Hello everyone! It's Marta Lapkowska here. I am back to you with my new mixed media tiny projects :) For a long time I've been inspired, and enjoyed seein

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ATCs are wonderful tiny pieces of art that can be swapped, shared, and collected!

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Nikki Wheeler has put together a slew of hand-embroidered inchies for the swap at ArtFiber Fest. Go to her blog to see them up close and in detail. They’re so pretty, I want to eat them!

A big HELLO, popping in to showcase the 'Playing Card' swaps we start with Stacy's her 2nd time in joining us, all the way from Colorado Do ...

Momentan sieht man allerorts ATC Coins. Da kamen meine neuen Yogafrösche grad recht. Coins haben einen Durchmesser von 2,5 inch. Meist werden sie gesammelt und/oder getauscht. Beides ist nicht so mein Fall. Was mache ich nun mit den Coins? Bleibt kreativ! LG Ingrid

ATCs are wonderful tiny pieces of art that can be swapped, shared, and collected!

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I made up some digital collage ATC cards for a swap in April for Yahoo Group' Fantastic Flat Paper Dolls', also did matching paper dolls ...

Our great instructor Dorothy is back at it with a new class on a very tiny form of art, Inchies! What are Inchies? Well here's Dorothy's description and some fantastic pictures. This will be a very fun class! Incredible Inchies Sunday, April 17, 2011 Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Crown Hill United Methodist Church 8500 – 14th Avenue NW Bus Routes #48 or #15 (Enter through the north parking lot door or the east handicap door and follow the signs to the Fellowship Hall.) March’s workshop was Artist Trading Cards; April’s is Inchies--“very” miniature works of art that are 1 inch square to be traded or used to create a mosaic art piece. This workshop will provide all the paper materials and tools to make as many Inchies as you want. All crafters and artists, regardless of skill level, will enjoy creating and sharing their “masterpieces.” Come learn more about Inchies (and Twinchies, Rinchies, Rolos, and Moos). All ages are welcome--entire families are encouraged. Facilitator Dorothy Skans is a Seattle native and a life-long crafter. She joined Seattle Free School in order to pass along her love of paper art as well as to pass along her over abundance of paper. Register by going to www.seattlefreeschool.org

With Fall in full bloom, it inspired me to create these... ATC's *** materials: corrugated cardboard acrylic paint vintage paper magazine scrap scissors UHU glue stick A dash of imagination! *** *** Click Here * Take a look at what other talented artists are creating on day #26 * Happy Saturday!

UPDATE: I AM THRILLED THAT MY DREAM BIG ATC WAS CHOSEN AS A FAVORITE OF 2019 AT SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!! TRULY HONORED!! Hello Monday, my friends! Welcome back to another fun week with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! Our theme this week is ATC's, or Artist Trading Cards. An ATC is a small art piece that is 2.5" x 3.5" or 64mm x 89mm. People often like to make and trade them with other creatives. Why not get a group of friends together this week and make and share some ATC's, and be sure to share with us also! UPDATE: Thrilled to have my DREAM BIG ATC selected as a Splitcoaststampers Favorite for the week of August 24!! Kid's Summer Vacation challenge is in full swing. Get your kiddos, grands, nieces, nephews, neighbors together for some crafting fun this month, and share their work with this challenge! I made a quartet of patchwork artist trading cards this week. One of my new favorite paper lines is Stamperia. This week, I am using their Patchwork set. I covered both sides of cardboard from a mailing envelope that I cut to size. I was going to make 2, then 3, and somehow it ended up with 4. I used two different Simon stencils and the Transparent Gloss Texture paste. It took a long time to dry because of the humidity. Once dry, I blended the Fossilized Amber over the cards to deepen the yellows and make the texture stand out. Then, I edged the cards with Ground Espresso. Meanwhile, I cut out several shapes from the papers, and adhered them to more cardboard with gel medium. Once dry, I cut each one out. Added a distressed edge... Then, the fun began with this faux encaustic technique. Seth Apter and Emerald Creek came up with an awesome embossing powder - Vintage Beeswax! I did two layers to build it up and make it look more like a layer of wax, but without all the fuss. Details.... With a cup of TEA in your hand, anything is possible Big Love Dream Big Make a Wish Patchwork ATC's Now, it's your turn to make some Artist Trading Cards and join us in the challenge! One lucky participant is drawn at random for a $50 shopping spree from our generous friends at Simon Says Stamp! SUPPLIES: Stamperia PATCHWORK 12x12 Paper Simon Says Cling Stamp WAVES sss101982 Rest and Refresh Simon Says Stamp Zig Zag stencil Ranger TEXTURE PASTE TRANSPARENT GLOSS Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing and Watermark ink Emerald Creek Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture embossing powder Dina Wakley Gel Matte Medium Tim Holtz Idea-ology KEYHOLES Key Hardware Altered Art Metal Tim Holtz Idea ology Key adornments findings Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments in Silverware 3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Craft Scissors - Tim Holtz Fiskars Reinforced Paper Trimmer 12 inches Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Beacons 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue Ranger Palette Knife set ranger mini round ink blender A GREAT place to shop! Simon is on Instagram - use #sssmchallenge Be sure to head on over and check out the awesome ATC's from the design team!

Artist Trading Card, skrótowo zwane ATC, to jedna z małych form w scrapbookingu (podobnie jak calineczki), i jednocześnie jedna z niewielu o precyzyjnie określonych parametrach.

Turns out resisting the urge to make more inchies was futile, so I made another set of nine with some watercolor and the inside of a security envelope. The background is an extra piece of thready canvas I also made! Enjoy the 1-sq-inch goodness...

I love making ATCs (artist trading cards). I think I do my best work on smaller spaces. These are easy and quick to make. I made this World Traveler set using one of my Tiny Ephemera Kits available in my Etsy store. It's the perfect amount of vintage materials to make 4 ATCs or create fun embellishments for scrapbooking or mini albums. For these I added some kraft cardstock from my own stash and some vintage photo distress ink and here is what I came up with: If this is your first time to my blog - Welcome! I would love for you to become a follower of my blog or my facebook page!(see link on right side of my blog!) or visit my Etsy shop here! This post is linked here:

The StencilGirl creative team is back again all this week with a new blog hop going with the team over at Viva Las VegaStamps. Without further ado, here's my project for the hop - a steampunk inspired index card art journal in its own little case. I got to use a fabulous plate of stamps - steampunk animals and lots of other fun images. I combined their stamps with a bunch of great StencilGirl stencils and used the steampunk theme as inspiration for the project. Here are the stencils I used: Warped 9 by Lizzie Mayne Industrial Fence by Jamie...

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All my crafting has been swap-related, and therefore mostly top secret, lately, so here are some of my inchies, all together in one place. ...

And I am so delighted with them. Every single one of them is a little work of art and a thing of beauty. I took some quick photos of them with my little Fuji camera, as my Nikon has let me down :(, but they really don't do them justice. A huge thank you to Kimberly for hosting this fabulous swap and to all the participants for putting so much work into their beautiful ATCs - From our swap hostess, Kimberly - Marsha - Amy - Marlene - Jewels - Carolyn - Maggie - Karla - Terri - Becky - And moi - Gotta rush, its dry out there at the moment, time to get the veggie seedlings in. We have decided to go back to England for a few weeks as the weather is just so horrid here and has been for most of the six weeks we have been here, the veggies aren't growing anyway, and we spend all our time inside, sigh. And the forecast for the next 7 days isn't any better. So we think it is better to come back in 4 weeks' time when everything is growing properly, and stay for three months rather than two. I am frantically packing, so probably won't post or email or comment until the weekend, when we are back in the UK. Toodlepip xxx

Hey everyone! I am sorry that I didn't write anything during the last month. But there is absolutely no time for blogging at the moment. I am very active on my YouTube channel and also on Instagram. I also have a new IGTV channel where I post additional mixed media videos. I will share some of the work I did during last month now. You will find a video for a lot of them over on my YouTube channel. Have a nice rest of the week! xx Susanne.

Hello all and welcome! I hope that you are well…as some of you know, we moved a couple months ago so I have been busy unpacking and rearranging my little nest, which has been a bit tattered l…

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It is the wonderfully talented Alison's turn to host A Vintage Journey and Alison has chosen 'ATCs - A little touch of Tim' as her challenge. Should you decide to join in, it must be a normal sized ATC (3.5" x 2.5"), no chunkies and no ATBs (Artist Trading Blocks) are allowed. You can create one or more ATCs and they must be in the style of, or be influenced by Tim Holtz. You will find the rules of our challenges HERE. Our wonderful sponsor is Country View Crafts who are offering a £10 voucher to spend in their store. They have a huge selection of Tim Holtz (and many other) goodies for sale, their service is first class and there is free P&P on all UK purchases. I have been wanting to use the Phrenology head from my new Classics #11 set of stamps. I recently had an eye test (a very expensive visit too) and I was reminded that I had not inked up the optometrist glasses from the Countdown set of stamps for ages and so my two ATCs came together. I placed the blank ATCs side by side and stamped the Phrenology head across both ATCs in black archival ink. I stamped the head again onto a post-it note, cut round it and used this to mask off the head so I could stamp my backgrounds. For the first ATC I stamped the background, again using a stamp from the Classics #11 set and black archival ink. Once dry I lightly coloured the letters with a Tumbled Glass Distress Marker. The eye and lips were coloured with DMs too and the face had a hint of Antique Linen Distress Ink applied with a water brush. I used a black watercolour pencil to outline the head and a Black Soot DM to go around the edge of the ATC. The whole of the ATC was covered with clear embossing ink, then clear embossing powder and heat set. To finish off I added the Idea-ology arrow so that I could hang the monocle from it and I added the words using Tim's chit chat words. The background stamp for this ATC is from one of Tim's Visual Artistry clear sets and is just the perfect size for an ATC. I used Tea Dye Distress Ink and a blending tool to add colour to the background. The glasses are from The Countdown set of stamps (one of my first purchases). I stamped them onto white card and painstakingly cut them out with a craft knife, inked around the edges with a Black Soot DM and attached them with silicone glue to 'lift' them from the face. I completed my sentiment with chit chat stickers. I hope you will join us over at A Vintage Journey, I for one cannot wait to see your pocket sized pieces of art! See you again next week with my CC3C entry and my August Tim Tag. Hugs, Anne xx

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Hello there, creative friends! Today I'd like to share with you my new inspiration! I made a series of ATC "Birdhouses". I really like different interesting houses, I like to compose all sorts of houses for fabulous creatures. And for the inspiration of October, I made some birdhouses for the fairies. The base is cardboard and a piece of box. I cut the shapes according to the pattern and glued the pieces together. Then you can cover everything with Heavy Gesso Black and add some texture paste. I added twigs to the roofs of the houses, a little decor and painted everything. When I finished my cards and went to photograph them, I did not like how I painted them! Haha, this also happens So I painted everything over again with Gesso Black and Impasto Paint. And then with a dry brush i applied Acrylic Paints. And slightly waxed. Now I was completely satisfied with my work! You can see how I make and remake birdhouses in my video tutorial. I hope you enjoy my idea of unusual ATC)) I wish you all a pleasant creation! And don't be afraid to redo your work if you don't like it. Hugs, Juliya Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place online store:

Gestern hab ich schon zwei davon gezeigt: ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). Das sind Künstler-Tauschkarten. Sie haben eine feste Größe von 2,5 x 3,5 inch (8,9 x 6,3cm). Diese Kärtchen dürfen nicht verkauft werden, sondern nur getauscht. In der Gestaltung der Karte seit Ihr völlig frei. Es dürfen alle Medien verwendet werden, die Euch einfallen. Nur die Größe ist fest vorgegeben. Die Karten sind ideal um ein paar Mixed Media Techniken auszuprobieren. I showed two of them yesterday: ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). These cards must not be sold you only should share them between each other. They have a defined size that measures 2,5" x 3,5" inches. You are free in what material you are using so they are perfect for practicing some mixed media techniques. Als Basis für meine Karte verwende ich Cardstock (ich hab ziemlich viel hellgrün übrig, also ist das eine gute Gelegenheit den mal zu verbrauchen) und Seiten aus einem alten Buch. Mit Hilfe von Gel Medium klebe ich die Buchseite auf meinen Tonkarton. Dazu streicht Ihr den Tonkarton mit Gel Medium ein legt die Buchseite darauf und gebt nochmal eine Schicht Gel Medium darüber. The base of my cards are created with some scrap cardstock and old bookpaper. I used some gel medium to adhere the book page to the cardstock. Zugeschnitten sieht das dann so aus und ihr habt auch gleich die perfekte Oberfläche zum Arbeiten mit den Gelatos: I cut them down to the right size and started with my Gelatos: Ich verwende Black Licorice und Boysenberry. Damit umrande ich die Kärtchen und verwische die Farbe mit den Fingern. I used the Black Licorice and Boysenberry to color the edges. I blended the colors with my fingers. Auf die blaue Karte male ich mit Hilfe der Kreisschablone und dem Coconut Gelato einige Kreise auf. Ihr müsst die Farbe auftragen und dann mit dem Finger auf's Papier wischen. I added some white circles on the blue card using a stencil and the Coconut Gelato. Zum Abschluss male ich noch mit einem weißen Lackmarker über die Ränder der Schablone. Das ist aber nicht unbedingt nötig. Ihr könnt ebenso eine zweite Schicht Gelato Coconut auftragen. To finish my bubbles I used a white UNIPosca Marker to define the edges. Damit das ganze einen Unterwasser-Look bekommt stempel ich noch ein passendes Motiv (dieses ist aus der Noor! Design Under the Sea Kollektion). To get an under the sea look I stamped an nautical image on my background. (It comes with the Noor! Design Under The Sea Collection) Ich möchte die Seepferdchenstanze aus der Noor! Design Under the Sea Kollektion verwenden. Da es so ganz in weiß etwas fad ist, mal ich es mit den Gelatos Grape und Red Cherry an. Gestanz hab ich das Seepferdchen aus weißem Cardstock den ich vorher mit Gesso grundiert hatte. I'd like to use the seahorse from the Noor! Design Under the Sea Collection. I cut it out of white cardstock that was primed with Gesso and colored it with the Grape and Red Cherry Gelato. Auch hier verwische ich die Farben wieder mit den Fingern und hebe noch einige Umrisse in Schwarz hervor. I blend the colors with my fingers and bring out some outlines with a black pen. Für meinen Titel verwende ich passernderweise wiederum einen Stempel aus der Under The Sea Serie von Noor! Design. Da ich die Wörter anders plazieren möchte stempel ich den Text drei mal und schneide die Wörter aus. Wie Ihr sehen könnt hab ich im Hintergrund auch noch einen Fisch gestempelt (ebenfalls aus der Under The Sea Kollektion). Die Titelwörter klebe ich auf und koloriere sie mit dem Distress Marker Spiced Marmalade. I used a sentiment out of the Noor! Design Under The Sea Collection as my title. I wanted the words in another formation so I stamped it three times, cut the words out and adhered them to my card. I colored them with the Distress Marker Spiced Marmalade. You can see that I also stamped a fish on my background. Damit das Seepferdchen besonders zur Geltung kommt klebe ich es mit 3d Foam Pads auf und beglitzer es mit Glitzerkleber. I put my seahorse on 3d foam pads to highlight it. I also use some Glitter Glue to finish it up. Fertig ist der erste Streich... Die zweite Karte hab ich auch nochmal mit ein paar Stempelabdrücken versehen (Ich verwende auf glatten Oberflächen immer StazOn) und anschließend mit Fran-tage Embossing Enamel "Aged Aqua" von Stampendous embossed. Das Embossingpulver hab ich einfach darübergestreut und mit dem Embossingfön von der Unterseite erhitzt (andernfalls wird Euch das Pulver davon geblasen) I stamped on my black card as well with some stamps I had in my stash. After that I embossed some Fran-tage Embossing Enamel "Aged Aqua" on top. Pay attention to heat the powder from underneath! Als Toping hab ich die Federn von Noor! Design verwendet. Diese hab ich wie das Seepferdchen mit Gelatos (Red Cherry, Mango, Lemon, Boysenberry und Metallic Mint) koloriert. Hier hab ich ebenfalls etwas Fran-tage verwendet. Meinen Titel hab ich diesmal einfach am PC geschrieben und ausgedruckt. Koloriert hab ich ihn auch mit Distress Markern (Spiced Marmalade und Peakock Feathers). Eure Druckertinte sollte dafür allerdings wasserfest sein. I embellished the card with the Noor! Design Feathers. I colored them in the same way as the seahorse with my Gelatos (Red Cherry, Mango, Lemon, Boysenberry and Metallic Mint). I also melted some Fran-tage on them. I printed my sentiment with the PC and colored it with Distress Markers (Spiced Marmalade and Peacock Feathers). Material aus dem Cards und More Shop:

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I only recently joined the "52 Card Pick Up" online class from Stephanie Ackerman as I really adore her special design she uses on her 52 cards filled with encouraging sentiments to guide you through a year. I haven't started my 52 cards yet but gave the technique a first try to create a series of 3 ATCs using Tim Holtz goodness only along with Stephanie's technique. I loved playing with tissue wrap, tissue tape, alpha parts, journaling tickets, glue, Tim Holtz stamps, distress paints and stains and distress markers! Hope you like them! Thanks for visiting! Hugs, Claudia x