Holiday ATCs

I haven't posted in a while because I've been busy traveling for work.  It is hard to make art while in hotels.  For this "Merry Christmas" atc swap, I decided to use just the supplies I could pack into a gallon size zip top bag in my checked luggage.  I stamped some random snowman images and text onto card stock before I left home.  I took some holiday themed papers and ended up cutting up magazine pages to get colored paper for the tree and stable.  All other elements are hand drawn.  Ink pens, color pencils and watercolors were used to color the images and to paint the backgrounds.  Some of the elements were completed using Glossy Accents and glitter glue.  The finished card had to be backed with another piece of card stock because the watercolor made them flimsy.

Alfred Gockel

Recently, I hosted an ATC swap of cards inspired by the atrist, Aflred Gockel. The returns were varied and focused on many aspects of his art.  These are my own contributions.  They are all hand painted in acrylics on heavy paper. Remember that ATCs are 2.5x3.5 inches so I think they came out really nicely.

 All of these are titled "Nature" and numbered.

Just a few more..

I've made another heart and fish to exchange.  I think they came out pretty well so I wanted to share.

This heart was painted using crackle medium.  The bottom heart has washi tape and a painted black edge.  The top heart has an edge made of black embossing powder.  The key is a wooden key painted gold.

This fish started out as cereal box that was covered with torn book pages.  I stamped over the top using an Inkadinkado stamp and clear embossing powder. I used stamping inks from Studio G to created the greenish purple background and the clear embossing powder acted as a resist.  Next, I used blue and brown inks and stamps of tree tops and clocks.  Finally, I drew a seagull and cut out a stencil to use for the bird.  The quote from Martin Luther Kings, Jr was printed and colored using spray ink.  Accents were added using gel pens. 

Funny Little Owls

This week I worked on a challenge to create an owl from a toilet paper tube.  It was fun to watch the videos online and to see just how many ways there are to approach this project.  These little owls were the result.

Mainly, I used scrap paper to cover the cardboard and for the pieces.  Some of the papers were the inside of old envelopes.  Other pieces were from the fronts of old greeting cards.  For any of the plain paper, I either stamped images or just added dots with markers.  The eyes were made from circle and flower punches

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