Bursting with Life ATC

Gelli print background with machine stitching. 

Added texture using stencils and modeling paste. 

Words from a magazine. 

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Myrtle Turtles Day Out

Hand drawn ATC 

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ATC's for Renee

I was in a swap where we were to make an ATC using your partners first name on it. 

I made these two for my partner, Renee. 

This first one I hand drew the girl with ink pen on white cardstock.

This next one was a gelli print that I dry embossed. 

I hand drew the birdie on scrap gelli print and cut out and glued her on. 

 

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Broken Heart ATC

I created this ATC with a bookpage background. 

I hand drew and painted my broken heart.

Added splatter with red paint and some outlining.

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Masterboard Background ATC's

I created a masterboard using lots of rubber stamps. 

I then cut it up into atc sizes. 

I used a stencil for my silhouettes. 

Magazine words.

 Ink pen outlining and doodling.

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Mixed Media Pocket Letters

I made 2 mixed media pocket letters back in May for a swap over at pocketletterpals.com. 

I used lots of layers, textures, and stamps on each one. 

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Mixed Media Heart ATC

I used spray mists for my background that had modeling paste added for texture. The heart had modeling past added for texture before spraying it as well. The wings are stamped and fussy cut and crackled. The quote is stamped and attached using my tiny attacher. Heat embossed the edges.

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Blue ATC

The theme of this ATC is blue. 

I started with a blue cardstock background. 

Stamped it with a word stamp. 

Hand drew and painted my girl with playful blue hair

 and stamped the word imagine.

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Mixed Media ATC

This ATC has lots of layers and texture.

It was painted, heat embossed, stapled, and more.

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Happy Birthday ATC

Hand drawn on book page.

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Elsie the Elephant

Hand drawn on book page. 

 Painted with watercolors.

Pen work.

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Enjoy the Journey ATC

This mixed media ATC has lots of texture. 

It was painted and heat embossed. 

I used stamps for the hot air balloon and quote. 

Cut the gears out from a sizzix die. 

Added inking and staples.

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Round Robin Journal Spread

This is another round robin book I participated in. 

This one is coffee themed belonging to Tearoll from swap-bot.

For my spread I used lots of stamping and magazine clippings.

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Silly elephant ATC

I hand drew this silly elephant and colored her in with watercolors. 

Added some pen doodling.

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One color pen drawing ATC

For this ATC swap, we were to draw something using only 1 color ink. 

This is my pink girl...

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Art Journal Page

Here is an art journal page I done back in June for Michelle Garrettes round robin.

I painted my background in my favorite color - purple.

Added lots of stamping and doodling. 

Hand drew and painted my girl. 

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Ticket strips - Hand drawn/painted

I used the Tim Holtz ticket strip die. 

Inked my backgrounds.

Hand drew my faces an painted them. 

Added some stamping and doodling.

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Collaged ATC

For this artist trading card, I collaged various paper scraps for my background. 

Added random stamping.

I added the butterfly and arrow on top to finish it.

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Doodlebomb Postcard

This is a postcard I made from a magazine image that I doodlebombed.

I wish I had the before picture to show...

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Bathing Beauties, Not!

I made these two ATC's for a swap.

 We were to take female bodies and add new heads to make them fun. 

I used heads from a comic book. 

Words and the bodies are from magazines. 

Backgrounds are gelli prints I created.

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Blackout Poetry ATC

I hand drew the heart on bookpage.

Outlined found words on page. 

Painted with watercolors.

Blacked out all other words. 

Outlined with charcoal pencil.

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