Monday and the start of a fresh, new week!

Morning readers, 

Hope you enjoyed your weekend and managed to stay warm!

I've a make to share with you today ....... a very green ATC, for a swap with the theme of monochrome! I sometimes forget how much I love to play with inks and blend till my fingers take on the colour I'm using!

My finished Artist Trading Card, measuring just 3½" x 2½"

My inked background

Inked and then stencilled

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in white and green
• Using Distress Oxide in rustic wilderness, Tsukineko "shimmer" spray and water, I "smooshed" a background till I was happy with the colour and coverage, before setting aside to completely dry
• Aall & Create stencil (#159 - Jan 2024 - NBUS) used, with a makeup brush and the rustic wilderness D.O., to stencil on my "smooshed" background
• Katzelkraft sentiment (from KTZ291 - December 2023 - NBUS) stamped using Versafine Clair shady lane ink
• Aall & Create image (from set #905 - Jan 2024 - NBUS) stamped using Brilliance pearlescent thyme ink
• Green sharpie pen, used to edge the white image panel

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

1. NBUS - challenge No. 58 - USE NBUS
2. Starstampz - challenge No. 54 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) FAIRIES
3. Creative Inspirations - challenge No. 10 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - January challenge - ANYTHING GOES
5. Allsorts - challenge No. 763 - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
6. Stencil Fun - January challenge - USE STENCIL/S