My Cards and Tags: Collaged ATC's Using Creative Expressions' In Orbit Stencil

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is making ATC's!  I love these cute little works of art.  Here are the four I ended up with:

I started out with Strathmore Mixed Media paper (surprise, surprise) and an ATC die.  Once I had my cards cut, I decided to try out Distress Resist Spray.  I sprayed the resist on my cards, then let them dry.  I painted over them using Prima watercolors, then spritzed some areas with Distress Stain.

After that dried, I added white paint through an In Orbit stencil and smeared some more white paint around (and acrylic paint in various colors) around the edges.

I had some painted and stamped collage sheets from the last few projects I've done, so I tore off some collage pieces and glued them to the middle of my cards.  I also cut tab-shapes out of the collage paper and sewed those to the tops of my cards.

Next I whipped out some Graffiti patterned paper by Ella and Viv, as well as some polka-dot patterned paper, and hand-cut some arch shapes.

I stamped a plaid pattern onto my cards with The Stamp Market's Criss Cross Background stamp, then glued on some text patterned paper.  I added the arches and typed out some words on my We R Memory Keepers typewriter and added those on as well.

I finished these off by outlining the cards and the arches with a black Sharpie, then toning it back down with white paint where needed.

I love ATC's because they don't totally overwhelm me with their scope and I had a lot of fun with these.

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Waffle Flower ATC Layers Dies	Sizzix Big Shot	Creative Expressions In Orbit Stencil	Prima Flowers TROPICALS Watercolor Confections Set	The Stamp Market Criss Cross Background Stamp
Ella and Viv 12x12 Graffiti Paper	File Tab Punch-We R Memory Keepers	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	We R Memory Keepers Typewriter	Black Permanent Sharpie Marker
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	UHU Glue Stick	Dina Wakley Palette Knife	Distress spray Worn lipstick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Twisted Citron
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger	Distress Spray Stain PEACOCK FEATHERS	Tim Holtz Distress Resist Spray	Ranger Dylusions Paint PURE SUNSHINE DYP52746	Dylusions Paint - London Blue
Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic Ocean	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger BLACKBERRY 1OZ Media Acrylic Paints MDQ53958	Dina Wakley Eggplant Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint

Ready to get your ATC game on?  Upload your mini-masterpieces to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to earn a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.