ATC.... stands for Artist Trading Card, which is just a small 2.5 x 3.5 inch card. These are my samples for an Embossing ATC swap with some fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.
I have embossed the image from Carte Postale, onto Night of Navy cardstock, using versamark & silver embossing powder, then used a cirlce punch to make the 'ticket' corners. I have also embossed silver around the edges of the Buckaroo Blue cardstock, added some silver brads to the corners, then mounted on some more Night of Navy.What do you do with an ATC? Well mine are going to go into an album as each month we are doing a different technique, but you can also make them into a card......
...like this one. I have used the flower stamp from Carte Postale to create the background paper, silver embossed the sentiment & added some ribbon & silver cord. I posted these off last week, so will soon be getting 8 back in the mail - can't wait to check them out!
Above are the supplies you will need. A sheet of cardstock (I have used Stampin' Up! perfectly plum, you can also use patterned papers - the thicker double sided ones work best), Stampin' Up! Spiral Punch, anywhere gluestick, scissors & a spiral notebook. You can trim your cardstock if you like, however don't make it the same size as the notebook yet. I always trim mine after punching as it can be tricky to line up the holes for the spine.
The spiral punch will punch 2 holes, the other section has a metal guide. When making your first punch make sure the right hand side of the cardstock is flush against the guide. I always use the punch unspide down, as pictured, so I can see where I am punching. Continue to punch all the way along the cardstock, lining up the metal guide in the slit of the last hole punched!
At this point, if you have purchased a Stampin' Up! On Board Art Journal, the cardstock could be glued on the cover as the holes are the correct distance apart. However if you are using a spirax notebook you will need to add in a few more steps.
You will notice that the holes are too far apart at this point, so you will need to punch another set. Make a small mark in the middle of the first two holes (see white mark in above pic)
Line the mark up so it is in the middle of the left hand side hole to be punched, as above. Continue punching along your cardstock, below you can see the left side of the cardstock has been punched once, the right side punched twice & the holes are alot closer together.
Once you have punched all the way along your cardstock it will be ready to glue on the front/back of your notebook.
I always glue onto my cover, them trim around the edge with the scissors. This way there is no measuring & my cover is always the right fit.
2nd prize - Rollagraph handle, ink cartridge & jelly bean wheel, silver mica magic ink pad & reinker, 2 x carl punches, pack of style stones & an inkums stamp set.
You can see the rubber 'negative' on the left. You can keep this to use for a mask - I'll show you this another day - so make sure you don't throw it out!
Once you stick the coordinating sticker on the other side on the wood block you are ready to stamp. It is so easy & there is absolutely no cutting involved!.JPG)
I used my Stampin' Write markers to colour the cake for this card, then I covered it in 2 way glue & poured on dazzling diamonds. It is really sparkly IRL, but the camera doesn't photograph it very well. I tried to get a closer pic, but with so much glitter my poor camera couldn't focus properly!
So here is the card I made. Part of the challenge also included the use of patterned paper, so once I had decided what paper to use the colours for the card were easy - just use the colours that co-ordinate with the paper! I am rather pleased with how it turned out.
