Thursday, July 3, 2008

Metal Accents ATCs

I made three sets of Metal Accents ATCs for a swap on ABC. These even have a few things I picked up in the trash in CA.

On the left (Metal dreams), I punched some stars out of CS and glued them on in a line. Then I covered the background with metal tape from the hardware store. On top of the metal tape, I cut a piece of copper scouring pad I found in CA on one of my day trips. Next, I cut one more star from metal tape and stapled the embellishment to it so the staple wouldn't poke through the ATC. I found some very small images which I cut to fit in the pop tops (I have a lot of these and have been trying to find a good way to use them).

The middle one, which I have yet to name, started as a container scales came in. It was a container I had to tear apart, and when I did, found this awesome honeycomb shape. I painted the cardboard with gold spray paint. The copper strip was from a piece of copper foil that Joseph saved for me and gave me when I was in CA. On top of that I layered a piece of silver paper I embossed from behind with the word "Love." Finally, I used a heart punch to make the three metallic colored hearts.

The right ATC (titled "My gal") was made with a metallic Formica chip for the body, a bottle cap and punched image for the head, a piece of metal ruler for the waist and fabric for the legs/feet. I originally intended to put wings and arms on her, but when I assembled it on the LITTLE ATC, it was too big. This is the scaled down version of what would have made a better tip-in spread.

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