Saturday, July 23, 2005
2 more ATCs
I love how these turned out. The shininess of the gold embossing just does not turn up in the photo. I gessoed 2 playing cards. Then when it had dried, I mixed more gesso with gold paint and painted it on. Then I took a wavy-roller thing I stole from my dd's play kitchen, and ran it back and forth all over the gesso to give it a cool texture. Then I sprinkled gold ep all over the card, took a dry paintbrush and wiped most of it away, and embossed what was left, so the edges are done with a lot, and then the tips of all the textures also have little specks of gold.
Then I took 2 slide mounts and gessoed them, and then put 2 layers of sewing pattern tissue paper on top of them. Then I rubbed aqua rub-ons over it, and then embossed gold powder on top of that, and then added more rub-ons on top of that. Then, I took the film inserts from the slide mounts, and on the back of the film I poured vinegar on it. (I was experimenting and it turned out cool) Since vinegar is an acid, it ate away at the film material, making it very easy to scrape off with my fingernail. It left behind the blue/aqua stuff. Looks so cool. So then I embossed the edges of that in gold, (careful, the film melts very easily - it warped slightly and it was kind of a pain to glue down) and glued it on top of the slide mount, and then I added french text behind the slide mount. Then added my ladies and the phrases that I tore out of my 1955 Popular Mechanics (I love that mag) I saw those ads and they just cracked me up.
Then I took 2 slide mounts and gessoed them, and then put 2 layers of sewing pattern tissue paper on top of them. Then I rubbed aqua rub-ons over it, and then embossed gold powder on top of that, and then added more rub-ons on top of that. Then, I took the film inserts from the slide mounts, and on the back of the film I poured vinegar on it. (I was experimenting and it turned out cool) Since vinegar is an acid, it ate away at the film material, making it very easy to scrape off with my fingernail. It left behind the blue/aqua stuff. Looks so cool. So then I embossed the edges of that in gold, (careful, the film melts very easily - it warped slightly and it was kind of a pain to glue down) and glued it on top of the slide mount, and then I added french text behind the slide mount. Then added my ladies and the phrases that I tore out of my 1955 Popular Mechanics (I love that mag) I saw those ads and they just cracked me up.
Fairy Tale ATCs
These are for a fairy tale swap. The first one is more obscure fairy tales - Toads and Diamonds, and Molly Whuppie. The second one is Sleeping Beauty and The Ugly Duckling. The dress is sequins, with crystal glaze over it - looks cool irl. The ugly duckling pieces also have glaze on them.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
more ATC's
These are for a swap, the theme being Memorable Moments. For a couple of these images, I just couldn't resist. No one has all happy memories, do they???? LOL.
Altered Cd's
ATCs
A few ATC's I did, using the peeled paper technique for the background. The quotes are by Steven Wright, and have Crystal Glaze over the tops of them.
