March Already!!!! What happened to February! LOL!

Happy March Everyone!

I want to Thank you all for being so patient,

as I said in the last Blog Post, we have

a ATC Challenge coming, but somehow

between that post and this post, things got 

a little crazy in my life!

On a personal note, those of you who know me,

know that I have a 'zoo' in my home, and outside

of my home! Well, we've had an emergency a

week ago, with our dear dog Oliver Howard:(

In a 24 hour period of time last week we ended up at the Vet's Clinic, ( a Fabulous Clinic here in Victoria, B.C. that we have been clients of for nearly 25 years, Juan de Fuca Veterinary Clinic, You guys Rock!!!), which ended up the next day with Emergency Dental Surgery for Dear Oli and a diagnosis of Bladder Stones!

If you look at this above picture of our Beautiful Boy...this is

what he looked like when we brought him home:(

Poor swollen face:(

They even took a top fang!!!

He's been resting on pain med's 

since last week and is coming along fine, 

a new prescription diet and we'll see 

what happens in the coming weeks about 

the Bladder Stones...ouch I hope they pass!

(Luckily they're really tiny on the x-ray, so

we're fingers crossed that we caught it all

really early, and the diet will turn this around:).

Anyway my apologies to you all for being so

late with this post....but with a little face like 

that, it's no wonder my life stood still for awhile:)

(and believe me, the other two 'elderly ones' sucked 

as much sympathy as dear Oliver was getting to boot! LOL!

But's that's another whole story!)

So here we are March 3rd already!!!

So are you all ready for another

ATC SWAP CHALLENGE

and

Gift Certificate Giveaway?

As a Guest Designer for

www.Melissa Samuels.net

It's my absolute pleasure to launch

another

Co-Hosted 

ATC Swap Challenge

and this time

Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Woo Hoo!!! LOL!

When Melissa and I Hosted the last 

ATC Challenge that Highlighted her 

Fabulous Assortment of Products

for making ATC's, it was so much fun to 

Swap the Winning ATC's with you all

that I decided to do this again! 

So here's the Skinny! (grin)

The 'Theme' for this 

ATC Challenge is

'SWEET'

Which could be anything!

With Easter coming it could mean desserts, candy, or

it could mean cute animals, or anything that you

think is SWEET:)

So get those thinking caps on, and lets begin and 

here's what will happen!

Before Friday March 23rd, 2012

Email pictures of your

ATC Challenge Entries

to me at

GIMPY@telus.net

You can submit up to 3 Entries,

 as I'll be using a 

Random Generator

to pick...

5 ATC Entries 

as the 

ATC Swap Winner's

who will be swapping

ATC's with me.

Then leave a Comment 

here on this post to be

Entered!

(You don't have to be a Google Follower,

but sure would appreciate if you'd sign

on as one!)

The 5 ATC Swap Challenge Winners

will have their 

ATC's Highlighted in a 

Future Blog Post here

on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media:)

 

along with swapping the 

ATC Winning Entries by mail,

I'll be sending along

an ATC that I've made with

some 'Extra' Goodies from

Melissa Samuels Shop

to encourage you to make 

more ATC's:)

( I'm really hoping you all will find this

fun, as I'd like to do this every once in

awhile as it's so much fun for me, and

I so Enjoy Co-Hosting with Melissa:)

But wait!

The 5 ATC 

Swap Challenge Winner's 

are the one's that

I will use a Random Generator

to pick 1 Winner of the

$25.00 Gift Certificate Giveaway

to 

Melissa Samuels Shop!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

So there ya go!

Email a picture of your Entry

(or up to 3 Entries!), and

Leave a Comment on this Post

that you're Entered by 

Friday March 23rd, 2012

and on 

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

the Swap Winners will be

Announced and the

Winner of the 

$25 Gift Certificate to 

www.MelissaSamuels.net

Will also be Announced!

(By emailing photo's of your ATC Swap

Entries, it will speed up the Giveaway

as the mail service to Canada takes so long,

also it gives me your return Email address 

so I can notify you when the Winner's are chosen,

I will include my mailing address to the 5 Swap

Winner's to mail their Winning ATC's to me

for the return Swap and Extra Goodies and

to give you a head's up on the Highlighted Blog

Post of all the Winner's ATC's once they've arrived!:)

So in the meantime...here's a quick mini tutorial 

I made (sorry it's a short one, with taking care

of the dog and all! LOL)

Using ATC Base Card Stock from

Melissa's Shop

and a little Gel Medium I took beautiful

paper napkins and peeled away the layers

to give me just the printed image on the

top layer. I glued them down carefully to

not tear the image, using the Gel Medium

to the card base:)

Then using Mr. Tim's :)

Tim Holtz 'Distress Stain' Picket Fence

I lightly covered the napkin graphic to

soften the graphic for a background.

Then using a variety of graphics that I

have from a Fabulous Assortment of

Companies that I occasionally Highlight

here on Birdnuts Mixed Media, here's a 

couple of examples of what I made using

this technique:)

I also like to use the ATC's in other ways

other than just swapping, as I do an assortment

of different sized journals, and one of my favourites

is a mini moleskin journal,

which I mounted the ATC on the journal page:)

Here's another one I mounted in my mini journal

using the same series of napkin based ATC's

With this one I didn't use the Picket Fence

Distress Stain, but instead used a Script Stamp

to embellish the napkin image, and then

mounted in my mini-journal:)

So there ya go Everyone!!!

Get to making those ATC Swap Challenge

ATC's and send me those pictures via Email and

leave the Comment on this Blog Post 

so we can get on with choosing the Winner's!!!

Thanks Everyone!!!

Enjoy!!!