I make so many of these little works of art known as Artists' Trading Cards - ATCs. I'm always forgetting to photograph them and upload them to my blog. I've been trying various techniques with these and it is such fun!
I first cut a large unfinished water color from my daughter's destashing efforts. It was such great paper and I knew I'd be able to use it for dozens of ATCs. The archway in the background was part of that unfinished work. I used stencil paste to add the stars to the background. After they dried, I added the red marker (Copic Real Red) to the arch. I copied the photo of this soldier from a clip art site. I cut him out and glued him in front of the arch. I stamped the sentiment (Stampin' Up!) on a scrap of white paper and trimmed around it and attached it to the soldier. Then I brushed Glossy Accents over the whole ATC to seal it.
For the Autumn ATC I first punched the leaves from colorful papers and glued them to the unfinished water color ATC. I brushed a coat of Glossy Accents' crackle finish over the leaves. I stamped the little bird girl from Catherine Moore's Mad Tea Party (Character Constructions) rubber stamp collection onto white paper and used a colored pencil to color in the her dress. I cut out the stamped image and glued it to a page from an old novel. I love the discolored vintage pages. I cut around the image leaving lots of text around her. I cut a partial sentence from the page and glued it above the image. Next I tore a 1/4" strip from a piece of white material and sprayed it with Dylusions Tangerine Dream. I have shallow cardboard boxes that I lay my items in when wanting to die them with my sprays. I cut tiny pieces from the strip and tied them into bows and attached the bow to the image as shown. These were the ATCs I shared with my art sisters this month.
