 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Four little ATC’s, ink and watercolor.
Matilda lives in a palace of cupcakes, ruling with a pure heart and sweet tooth!
When she dreams, she rests upon her throne of fluffiness and dreams of nothing but cupcakes!
Queen Matilda’s best friend, Princess Ana, lives under the sea near Cupcake Palace.
Transparent Image Tape Transfer Tutorial for ATC, Collage, and Altered Art
After an exhausting search for good quality yet low priced transparency sheets, I pulled out my Mixed Media binder and found a clipping I made of a technique a lot of collage artists use called “tape transfer”. I am obsessed! It is quite simple and fun, and it’s always a surprise to see the finished transfer! Using this method you can make any laser printed image into a transparent one to use in your art! *I have only tried this with a laser printer so far!
Continue reading "Transparent Image Tape Transfer Tutorial for ATC, Collage, and Altered Art" »
ATC made for Project Spectrum: FIRE - orange, red, pink.
There seems to be something about cutting up little pieces of paper and then arranging them into a house that is fun to me. I joined in a theme swap on the new ATCsforALL site to try and spark some creativity and trade some techniques. Little did I know the simple house theme would prove to be a big ordeal, I had pages and pages of house ideas sketched in my notepad. What looks good on paper doesn’t always look good in real life, which I found out many times. I need to work on my finishing techniques and find the right adhesive, but I believe I am improving from my earlier pieces.
Visitors might notice a change going on; I have updated my site design! I loved my little birdhouse but felt it was time for a change, this design better reflects my hobbies (baking, crafting, and pastries!). Working on projects on and off the site are such fun to work with, I just wish I had the motivation to upkeep this site more than I do. Hopefully a fresh design with bring fresh ideas!
Cake and Café Artist Trading Cards in watercolor and ink. Created for a swap, my first time attempting watercolor!
Ah Marie Antoinette! The Queen of “_____”! I love working on things inspired by MA, and these ATCs were so much fun! This one is “Queen of France”, a very simple, pretty collage for the deposed Queen.
This one is “Queen of Lace”, the picture I used had lace all over the dress, so I figured she needed real lace!
This one is “Queen on Cupcakes”, I couldn’t resist making a crazt high hairdo out of cupcakes, MA would be proud!
I've gone ATC crazy! I love crafting this little things, they are alot of fun to create! ATC stands for "Artist Trading Card", a 2.5" x 3.5" card made from whatever medium you choose, working with whatever technique you like! I have been working on mixed media collage and really enjoy it! The one above is one of my favorites, but putting together all the little stamps to make one big stamp was a pain, even on photoshop!
Another card in the same 'vintage wild bird' theme, a little song bird! I need to learn to not hear the xacto blade!
Who doesn't love Frida? She inspires me so much, and it was a joy to work on this collage.
The second I saw this painting, I knew I wanted to collage it. The flowers are my favorite. I gave her a locket to put around her neck, when you open it inside is Diego.
I wanted this to have a dark feel to it, as the quote is from Frida about why she always painted herself she said "Because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best." The antler is a hand carved stamp by my loving husband!
I really had a hard time with this ATC, and I remade it many times. The end product is just what I wanted! The background is a vintage ad for ladies undergarments, hehe.
A fabric base card with a vintage feel! I really wanted to make this feel old and worn out, so its all ragged and stained.
These cards are made from fabric. The brid is an iron on transfer.
This ATC has my first carved rubber stamp, an umbrella! It's stamped on linen with fabric waterdrops and the sun shining!
This ATC was inspired by the backside of fortunes you find in fortune cookies, that let you know your lucky numbers. I made the background numbers in photoshop (I wanted a bingo theme) and then I painted it brown with tissue paper to age it. I took red paint and painted little red circles around the lucky numbers. Since it is year of the rat, I made a little rat, and tried to make it look like a chinese paper cut. (I tried and tried to paper cut it, I really did, but I was driving myself crazy, so its faux!)
I really love the way this ATC turned out! When closed, it looks like a little origami envelope, and when open, it reveals your fortune! The inside is a fortune with a little chinese charm hanging from it.
It was just a waiting game until I made -something- cupcake! I think I love ATCs for the small scale you work on, no need to make a big mess or have alot of clean up (who am I kidding!)! These are made from felt with a cardstock backing.
