Saturday, 21 March 2020

Saturday chatter

Morning readers

Day five of the self-isolation and we're fed up, goodness knows we'll feel after twelve weeks but ... at least we have hobbies! Stay well peeps.

And now for an Artist Trading Card which, rather unusually for me, uses a black background
My Artist Trading Card
Materials used:
  • ATC blank
  • Snippet of black card
  • That's Crafty "Dinky" stencil (TC064) through which I applied IZINK Diamon Glitter paint (Aladine) using a plastic palette knife
  • On a snippet of white card I stamped my Katzelkraft ratty (from KTZ179) using Memento tuxedo black ink
  • Pro Markers to colour
  • Once coloured I fussy cut out my little ratty and ran him through my Xyron sticker maker before adhering him to my "wall"

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:
  1. Colour Crazy - challenge No. 11 - ANYTHING (hand coloured) GOES
  2. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 182 - ANYTHING GOES
  3. Your Next Stamp - challenge No. 135 - CUTE CRITTERS
  4. Happy Little Stampers - March ATC challenge - CRITTERS
  5. TCP Tuesday - challenge No. 366 - FURRY ANIMALS

 

6 comments:

Sarn said...

LOVE IT! Great to see the black background and glitzy toppings. Gotta love those rat images!

Like you say . . . got to stay as cheery as poss in these difficult times. Imagine if you DIDN'T have an indoor hobby!!!!!

Elbow bumps,
Sarn xxx

Lillianb said...

That's lovely Kathy, Love the stencil. the mouse is cute,

Lilian

Pat said...

That rat is quirky and fun and love the sparkly textured brick frame and great on the black card Kathy. It is funny that if you can go out whenever you choose too you don't even want to, and when you know you can't it is really difficult to cope with and one's mood gets rather low. I am finding that my mojo seems to have gone too at the moment, but as we get accustomed to this way of life hopefully it will return. We must all try hard to keep positive. x

Donna said...

Awesome ATC!
Thank goodness we have crafting to get us through social isolation....day 9 here...
Thanks for playing along with the HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS ATC team for our "Critters" challenge!!

Vicki Dutcher said...

How cute! Love that celebrating rat :) Thanks for joining in at HLS ATC

Pat said...

Hi Kathy, thank you for letting me know about my win at HLS and congratulations to you also on being a favourite with your cute and quirky rat ATC, so well deserved! x