April ATC's- Journaling

This is going to be a L-O-N-G post!  Our April ATC theme was a challenge for me- I have never done Journaling, so had to do quite a bit of research.....so, here is what I finally came up with:

  I used Dylusions sprays and stencils, stamps, rub-ons and a white Signo pen. The middle ATC uses the newspaper that was under the ATC's while I was spraying.....waste not, want not......

 I used a library card insert (given to me by my friend Laura) for the first two trades. The left ATC was watercolored, I used the white Signo pen and some Stardust gelly roll pen, On the Rt- Dylusions spray and stencil. On the ATC on the Lt, I added different words on the inside flap.

 

I had some fun- grabbed some old TJ backgrounds and punched out a few butterflies with a MS punch and added them inside - a little hidden treasure: )  The Twine was added by piercing thru the sides of the library card insert

Using Alcohol Ink Splatters backgrounds, I added stamps, writing (1970's tunes) and a stencil with writing in the little open spaces.

Two more made with Dylusions Sprays and the butterfly stencil. I sprayed the ink over the stencil, added the newsprint, then traced the stencil again.  These two were not traded- want one???  

This was my 1-4-1 trade- a mish-mosh of techniques and Journaling. 

This is the 1-4-1 trade I recieved:

 Made by Cindy

Like my trades, many of the group make all different ATC's- so this is the sampling of my trades:

On the Lt- Diane M and on the Rt Diane S.

On the Lt Trena and on the Rt Mari

On the Lt- Linda and on the Rt- Carol.  Carol wrote a journal across the front and back of 12 ATC's, then cut them apart.

On the Lt- Debbie- and the pencils were made from toothpicks. On the Rt Harriet.

 On the Lt Mary- she made a little journal book, and on the Rt Cindy.

This is the front of Mary's book-and how cool- see the binding?

Marcie took photo's and added Journaling.

I am going to link up my Journaling ATC's to the Fashionable Stamping Challange. 

Whew- lots of Inspiration!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly