Recycling for ATCs and Carving Stamps

I was at Lowes last weekend and was looking at the paint chips. I want to repaint my bathroom when spring comes but I'm still looking for the right color so as I was checking out the colors and a thought came to me. Why not recycle and use these as backgrounds for ATCs!?!?! So I gathered up a few chips and trimmed them down to ATC size. I already made one and paper does adhear to the chips with gel medium.

Don't you just love names for the paint? I think that's what draws some people to buy certain colors. I know it does for me. For example "mocha latte" sounds much better than "beige"! "Magnolia Spray" sounds way better than "cream"! And how wonderful would you feel sitting in a room painted "seaside villa"?

A few weeks ago I tried my hand at carving my own stamps. Looks like a woodblock cut, but never the less, it works and I get good inking and a pretty good print. Carving your own stamp is harder than what you think, one slip and an "oh-no" moment and you've wacked off something you might have needed!

Here's the ATC I made from it......