Freedom ATCs and a journal page

Freedom to write

 The theme on UKStampers for this ATC swap was Freedom. When I thought about what freedom meant to me it was the freedom to express yourself wherever you live in the world.
I began by inking and embossing the four backgrounds with different stamps from TH.

Backgrounds ready and waiting

I then stamped the relevant image for each Freedom onto vintage dictionary pages with suitable words: To write (typewriter from Lost and Found); To be (watch and saying from Craft Stamper); To talk (Dotty's head fromDylusions) and to protest (Text and pointy hand from Paper Artsy).

Freedom to Protest

I added some more distress inks and text for each one and highlighted certain words in red.

Freedom to be

To be ended up with a very thick layer of glossy accents - too much as it almost fell apart.

Freedom to talk

Finally I sprayed some orange chalky glimmer mists and popped them in the post.

The set but the picture is a little blurry and they now in the post...

The journal page followed the prompt to use numbers (from Julie Kirk) and emboss. The page had one of the experimental transfers on it - this one using a transparency. I added distress inks and the journalling.

I have a collection of Lens Guys beer bottle caps to use one day... I filled them with alcohol inks and glossy accents and then squished them in the Big Shot... A minimal page but I thought the image needed space.

More ATCs in a similar vein

When I was trying to work out how to create the ATCs for chain and charm swap I had a little play. I stamped Olivia from Stampotique onto shrink plastic and made holes. I tried colouring some (did not work) and on some of the others my holes bubbled and filled again. I used the Paper Artsy rule stamp on the the same background with Lost and Found dress form and bunting and added the paper fibre again.

 I stuck her down (hole vanished) and then found the rabbit brad and decided I liked the surreal contrast of elements. Living free seemed right at that moment. The other one is a variation on the chain ATC but with different chains and brads. Really the same elements with a different chain and brads.