Tag-Along (and ATC's)

Morning all, it's the day of our first challenge at Tag-Along (and ATC's) and we so hope lots of you will come and join us. One very lucky winner selected at random will receive a set of dies from the lovely Peeps at CraftStash who are sadly closing down. But it does mean they have a huge sale going on with some super bargains to be had so worth popping over to take a look.

I've always enjoyed making tags, although admit ATC's something I've not made that often, but throughly enjoyed preparing work for our new challenge. 

Lots of ink for my first share above onto a piece of corrugated, it's very finely ridged and what they use in the packing from the London Italian deli I order from. After inking with a variety of colours I stamped an A&C background stamp, the pattern is very muted but the effect I wanted. Next stamped, cut out, coloured and applied crackle glaze to the A&C Flowers. I found some gold lace, added two little gold 'twirlies' found in a box of odds and sods, placed the blooms centrally and finally black cord and gold button.

When I researched ATC I discovered that historically they were often given in little pockets so I devised one to fit and did a quick photo tutorial which you can find on the page here on the challenge blog. Also being so tiny they are a perfect way to use up snippets which is a bonus as I can pop over to the Playground with it.

For the ATC I inked a background then built up the scene around Herbalum Bob, all from Lavinia's Herbs and Delights collection. Decided to also decorate the pocket with more stamps from the same and finally white Posca dots to finish.

We are really looking forward to you joining us in our new venture and look forward to seeing what you create.