Monday, February 5, 2018

Collage ATC's

  In my ATC group, the Feb. theme is collage.  I had to do lots of looking on You Tube and Pintrest to get ideas for this theme.  I finally made a 'masterboard', and cut that into smaller ATC sized pieces.
  I will show the process after the ATC's.





                                            Butterfly stamp by Unity (Gracielle Designs).



                                                          Stamps by Unity Stamps.

                                                           Stamps by Unity





                                                                  Stamps by Unity

                                                              Stamps by Unity




 Here is how I made the masterboard- most of the pieces are from magazines, some of the pieces are DP.

 I glued down all of the pieces with Mat Gel Medium onto a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock.
Next, paint Gesso over the top of the dried Masterboard.

Wipe over the top with a baby wipe.

  I stamped a Unity stamp in Black Stazon over the dried masterboard. I could have added more paint colors over the top, but wanted to leave the back white and let the colors from the magazine pages take center stage.

 I used a Unity heart script stamp and embossed it in gold. I decided to stop here and embellish the backgrounds.

Challenges:
Fashionable Stamping- AG
International Art and Soul- Texture
Pile it on- 3D embellishments
We Love to Create- Mixed Media

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

11 comments:

kiwimeskreations said...

What fabulous ATC's Shelly - love how you made the masterboard - way easier than trying to make individual collages!
Blessings
Maxine

Lisa Lynn said...

Shelly these are all gorgeous. You are so creative to come up with all of these designs.

froebelsternchen said...

Adorable collages and textures - so creative!

Lynn McAuley said...

These are absolutely amazing, Shelly!! Each one a tiny collage treasure!!

Dr Sonia S V said...

Such a lovely collection!!

Cheers
Dr Sonia

jimlynn said...

WOW! Shelly, these are sensational!!! Love the way you arranged all that on such small cards. They're all simply perfect!
Lynn

Vickie Y said...

Wow! Your ATCs are gorgeous and your masterboard technique is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Gemma Hynes said...

Great ATCs, thank you for joining in the challenge on the Love to Create blog.

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

WOW! Shelly you are so talented. Great ATCs!

Margaret said...

These are all so beautiful Shelly. I'd never be able to pick just one. Thanks for joining us at International Art & Soul. Good luck. Maggie, DT

Elizabeth Hart said...

Love your creative collage work - everyone is so unique!
Thanks so much for joining us this month at the Pile it On challenge, Elizabeth (DT)