Artist Trading Cards

ATC 'Deep Thoughts' 

Photo of my pet frog in my backyard

(3 1/2 years!), named Dixie:)

Artist Trading Cards 

Where the only rule is that they be

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches!

This is one of my earliest, and most favourite 

art mediums, Artist Trading Cards.

They're so quick and easy, a fast way to

get some art time if you are short on time,

they can be simple, complex, colourful,

they can involve any type of art medium.

Paint, type, pen and ink, collage, sew, anything you can

think of to create, as long as it's no bigger than

2 1/2 x 3 1/2 go for it! (grin).

(Title: Eating Disorders)

They can be serious in nature....

Back view of 'Eating Disorders'

And as you can see, double sided:)

This was made from dinner napkins

(see the irony:)

They can be silly:)

(Nana and Me in 1973:)

They also can be sweet:)

Here's a series that I did, with my Art-Pal Leslie's dog known as

Ms. Bean.

I refer to her as my 'muse'

Love that dog! She's so easy to dress up, and what a face!

Isn't she lovely:)

My little 'muse'

I love this one of her:)

I love to use birds in many of

my pieces:)

This one was fussy, I had cut all the

cage bars so the music sheet would

show through:)

Then once in a while I get into a

serious mood....

Speaks for itself:)

And this one I made for my Art-Pal Leslie:)

It's almost become our logo, (grin).

( I like the viewer to keep guessing,

which one is 'she':)

Many of the digital images used in my

ATC's are purchased from a variety 

of sources, the group in particular

I'd like to thank is 

Paper Whimsy

Itkupilli

Cemerony

and Retro Cafe Art,

and many more.

I have listed their links to their shops in

my Favourites link list, please check out

their shops to start collecting your own 

graphics to play with:)

Enjoy!

Mixed Media Collage Shadowbox

Here is one of my Shadow Boxes

(that isn't about 'Oh Deer')

Grin

'What came first, Mother Earth or Fish'

8 x 10 Mixed Media Shadow Box

Again, please excuse the quality of the photo. If any

of you have any ideas to share about taking pictures

of frames with glass, please leave a comment:) :)

This piece was more detail than my usual pieces,

an interesting lesson in working with the details.

And yes, those are real vintage pearls. But if you

look close, there are 'bubbles' on the outside of the

glass:)

This was a 'reclaimed' frame, that I made a box insert for

creating the depth, layered paper, and embellishments,

until I created the depth I was wanting. I covered the 

sides and back of the box on the outside with 'Tim Holt' Tissue Tape, which I've found I enjoy using in fussy areas to cover.

There is no particular message in it's title, just sounded good to me:) I enjoyed making this piece, it was an exercise in techniques.

Enjoy!