When the Sun Shrines!

Well the sun has been shining today so we have been shrining!

For Tina's three ATC's she has used the Lost Coast ATC shrine stamps (3 different shrines on the one plate).

There are angels among us - By Tina

Make it Everlasting - by Tina

The man in the middle is from PaperArtsy Dolls Plate 1

A Gift of Secrets - by Tina

For my two ATC's I have used the Lost Coast Misc Set 4 which has one shrine, a pencils background and the scrolly gate.

Believe Shrine Triptych - by Karen

Inside the Triptych.

The girl is from Paperbag Studios Dreamer Sheet

Live Life - by Karen

Girl is from Paperbag Studios Laugh sheet.

For the Love of Mona

Tina and I love the Mona Lisa Stamp by Lost Coast Designs (so much that she appears on loads of our designs and apart from background stamps she is probably our most used image).

We find Mona a very versatile stamp and hope you will agree.

Queen for a Day - by Tina Hatchman.

Mona Lisa - by Tina Hatchman

The heart border stamp on the left is PaperArtsy Curls and Swirls Plate 4 and the wings are German Scrap.

Jigsaw Mona - by Tina Hatchman

Tina designed and cut her own jigsaw piece. The background is gorgeously textured with an embossed script stamp.

Pieces of Yesterday - by Tina Hatchman
Another gorgeously textured and embossed background.

Hold Fast to Your Dreams - by Tina Hatchman

Tina has cut out a gorgeous arch shape for this ATC, the background is Distress Crackle Paint, the swirl stamp is from the PaperArtsy Swirls and Curls Plate 5 and the bottom border is German Scrap.

Queen for a Day - by Tina Hatchman

Tina has used a crackle stamp for the background, German scrap for the border and wings and has used Glossy Accents to highlight the wording and areas on the crown.

Have the Courage to Make a Difference - by Tina Hatchman
Tina has used German scrap for the border and the pick and axe embellishment.

Art - by Tina Hatchman.

Tina has stamped and made up her own Shrine for Mona. The key adds the finishing touch.

I know everything and I am always right - by Tina Hatchman

The wording is a great stamp by Catslife Press.

Mona-gram - by Karen

The M for the monagram is a chipboard die cut. The little flower is a small bead.

Find a reason to smile - by Karen

The hat is from the Doll Accessory Lost Coast sheet.

Mona-Acer - by Karen

Ordinary Lives - by Karen

Made using one of the alcohol ink backgrounds shown last Wednesday. Mona is stamped directly onto the background. Alcohol ink blending solution has been used to remove a small circle of the ink (making the background white again in that area). There is a fantastic video on YouTube showing Tim Holtz demonstrating this technique (I first saw this through a link Chriss has on her Artist Trading Cards Blog).

Before stamping all the background stamps I made a mask. (Mona was stamped out onto a post it note and cut out so that I could use it as a mask) The mask is placed over the Mona already stamped onto the background - all the other background stamps can then be used (it doesn't matter if you stamp all over the mask as the Mona underneath will remain untouched.) Tina uses the mask technique a lot on her gorgeously detailed, multi stamped backgrounds.

Mona Collage - by Karen

Again used blending solution to remove the ink from the left hand side (so that I could colour with a different colour alcohol ink) and from Mona's face area. Another feature of alcohol inks are that if you stamp on them using Stazon or another solvent ink - before the ink dries you can wipe it off which removes the alcohol inked background in those places. I used this technique here - see the white criss cross stamp bits on the right.

Art - by Karen

Again made using one of the alcohol inked backgrounds - with the face area removed using the blending solution. The mask was used again so that I could use several stamps for the background but leave Mona's face untouched.

PaperArtsy Wings Plate 2

Tina and I have been playing with the PaperArtsy Wings plate 2. Firstly this one by Tina is absolutely stunning and so inspiring - its titled Minute by Minute.
















The background is triple embossed using a fine gold embossing powder, then Tina stuck a piece of bark onto the melted powder while it was still hot. It was then left to cool fully and the bark pulled off (only a couple of tiny bits of the bark remained stuck which Tina brushed off). Tina then rubbed a Metallic Red Krylon pen onto the background.

The acetate was stamped in stazon and when dry, Tina turned it over and added Red pepper, Pesto and Butterscotch alcohol inks. She tipped them from side to side to spread the inks and to get them to mix. Then a piece of white card was stamped with a crackle stamp and mounted to the back to make the alcohol inks stand out and look vibrant.



This one is one of mine which I made today - the Balerica Bird stamp from the plate was

stamped onto a plain white ATC card. (I only know it is called a Balerica bird because Tina told me LOL ). I then coloured him and the background , stamped with the lovely postmark stamps Tina sent me and covered with a couple of coats of clear embossing powder.
















This one I also made today - the background is made using spray Adirondack colour wash. I stamped her out again on to white card so that I could colour and cut out her face to layer onto the ATC. I then Versamarked a rectangle and double embossed.




















Another stunner of Tina's - take a look at the closeup to see the texture and detail that has been added in clear embossing powder. Its these extras that make Tina's ATC's a delight to own.




















This is another very simple one I made today (using another of those backgrounds shown in last Fridays post ) - I stamped another lady on plain white card so that I could cut out her face and wings to colour and emboss separetely.














Believe in Yourself is by Tina - again her attention to detail is stunning - take a look at the closeup to see the detail. The button, German scrap wings and flower charm have all been coloured using the red krylon pen.

























Last one is the fourth I made today before I had to stop playing and get down to some real work LOL! This is another simple ATC stamped with the man from the Wings plate 2, the Lost Coast Phrenology Head and the stamps my lovely friend Tina sent to me. I stamped the man out again on white card - coloured and cut out the butterfly to layer on to him and then glossed the butterfly using glossy accents (as it was a bit on the small side to triple emboss).

Doodle Doll Unmounted Stamps ATC's by Tina Hatchman

OK first post - so please be gentle with me LOL!


To wet your appetite I will start with some of Tina's designs made using the Lost Coast Design Doodle Dolls Set 1 unmounted rubber stamps.

Tina colours her images with Decorating Chalks. These chalks give gorgeous rich colours, and they allow you to build up and blend the colour. The image has been triple embossed using fine clear embossing powder. Tina's backgrounds have to be seen in real life to get the most from their glorious colours and textures but I hope you can see from the close up the embossing texture that has been applied to the outer edges. All Tina's backgrounds are a work of art in themselves. This one has been made using Adirondack ink pads and Adirondack spray colourwash. The squiggle stamps used on the background are from the PaperArtsy Swirls and Curls Plate 5.

We are all destined for greatness - well some more than others LOL! - this design uses one of the Lost Coast Design Shrine ATC stamps as the main background image (along with some script stamps and some Postmark stamps. We sell similar Crafty Individual postmark stamps.




















Listen closely, truth is silent is again a mix of a beautifully chalked doodle dolls image on a background of several shades of blended green adirondack inks. Tina layers several stamped images onto her backgrounds which give it so much interest and depth. The edges are finished with Mini scallop German Scrap.




















Heart & Soul has a wonderful two tone crackle background. (we don't sell the specific crackle glaze that Tina used but you can get similar effects with Tim Holtz Crackle Paint or Inkssentials Crackle Accents.) See the closeup picture to really appreciate the crackle effect.