The ATC Kimono template was created by me on the computer and decorated using Blockheads �Chinese Traditional Full Unmounted Stamp Sheet #1� The ATC Kimono Shrine was made using 2 single cardboard microscope slide mailers and �Backgrounds and Borders Full Unmounted Sheet #1�
Photo submitted by Evelyn Kennedy Duncan
I enjoy creating ATC�s but since I think they need somewhere special to live, I also like to make them a special home. I could not resist creating this ATC combo using 2 single cardboard microscope slide mailers and a very cool background stamp that made the perfect doors to the shrine to go along with my patchwork Kimono ATC. I created a Kimono template the same size as an ATC on the computer and printed 3 of them out on white glossy paper. I colored each kimono differently using the polished stone technique with sharpie pens, alcohol and a felt pad tool. I then stamped various portions of each kimono using two of the small foliage stamps from Blockheads �Chinese Traditional Full Unmounted Stamp Sheet #1�. I then cut various sections of the panels to create one new multi-colored kimono. This Kimono is the ATC which is housed in its coordinating Shrine. The ATC Shrine was created by gluing 2 single microscope slide cardboard mailers together side by side on top of another piece of cardboard so that there are 2 opening doors. All the cardboard elements were painted black and a piece of black cardstock was inserted inside to cover up the arched openings and form a base for the Kimono ATC. The doors inside and out were created by stamping the Asian flower silhouette stamp from Blockheads �Backgrounds and Borders Full Unmounted Sheet #1�, 4 times on to transparency film using black Staz On ink. I did more of the �polished stone� technique to highlight the stamped image backed each panel with cardstock and attached them to the microscope slide mailer to form the doors of the ATC Shrine. I also stamped the image one more time to use a small strip of it in the center of the Kimono ATC to pull all the elements together.
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