Wednesday, October 2, 2013

STAMPOTIQUE DESIGNERS' CHALLENGE 119: ATCs

My favorite day of the week again!  The Stampotique Designers' Challenge is up and Samantha Read is our host this week.  She loves making ATCs, and they are always a hit in my book.  In fact, I am lucky enough to own an original ATC created by Samantha!  But, I digress...here's her challenge to us today:
"I love making ATC's the 2.5 x 3.5 inch size is perfect for any media you wish to use and you can squeeze in lots of details and layers in a small space or keep it quite plain and simple. ATC's can be dramatic or just plain fun so I can't wait to see yours!"
I recently purchased some ever-so-creamy embossing paste from Studio 490, and used that with a Dylusions stencil over a background sprayed with Dylusions ink sprays in Squeezed Orange and Cherry Pie.  To complete my ATC, I used one of the new (September 2013) Stampotique Originals' images (by their newest designer Linda Peterson) called "Dance" and starring Hazel!  I will admit to "surgically" removing, then repositioning and shortening her arms so that she fit on my ATC.  I also cut her dress out of patterned paper.  The word "dance" was cut from a larger stamp called "Dance Text."

 Without further ado, let me introduce HAZEL!

If you would like a chance to win one of two $30 gift certificates from Stampotique Originals this month, make an ATC and submit it here.  You don't have to use a Stampotique Originals' stamp, but you do need to use a rubber stamp (no digi images allowed in the drawing).  

 Thanks for stopping by today!  Both your visits and comments inspire me.

 Cheers!
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16 comments:

  1. Corrie HerrimanOctober 2, 2013 at 3:04 PM

    Great ATC Kay, I like her dress; she looks so cute. And if you didn't want to craft anymore you could always become a surgeon, the operation was a great success !
    Corrie x

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  2. Sam & PoppyOctober 2, 2013 at 4:04 PM

    Gotta love Hazel! Wonderful ATC Kay, perhaps it's time we did another swap? Big hugs from Poppy and me xxx

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  3. UnknownOctober 2, 2013 at 5:20 PM

    So sweet! The most beautiful thing is the hair above the paper, love it!

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  4. VonOctober 2, 2013 at 6:55 PM

    OMGosh, Kay -- this is simply darling! LOVE that stencil expansion the way it grows and bursts behind her -- so completely dramatic and effective. Mostly, I love that you became a stamp-doctor and surgically retro-fitted her to the cause. LOL Its brilliant, whimsical and just all wonderfully fun!

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  5. CocofoliesOctober 4, 2013 at 3:23 AM

    A very lovely ATC Kay, your Hazel is gorgeous !!! HUGS Coco xx

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  6. Paul BOctober 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    Gorgeous ATC Kay. Love your dramatic use of red, it's brilliant. Love how you used perspective with the stencil and paste design to mimic a dance-floor & lead the eye too. Pxx

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  7. Val-BelleOctober 4, 2013 at 9:09 AM

    This is such a cool ATC Kay... I have got a big stencil like that one and cant wait to use it. Love the colours.... and that image with her arms wide open is just so cool.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM

    The embossing looks fabulous...Hazel is a standout. (I like that Studio 490 embossing paste too) xox

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  9. Shilpa NagaonkarOctober 5, 2013 at 5:07 AM

    You have made beautiful ATC, Kay! She looks perfect, didn't recognized you have reconstructed her :-) and you have chosen superb combination of dylusions colors for background.

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  10. KazOctober 5, 2013 at 5:36 AM

    Fabulous ATC Kay, I love the embossing on it. Thanks for joining us once more at Stampotique.

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  11. Sue ukOctober 5, 2013 at 6:13 AM

    Great ATC. Makes me want to get up and dance

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  12. Dawn LouiseOctober 5, 2013 at 7:41 AM

    Excellent atc fabulous and vibrant and texture too x

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  13. ionabunnyOctober 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM

    This is really cute Kay. Love the bright colours. A great idea with the texture paste

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  14. FerrellGraph-xOctober 7, 2013 at 9:03 PM

    Your ATC is fantastic! I would have never guessed you had to do a minor surgery to make it work. Lol

    Thank you so much for your comment. It made my day!!! Plus a giggle too :)

    Kindest regards,
    Jennifer

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  15. EnikoOctober 10, 2013 at 12:00 PM

    What a clever little ATC! Love Hazel & the burlap background...

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  16. Sarinda JonesOctober 14, 2013 at 12:59 AM

    Kay Hazel looks wonderful. Xoxo thanks for joining us at Stampotique.
    Best
    Sarinda

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