ATCs WITH ATTITUDE - HALLOWEEN or ANYTHING GOES

This is our 25th challenge and we have 3 prizes for you this fortnight from our sponsors who are:
Beccy's Place - 3 digis for the winner
Fresh Brewed Designs - 3 digis for the winner
Just Some Lines - $12 voucher to spend in the digi shop

I chose my image - Fruit & Vegetables - from Beccy's Place and made an ATC -

I suppose my theme was anything goes as most of our wonderful DT chose the Halloween theme. I used watercolour pencils to do my best to create this 'still art' picture. It took me back to my school days when I actually had a piece of art put up on the class wall - a still art drawing all in blue. Never forgotten that because it was the only artwork I ever did that was good!!!
Pop over to our blog HERE for all the details of our challenge and to see the lovely samples from our DT.
If you would prefer to enter a card into our challenge we have our sister blog Fat Pages with Attitude for you to do just that. Looking forward to seeing your entries.

ATCS WITH ATTITUDE #24 - YELLOW/RED/ORANGE or ANYTHING GOES

I was a little concerned I wouldn't make my DT sample for this fortnight's challenge following an unexpected spell away, but I did in the end albeit by the skin of my teeth.
I chose my image from Delicious Doodles, who incidentally are offering the winner 4 digis, it's called Fire Woman.

The photo is a little light (no pun intended) because I put a flickering tea light behind my card to add to the mystery of this gorgeous image. She is coloured with Copics and then cut out. I decided to leave the bit by her hand as I thought it may become a bit unstable, but really I think I should have gone ahead and cut out the card.
Anyway, we also have another sponsor, Floppy Lattee who is offering a $10 voucher to spend in their shop.
Please join in with us this fortnight. All the info can be found HERE.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #23

Anything goes is our theme this fortnight which means you can make an ATC or CARD of your choice.
We have 2 sponsors:
Smeared Ink - offering a $15 voucher to the winner
and
Sassy Studio Design - offering 4 digis to the winner.

I chose my images from Smeared Ink this time -
Killer Bo Peep

Shroom

Such fun images to work with.
Remember, you can enter your card into our sister blog - Fat Pages with Attitude.
I am looking forward to seeing your creations.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #22 - BUTTONS/BOWS or ANYTHING GOES

Another 2 weeks have flown by which means we have a fresh challenge for you over at ATCs/Cards with Attitude.
Our sponsors this time are:
Delicious Doodles - there are 4 digis for the winner
and
Lej - who has 3 digis for the winner.
Pop over to our little blog and have a go. Remember, if you make a card you can enter it into our sister challenge blog too. All the deets are on the link above. Here is my ATC this fortnight.
La Rosa Muerta from Delicious Doodles -

I used Copics to colour her before adding some rock candy distress stickles to her hair.
Looking forward to your entries.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE CHALLENGE # 21 - ANYTHING GOES

Hi everyone, I'm back from my holiday and I have another exciting challenge to tell you about.
We are running with an anything goes theme this fortnight, so you can upload an ATC here or a card on our sister blog. Our wonderful sponsors are:
Meljens Designs who is offering 3 digis to the winner and
Stitchy Bear who is giving away a $15 voucher to spend in their shop.
Pop over to our blog for all the details HERE
I managed to quickly make an ATC having chosen an image from Meljens.

The background was mopped distress inks from my craft sheet. I printed the re-sized peacock onto the card and coloured it with Copics. A few tiny 'blobs' of rock candy stickles gave a bit of sparkle.
Have fun and enter your creations onto the link on our challenge blog.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE # 19 - ANYTHING GOES

Another 2 weeks have once more flown by since our last challenge which means, it's time for another. We have 2 sponsors again - Sassy
                                   - lejdesigns - Lindsay is also one of our new DT members too.

Pop over to our blog for all the details of the sponsors and the prizes on offer HERE.
My entries this time are ATCs but if you choose to make a card instead, remember to enter it into our sister blog challenges, Fat Pages with Attitude.
This lovely image is from Sassy.

This image is from Lindsay and although I found it difficult to colour, I think the overall card is acceptable.
Well crafters, I am on holiday in the absolutely gorgeous counties of Devon and Dorset so I have scheduled this post. If I have missed any information that you require for this challenge, please pop along to the blog using the link I've included above. Happy crafting.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #18 - ANYTHING GOES

Again we had over 100 entries for our last challenge so our DT members have chosen 3 winners and 3 wonderful entries for our top 3 badge. Pop over to our blog HERE to see all the details of this fortnight's challenge which is sponsored by Fresh Brewed Designs and also Beccy's Place, each of which are offering 3 digis to the winners of this challenge.
I chose 2 images and came up with these ATCs:

Remember, ATCs are fun little works of art measuring 3.5" x 2.5" but they also make super toppers for cards. So, if you want to make an ATC you could also include it on a card and enter it into our sister challenge blog - Fat Pages with Attitude.
Come on then, what are you waiting for...........

ATC's/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE # 17 - ANYTHING GOES

Another 2 weeks have flown by which means another chance for you to show us your projects, whether they be ATCs or CARDS over at ATCs/ CARDs with ATTITUDE. Remember though, we are an ATC or card challenge blog only but if you decide to make a card you can enter it into our sister blog, Fat Pages with Attitude too.
We have amazing sponsor prizes for you :
Sassy Studio Designs are offering 4 digis for the winner
Anitas Digital Designs are giveing the winner a choice of digis
Fresh Brewed Designs are offering 3 digis to the winner, their choice.
I was greedy and made 2 ATCs this time:
#1 - Breakfast at Tiffanys from Sassy:

# 2 - Ashee from Anita's:

The images are so very different which meant I have had great fun making them both. Come and join us this fortnight and have just as much fun.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE # 16 - ANYTHING GOES/A SUMMER'S GARDEN

Another 2 weeks have gone by which means it's time for another challenge over at ATCs/Cards with Attitude.  Last time we had over 100 entries which is absolutely fantastic.
Our sponsors are Delicious Doodles who are generously giving 4 digis to our winner. So come on, pop over to our challenge blog, have a look at what the DT have done and then make either an ATC or CARD and enter.
I chose a gorgeous poppy image and made a card this time.

I coloured it with Copics and had a ball doing so, mainly because it turned out really well - for me anyway. The edges of the orange vellum have been punched with a Martha Stewart around the edge punch. I didn't use the corner punch because the size of the vellum didn't match the required measurements to actually go all round the edges.
I'm waiting for your entries so let's get going.............

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE # 15 - ANYTHING GOES or FATHERS DAY

So, so sorry I am a day late in posting this fortnight's challenge. There has been a lot going on around here of late and yesterday seemed not to happen at all. However, I can finally tell you about it now.
We had a little glitch following our last challenge and instead of the next one being in 2 weeks, it was scheduled for last week, so actually you got to participate quicker than normal, and boy did you. So many entrants. Congratulations to the winners and also to our first top 3 winners who now possess a badge for their side bar.
Right, our #15 challenge is sponsored by Meljens who are offering a choice of digis and
                                                              Floppy Latte who are giving a $10 voucher.

I chose this sewing machine image and really shrunk it down before colouring it with distress markers. I then covered an ATC with a patchwork of material, added some faux stitching, buttons and Idea-ology coat hangers before using 3D foam to add the machine.
This week, Team A are showing their samples and next Friday it will be Team B's turn. Pop over to see them all HERE.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #14

Another 2 weeks have flown by which means it's time for another challenge over at ATCs/Cards with Attitude.
This time however, we have changed the rules slightly. The DT team will pick a top 3 out of all the entries. That makes things a little more exciting eh? Also, we have decided to split into 2 teams, namely A and B. Team As cards will be shown on the day the challenge is announced and team B will showcase theirs the following Friday. So come on crafters, let's see your cards.
This week our sponsors are Anita's Digital Designs and Saturated Canary. I got a bit confused - nothing new for me there!! and managed to ask for an image from both so I made an ATC called Mushy House from Anita's and a card called Sprocket the Steampunk Aviator from Saturated Canary:

Hope you can join in and remember, you can  either make an ATC or Card. Have fun.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #13 - BUTTERFLIES AND BLOOMS

This fortnight I chose an image from fresh Brewed Designs - Steamy Romance.

I ran an A6 sized piece of Lost and Found paper through my printer after I had re-sized the digi image to fit an ATC. I then cut the paper to it's final size before colouring over it all with a few different distress stains. The red and green colouring were done with studio acrylic paint and the white of the mug was achieved with picket fence distress stain. A covering of glossy accents on the hearts and a Prima leaf finished it all off.
Pop over to our blog HERE for some fabulous samples from our Design Team, some of which have only joined us this week. They have done so well. Remember, you can make a card if you don't like ATCs and if the theme of this fortnight's challenge doesn't appeal either, just make something with an anything goes theme.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #12 - ANYTHING GOES/ONE LAYER

How could I resist this utterly gorgeous image. Isn't she just beautiful. My first attempt at this card was a failure so I painstakingly coloured her with both Archival vermillion and magenta hue and copics, then cut her out. The background for this ATC was made by distressing it all over with evergreen bough and iced spruce DIs before spritzing a harlequin stamp with water which I used to take the inks away leaving the subtle effect you see. I then used a tape roll and 3D foam to attach the image to the card and added a few tiny feathers for her wings, a tiny flower and some curled wire for her hair slides.
Pop over to our challenge blog here, where you will not only find details of this fortnight's challenge, sponsor details and gorgeous samples from our lovely DT, but also details about a call for a Design Team for our sister challenge blog - Fat Pages.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #11 - ANYTHING GOES

This cute dragonfly from our sponsors 'Limited Runs' caught my eye because I wanted to make a child's birthday card this fortnight. The base card is 8" x 8" over-layed with some scrunched up Tim Holtz tissue wrap and retro grunge paper. The paper was torn and then distressed with fired brick distress ink. I made a little ATC for the bottom R/H corner using liquid applique for the body, distress markers to colour the wings and sticky gems for added bling. The big dragonfly has a button body but the same treatment for it's wings. Both have tiny, tiny sticky gems as eyes. The birthday greeting is re-cycled from a card I received for my birthday. The last little embellishment is a metal dragonfly brad.
Pop over to our blog here and see what our design team have made for this fortnights challenge. Why not join in, it's fun.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE - ANYTHING GOES

2 more weeks have flown by so that means it's time for another challenge over at ATCs/Cards with Attitude.
Delicious Doodles are sponsoring an anything goes theme, therefore, if you make an ATC or CARD this fornight, enter it into our challenge.

I think this beautiful image is so versatile. I printed it twice on to card and once on to gold shimmer green vellum. Having decided to make an ATC, I had already shrunk it down to just under 2.5" x 3.5" before printing it out because I wanted to cut around it and include the leaves and flowers in the measurements. I used Distress Markers to colour everything before cutting the outside of the image to form the edges of the card. I also cut the 3 centre flowers and the leaves and used both glue and 3D foam to enhance the depth.

ATCs/CARDS WITH ATTITUDE # 9

Pop over to our challenge blog HERE for all the details on this fortnight's challenge. After all, there is a prize of 4 digis up for grabs.

I just couldn't resist this image from our sponsors Delicious Doodles. She's called Pirate Polly. I printed her onto card suitable for my Copics which I used to colour her. After very carefully cutting her out, I used 3D foam to mount her on some pre-coloured card (I just swiped a distress ink pad over it) to which I had glued tiny shells, pearls and a brass lighthouse coloured with alcohol inks.

ATCs & CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #8 - ANYTHING GOES

This cheerful little sunflower, called Sunflower Smile by Robyn's Fetish, is dancing merrily in the sunshine.

I printed the image onto printed sticky paper and again onto card. Each was coloured with Copics. The card image was cut out and fastened over the other image with a coloured brad. I punched some grass out of green patterned paper and using 3D foam stuck it to the bottom of the card. A few Prima flowers, seed beads and glossy accents on some of the sunflower petals added interest. I then distressed the edges of the card with spiced marmalade distress ink.

 

Come and join us this fortnight over at ATCs & Cards with Attitude, you can make anything for the theme so long as it's either a CARD or an ATC.
Our wonderful sponsor is Robyns Fetish who is offering the winner their choice of 5 digi images.

ATCs and CARDS WITH ATTITUDE #6 - FLOWERS OR ANYTHING GOES

Following a change to our name and theme, we had a wonderful response to our last challenge. Thank you everyone who took part. Pop over to the blog here and see if you are a winner but also to get the details of our challenge for this fortnight.
Once again you can make either an ATC or a CARD and our theme is FLOWERS.  If, however you don't want to join in with the theme, then make yours Anything Goes.
Our sponsor this time is - Fresh Brewed Designs. Below is my ATC.

I chose 'Love Blooms' to work with. The background card is hammered white card stock with 'mopped up' spare ink and perfect pearls from my craft sheet. I printed the image onto white card and again onto printable acetate, coloured them both and cut them out. I layered them both using 3D foam adding the foam pads to the acetate behind the heart gems only. I off set the images for a more dimensional look. A couple of heart stick pins and some iced spruce distress ink around the edge of the card, finished it off.
Looking forward to seeing your entry.