WEEK 2 - ATC Birthday Party ... "AND THE CHICKENS."

This is not my cat....but, yes, I have seen a cat napping on eggs in my hen house before! 

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Don't forget about my ATC Birthday Party 

with weekly ATC challenges!

Be sure to enter my Blog Badge giveaway HERE!!!

WEEK 1 Theme - "All Those Cats!!"  Enter HERE

You are here ---> WEEK 2 Theme - "And The Chickens."

The giveaways and challenges end March 3, 2018

so you still have lots of time!!

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Hi, Friends....... 

Welcome to Week 2 of my ATC Birthday Party!!! Thank you so much to all of you who have already entered Artist Trading Cards in my Week 1 challenge. Your entries have wowed me with their creativity and kitty-sweetness!!! Remember that each Monday in February I'll be announcing a new theme that pertains to me or something I love, but you can still play in the previous challenges, too!! All the challenges and giveaways close on Mar. 3, 2018.

The ATC challenge theme for week 2 is

"And The Chickens."

I don't talk about my chickens as much as I do about my cats, but I have a very small backyard flock of one rooster and four hens. They are the baddest, naughtiest chickens in the world and I love them very much. lol....

My little flock (starting in the middle back and circling to the left): Frederick (my rooster), Black Araucana, Rosie, Golde, and Speckle.  They are very exasperating sometimes!!  But they are also funny and they turn bugs into eggs.   So I love them.  :)

I made a couple of chicken ATCs to share with you.



I don't very often see something at a small display of stamping supplies in a store and decide to buy one on a whim....but I fell in love with this rooster silhouette stamp at our local drug store and had to buy it.

I think he goes well with the fun sentiment from The Ink Road. My backgrounds are from my stack of watercolor marker refill sheets. :)

My second ATC is a simple one made from a Graphic 45 Once Upon a Springtime cutapart. I die cut a tag shape from just the chicky part of the piece. The Hope sentiment is from A Creative Journey with Melissa - Awareness Ribbon Set #1.

 
I sponged Distress ink over my embossed (Darice - Dandelion) background for a gardeny look. 

This reminds me of my naughty chickens who often lay their eggs in secret nests they make in the weeds and grass around our place.  Sometimes it is weeks before we find the eggs!  Ugh...

I TOLD you my chickens were bad!!!



So............now it is your turn to make a chicken-themed ATC. :) I strongly prefer realistic looking chicken images for this challenge, but all styles are acceptable. Also....please have an actual CHICKEN (rooster, hen, and/or chick) image on your entry.....NOT just an egg!!

Not sure what an ATC is???? Have questions about the Rules and Guidelines for my ATC Challenges? The answers to all those questions may be found on THIS POST. 

Thank you so much for all the fabulous ATCs you have made so far. Remember that there will be a prize randomly awarded to one participant in each of the four weekly challenges plus one for the blog badge giveaway....5 prizes total. So be sure to post my ATC BD blog badge in your sidebar and participate in each of the weekly ATC theme challenges for the best chance of being drawn. You have until March 3, 2018.

Thank you for your encouraging comments on my ATCs.  I am still a beginner at these.  Tell me what you think of my chicken ones today. I am looking forward to seeing yours!!!  Have a great week!!!

<3

Janis

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