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May ATC Technique Swap

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May ATC Technique Swap
Swap Coordinator:FridaKahlo (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Art  Artist Trading Card (ATC) 
Number of people in swap:16
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:May 1, 2007
Date items must be sent by:May 15, 2007
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

How about an ATC swap where you try something different. I have collected scads of ideas as well as come up with some of my own to make ATC’s. I will post a technique, and you get to try something new (or old depending on your experience) and share your results. I am hoping to do this monthly if it is popular.

What is an ATC?

An ATC is an artist trading card. The only rule is the size, 2.5x3.5 inchesYou can trade them but not sell them. Don’t forget to put your information and sign them on the back!
http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html

May ATC Technique

This is the first ATC technique I ever tried. I can’t find the link, so I can’t credit the originator. Materials needed 1.Acrylic paint, 3 colors 2.A playing card for a base 3.a page from a book, dictionary 4.a rubber stamp 5.black pigment ink 6.a cosmetic sponge

Directions:

Smush your acrylic paint on your playing card, lightest to darkest in this manner –lightest in the center, darker on left, darkest on right, don’t clean the sponge in between and don’t worry if the card shows through. Diagonals work great too. Add paint till you’re happy with it. Feel free to blend paint together over each other or whatever. Let dry.

Add a piece of text to the left side, angled up toward the right. Use a glue stick or whatever your favorite adhesive is.

Ink up your stamp and stamp slightly above center and to the right or left

Let dry and add some decorative tissue paper, vellum or napkins work great too.

Add more text if you feel like it needs it. Embellish with a charm or fiber. Mine is embellished with painted and stamped puzzle pieces.

Feel free to experiment and substitute different materials, put the text in a different place, use an image instead of rubber stamping one. Post about your difficulties and successes, your experiments and your ideas. This is a starting place. Have fun.

This is a technique swap so you can pick your own subject.

You will have 3 partners and send one card to each partner. This is international. I check ratings and profiles and will use both to influence who can play. Newbies welcome, people new to ATC’s welcome too.

Discussion

BetsyG 04/15/2007 #

This sounds interesting. I'm going to give it a try since I've got time to try it and drop if I can't create anything acceptable. I don't think that will happen though! Thanks for the challenge!

FridaKahlo 04/28/2007 #

Okay, left out one part that I like to do for the background, after painting, I like to stamp the background with a word or letter background stamp in a very subtle color. It really adds interest as you're building up the background.
another piece of advice - don't get too attached to your backgrounds, they are backgrounds, most of it is going to get covered up.

FridaKahlo 05/ 2/2007 #

Partners have been assigned - if you have questions, suggestions, rants because the red paint won't come off your hands - lol - post away. Let's share our trials and our success! Dianne

Iowascrapemouse 05/ 2/2007 #

I got 3 B's for partners: J. Burns, Betsy Foster, and Barbara Brandt!!!!!

FridaKahlo 05/ 3/2007 #

Seems to be a lot of B's in this swap! Dianne (Belle)

suzylucie 05/ 4/2007 #

Since we are supposed to make comments...I am having a bit of trouble with my paint sticking to my cards...I should have roughed them up with a little sandpaper first. Lesson learned, I guess that's the point!

FridaKahlo 05/ 5/2007 #

I work in layers suzy, i may not get the card completely covered in one go round, i let it dry a bit then go back over it. you can rough it up to help the paint stick as well, but i haven't done that. i usually do a bunch of backgrounds at a time, do one color,then go through with the next. i work pretty fast but do 8 or 9 cards at a time. by the time i do the first color all the way through, then start the second, the first has had a bit of time to dry. I also must add that if i need it to dry faster i've been known to use a heat gun. Dianne

FridaKahlo 05/ 5/2007 #

okay, my bad, i seem to have forgotten to add my swap card in with my cards that i sent out. I thought i wrote my swap bot name on the card but I guess i forgot that too! sorry for the confusion. cards went out to betsy g, cindynvb and fingers, inc last week so if you get a card from Dianne, it's me. duh.

Iowascrapemouse 05/ 6/2007 #

I have a few words of advice, do not use cards from a casino!! I have some and noticed how slick they were, so I didn't even try them. Since I had my paints out and already had a mess (on my waxed paper), I decided to do some 12 x 12 sheets. I even went so far as to make my background papers for the tipin swaps I am in. I'm glad I joined this swap!! Diane, will you please post in the June swap discussion when you put up the July swap? Thanks

redwing480 05/ 7/2007 #

Dianne M, Betsy G. and Cindy B.--Your cards went out late Saturday.

BetsyG 05/ 8/2007 #

Wow! This was truly a challenge. Am I up to June's Technique? Anyway, today I sent out my three cards to Poggy123, Fingers Inc.(Colleen), and Reb. Hope you enjoy them.

FridaKahlo 05/ 8/2007 #

I added my card and the card i received today from Altered to me to the gallery. please, add your cards so we can all see how they turned out. guaranteed everyone's will be different. Christine, i love how your card turned out and how you worked a theme of the train schedule into it.
Dianne

Iowascrapemouse 05/ 9/2007 #

My cards are going out today...

FridaKahlo 05/10/2007 #

Thanks for uploading your cards Mickey - good job. And for those of you with dial up - like me - page through the first two on the gallery, i made the files too big, then uploaded them smaller. Dianne

Iowascrapemouse 05/11/2007 #

Received 2 great cards from Susan B. They are very colorful and I love the fact the designer side of the card shows....thanks a bunch!!!!

Iowascrapemouse 05/11/2007 #

Forgot to tell you, I uploaded them to the Gallery....

FridaKahlo 05/11/2007 #

Kim, love love love your interpretation! you did a marvelous job of taking the idea and then making it your own. Dianne

123Poggy123 05/12/2007 #

I received cards from Sandi & Betsy. Thank you ladies. Mine are now in the mail.

suzylucie 05/12/2007 #

Reb, received your card, how creative! And I loved how the envelope matched the card! Thanks so much.

Iowascrapemouse 05/14/2007 #

Poggy, received your great cards today. I uploaded them to the Gallery....I love the little key. Thanks bunches!!!

redwing480 05/14/2007 #

Chris Wise-- I received your card today, very cool, and yes I had a lot of fun with this technique as well. Thank You!

Hag53 05/15/2007 #

Wow! I loved this tech. I didn't have any trouble getting the paint to stick and I did like leaving it a bit thin in some places so the card shows through. I did find that once dried the paint scratched off easily so I used a gel medium to adhere the graphic and doily and to seal the whole thing over. I painted some other cards and tags with the same tech. once I got started and found that some thinner cards that I used tended to curl up more than the heavier casino cards that I started out with. This was great fun and I've learned something that I will use over and over in the future! My cards went out to my partners a couple hours ago - Christine, Marlene and DeAnne. Also uploaded a scan of my card a few minutes ago. Also received one from Mickey - I love it! I also love all the others in the gallery, seems like everyone had good outcomes with this tech.

Starwatcher 05/15/2007 #

Iowascrapmouse, JanetB, and sleeping traveler, envelopes heading your way from Oregon!

suzylucie 05/16/2007 #

Poggy, got your cards, great job! Love them both.

FridaKahlo 05/16/2007 #

Marlene - your cards came today, thanks so much, it's great. I'm only sad now because it was the last of the three and now i've no more cards to receive. Well, June is coming, i hope you've all signed up and i'm about to post july. Dianne

FridaKahlo 05/16/2007 #

marlene, i meant card. sorry.

FridaKahlo 05/16/2007 #

July technique swap now up!

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/3864

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