Harry Potter ATC

Holy Moly! How is it April already?! Time has flown by guys I wish I was better at keeping up I have loads of fun things I have made I need to post about!! Today going to post early about this awesome Harry Potter ATC I just made I have made similar ones before... but this one I think is my favorite Harry Potter ATC yet! Tell me what do you think?

I hope you all like it bc I love it!I tried a few different things on this ATC like adding some "tape" to Harry's glasses and using double sided tape to the ATC before laying down the stripes of the book instead of using messy glue I liked this SSSSSOOOOOO MUCH BETTER! I am completely horrible at using liquid glue!!! Let me know is it just me who is completely rubbish with liquid glue or do you guys have issues with it too?!

Thank you for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Lyzz

Electric Dragon ATC

Hey everyone! So today i wanted to show you guys a new atc i just mailed out ti my swap-bot partner! I joined a swap it was Dragon Electric... non pokemon... this looked better in pencil before i inked it but i like it. The colors are brighter in person.

Well have a great day guys!

Lyzz

ATC with a Pocket

Hey guys!

Really trying to get back into this! Ok so Today's post is a post on a swap i did in one of my groups i'm in on Swap-Bot.com called ATC with a Pocket. We had to have an ATC with a pocket with at least 2 items in the pocket! This was an interesting one. It totally got my brain going so i joined i enjoyed making it tho i didn't care for the long wait to mail it out... things can get lost on my desk and i was super worried about that i love making art but hate having it sit around to long i lose things lol!

Well this is what i did for it!

I had this idea of using my kraft paper which is a rougher surface then i like so i have to make myself use it bc i cant draw on bc it's not smooth at all which is ok for somethings but i bought it to draw on and use like normal paper but got a really good deal on amazon so it's a catch 22 with it. I have been trying to come up with other ways of using it.So here i thought OMG lets try stenciling it!

So i got out my Tim Holtz sunburst stencil and my Stamping up Tangerine Twist ink and i stenciled 2 of the same patterns on this Kraft paper. So i could have a pocket in the same thing.

I added the pocket to the exact position and then added some faux stitching to make it look like a pocket also added some sequins to add some detail and a black boarder to tie in with the black stitch lines.

Here are the pieces i made for the pocket (from left to right) all are 2 sided bc idk what the person will use them for if anything and are the same thing on both sides. Some pieces were more of a pain to do than others.

1. i use a wooden compass stamp that bought out of the dollar bin i believe and stamped a compass and i used a tan marker to color it then took my memento rich cocoa ink and a blender tool and did the blending of the dark brown i love the color that comes out when doing that the red hues really shine through and i add some in the middle to really make look worn Then i took a sign stamp out of a 1.99 Sea set i got from Michael's ( Idk the name or the brand if you are interested message me i will pull them out and tell you.) I stamped it out and colored it then glued it down and this one was a little hard to do 2 sided to get he compass right but i managed to get it!

2. Is a bookmark! I used a Lawn fawn stamp from Gnome Sweet Gnome i never use the stamp and so thought his piece has been very unique why not use it something else that is unique and different... so i too the stamp and colored it and took the same kraft paper added some gold strips which i loved the way it turned out then glued the image on and punched a hole then made the hanging tassel which was my first one i ever made and turned out great! Also 2 sided!

3. the luggage i just had this feel going on and when flipping through my stamps i see this one and thought wow that could really go with the feel if i colored then just right i used the same gold on the accents and then colored them all in some of the same color family i used in the project i wish i would have added something to the bottom to anchor more or colored it darker but did 2 sided which was a pain also bc of the cutting out process but made it work.

All and all i love how all the pieces work together to add a fun element to the ATC. 

They all looked great over laying in the pocket! 

This was really fun and i think i will do another really soon! Also i just posted a Pokemon ATC with a Pocket so this one has been on my mind. But I also want to do another random ATC with a  pocket!

Thank you for stopping by...

Lyzz

Hand drawn pocket letters for the girls!

 Hey everyone ok today i wanted to share some pocket letters that i spent more time making than usual. I hand drew some pocket letters for the girls! Tam, Sara and Ashley. 

Here is the part of the process i did on these. I measured it out. You don't see the pencil lines in the photos of 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 so i knew where they were each will be cut and how far to go over on the paper. 

 Here is the finished drawing 

And then here is is after i cut it and erased the pencil lines and put in to the sleeves. 

Ok so here are Sara and Ashley's

On Sara's pocket letter i used black paper with a white pen.

On Ashley's pocket letter i used white paper with a black pen.

So everyone is really different and fun! I love how each of them turned out i started each of the pocket letter with the intent on putting the girls names in the middle but didn't really have plan who got which til later. Clearly These are from Dec 2015 i'm never on track with time of what i posted for many many reason the first being i do so many ATC's and pocket letters and second is i don't post enough anymore trying to fix that second issue for you guys! Also another reason i should mention I don't want to spoil anything for anyone. I have accidentally did that to my self where i was like oh she has a site let me check this person stuff or style out and then ruined a surprise for me. Which is ok but the fun of snail mailing is opening it up to see what i was sent!

I hope you enjoyed today's post I really an trying to keep up guys and post more. I am very excited about Swap-Bot.com swaps lately i have been at max (20) swaps for like a month straight plus my pocket letters to the girls and 2 more ladies have been added to mix maybe 3 not sure on the 3rd yet. But as soon as one swap goes out I have added more to the list. 

So been crazy swapping and creating! 

Have a great day!

Lyzz

Pokemon Pocket Letter: Pink

 Hey everyone! Ok so Kayla's been adding some Pocket letters to the Pokemon Group swap list this one was a theme of pink!I started with this pink on pink dotted paper but as you can see the back og it is white. So i glued it to pink paper for back i wanted it to be mostly all pink, with the least amount of black and white as i could get on it!

 So the finished product looked something like this

I choose Pokemon that were mostly Pink and if you are a Pokemon fan you may have noticed they are all 3 evolutions and in order top, middle, bottom. I also included the Pokemons egg with it's first evolution at the top. i thought that would be fun and it turned out great.

For the back i was a little more open to more black and white. i added all kinds of stuff for Glynda! Even made a book mark one side you can see the egg with the same pink on pink dotted paper and the other was Clefairy with the same pink on pink dotted paper!

Then for the envelop I did this little stenciled Jigglypuff (i see someone do it on the front of a card and i cleaned it up some and love it! Tho i think theirs was either a craved stamp or a lithographed stamp but it was still really awesome they had 3 it was like jigglypuff, squirtle and i believe pikachu. I made stencils out of them and changed them slightly but it is really fun to do them!

Thank you for stopping by trying to get better at posting more!

Lyzz 

All About My State Swap

Hey guys so did a swap called All about my State! It was 20 Facts about my state and then a flat surprise... no surprise i did an ATC for my surprise!

Since I live in Michigan I did Michigan.

 I was very excited after I made my ATC and did my 20 facts when i addressed my envelop I was debating doing a Florida one too since I was born and raised in Florida and as of Oct i will have lived in Michigan for 9 years (it really doesn't feel like that!) 

But as I looked at the partners address, 

NO NEED

She is from about 15-20 miles from where I grew up in Tampa, Florida! 

So i opted not to do a Florida one.

As you can see I used a part of a map of Michigan sticker paper with a stenciled Michigan (including the all important Upper Peninsula (UP)! I had to mask off part of it to get the right shape for the UP when it goes into Wisconsin tho it is a great big US stencil with all 50 states most people don't realize that Michigan consists of 2 parts a Lower and an Upper I more than likely wouldn't worry to much if i didn't live and love the UP so much! I also thought something was missing so added an anchor to the bottom. I feel like it still needed something but everything i placed on it didn't look right so i left it as it is, it looks awesome but just needed something else... but it's ok it's still pretty darn neat! I love how the Michigan turned out got this giant stencil for like 2.99 and has all 50 states in 2 stencils the one is 48 continental states and then the other is Alaska and Hawaii. It's really kool found it at Joann's on sale it was like originally like $5.99. Which is still a really great deal. If i remember when I get home I will take a photo it if anyone is interested in it.

Thank you for stopping by,

Lyzz

Pokemon A2 Card

Hey guys!

SO today I am showing you guys this super cute card i made... I been all about water things, deep sea, open water. It's that time of year when I am thinking all about water and be in one and around water without 4 layers of clothes lol! Hooray for Northern Michigan weather! haha! Well today I am showing an A2 card I made with some water type pokemon which started it all! I so didnt want to send this one i love it so much! But I did! I did receive a SUPER CUTE ONE BACK! So, it totally worked out! 

 Ok so as I said I made this card stardard A2 size. I wanted to do a kinda water color background without getting the water colors out so i used my Spectrum Noirs. Not 100% happy with the front bc i was to heavy handed but i still loved it as a whole with the pokemon on it.. The fotos are yellowy tint to them from the lighting. I'ts white cardstock as a base. I hand wrote the hello. Fron the top there is Finneon, Gorebyss, Goldeen then on the inside of the cars is the evolved form of Finneon, Lumineon. I made it look like a speech bubble to wrote a not to my parter for the swap. It was really fun to make this and I can wait to make some more!

I also decorated the envleop

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Have a great day!

Lyzz

New Video-New Project!

Hey Guys!

So today I wanted to show you something new I have been doing. Well, the style isn't new for me but one the priprity stickers is new for me.

An online street artist friend of mine showed some of his work which i loved and I have some stuff in the pasted but I have always used clean white sticker paper or the "hello my name is labels" never realized he used some of these so He was showing me some of his work and I was in love with it! The Labels we just an extra element to the slap!I'm so in love with these you guys don't even know!

So for this one I made a video showing you how I made one for an online friend who i swap with on swap-bot.com i'm mildly addicted to that site. When I was doing a swap adn I got her name she always does these AMAZING paper piecing ATCs and spends so much time one them I feel like i get mine done so quickly compared to her that I like to make extra goodies or do something fun for her when I get her as a partner to let her know that she is appreciated for the time and love she puts into her art.

So I made her a slap of her name!

Something fun and different within our Pokemon group!

I loved the way it turned out. She loved it too or so she said lol 

Have a great day and thank you for stopping in!

Lyzz

Electric Type Pokemon ATC #100 Voltorb

Hey Guys!

So today posting about an ATC swap I am hosting Electric Type Pokemon. I even made a video for it! Hopefully you guys like it! I sure do but mostly I hope my partner likes it!

Thank you for stopping in

Lyzz

Cat and Dog from Cinderella

Hey guys! So today i am posting a picture of a swap-bot.com swap i am in. I have been working on using color pencils just to try something different and bc i have a ton of colors too! Well these swaps are called Disney Cats: Lucifer and Disney Dogs: Bruno. They are the cat and dog from Cinderella. I didnt know there names before this swap. I havent seen Cinderella in years not my thing i like more actiony Disney cartoons! But anyways here is what i made for both swaps.

Thank you for stopping by and i hope you enjoyed my Cinderella dog and cat atcs!

Lyzz

Legendary Pokemon ATC Swap

Hey everyone!

So recently i have been a wanting to get back into the Pokemon swap series i was doing earlier in the year but didn't know what pokemon types i had done not realizing i could check my archived swaps, silly me. So i did a Legendary Pokemon ATC swap.

i personally chose Zapdos bc it's one of my baby brother's favorite Pokemons!

Thank you for stopping by!

Lyzz

Pokemon Fire Type ATC

'ello everyone!

So, I been hosting some swaps over on swap-bot.com recently mostly 

bc I wanted to do some swaps i want to do lol. Well this one is a series I been

 doing this is the POKEMON SERIES! 

*YAY*

Ok, so for this swap it was Fire Type and i made a 

Magmar for my partner hopefully my partner likes it!

Check out this pop dot action i did!

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Second Nesting Doll Creation

HEY GUYS!

So for the Nesting Dolls ATC swap-bot.com swap i hosted. So, my partner got an ATC and this creation. I love them both but this was the second one I made it's totally inter active! and all 3 little parts are top folded so the actually stand on their owe like in the third picture. HOW FUN IS THAT!?

this is the biggest one it is ATC size (2 1/2 by 3 1/2) but not actually an ATC.

This is what both the biggest and the middle ones look like.

Here are all 3 top folded so they stand up.

OMG! I am in love with them I hated to give them away but I did give them to 

my swap partner. I am sure there will be alot of these made!

If any of my swap-bot buds want to do some private swaps

 let me totally know or if you want to join swap and do some 

private swaps i totally and willing to do that too!

Or if you are just fan of my work and wanna trade some atc's i am always willing to make things! Artist trading cards are not for sale they are made to be traded and kinda a rule in the atc world

but i do make cards, art and things that i do sell my artist/crafting skills i am sure any of my creations can be turned into anything you like all you gotta do is message me and ask!

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First Nesting Doll Creations

HEYA GUYS!

Ok so this one is a super cute little ATC.

I hosted a swap on swap-bot.com "nesting dolls" so this was the
first Nesting Doll creation I made for my partner in the swap.

I really hope my partner really liked it.

There are two this one is super cute but wait for that second one!!!

OMG I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU GUYS MORE THAN YOU KNOW!

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Deer ATC

Heya everyone!

So today i am showing off a little Deer ATC.

I hosted this swap and I just wanted to use this stamp so I hosted a swap to use it! 

*evil laugh here*

How fun is this one?

I wanted to do something different and fun.

So I used the deer from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods stamp set which as we all know is my super favorite stamp set but i never use the deer... we all know I use the fox so very much and LOVE IT!

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A Quick Mushroom ATC

Hey everyone!!! So, today's post is a swap-bot swap of course... this one is a "quick mushroom ATC" I like these quick ones they are usually a quick turn around and gets my mind going and not alot of rules or things usually just a simple request of an atc with at least one item this case is the a mushroom and standard ATC rules. This is how i started senting my ATC's the title card is same 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches then i put the ATC in then i have a note/letter on the same color paper and with same logo as the title card then if there are extras the go after. i really like this system it makes so much more fun for me.

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Forest Animals

HEY EVERYONE!

So today's post is all about the cute little fox!! we all know i love him in any chance i get to use him. This post is forest animal i used the fox. This swap-bot swap had 4 partners so i made 7 some extras for Ashley,  Beth and myself! yay!

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Monochromatic gnome ATC

hey guys! so today I want to post a swap-bot swap i hosted i only had one taker but that's ok so anyways i hosted a monochromatic gnome ATC I choose blue!

I did some dots of different blues and different sizes for fun

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Pocket Letter for (Hotmen) Beth

Hey Everyone! Ok so this post is about the pocket letter I made for Beth to keep things fair with my 2 best friends... i usually do things alphabetical so Ashley first then Beth... I don't want to play favorites. Best frankly I dont have a favorite they both mean everything to me and can't and won't chose between then so the best system I have is to do things alphabetical order.

Ok so I got very excited about this pocket letter thing and seeming as Ashley, Beth and I do ATC swaps this is like the next best step!!!

Ok so Beth and I went to Lake Superior State University (LSSU) the logo for the skool was an anchor and the team names and everything was the Lakers. Since we are located in Sault Ste. Marie off of Lake Superior. This is where we met. So we share this love for things nautical and especially anchors.

So the 2 anchor punches i used are both fiskars which we all know i'm a HUGE fan of fiskars.

The border anchors are from the Fiskars advantedge punch system and then the single anchor hole punch is from Fiskars Teresa Collins line. which i am really loving the pink, white and gold colors of her collection.