I just learned about Artist Trading Cards this month, actually. But I quickly came to enjoy making them. ATCs come in a wallet size 2.5 x 3.5 inch card for easy trading with other artists. I made a variety of them for this hop inspired by the Valentine theme for this season. I will give you step by step instructions for them here, with individual supplies lists. Let’s dive right in:
FOR MY LOVE
The read ATC that with the “For My Love,” sentiment came from a background I did a while back for a Christmas card with huge berries made of Nuvo Drops. I kept the extra water pigment colored panel and trimmed it down to ATC size. Then i stamped it with B|M Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Conversation Heart embossing powder and then with Gilded embossing powder. I used a little die from Concord and 9th to add embossed hearts in a row above the sentiment.
LOVE NOTE
For my second ATC, I used the January Stencil of the Month and the Glitter Glaze of the month: Flamingo to make a stenciled heart of hearts. Then I trimmed down the heart to ATC sized cards. I foiled one of the hand written note toner sheets with Copper DecoFoil and fussy cut it around the shape of the Glitter Glaze Heart. I adhered the foiled pieces to the bottoms of the ATCs to finish them off.
For the last one I am witing about today, I used the Chocoloate Box Sfamp of the Month. I stamped the image repeatedly wth Raven ink. Then I colored it in with Surface inks and an Aqua Pogment water brush. I added some details with a whige getl pen. I finished it off with the XO image heat embossed in the white spaces using Gilded Embossing Powder.
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