First, I was looking in my semi-completed cards to see if anything inspired me and saw that the ornate patterns on "H becomes a doodle...." look somewhat Victorian. Then I wondered how it would look if I just replaced that H with a Victorian image from my stash.
But then I would need to rename the card...
So first I thought I would see if anyone wants it as it is:
Or if anyone had a particular Image they would like INSTEAD of that H?!: TRADED (to Heather, of course!)
Next, some flowers. It is not at all obvious, but I was doing an experiment with alcohol markers on three different kinds of paper. All three flowers were made with the same group of markers, but the results were quite different. I love to play and experiment and ramble on about the playing and experimenting:
TRADED
Finally, I was looking for some alcohol ink tutorials and stumbled upon some pieces by Brooke Summers-Perry that inspired me to COPY the method of just making a scene by dragging the alcohol markers horizontally across the page. Of course, hers are bigger and much better.... but I plan to do more of these. I see a lot of beauty in simplicity:
2 cards done, more Alice and watercolor flowers in progress.
I also watched another video by the same woman (Margarete Miller) CQ5 linked to for the paint chips. MM made 4 atcs on one 5 x7 collage, but she never seems to cut the cards apart. I confess that I jumped around the video because I get impatient watching people glue, so she may have explained why she left them connected and I missed it.
I'm trying the method for some backgrounds. I don't think I can work on them together to completion. I really need to see individual cards cut apart before adding a focal point and balancing elements.
Here's the link. I really like some of the sets of 4 she shows at the beginning.
Sorry for the overload of cuteness that these cards are, but I got the critters in the mail from someone recently and just HAD to use them. Don't worry; if uber cuteness is not your thing, they can live happily in my collection with my other super cute things that I end up making for myself. But I thought I'd share (and am totally willing to send them to someone else who needs cuteness in their mailbox. . . )
We have had nothing but continuous rain for days and our internet is now playing up due to the junction boxes flooding. My husband is amazed that I can get onto the site at all.
I am currently playing with Alice in Wonderland cards - they are reaching my Gallery as far as I am aware. . .
Hopefully tomorrow will be better and I will check that PMs I send actually sent and will try to answer those that I receive.
Attachment 232052 ATART 27 California Myotis (Myotis californicus) - found in the west coast forests of Canada (I couldn't let an ATART go by without drawing at least one bat!)
Attachment 232053 ATART 28 TRADED Bandit (Racoon: Procyon lotor) - found in southern Canada except Rockies; riparian forest is the preferred habitat
Attachment 232054 ATART 29 TRADED Leave It To Beaver (North American Beaver: Castor canadensis) - found in humid areas of forests, in all of Canada below the tree line except drier parts of prairies
Attachment 232056 ATART 31 TRADED Bull Moose (Alces alces) - found in Canada's boreal forests and wetlands. The name comes from the Algonquin word meaning "eater of twigs".
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"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and the voice will be silenced" Van Gogh
I obviously have WAY too many Alice in Wonderland resources - I have loaded another collection of cards into my Gallery.
I am currently trying to work on some steampunk cards, hopefully they will reach my Gallery tomorrow, along with the flower ATCoins that I am planning.
It is now late and I am tired of fighting both my mouse (the left button, you know, the one that you use to navigate ANYwhere is malfunctioning and I can end up all sorts of places that I did not intend to go ) and the Internet which is even spotty when hot spotting off my phone.
See you all tomorrow when I will answer my PMs - sleep tight and happy creating.
Lovely stuff! I am new here but not (totally) new to ATCs. I made a couple cards this morning but taking a break now for fresh inspiration. I see lots of things I would like to trade for so maybe I'll try to get a card or two to see if there is any interest.
Kate from Canada
Love swapping! Mostly HD/HC with art pencils + some Mixed Media.
I got absolutely nothing done yesterday as my son showed up to paint the bathroom. I guess that's art in a way. Today I'm going to experiment with a gelli plate. I tried it once when I first got it and the results were less than the trouble it took to take it out of the package. I watched a You tube tutorial so now I'll try again. When I get frustrated with that I'll attempt some encaustic. I love these weekends for experimenting.
About that video -- I liked the idea of making the four cards but if you cut them apart you will have to darken the cut edges to make them match. She didn't really give a reason for making them like that.
I started with one 5x7 background for all 4 Alice cards, but cut them apart pretty early in the process so they don't look like a set the way that Margrete Miller's 5x7 sets do.
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