The Secret Garden

 

 

Hello and welcome.  For those that celebrate it, I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.  Mine was really quiet as it's still a very hard day for me.   I lost my mother, my best friend, on May 19, 1991 only one week after Mother's Day to metastatic breast cancer.  Just 5 months after I got married.  It probably seems silly, however, there are many who understand.

Today I'd like to share with you a few ATC's (artist trading cards) I made using a free ATC collage sheet from Gecko Galz for their monthly ATC challenge.  After printing out the collage sheet, I fussy cut all of the elements out before layering each of the ATC backgrounds to scrap card stock.  Once that was finished, I started laying out the cut elements over the backgrounds to see which matched to what background before adhering them using Bearly Art craft glue.  While they were drying, I pulled out my MS punches and paper crimper, and began punching out butterflies, flowers, ferns and pine sprigs.  Once I had all of the ferns I wanted, I ran through my paper crimper before adhering those using Ranger Glossy Accents.  The only other embellishments added was pink, pewter and red bling along with crystal ice stickles to highlights parts of the background flowers and/or water.  Close-ups and minor additions below:

Green Apple Fairy ATC - besides the bling and ice stickles added, I also drew the ladybug's legs and antenna using a black 3D glaze pen since I had cut off the ones on the collage sheet.

 

 

Pink Garden Fairy - also added a punched butterfly with bling highlighting the center

 

 

Blue Garden Fairy - for this one I made sure to punch the ferns out of blue scraps and the pine sprigs out of brown scraps.  I added the smoky grey bling to the lock and as the body of the butterfly (inspired by a card Tanis Buckton made for Gecko Galz using bling as the center of her butterfly).  I also made sure to highlight the "lights" of the blue garden and added "firefly's". 

 

 Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz ATC Monthly Challenge May 2024 - Secret Garden 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS

ATC's Around The World May 2024 - Anything Goes 

The Four Seasons May 2024 - Spring See Inspiration Board  (inspired by flowers, greenery)

Inspiration Station May 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by flowers, colors)

Sparkles Monthly April/May 2024 - April Showers Bring May Flowers

CD Sunday Plus #133 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz ATC Collage)

Moving Along With The Times #166 - Flowers

Make My Monday #225 - Florals

Gecko Galz Facebook Challenge May 2024 - Floral Fantasy (garden fairies) 

Triple B Challenges May 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms, butterflies)

 

 

The Four Seasons

 

Inspiration Station

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Group
 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and rest of your week.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White (for ATC collage); SU Scraps 

Accessories: Computer, Pinter, Bearly Arts Glue, Bling, 3D Glaze Pen, MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Paper Crimper, Ice Stickles