Holiday ATC's

Here are holiday Artist's Trading Cards in non-traditional colors...light green and pink background in craft acrylics. The paint was applied by crumpling up a napkin and "stamping" the paint onto the card; the green was applied first, then after it was dry, accents of pink were added. Copyright-free images, a scrap of music, lace, fabric flowers, and stars stamped onto the background. I also glued on a single white sequin & seed beads for a bit of sparkle.

Green ATC's

Sometimes it is difficult to get into the spirit of the holidays so just making a little art helps...here are two Artist Trading Cards that are one-of-a-kind. On the left, watercolor was used over gesso to create the pastel background. On the right, white tissue paper was painted with green & yellow watercolor, then applied to the gessoed card when dry. For some reason I am using non-traditional holiday colors--pink and light green--instead of red and green! the rosebud on the right is a color copy of a watercolor that I did myself. I often like to add vintage lace when it fits the feel of the work. There is a tiny bit of tatted lace on the card on the left, bought at an antique store.The bottom card is business card sized , with my contact information on the back. I was not completely satisfied with the composition on this one, so I will need to do a few more of this size to improve a bit.These cards were sent to a good friend who has helped me in my art journey...

Artist Trading Cards

ATC's from2006,2007 and2008.All areoriginalswith someelementscopied.Includeswatercolor,pen, fabric,thread andassortedephemera.If you areinterestedin trading,please leavea comment.

Halloween ATC's

Artist Trading Cards created for a swap on the Altered Book Club Yahoo Group. The crow is drawn in ink over a watercolor wash. The pumpkins were done in watercolor and then color copies were made to create the multiple copies. The pumpkins were inspired by vintage Halloween images. Jolly Halloween!