Saturday, 29 September 2012

Three Halloween ATCs

When I fist saw this background paper, I knew this had to be used for a halloween project! As I usually love to do more than one ATC at a time, I made a threesome.


I cut out the ATCs and distressed the edges, which I afterwards blended with "black soot" Distress ink and a rough kitchen sponge cube. I tore strips from a page of an old book and gave them the same treatment.

Then I stamped the images of the skeletton, the crow and the Snake Oil label on them and set them aside to dry.

In the meantime I stamped the quotes (from My Mind's Eye and Martha Stewart) onto lilac cardstock with embossing ink, covered them with black "Sternenstaub" embossing powder and heated them. The finished quotes were cut out, the edges distressed and again treated with "black soot".

To add some depth, I stamped images of a pumpkin (My Mind's Eye), a skull ((My Mind's Eye) and a raven (Tim Holtz) onto the background as well as a text-border from the Martha Stewart Halloween stamp set.

I covered small brads with lilac nail polish and added some orange glitter flakes as embellishments with a "bling". Book page strips and quotes were glued onto the background, brads fixed. Done!



Hope, you like them! (Maybe you wanna trade? ;)


Hugs,
die amelie x

Here are some close-ups as usual:


I am going to enter the City Crafter Challenge blog's challenge "An Early Boo" with these.

29 comments:

  1. *schmacht*
    Wow, die sind sowas von genial geworden, Claudia. Ich bin hellauf begeistert.

    Ich wünsche Dir ein schönes Wochenende

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  2. Oh wie absolut cool!!!! Die sind super genial geworden!!!!

    LG!

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  3. Oh, wie freu ich mich, Rosie und Turwen,

    dass sie euch so gut gefallen! Danke für eure lieben Besuche und das schöne Lob!

    Busserl,
    Claudia xx

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  4. Hach Claudia, die sind wieder herrlich, auch wenn ich kein Halloweenfan bin ;o)

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    1. Herzichen Dank, Margot!

      Ich freu mich sehr über deinen Besuch! :)

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  5. WOW, deine ATCs sind echt Spitze, mal ein ganz anderer Stil als das übliche zu Halloween und gerade deshalb für mich echte Hingucker, absolut Klasse!

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    1. Was für ein schönes Lob, Uli!

      Sei recht herzlich dafür bedankt!!!

      LG,
      Claudia x

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  6. Gorgeous ATC's! Love the colours, images and the words - just everything really. My favourite is the one with the bird.
    Juliaxx

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    1. Thank you, Julia!

      So glad, you like them!

      Hugs,
      die amelie xx

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  7. grossartig! die embossten Schriftzüge machen sich hier ganz besonders gut!
    super!

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    1. Danke, liebe Susi!

      Ich freu mich, dass sie dir so gefallen! :)

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  8. Great Halloween ATCs - wonderful embossing on the lettering... and WOW to your new blog header (at least I've not seen it yet)! It's completely fabulous - all those great projects of yours - bravo!
    Alison x

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    1. Thank you very much, Alison,

      for the great laud upon the new header. I thought, now I had enough useable projects to do a collage for it ;). So glad, you like it.

      Hugs,
      Claudia xx

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  9. Eins schöner als das andere, ich könnte mich nicht entscheiden für einen favoriten..oder doch den Raben*g* ich liebe auch alle Krähenvögel. Ich finde die ATCs toll zusammengestellt, der HG passt toll zu dem bestempelten Zeitungsstück, Farben, Schrift alles 1A, also rundherum genial gemacht!
    LG Anja

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    1. Danke schön, Anja!


      Dafür, dass die drei mit furchtbarem Brummschädel entstanden sind, bin auch ich ziemlich zufrieden. Der Versuch, mich damit von den Schmerzen abzulenken, hat nur teilweise geklappt...
      Umso mehr freut mich, wenn sie dir so gut gefallen :)

      LG,
      die amelie x

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  10. Oh, die sind alle absolut genial und wundervoll....was für tolle Farben und das Embosste einfsch fantastisch und sehr wirkungsvoll.Aber auch deine HG'S einfach sensationell, also ich bin total begeistert!

    Ich wünsche dir noch einen schönen Sonntag, sei ganz lieb gegrüßt von Andrea

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    1. Danke schön, liebe Andrea!

      Ich freu mich total, dass sie dir so gut gefallen!
      Auch dir noch einen feinen Rest-Sonntag!!!

      Busserl,
      Claudia

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  11. Awesome ATC cards!! I love the spooky paer :-)

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  12. Your cards looks great.. LOVE the papers you used.. Thanks so much for playing along with us over at CCCB!

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    1. Thanks for the visit and the laud, Linda!

      die amelie xx

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  13. Fabulous ATC's ... Many thanks for playing at CCCB

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  14. That is awesome, thanks for sharing it with us at CCCB!

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    1. Thank you, Kirsty,

      for your lovely visit! :)

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  15. Hi Amelia, Absolutely fabulous ATCs ....brilliant use of stamps and papers. Wishes, Suzanne B

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  16. PS.I am your newest follower as I have just had a good look through your blog and love your art!

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    1. Oh, so glad, I am able to welcome you "aboard", Suzanne!!!

      Thank you very much for the visit and the great laud!

      Hugs,
      die amelie x

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  17. Hi,Claudia! I"m Jain. I like them!

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