This ATC is a tri-fold.  I took the restrictor off a corner punch to make the slots to hold the front closed.  The tea cup is printed on glossy paper and gold embossed.  I used a gold ink pad to brush along the outer edges of both the tab on the front and the front panels.  The inside is stamped with a swirly gold background pattern and a added a tag with a quote from Chaim Potok inside. I found a simple silhouette of a tea pot and fussy cut iit so the flower would end up in the center of the tea pot.  Then I enamelled the heck out of it with UTEE.  I cut a snall section out of a doily and brushed it with gold ink to set the tea pot on.  All in all I am pretty please but I would do a few things differently if I did it again.  That's ok though i is all about learning.

I also finished my fatbook page for February.

This month's theme was tricolor and I picked red/white/black.  The white background actually has a textured stripe in it and I stamped that swirly heart all over the backgroung after I glued down the heart so the edges of the stamp run into the background.  The stamp is embossed with kalidescope embossing powder so it changes color as it moves.  I used a clip art silhouette of two dancers and traced them onto black cardstock and again UTEE'd the heck out of them.  I coated a aluminum tag frame with black glitter and let it dry overnight before adding the Dance tag.  This picture really does not do it justice.

I love the look of UTEE (Ultra-thick embossing enamel)  but there is definately a learning curve with it.  Thankfully a large jar is only around $13 and a 40% off coupon lowers that considerably. 

Now I am off to trim and punch some more blankets for Project Linus as all the ones I had prepared are finished!  We may or may not be getting some sort or winter snow/sleet/ice/rain event in the next day or so so I will just be staying home and taking care of business (making soup, baking cookies and sipping hot chocolate).  Watching movies and crocheting are the perfect accompaniment to that! (so Martha-ish aren't I?)

Oh!  The quote on the ATC says: