The ukstamper’s ATC swap theme for March is ART so inspired by StampZia’s amazing site I had a go at these 3. The ideas and techniques are from stamp Zia but I have used different colours and stamps and tweaked the ideas slightly.

Inks: black document ink, black Marvy pen with clear embossing powder
Stamps: Stamps Happen magnolia floral, paperartsy (unique art) Man of numbers – plate 5
Card: white box board
Colours: slate and neon green sprays, bleach, Copic begonia pink and dark suntan, red neon pen
Other: sequin waste, art masking fluid

I scribbled the masking fluid onto the card and waited until it was dry, then sprayed some splodges of green and when that was dry I sprayed it lightly with slate through the sequin waste varying the intensity.When that was all dry I then rubbed off the masking fluid and stamped unique art in document ink by stamping off first. Then I selectively inked the flower only with Marvy pen, huffed to moisten before stamping then embossed with clear powder. I then lifted some of the colour from the petals using the bleach (in an aqua brush) and once it was dry I coloured in the petals and stems.

Inks: Brilliance galaxy gold with gold embossing powder
Stamps: paperartsy (ART) Man of numbers – plate 5, Elusive images oriental plate A better place, Non sequitur – Cranes 9D
Colours: wine and elderberry sprays, bleach, stampin up taken with teal, red pencil
Card: white box board
Other: sequin waste

For this one I used a similar technique to spray the the colours on, then stamped all the images in gold and embossed them. I took the colour out of the flower, crane and a few other bits and highlighted the letters using the bleach. I dabbed water onto the area around the crane to lift only a small amount of colour. The swirls and small areas of the flower were coloured with teal using cut ‘n’ dry nibs.

Inks: Brilliance galaxy gold with gold embossing powder
Stamps: Judikins Carol’s cube (large Ginko leaf), Non -sequitur Oriental collage elements 52C (small Ginko leaf), and quote (unknown)
Colours: neon green, forest green, Glitz Spritz spray Desert moon antique rose sprays, neon orange pen
Card: white box board
Other: sequin waste, gold Pilot pen, white Signo pen

Again using the same technique to spray the two green colours on then lifted the colour from the leaves and coloured them orange. I then highlighted areas with the white pen and splattered some gold spots on with the gold Pilot pen. The ATC was then finished off with a light spray of the Glitz spritz.