more yellow

Here's another yellow atc.

yellow

Trying to do some art every day. So here are some more yellow atcs that I finished today and will be mailing off for swap. I am also working on a full sized collage - but more to come on that later!

coffee card

Here's my finished coffee collage. About 4 x 6 maybe. The very bottom layer is an experiment with Ranger alcohol inks. This is on poster paper and not true glossy cardstock, so that's why it looks a little different, but I think it adds some stability and interest for the background.

NEW SCANNER!

Finally set up my new scanner, and love it! My art comes out clearer when published to the web. And now I can scan originals, print them, and continue altering. Oh the possibilities are endless! Here is a yellow atc for a swap I'm doing. It's a gessoed playing card dry brushed with yellow paint. The focal image is a cancelled postage stamp from a letter I got, and the corner images are rubber stamped and colored with pencils. I like the yellow - blue combination. And the shell sticker up top picks up some more blue. Too bad I can't get to the beach myself! But creating some art is a type of escape.

coffee!

I've accepted a challenge to make something coffee themed, so now I'm thinking about where my coffee themed stamps are, and thinking back to this atc I made a while ago. I really liked making the painted tissue paper which forms the background. I think I got that from Traci Bautista in Cloth Paper Scissors. I got her Collage Unleashed book and love it! So now I'm thinking of some rich brown backgrounds. Hmm . . . I think it's time to head to Starbucks for some inspiration!

more atc's with diaper liner backgrounds

Here are more

ATC's galore, Favorite techniques and magazines

Since I'm now on vacation I've had a blast playing wiht art supplies again. I also had a chance to take some photos of atc's I'd already made. Here are some with painted and stained diaper liners (I know, weird, but I saw it in Cloth Paper Scissors, so I gave it a try). CPS is one of my favorite mags, and as is Someset Studio. Eye candy galore, and techniques I really can try. These atcs involved using the diaper liners to wipe off excess paint as I was making other things. I took a look at them and realized they looked pretty good for backgrounds. I xyroned the atc's and stuck them to the diaper liners and cut to size. The pictures of the ladies are from Somerset studio clip art (love that prize in each magazine!) The kids faces were toner transferred onto water color paper and then painted over. The building picture is from my trip to London - I cut up the pictures that were not so great. Add some ephemera and - I LOVE MY ATC's!