I'm so sorry I didn't get a post in yesterday. I don't know if it was my computer or the internet, but I just couldn't get it to let me write a new post. I spent a few hours trying to get it to work before I finally gave up. So here I am a day late, with nothing much to share.
All I have to bring you today is a few Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). I am a member of a swap group called ATC Fun. If you click the name it will take you to the group home page. I occasionally host some swaps there. For the month of January I hosted three. The subjects were Cake, Cardinals and cold.
I tend to be pretty lenient when I host swaps. I will allow any materials, any techniques, any interpretation as long as the 2.5x3.5 inch size guideline is observed. I didn't get very many players for these swaps. Plus I spent 12 days in the hospital in January, so I extended the deadline to February 15th. That date has passed, and the swaps are closed now. I've exchanged all the player's returns and they are ready to mail back.
Here are photos of my contributions.
Cake...
The base, or substrate of all three of these cards is a poker playing card. Plain uncoated paper ones are available at dollar stores. I covered the card with a piece of old book paper treated with iridescent watercolor medium from Windsor & Newton. I hand drew the cake slice, and painted them with watercolors. Then I outlined and defined with a black sharpie. I also stamped and cut out the words, then glued the whole thing together.
Cardinals...
The background of this card is a mixed media background similar to the one from a few blog posts ago. I will do these again soon, and post about them. The pine tree is a die cut from Wish.com, and the cardinal is from Tim Holtz Mover's and shapers.
And Cold...
The background on this one is from a scrap of paper a friend sent me. I thought the lines of the napkin scrap kinda looked like wind. The snowflake is also from my stash of goodies sent by friends. The snowman is from a set of stamps I've had for so long I don't even remember who made them. I filled in the hat and scarf with glitter gel pens.
I hope if you're interested in ATCs that you will consider visiting ATC Fun, and maybe join in and swap with us!
For Monday's post I will be talking about ATCs again. Stay tuned...
All I have to bring you today is a few Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). I am a member of a swap group called ATC Fun. If you click the name it will take you to the group home page. I occasionally host some swaps there. For the month of January I hosted three. The subjects were Cake, Cardinals and cold.
I tend to be pretty lenient when I host swaps. I will allow any materials, any techniques, any interpretation as long as the 2.5x3.5 inch size guideline is observed. I didn't get very many players for these swaps. Plus I spent 12 days in the hospital in January, so I extended the deadline to February 15th. That date has passed, and the swaps are closed now. I've exchanged all the player's returns and they are ready to mail back.
Here are photos of my contributions.
Cake...
Cardinals...
The background of this card is a mixed media background similar to the one from a few blog posts ago. I will do these again soon, and post about them. The pine tree is a die cut from Wish.com, and the cardinal is from Tim Holtz Mover's and shapers.
And Cold...
The background on this one is from a scrap of paper a friend sent me. I thought the lines of the napkin scrap kinda looked like wind. The snowflake is also from my stash of goodies sent by friends. The snowman is from a set of stamps I've had for so long I don't even remember who made them. I filled in the hat and scarf with glitter gel pens.
I hope if you're interested in ATCs that you will consider visiting ATC Fun, and maybe join in and swap with us!
For Monday's post I will be talking about ATCs again. Stay tuned...
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