Hanging ATC's

Here is a set I created for a swap on a Yahoo group.

Art Journal Page 4

I am on a roll here. Reading and Books is the theme this time. A little humour included too.

Art Journal Page 3

Page 3 double spread is Music one of my favourite things. Having learned the piano as a child I appreciate many types of music but focused on Classical for my theme.

Art Journal Me page

I finally started my Art Journal after saving ephemera and ideas for some time. The first page shows 2 map scraps. One with the area I was born and Blackpool where I have lived since I was 13. The bus ticket stamp is from the area I came from and the sisters stamp is my little sister and me. I used my favourite quote and of course Blackpool Tower had to feature somewhere too.

A Yahoo list I belong to are doing a similar thing and it is very encouraging. The idea of using descriptive words came from there.

Stamps by http://www.stampattack.co.uk/

Art Journal Page 2

Page 2 starts a section on Hobbies and Things I Like that I have enjoyed since Childhood Days. This page focus's on Stamp Collecting. I have 1,000's of stamps mainly GB and Poland where my Grandfather was born. I love Mail Art rubber stamps too.

My weakness is the journalling part.

Journal Card

Journal Card Cover. Perfect Pearls painted with Gum Arabic then embossed with a cuttlebug folder.

Page 1

Page 2

All stamps used are from my own stamp range www.stampattack.co.uk.

Shabby Chic ATC swap

I created a set of 3 ATC's for a swap. To get the 'look' we had to use gesso in 1 of 4 ways. I chose to brayer die inks and gesso so stamping was involved.