Fishy Fishy

Here is this  months Paper Arts ATC Swap for December 09 - with the theme of 'Fish'. Just a sneak peak and I will be back tomorrow with the how and more :)

As always my Flickr Account which you can get to from here by clicking on these words - have loads more photos and a tutorial of sorts and what I did to make these. Enjoy xxx

Soot Technique on Gloss Card

A n old technique from a recent class with Kelsey - quite simple and once again using alcohol inks dabbed onto a white gloss card as the first step. Then cover the card with soot from a candle flame by actually passing it throught the flame just quick enough not to burn it but to leave a layer of black soot. Stamp your image onto the soot surface very carefully trying not to touch the surface with your hand or moving the stamp. An amazing surprise when you lift the stamp if you are lucky and finally a quick spray of fixative to secure your image. Loads of quick easy Fun. 

The title was cut from exactly the same stamped image but this time on a red gloss card and no alcohol inks were required. So exactly the same image is used on the top as below and the word 'Dream' was then embossed on top in Gold.

Here is a whole image stamped on red gloss card only, but it dosent photograph so well with the shiny surface unfortunatly.

And finally here one with the original technique used in the beginning with White Gloss Card and Alcohol Ink as a background before placing the soot on the surface and Stamping. All these stamps are from Cherry Pie Stamps.

Layers of Collage into an ATC

This ATC actually has a lot more work in it that is really obvious to the naked eye on your screen I daresay. There is actually 10 separate steps taken just to create the background before there is even a start on the finished and composed surface embellishing and they all have a secret hidden meaning. The words 'Hope' 'Delight' and 'Imagine' as used on another two ATC's below are a part of  a 9 in total series and refers to the tiny baby hidden in the collages and now showing in the backgrounds of these ATC's. Once you know they are there you don't have to look to hard. I have actually just uploaded the step by step process I took to create this layered background and they can be viewed in detail here just click on these words. This was a technique I learn't quite some time ago with Audery Underwood whilst doing a "SHE" journalling class which I must photograph and upload sometime soon.

The ATC 'Imagine' is actually avaiable as a swap on my Flickr Account at the moment if you would like it.

A dreamer - Now living in the USA

A dreamer - Now living in Illinois with the darling member of Flickr Lorri AKA Card Happy. What a wonderful swap this has been.

This is a card made with water colour paper and glimmer mists as the background. Gold embossing, stamped and inked Domino, a picture with a double cut frame in gold with Stampin up's oval punches and some simple sticker borders.

A Holiday in Finland

My Freak Imagination is on it's way to Finland for a permanent holiday - retired at last LOL. Via a swap with Tatsi on Flickr.

This one was a class in Gloss Card Backgrounds and has real crystasl on it.

She is off to Norway!

This little domino faced darling is making her way to Norway as a swap with Flickr Member Liveartnow.

50 New ATC's online at Flickr

I thought I might just randomly every couple of days show a recent ATC that has been finished and comment on the technique used - first up in no particular order is one that uses a mixture of perfect pearls and distress ink refillers all put together with some water into a spray bottle and used as a background finish. The end result really shines in the real deal but I kinda like the composition mostly in this one in particular. A little 3D for an ATC I guess but thats what an Artist Trading Card is all about - ART to Me! I did this technique a few weeks ago with Kelsey at Scraptivate, nice and easy to do and play around with kinda like making your own glimmer mists only the freedom to mix n match what effect your looking for.

As mentioned in the title I uploaded 50+ new ATC's onto my Flickr page a few days ago and they can be viewed clicking anywhere here on these words. The tchniques used in these are over the past few months of classes with Kelsey.

Enjoy xxx