This time I have a pair of Artist Trading Coins to share, the making of which was triggered this morning by a number of things leading on from my usual Sunday morning visit to the Snippets Playground. Firstly I saw that Di had been busy making ATCs which you can see HERE and on Sarn's post she'd used a long retired embossing die which I knew I had in my stash. There was a Snippet of Gelli print on my desk which I thought would be sufficient to cut two 2.5 inch circles which is the size of the Coins - turned out I could only cut one full size and the other 1/4 inch smaller but that's fine as I glued it to a cream circle of the correct size. I had a rummage in a box of dies and found the butterfly one I was looking for and with it was a similar one which cut and embossed a series of buttons so I thought 'why not?' and went ahead cutting the butterflies and buttons I needed along with a couple of little bows to go with the buttons because a song title had sprung to mind as soon as I saw the buttons 😉. I decided to add some silhouette stamped foliage to one circle and some rows of stamped stitchery to the other before adhering the other components. I turned to the computer to produce my own tiny text labels for one of the coins and that's an enjoyable Sunday morning done and dusted.
My original intention was to make a pair of AT Coins using the butterflies but that changed when I came across the button die although they do share the same Snippet of Gelli print background. I'm popping along to Tag-along (and ATC) Challenge blog where the theme for their very first challenge is 'Anything Goes'.
Foliage Stamp - from a magazine gift set dated 2015
Stitchery Stamp - from a magazine gift dated 2017
Butterfly and Button Dies - long retired Stampin' Up
Bow Dies - Gummiapan
Think I can speak for all three of us and say you lovely ladies are making us so happy with your support and at the same time providing super inspiration, will admit I'm yet to make an ATC coin.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the gelli plate offcuts and the Butterflies in particular really pop. Many thanks for joining us again at Tag-Along (and ATC's) challenge.
B x
Wow - these are both so pretty. Nice gelli print and lovely die-cut embellishments. Thanks for the shout-out!
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Wow Val these are really amazing … so pretty and very imaginative. I love making ATC’s but have never made an ATC coin, but I LOVE these! xx
ReplyDeleteGreat pair of coins, those buttons and butterflies fit perfectly. I only recently sorted some of those older more bulky dies, but can’t bear to part with some of them. I just need to use them now 😂xxx
ReplyDeleteTwo very pretty ATCoins Val, and the added stamped stitchery and die cut flowers on one, and the stamped silhouette flowers and die cut butterflies on the other look great. x
ReplyDeleteVal these two are just gorgeous. I love the pretty colours you went with. Gives a real summery feel. And such a great idea to chop up the embossing! I haven't done that for a long while so I am now on the hunt lol. Thanks for playing along with us at Tag-along (and ATC's).
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I love the detail on them, so pretty and tiny. Thanks for sharing with us at the Tag along (and ATC's) challenge too.
ReplyDeleteWow Val. your ATC coins are fabulous! Those tiny SU butterflies really do pop!
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Di xx
A lovely pair of ATCoins, Val. I've never made one before, but these are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx