KEY ATC SHOWCASE.

Hello and welcome to the showcase for our 'KEY 'ATC challenge that was set in November.

Lorri kindly offered to be our ATC designer for the challenge even tho her mum was very poorly.

Sadly Lorri's mum passed away from cancer , Lorri I know I can speak for all of us when I say we are so sorry to hear your sad news and that we send our love to you and your family.

Take care Lorri and remember all those happy times you shared.

The start of our Key ATC's come from jeanie

Thank you Jeanie. x

Hi Cheryl,

Thanks again for taking part x


Hello to Sheila J,

I would never have thought of The Florida Keys, thank you x


Hello to Carol,

There is still another 2 of yours to come Carol, thanks x

In My last post I said there was still the last of the Halloween swaps to come and for some reason I thought that there was more but after looking through the file I see we have shown all 20 sets of them,

A HUGE THANK YOU to you ALL well done, please give yourselves a pat on the back I think this is the most we have had take part in anyone challenge THANK YOU I was thrilled to receive sooo many.... and not forgetting Martina our October ATC designer.

Hope that you all had a lovely Christmas..... I also want to thank so many of you for taking part in the December challenge 'A WINTER'S DAY' considering just how busy you all are...there is still time to get yours in if you want to take on the challenge just let me know that they are on the way.

We will be back again soon with our Jan 2010 Challenge and I may even get another post in with more Key ATC's to show you before then.

love Chriss x

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ATC's

Once again life has been busy some of it good but some of it very sad, we had a berevement in the family a very special brother-in-law, he was only 52, music and guitar were his love, Dave had just finished a band practice when he took a heart attack. He had a very special gift of lighting up a room with his smile. R.I.P. Dave. x

My mum also had another cancerous lump removed from her breast and we are just waiting the results of that...she is 80 and had a breast removed 5 years ago.... she was in her last 6months when the hospital found another lump. Bless her she is so positive. Love you mum. xxx

I have also been packing up my house as I am moving to somewhere a little bigger giving me a room for all my crafting 'STUFF' at last the kitchen and lounge and staircase will be free of the clutter. And a window in my kitchen....Yahoo xx Chris won't have to sleep on the sofa again.... bless her.

And so to start off the Telephone ATC's we have Chris' Mona Lisa...one of our fave stamps.

For the top right ATC Chris used one of Crafty Individual fab papers, the other gorgeous grungy 3 are from Cosmo Cricket.

Thanks Chris x

A very clever way to make a set of ATC's by making a large page and cutting it into 5ATC 's they all fit together a little like a jigsaw...I have one of this set.
Thanks Shiela. x

Thank you Sue for the above ATC's I was so pleased to receive the 2nd one.

Thank you Sue x.

Arty Jen, another Susan, sorry that the scan does not do this ATC justice as it is a wonderful 3D card and just look at the back of it too Thank you Arty Jen. x

Yet Another Sue this time Sue Law with Call Me!
Sue please let us know who has made the rubber stamp.

Thanks Sue x

Paula sent me this paper flower ATC as a RAK many thanx Paula I love it. x

Kristen...

Hello Kristen and welcome, thank you for joining us for the first time this month.
I see you have a wicked SOH.....LOL. x

Between all that sun bathing and shopping Denise ( Dubai ) we are pleased that you were able to join us for the Telephone Directory challenge and hope that you can take on the challenge for August...see on the right for the topic.
Thank you Denise. x

Above are my 4 for the challenge Hope that you like them as I had a great deal of fun doing them with my lovely friend of 21yrs Denise...missing you loads Girlfriend x

Carol from Paper Play....her set was inspired by Insurances found in the Telephone Directory.

Thanx Carol. x

AND NOW.... For our AUGUST challenge to use postage stamp/s on your ATC's see below for some examples.

Take Care and look forword to you joining us. Please contact me for my new address.

A Big welcome to our new followers.

Chriss x

Tranquility 'ATC Club' challenge #5

Hello to everyone,

More from our Tranquility ATC challenge.

These two ATC's we are showing today have been created by Nicola (enjay) the one on the right she has called 'Serene Tranquility' and it's easy to see why, isn't she just beautiful... love her to bits x


Nicola's tranquility ATC on the left is called 'Tranquil shores 1'.
She has built up the art work and stamped the fern giving a tropical feel
I love the way she embossed the passport it really does look the business.
Bet you are all thinking about your summer hols for this year...I have been asked over to Dubai to spend mine with my lovely friend Denise.. lets hope the bank manager loves me enough to let me go.. as it would be rude not to after being invited...dont you agree??? :)))). Hi Denise xx, just telling everyone where I hope to be this year... crafting in Dubai amongst other things of course.
Thanx goes to Nichola for taking on the challenge we here at 'The Artist Trading Club' set. We will be showing 2 more of Nichola's 'Tranquility' ATC swaps later in the month.
Thank you for reading.
Dottie and I have been busy making back grounds for ATC's and its been one of those days when we really did not achieve anything to talk about.
Hopefully we will get more done tonight as Chris my blogging and crafting buddy is on her way over.

Luv Dottie x & Chriss x
P.S. Remember to scroll down to the last 2 posts for both our Dottie & Elizabeth challenges. x

Recycle challenge

OK, who is up for a blog challenge it is open to everyone.... this is how it goes...

.... the ATC posted here was made by my lovely friend Denise... she made it using bits from magazines because at the time all her stash was stashed in crates on its way to Dubai. She just kept enough crafting materials to make herself a little travel pack to stop her from having withdrawl symptoms at not being able to make ATC's before she arrived in Dubai. I think she did a great job. I can only show you one of them at the moment as my camera is playing up and I know Denise will be quietly relieved it is. lol.

So what I would like you to do is create 1 ATC by using magazines, junk mail etc, you may only use 1 rubber stamp (the choice is yours) you must include 1 franked postage stamp on your finished ATC.

When you have completed it I will need you to send me a copy by jpeg in an email... I will then put them on my blog without your name, just giving them a number.

We will then all vote for our favourite (NOT OUR OWN) in the comments box... the one with the most votes wins... what do they win???... well, they win all the ATC's that we enter for the challenge PLUS a little goody bag of crafty bits provided by me from my stash.

So who is up for this challenge...I am, who will join me? say aye!

All ATC's to be with me by Wednesday 23rd April at 10am so they can be posted to view that day.

Luv Chriss x

Please scroll down for Daniels greeting card appeal x