ATC Shrine For My Art Cards

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good week so far.  Today I am sharing this cute little ATC shrine that I made to display my favourite cards.

I will be using this ATC Shrine with Feet chipboard set which is BD12F in the shop.

I decided on my colours for the inside and outside of the shrine and started off by painting one side of the chipboards with white acrylic.  You can also use white gesso but I had some acrylic leftover and wanted to use it up.

Once that was dry, I gave the pieces a coat of this gorgeous turquoise iridescent paint, just one coat was enough.

For further decoration I added some shiny gold paint splatters and left it to dry.

Once it was dry on the turquoise side, I flipped them over and painted them black using black acrylic, two coats this time.

If you don't like watching paint dry :p you can use a hairdryer or a heat gun to speed up the process. Then it was time to do some stencilling!  I love the art nouveau feel of this stencil and thought it would look great in gold against the black.

I used a type of texture paste called icing paste but if you don't have any you could use any type of texture paste if you want a raised, textured effect, or gold paint if you don't want a raised effect.

Leave it to dry or again you can speed up the process with a hairdryer or heat gun.

I used some PVA glue to assemble all the pieces.  It's best to start at the bottom and work your way to the top as the side pieces have little slots that connect them to the bottom piece. If you do that first you won't have any problems, if you do it last then it will be difficult to get them in place!

Here's a closer look at the stencilled icing paste.

Once your Shrine is assembled, paint the front edges with black paint and touch up any areas that might need touch up.

The only thing left to do is add your favourite ATC or art card and decide where to display your shrine!

You can also see how to make these ATCs on my blog.

I hope you like this idea.  If so, you can find the ATC Shrine with Feet in the shop.

Till next time, 

Elle
Empire of the Cat

Ingredients:

ATC Shrine with Feet BD12F
acrylic paint
stencil and icing paste/texture paste
PVA glue

Ornament Making Event

Hello everyone! Lora here to share a couple very special days we had here in my neck of the woods!
We had two wonderful ornament making events for children (and grown-ups!) here in Patrick County, Virginia sponsored by The Reynolds Homestead and our own wonderful Gina, owner of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts. Through Gina's generosity and kindness, we were able to make over 150 ornament kits for kids to put together at two separate events...one was at the Apple Dumpling Festival and the second was held this past week end, A Victorian Open House at the old Reynolds Homestead.
We all had a blast.
Here are some pictures of what went on.
A shot of two of the kits we made and had out at the Festival, ready and waiting for the kids...

A snowman enthusiast having a good time!

Working on the details...

This little boy was so happy to be here. He worked very patiently through one kit after another, making presents for his family.

 The Victorian Open House was challenged by weather, but we still had a steady stream of kids and adults who enjoyed making the ornaments. Here is a great picture of the Victorian ladies decked in their finest, ready to do tours of the old house. Standing in front of the twelve foot Christmas tree at the learning center.

Lots of folks making ornaments.

One of the Victorian ladies taking a break from house tours and the rain, making an ornament.

 A little girl and her grandma making ornaments together.

The two most popular kits from both events were the Snowman and the Christmas tree.

Thank you, Gina for helping to make these events so special!

We made kits from versions of these laser cuts:
Winter Snowman Banner
Gingerbread Family Shape Set
Christmas Shape Set
ATC Shrine Box

Thank you for stopping by!

#Engage With The World Around You

Hi GSLC friends - It's Susan today, with another project made with the ATC Shrine Box.  The chipboard is so sturdy that the box is now one of my favorites for small shadow boxes.  One day maybe I'll even put an ATC/ACEO in one of these boxes!

Speaking of sturdy, this box proved to be the best choice for these small-yet-heavy pewter monkeys I got secondhand.

First things first, I laid out the pieces to make sure they would fit.  I knew the monkeys would have bases of some kind, onto which I could put my messages, so I left room for those in the dry run.  Looks good, so on to the next step.

In order to cut one long piece for the inside left-center-right panels, I laid the pieces out before gluing, and made pencil marks for where to cut.  I learned in previous projects that this type of long cutting with a score at the corners takes more paper than you'd think, so I left a small gap between the center piece and both sides before making the pencil marks.

White craft glue seals it all together, and a Q-tip cleans up excess glue well.

Everything got a coat of black gesso, including the base, top (not visible), wooden letters, and the Scrabble tiles used for the monkey bases.

For outside texture, I used a pallet knife to spread light molding paste.  Once that dried, I painted with black gesso and then black acrylic paint.

It the background of this photo you can see the strip of paper that will go inside once the outside is completed.

I added the designer paper to the inside with Mod Podge, then filled in all the elements.

Thanks for your visit today!  --Susan

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Used

ATC Shrine Box #BD12X

Other Supplies Used

White craft glue
E-6000

Liquitex gesso
Ranger Glossy Accents

Golden Light Molding Paste
Acrylic paint
Pewter monkeys
Scrabble tiles
Printed words

Studio Calico wood letters
Wood base and finial

A Pair of Skeleton ATC Shrine Boxes

Huzzah! More Halloween!
Lora here creating more fun Halloween-y stuff for the awesomeness that is Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts. Here are my two slightly creepy but fun Halloween Skeleton ATC Shrine Boxes.

Super fun, easy to make and great to display!

To create some depth, I stacked images from G45's Rare Oddities Collection. You can see an example of this in the image below.....

I started out by gluing the Shrine together, painting the sides (inside and out) black and cutting out the images I wanted to use, all from the 8x8 pad.

The background paper and the paper I used on the back side of the shrine is my favorite Bo Bunny Vintage Double Dot paper in Citrus (inside) and Green (outside back). Glue those in first.
I cut four pieces of chipboard 1/2 inches wide, painted them black and glued them to the sides of the shrine to support the 'frame' that will be the middle layer...you can see the frame in the above photo.
A pic of the supports...

I glue the frame onto the supports.

After that dried, I then glued in the skeleton, which has four widths of chipboard glued to its back to bring it up off of the background paper.
It would seem simpler to glue the skeleton in and then the frame, but I found that it's best to do the frame first and then center the interior piece to the frame, rather than the other way around.

I glued the outside border paper to the edge of the shrine, added some Dresden trim (which you can get HERE) and a few extra details like some brass findings, a few discreet sparklies and little white dots.

Don't forget to decorate the bag and sign your work!

SUPPLIES
 ATC Shrine Boxes

Additional Supplies;
Black Dresden Trim
G45 Rare Oddities Scrapbook Paper
Bo Bunny Vintage Double Dot Papers
Flat bck Crystals
Brass Findings
White Acrylic paint

Thank you for stopping by!

Shine Brightly

Hi Gypsy Soul Fans,
Jess here today with an old world inspired ATC Shrine.

Paint the Reliquary Tower Top using Dina Wakley Paint in Gilt.  

While the paint is drying assemble your ATC Shrine Box.  I like to adhere my paper before I glue the box together.  Since the top of the box is visible under the arch I dabbed a little paint on there too.  The outside edges of the shrine  are covered in washi tape with butterflies.   

The outside edges of the shrine  are covered in washi tape with butterflies.   

 Cover you arch with a crackle medium and when it's mostly dry blast it with the heat gun to make it bubble and peel.  Use a black acrylic paint wash over the arch and then rub off quickly so it seeps into the cracks.   To make areas a bit darker use a Distress Crayon in Black Soot.  Attach the arch to the shrine.

Cover a butterfly from Relics and Artifacts with Vintage Distress Collage Medium.  Use the black acrylic wash on the entire butterfly and wipe away so it just highlights the details.  Add color to the butterfly using DIstress Markers.  Emboss the base of a tiny lightbulb using Charred Gold powder.  Glue the bulb to the butterfly and then add the butterfly to the shrine. 

Use the Sizzix Butterfly Frenzy die to cut out a ton of butterflies.  Glue the butterflies all over the shrine.

 Add a base to the shrine and Tim Holtz chipboard sentiment.  

Your shrine is complete!

Happy Crafting,

Jess