Today's WT--ATC's!

I don't think I've ever made an ATC before, but I really wanted to try today's WT challenge because I had so much fun making Rolodex cards for a Challenge Chaser swap I participated in a while back, and this seemed similar. I had this cute little bird, part of a set called Caring Critters illustrated by Jami Bova for 2RedBananas just waiting to be inked, and the image seemed the perfect size...I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black, then colored it with prismas and baby oil, adding a little bit of grey shading with Copics under the bird's wings and under the limb/leaves. Then I stamped it once again, cutting out his body and right wing. I adhered his body with tape, and popped the wing tip up with dimensionals. Next I used my nesties to cut a scalloped oval frame to place atop this beautiful striped designer paper, Loves Me/Weak in the Knees by Imaginisce. Thankfully I am planning to use this as a focal image for a card, or I would have really been distressed about covering up those pretty stripes! A few Kaiser pearls accent the ticket-punched corners.

Hopefully sometime tomorrow I'll be able to finish a card with this as a great head-start! I hope you'll come back to see it! It won't be until after I've returned from stamp shopping and lunch with Asela and Latisha! I'm SO excited that we are planning this get-together! I hope it is the first of many! I admire them each so much and look forward to learning from them and just enjoying their company!