ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - April 26

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.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with D, E & F.  I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter (although I did struggle with F this month and breathed a sigh of relief when I found the fairy stamp lol!).  I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too.  I used mostly older, retired products but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them.

Here are my three ATC's:

Here's a closer look at 'D':

Here's 'E':

and here's 'F':

The backs are simply decorated with the ATC info stamp and some blending:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for my backgrounds as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself.  I did add some stamping and ink blending over them to tie them into the image a little more and I think they turned out great.  I stamped the dog, elephant and fairy images and coloured them with Promarkers.  I had the dies for the dog and elephant but had to fussy cut the fairy.  I die cut the three frames (the same die set that I used last month) from gold mirror card and adhered them to the backgrounds with liquid glue.  I die cut the letters 3 times in each colour and stacked them with liquid glue; these were then adhered to the top left corner with liquid glue.  I added each of the images with foam squares.  For the backs of the ATC's I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts/stencils

Alphabet challenge - z is for zoology (any animal)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist furry friends

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dream Valley challenge - things with wings (my fairy ATC)

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use paper and/or scissors (I fussy cut the fairy)

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - blossoms, butterflies & birds or ATG (I went ATG this time)

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make your own background 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesApril26 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,

ATC supplies:

MFT - puppy kisses stamp & die (for dog)

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

MFT - little letters die set

MFT - new best friend stamp (for paw stamp)

W Plus 9 - unforgettable stamp & die (for elephant)

Tonic Studios - I love you fairy much stamp (for fairy)

Hunkydory - Moonstone dies - scalloped edged picture frames

ATC silicone stamp won in a challenge

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Promarkers

Tsukineko - silver encore ultimate metallic ink pad (to stamp the stars)

coloured card and mirror card from scraps bin

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - dark chocolate, warm cocoa, slate, stormy sky, dark carnation

*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

Stencil Fun IG Hop - January 26

Happy again friends; I am back to share my card for the Stencil Fun IG Hop organised by my lovely friend Jane. We a group of crafters who are determined to use their forgotten and neglected stencils. I'm definitely guilty of this; I have so many stencils but usually forget to reach for them so this hop is perfect for me. The theme is always anything goes but we will have an optional theme to use if we want to. This month's optional theme is 'fireworks' and I'm excited to see what everyone has made.

Believe or not, despite having 5 folders full of stencils I do not own a fireworks stencil (something that I will have to rectify soon)!  I had a search through my stencils and found a floral layering stencil from Uniko and the detail layer looked a bit like fireworks to me so I used that.  I think it turned out ok and I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel to 4" x 6" and using a rainbow of ink pads stencilled the makeshift firework pattern all over the panel.  I used a confetti stencil and lunar paste to add a bit of extra bling plus I also stamped some stars inside the 'fireworks' and randomly around to fill in any gaps using a silver metallic ink pad.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and used a flag die to cut it out.  I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and added some scrap white card behind it for some extra stability and dimension and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  I also added some scrap card behind the sentiment before again adhering over the background with double sided tape.  I didn't add any embellishments as I felt it was busy enough already.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I had a thin strip of the fireworks panel left over so adhered that to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue (I did squish the lunar paste but I think it looks ok).  I added the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist rainbow (lots of colours)

Colorful Options challenge - inspiration board or can choose rainbow themed

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use stencils and/or dies

Stencil Fun challenge - ATG must use a stencil optional theme anything with four legs

Unicorn challenge - birthday

We hope you will be inspired by our Stencil Fun Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #stencilfunjanuary2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Uniko - layering picked posies stencil

Simon Hurley/Ranger - lunar paste in silver lining

MFT - fishtail flag stax die-namics

MFT - you're super stamp (for single star)

MFT - to the rescue stamp (for star cluster)

MFT - you wow me stamp (for outside sentiment)

MFT - make a wish stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne black ink pad

Tsukineko Encore - ultimate metallic silver ink pad - ? no longer available

*Gina K Designs - layered confetti stencils (only used the dotty one)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - red velvet, tangerine twist, wild dandelion, grass green, blue raspberry, wild lilac, bubblegum pink

*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