One of the third challenges to celebrate 5000 members over on Junk journals and Mindful Mixed Media Art (JJAMMMA) is to create 5 ATCoins and use them on another project. I had previously made a journal page with 5 ATCoins on it (see HERE), but as it had to be a new project this time, I came up with another page.
My first thought when thinking of 5 ATCoins was the five senses. I had some ATCoin blanks which I had cut from Sheena's stamping card using the George and Basic Shapes Cartridge on my Cricut machine. I usually cut a whole page at a time of 2.5" circles. Each of them had Distress Oxides blended over them (Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint and Mermaid Lagoon). They were given a light spritz of water and dried. Four of the coins were finished using the same method: first they were over stamped with various Journaling stamps (Claritystamp) in coordinating Archival inks.
Then a suitable image to fit the sense was stamped and heat embossed onto the coin. The only stamp that I used that wasn't from Claritystamp is the eye from the Where Dreams Take You by Visible Image.
Finally, each of the coins had a label added; printed in a medium font on my Dymo Letratag and trimmed down.
For the final coin, I added the top layer of a piece of paper towel that had been used to stamp off Archival ink from one of the Daisy & Friends triple overlay stamps by Claritystamp. This was sealed, dried and trimmed.
I outlined the image using a fine liner pen as I didn't want the outer circle which is part of the outline stamp in the set. Finally the label was added; I later went round the label using a fine, black Posca pen as I had for the others. For the background, I blended Distress Oxides over a piece of mixed media card (18.5cm x 19.5cm). I like trying out new colour combinations so used Iced Spruce and Hickory Smoke for the first layer, then blended Shaded Lilac over the top. I wanted to keep the background muted so that the coins would stand out. A spritz with water to activate the inks, then the page was thoroughly dried with a heat tool. To decorate the background, I used stamps from the Brilliant Work of Art stamp set by Claritystamp. First I stamped the large quote in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in detail silver EP. Then I created a stamped border using the four smallest stamps in Onyx Black Versafine ink. I also added a drop shadow to the large quote using the same fine, black Posca pen as before. To add further interest to the background before adding the coins, I stamped each of the four smaller stamps randomly in the same ink as before. It only remained to glue the finished ATCoins into place.
My first thought when thinking of 5 ATCoins was the five senses. I had some ATCoin blanks which I had cut from Sheena's stamping card using the George and Basic Shapes Cartridge on my Cricut machine. I usually cut a whole page at a time of 2.5" circles. Each of them had Distress Oxides blended over them (Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint and Mermaid Lagoon). They were given a light spritz of water and dried. Four of the coins were finished using the same method: first they were over stamped with various Journaling stamps (Claritystamp) in coordinating Archival inks.
Then a suitable image to fit the sense was stamped and heat embossed onto the coin. The only stamp that I used that wasn't from Claritystamp is the eye from the Where Dreams Take You by Visible Image.
Wee Folk 1 |
Wee Folk 6 |
Wee Three Kings |
Visible Image Where Dreams Take You |
For the final coin, I added the top layer of a piece of paper towel that had been used to stamp off Archival ink from one of the Daisy & Friends triple overlay stamps by Claritystamp. This was sealed, dried and trimmed.
I outlined the image using a fine liner pen as I didn't want the outer circle which is part of the outline stamp in the set. Finally the label was added; I later went round the label using a fine, black Posca pen as I had for the others. For the background, I blended Distress Oxides over a piece of mixed media card (18.5cm x 19.5cm). I like trying out new colour combinations so used Iced Spruce and Hickory Smoke for the first layer, then blended Shaded Lilac over the top. I wanted to keep the background muted so that the coins would stand out. A spritz with water to activate the inks, then the page was thoroughly dried with a heat tool. To decorate the background, I used stamps from the Brilliant Work of Art stamp set by Claritystamp. First I stamped the large quote in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in detail silver EP. Then I created a stamped border using the four smallest stamps in Onyx Black Versafine ink. I also added a drop shadow to the large quote using the same fine, black Posca pen as before. To add further interest to the background before adding the coins, I stamped each of the four smaller stamps randomly in the same ink as before. It only remained to glue the finished ATCoins into place.
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