Decmber Artist Choice ATC Swap

The December swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is an artist choice ATC swap.  I created a background sheet using a vintage ledger page, acrylic paints and stencils.  I cut the sheet down to ATC size for each of the backgrounds.  I stamped the butterfly image on the same vintage ledger pages. Other items used include Asian character cards (available at Collage Stuff), Tim Holtz flashcards, Tim Holtz big chat stickers and jewels. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Letter "A" ATC swap

At the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, the October swap is a letter "A" ATC swap.  I used vintage text for the background.  I used acrylic paints to stencil the background.  The leaves were outlined with a white Pilot pen.  The stamp, Frida and phone image are all available on collage sheets at Collage Stuff.  I used a black German scrap border (Collage Stuff)  to finish the bottom of the ATC.  I glued down a thin mica tile over the Frida image.  I generated the letter "A" and the word "artist" on my PC.  The edges of the ATCs were finished with green paint.  Thanks for coming by to see these ATCs.

More Calendar Pages

I'm still making March calendar pages for the Collage Stuff 2017 Handmade Calendar Swap.  I got in some new stencils from Stencil Girl and I'm particularly loving the "bullseye" stencil.  I found some white foamy stickers in my stash.  They're perfect because I can color them with paint to match the art. Thanks for coming by today to view my calendar pages!

Winning isn't everything!

There is a challenge this month at Carolyn Dube's blog to include something you'd normally throw away in your art.  I used a paper plate and a losing scratch off lottery ticket.  My color palette is taken from the lottery ticket colors. I glued down my lottery ticket.  I cut up the paper plate and glued it down.  I used almost all the paper plate. After that I got to work with the paint, stencils and pens.  Thanks for coming by my blog and viewing my "winning isn't everything" journal page!