Saturday - it's the weekend!

Morning readers, 

I've a make to share with you today ....... an Artist Trading Card, another using the cool retiform technique. ATC's are a great way to use up those pesky leftover bits of cards and I love the scale of them too .. at just 3½" x 2½" 

My ATC

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of leftover card in black and white
• Aall & Create sentiments (for background - set #630) stamped using Distress Oxide in black soot
• Using a makeup brush I applied a light cover of Distress Oxide in black soot to the white snippet and a little heavier around the outer border
• Using a scrap of card as my "straight edge" I applied further black soot in retiform style, till I was happy with the shape and density of colour
• Tim Holtz "man with umbrella" and sentiment - both from Visual Artistry and stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Black sharpie, to edge the grey layer and a Faber Castell silver pitt pen to edge the black layer, giving the illusion of another layer

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Crafty Catz - challenge No. 592 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) USE TWINE
2. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 229 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Simply Create Too - challenge No. 179 - MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
4. Craft Rocket - challenge No. 91 - BOYS/MEN
5. Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge - RAIN or SHINE