November ATC: Animals/Beige

The prompt for the November ATC swap over on Clarity Crafts Mini Makes and ATCs is Animals, and the colour is beige. This is what I sent to my swap partner.

I chose a background made at the summer retreats and trimmed it to ATC size (3.5” x 2.5”).

I blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide over the ATC, gave it a light spritz with water and dabbed off the excess with a paper towel.

I added the cat stamp club image (NDC #181) in Frayed Burlap Distress Archival ink.

I then added the ATC stamp onto the back in the same ink. The information was also added in the same ink / beige pen.

I went over both cats with a fine embossing pen and heat embossed in Golden Sand embossing powder.

I then added a third cat from the Wee Cats set in Versamark ink and heat embossed in the same way.

To finish the ATC, I added the sentiment from the NDC stamp set and edged the ATC in the same Distress Archival ink as before.

For the card, trim a second retreat background to 3.5” x 3.5”.

Add one of the family of elephants’ stamps in Pebble Beach Archival ink.

Add two more elephants in the same ink.

Add the outer part of a medium moon mask and blend Pale Ochre Archival ink through the aperture.

Add a bird from Barbara’s Favourite Build a Landscape stamps in Jet Black Archival ink.

Add the grasses from the Family Miniatures stamp set in Pale Ochre Archival ink.

Add two of the sentiments from the first stamp set in Jet Black Archival ink.

To finish, edge with a black Sharpie pen and add to the front of a 4” x 4” white card blank.