Thursday, February 21, 2008

Postage People ATC's

I joined a swap to do some postage people ATC's, which are all the rage right now. Basically, you find a postage stamp with a person or animal head and then find a body image to match and make them into an ATC.

Sounds easy, right? Well, it's much harder than it looks. Dymphie suggested that we find a body that is facing the proper direction and then color on the stamp to help blend the head into the body. That helped a lot.

I was lucky enough that I had a stamp that would match thes Paul Revere stamps. I hope none of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" members or some other heritage group get mad at me for dressing him in "drag", ha ha!

There are some fabulous examples of postage people here on the bockel24 site. Dymphie is another great postage people maker. And don't forget to check out Linda's who is the hostess for the swap I'm in! For more inspiration, check out this interesting photo form that is very similar to postage people, called Sleeve Face Photos

Patterened paper by foofala. Cardstock by Club Stamp and Stampin Up! Chocolate & Lady stamps from Club Stamp, zig-zag from Hero Arts, and postmark from Sugar Lump Designs

9 comments:

Dymphie said...

Oh Lianna, I love your take on this. I'm not to familiar with US history, but he does have a bit of a feminine look over him. Could be the dress you gave him *lol*

Sandy said...

Oh my! I must be living under a rock. I'm going to have to try one of these soon...lol!!! Yours is fabbbbb!

Linda M said...

PERFECT! I love it so much.

Kerilou said...

I wondered what the heck a postage person was!! Too funny! I love it..it goes together perfectly!! Kerilou 2peas

Rika said...

Great ATC!

Ethel Amutan said...

I can see how this could be challenging! Your ATC turned out fantastic!

Carolyn King said...

that does not seem easy at all but i LOVE how you made yours. Fantastic!

Sue McGettigan said...

A stronger person that me might not have peeked, but I'm not that strong :) These are wonderful - our founding fathers should wear dresses more often :)

Sue McGettigan said...

ROFL - just had to come back - those 'sleeve people' are a riot!!