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I will be away from the 17 – 22 January (could be longer now maybe home 26th) for Dr appointments in Perth, WA (12 hr drive away). I am looking at getting desensitised and finding out what is involved esp. when it comes to injections and whether I would need to relocate to Perth this year or the next. Also I will be seeing a Ears, Nose & Throat specialist as I have problems with swollen glands, snoring etc.

Re: ATC for January 11th… is finished and ready to be uploaded but my card reader is damaged somehow. hmm sigh.

The background are ribbons that I grunged up with inks. Too easy! hehe I found some quilting embellishments I have had for months and attached them.

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I made the background by glueing purple coloured letter tiles randomly and once dry trimmed it to the 2.5×3.5in and sanded it. Next I  inked it with Jim Holtz Distress Ink -frayed burlap- and darkened it with VersaMagic -midnight black-. Applied Jo Sonja’s Red Iridescent special effect over and wiped and sponged it off. Once dry I sanded it again and went over it again with Jim Holtz ink.

Found a purple flower and inked it with Jim Holtz ink to grungy it up. The heart body was an element I made Jan 8th  and didn’t fit with the other ATC. The face and limbs were kept a simple black n white because of the background being so busy.

A very easy and simple ATC that came together very quickly. The background is mixed pastels applied over it and the gesso is applied over the top of that. The gesso seals the pastels and gives it this look especially if you use textured paper like Bazzill. The frame was sanded and inked.

The background paper is one I made ages ago with blue, white & gold paints with specks of water and screeded (is that a word?!) over the page with a credit card. I love how it looks in real life!

The figure template is one I made awhile back loosely based on market varieties but mine is a much fuller figure representing my body shape. hehe

The frame is 1inx1in in size. I added texture paste and painted it with smoked pearl and edged it with burnt umber. The frame insert was put through the Cuttlebug.

Collage of cats stamps I bought months ago from the post office. I painted a wash of Turquoise Iridescent over, sponged alcohol inks randomly and then grunged it by inking it with black. And since I love my cats so much I used the rub on Cherish Time with Friends on it. It seemed appropriate.

I had to take the photo on an angle so you could see the image. Photographing it front on you saw nothing because of the iridescent effect.

The background is from the shopping docket I received from that day’s shopping. Inking & distressing etc washed out the numbers so I had to get another piece of docket and this time I was more careful with the inking & distressing and as you can see it is lighter in colour. I have my butterfly wings on to make the experience go faster. hehe

I found a blog through my Yahoo Group and decided to visit… Naked Heart Art blog and found a wonderful project that has started this year called 2010 Project 365 ATC – A quest to create 365 ATCs, one a day for 365 days! Join the fun with your own creations or just follow along to see what happens!

I took the plunge tonight and am halfway through my first contribution called ‘I survived the BIG shop’. Will post as soon as I find my camera card cord thingy.

Bye til the good time roll around. Ha!