in a monthly ATC swap where each month we have a theme etc and have to make 3 ATC's and send them off. This month's theme is Spring colour in the garden/park must have some stamping and layering.

I thought I would share with you all my 3 that I did for this swap 

For my ATC's I have used the following products:

Watercolour Card

Brusho - Gamboge and Yellow

Water Spritz

Daisy Delight Bundle 

Eastern beauty Stamp Set (Sentiment)

Daffodil Delight Ink Pad

Garden Green Ink Pad

Trimmer

Heat Tool

I love how these turned out, I think the background which I achieved by just using two Brusho colours has turned out beutifully. This screams spring to me especially with the daisies, the Life is beautiful sentiment finished these ATC's off perfectly.

All products I have used on these ATC's have been linked above.

Kelly

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

ATC Num 14 and 15

Welcome back to my blog 

Today's post is to share with you another two ATC's I have created one of which was using some of my new goodies which is the Distress Crayons

Here it is :) Make A Wish

For this one I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Crayons

Tim Holtz Stencil

Baby Wipe 

Distress Inks 

Free Stamp Set from a magazine 

The second ATC I have created is with a stamp I had not got around to use so i thought it would be perfect to use on an ATC 

Here it is - Watching!!

For this ATC I used the following:

Stampendous Stamp 

Distress Inks 

Watercolour Card

I just love how the eyes stand out and give it that creepy, chilling feel, I could only use so much of the stamp due to it's size but I do admit the stamp is one of my favourites and I can not wait to use the full stamped image on a creations so keep your eyes open for that.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

An ATC Day

Hi all

Today I am sharing with you all my latest ATC's that I have been working on and I intended on using some stamps and stencils that I had not got around to using.

The first one I have to share with you is this beauty, recognise the butterfly???

For this one I used the following:

Vellum Butterfly - Visible Image Stamp Large Butterfly 

Watercolour Card 

Dylusions Ink Sprays 

Dylusions Mica Ink Spray

Recollections Stamp (Sentiment and Arrows)

White Gel Pen

The next ATC to show you is one of my most favourite I have done so far 

For this one I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool 

Lawn Fawn Sending Hedgehugs Stamps

Distress Ink Marker - Black Soot

White Gel Pen

Inkylicious Stencil

The third ATC I did is this one 

For this one I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool

Bee Crafty (Inspired by not endorsed by Banksy) Stamp

Recollections Stamps (Sentiment and hearts)

Versafine Black Ink 

Stamp Perfect Tool

And last but by no means least.... Free Spirit ATC 

For this ATC I used the following:

Watercolour card

Distress Inks 

Blending Tool 

Recollections Stencil and Stamp (sentiment)

Dove Crafts Stamp

Vellum

Versamark Ink

WOW Embossing Powder 

White gel pen

So there we have all of the ATC's I have done and now added to my collection I really enjoy doing these and they are ideal for trying out new techniques on. I hope you have enjoyed looking at these and find some inspiration from them.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX 

Follow Your Dreams ATC

COOOOEEE!!!

I am flying in today to share with you all another ATC in my ATC range that I have done and once again with this one I have tried a new technique to me.

I love how the rainbow of colour has turned hot this technique is known as Joseph's Coat and it is so easy but effective, I can see me using this technique a lot more.

The products I used to do this piece are:

Smooth White Card

Lavinia Stamps - Fairy Moon, Sentiment and Mini Stars

Distress Inks

Versamark Ink Pad

White Ink Pad

WOW Embossing Powder - Clear 

Heat Tool

I would love to see what you come up with using this technique and that this has given you some inspiration.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

A Trio Of ATC'S

Hello all.

Today I am sharing with you a trio of ATC's I have been working on and here they are

All of these ATC's have been made using different products and the images are designed by Vera Lane Studios, which I have printed and coloured in using a mix of Promarkers and Sharpie markers.

Tried To Be Normal ATC

I couldn't resist not doing this ATC I love the quote that came with the digi, for this piece I used the following products, I have also linked where you can get the digi stamps from.

Watercolour Card

Dylusions Paints

Dylusions Border Stamp

Vera Lane Studios Digi Stamp -  Calcas 5 digi stamp bundle

White gel pen

Distress Marker - Black soot 

Promarkers and Sharpie Markers 

Pineapple ATC

Now this ATC, was another I couldn't resist doing once I had got the digi... When I first got into planners earlier this year I kept seeing pineapple stationery, pineapple planner accessories and so on ever where and could never quite grasp WHY????.. So when I found out about the quote I understood and love the quote.

For this ATC I used the following products 

Watercolour Card

Distress Inks

Dylusions Border Stamp 

Vera Land Studios Digi - Be A Pineapple 

Promarkers and Sharpie Markers

White Gel Pen 

And lastly we have this ATC called Sweet and Undefinable 

For this ATC I used the following products 

Watercolour Card 

Dylusions Paints

Dylusions Flower Stencil

Vera Lane Studios Digi - The girl was a freebie in the Facebook Group, Sentiment is apart of the Be A Pineapple set 

Distress Marker - Black Soot 

White Gel Pen 

I absolutely loved how all these ATC's came out once I was finished, The digi stamps from Vera Lane Studios are amazing to work with and I love the look of them all, I will be doing more work using these digi stamps in the future. If you would like to take a look at what other digi's there is you can find the shop on Etsy, there is also a Facebook page and group, I shall link those below.

Vera Lane Studio Digi Stamps -  Etsy

Vera Lane Studio Digi Stamps - Facebook Page 

Vera Lane Studio Digi Stamps - Facebook Group

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my recent ATC's and like how bright and colourful they are, I absolutely love the brightness and wackiness of these cards I will be using Dylusions paints more often in my work :)

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Own Kind Of Beautiful ATC

Hi all.. Me again with another ATC to show you all..

I have been watching a fair few You Tube tutorials and Demo's the passed few weeks and been making notes of techniques which caught my eye and that I would love to try so I thought I would try one of the techniques on an ATC.

The technique i chose to try on this ATC was the watercolour stamping technique with Distress Inks... So here it is

I absolutely love how this turned out as I was so nervous in trying it just in case I misted too much water onto the stamp etc - Hence why I tried it on an ATC ;) I also did my watercolour stamping BEFORE doing the background as I wanted to try out the awesome Distress Micro Glaze.

What did I use to do this piece?? Here is what I used:

Watercolour Card

Distress Inks 

Mini Mister

Visible Image Stamps - Own Kind Of Beautiful 

Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders - Firework Burst ( I highly recommend this one the colours it throws off are awesome one of my favourite pixie powders)

Distress Micro Glaze (another fantastic product)

Memento Ink

If you have not tried watercolour stamping with the distress inks yet - I highly recommend giving it a go and maybe do like I did and do it on an ATC size piece first.

I was so chuffed with the outcome of this piece that I will definitely be re-creating it again with more detail and stamping on a larger piece, so keep a look out for that.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Crafty Sunday -

Hi all 

Well It has been a long time since I have been able to craft on a weekend for me (custom orders needed doing lol) and I took full advantage of being able to do just that.

So today I have done another ATC YAY!!! on this one I did a few techniques I have not done before and I think trying them on an ATC is perfect due to the size of them and I am over the moon with the outcome.

Here is today's ATC

I used the following products to make this ATC

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks

Memento Ink - Black 

Dew Drop Brilliance Ink - White 

Sponge Finger Dobber

Circle Stencil 

Visible Image Stamps - Where dreams take you and Edgy 

The techniques used on this ATC were.. Watercolour using Distress Inks, and the Bokeh Technique.

I also started on another project which I will blog about properly in a new post as soon as it is completed, I have not been able to get it finished today due to leaving it to dry and so on but I do have a little sneak peek of my WIP (Work In Progress) to show you all. 

Any ideas on what I could be doing???

Make sure to pop back in a few days to find out what the above is and what I used to create it.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Gorjuss ATC

Hi all 

Today's post is another ATC post, I think I have caught the ATC bug lol

I wanted to do something a little different with this one and finally use one of the beautiful mini collectible Gorjuss Girls stamp.

For this ATC I used the following:

Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry and Black Soot

Gorjuss Girls Stamp - The Getaway 

Watercolour Pens

Sentiment is from - Quote Bubbles Set by Dylusions

I thought the quote I chose for this suited the image perfectly with how she is stood - Yeah "Don't give me attitude I already have it!"

Hope you like what I have done and keep your eyes open for more ATC's 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

Bat Crossing ATC

Hi all 

Well I am a little late today with my posting but I am here now and ready to share with you my second ATC with you all :D 

So here we have it..... BAT CROSSING ATC

I just had to have my very own Batty ATC :D Well come on I am The Crafty Bat and it would have been rude not to.

For this ATC I used the following:

Distress Inks: Dusty Concord, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed

Dylusions By Dyan Reaveley - Eat,Drink and Be Scary Set - I used the 3 Bats and the Bat/Cobweb Stencil

Dina Wakley  - Scribbly Trick or Treat Set - I used the Scribbly Bat out of the stamps along with the stencil with different wording on and used the Caution: Bat Crossing part 

Check back tomorrow for another ATC 

Xx The Crafty Bat xX

BUBBLES ATC!!! - Artist Trading Card

Hi all

Well I am back again with something new to me which I have been wanting to do for a while and really enjoyed doing it, I have decided to try and do a different ATC each day if not will be one a week :)

So for my first one I thought I would do something a little simple but still effective

Here is my first every ATC - Yaaaay The Crafty Bat is finally doing ATC'S

For the ATC I used the following:

Watercolour Card 

Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Black Soot on the edges 

Bee Crafty Stamps - Angry Bubbles

Lavinia Stamps - Bubbles

3D Glue Pen 

When I first saw the Angry Bubbles stamp I did have a bit of a giggle to my self and I just knew I had to use it along with the bubbles from Lavinia Stamps, they work fantastic together and make a brill ATC. 

This will be the first of many ATC's I will be working on and look forward to showing you them all.

Xx The Crafty Bat xX