Often times we wander around the Internet just looking. Pinterest, Instagram, Blog Posts, Facebook and of course YouTube. This is one of my favorite pastimes and where I get inspired by other crafty artists. I ran across a new (well new to me) YouTube channel the other day of Nina Ribena and she had the neatest ATCs she'd made. Well I'm not an ATC maker but I could sure see her ideas incorporated into some cards for me. So thank you thank you Miss Nina for inspiring me! Sometimes we just need to see it for our own crafty light bulb to go off.
I loved how Nina had covered mats with ink and then laid the Tim Holtz tissue paper over the top. I used Distress Oxide ink on my four cards and I love them but next time I'm trying some sort of paints to get a deeper more vibrant color. When you adhere the tissue over top of the color it becomes even more muted. As I said I love my cards but want to try them the other way as well.
I made four cards each one varies in size since I was using scraps of Kraft paper I found in my drawer but since I made my own envelopes the size didn't matter I could make whatever size envelope I needed to house them in. How nice four cards and four envelopes all ready to go and they all have a home waiting to be sent to.
Each of my bygone era cards has the Tim Holtz unclaimed relatives on them. My friend Paula had gifted them to me and I have to admit I thought it creepy to add these people that I didn't know on my cards. You know, they grow on you, now I think they are fun and the life they give to the card is just priceless.
I didn't use a lot of fancy techniques, nothing hard at all, easy peasy stuff that any of you can do to make your own set of cards. Come join me on my video, I'll share the process of how to make them and lots of pictures of the finished cards. Who knows maybe I'll turn that crafty lightbulb on for you the way Nina did for me! Whatever you do have a great crafty day! Big hugs friends, Patti
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