This ATC was inspired by the Harry Potter movie/book, The Sorcerer’s Stone (or The Philosopher’s Stone, depending on where you are in the world). In the chamber of the winged keys, Harry must capture the single winged key that unlocks the special door. For me, this seems to symbolize how certain things that are special goals sometimes require extra effort.
I started with a standard chipboard ATC base (2.5″ by 3.5″), covered it with scraps of magenta patterned paper, which I then promptly covered with a beautiful piece of black and white floral lace. I finished off three of the edges with a small black pearl trim and a couple of metal flourish corners, leaving the edge of the floral lace to hang off the top of the ATC.
To create the winged key, I cut a couple of chip board wings using the Tim Holtz “Winged Heart” die, which I painted with a pale pink acrylic paint and covered with fine glitter. I sealed in the glitter after it had dried with clear gel medium so that the recipient would not constantly be brushing off the glitter. The key is one from a charm package picked up at Michaels from the $1.50 bins. I added a little lacy black bow to create a kind of “collar” to the key.
The following is a video share of this ATC:
This ATC is being entered into the Craft-Dee BowZ September Anything Goes Challenge and
the Paper Wings Productions September Challenge
Spectacular ATC! Love the use of lace and pears and every other element you have used. THanks for submitting this to the Craft-Dee BowZ September challenge and good luck!
Thanks for the fun challenge and for stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Love this one. I think it’s my favorite of your ATC’s so far. It’s got a simple elegance. Love the purple and how the wings contrast. Tfs. Hugs~Bettina 🙂
Thank you. I think it took the most time with all the layering, painting, glittering, etc. of those wings! LOL tf stopping by. Big hugs, Kristina
Love this ATC, love the look, texture, the uniqueness, the color. Great job!
Thank you so much Julie! I enjoyed making this, even though it required getting out the messy glitter. LOL Hugs, Kristina
This is the prettiest ATC. WOW it is so elegant!!Thanks for joining us at the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month. Join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Beautiful! Love hiw you incorporated charms and paints very mix media looking..Tonya
What an awesome ATC! I love all things “Harry Potter”. You captured the essence of the flying key beautifully. Thank you for playing along with us over at PWP.
Thanks for a fun challenge. I love Harry Potter too. 🙂 tf stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Wow! Gorgeous work! I LOVE the mix of materials on this ATC. Thanks for joining the Paper Wings Productions Challenge! 🙂