ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop December 25

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

I went with a winter/Christmas theme this month and they are purely SIP creations (stamps, ink, paper); no die cuts were harmed in the making of my ATC's this month lol!  I have so many white card scraps that I used them to make my ATC blanks this month (and for many more months!).  I'm planning on making some gift bags with sweet treats for any delivery drivers that call next week so I think these will be perfect to attach to them.  I hope you like them.

Here are my ATC's:

One of the ATC's:

A closer look at the details:

I began by cutting my white scraps into ATC size 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".  I did make a prototype and that is the one that look slightly different (I used a different sentiment and a bit of sea glass ink on that one). I ink blended the upper part of the background and using a torn piece of copy paper blended some snow banks at the bottom.  I stamped the stag and deer in slate ink and added some white gelly roll highlights and also stamped the sentiment in the same ink.  I finished off with some white splatter/spatter for some snow.  I didn't really decorate the backs this month, hence the lack of photo, but I did do some ink blending around the edges with the blue ink.  

I would like to enter my ATC's into the following challenges:

A Place to Start challenge - winter things

As You Like It challenge - free for all Christmas

Aud Sentiments challenge - (non) traditional Christmas and/or winter + sentiment 

Cardz 4 Guyz challenge - Christmas critters

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist make it merry

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - Christmas and/or happy new year

Creative Knockouts challenge - winter wonderland

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Farm Quest Country Christmas challenge - ATG country Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - anything Christmas/holidays

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - red & green or ATG

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2025 or #ATCscrapmakesoct25 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

supplies used:

*Gina K Designs - winter terrain stamp 

Gina K Designs - ink pads - in the navy, blue denim, honey mustard, tangerine twist, wild dandelion, soft stone, slate

Gina K/SSS Stamptember 2022 - sparkling season stamp (for sentiment) - no longer available

Limetree Crafts - 350gsm white card (for ATC blanks)

Winsor & Newton - permanent white gouache (for splatters)

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x