Woo Hoo! ATC's With Melissa Samuels and an ATC Challenge!!!

Hello Everyone:)

How did I get here again so soon!

LOL!!!

Yes, it was just yesterday that I did one of the

largest blog posts I've done in a long time,

but with the Fun Giveaway Announcements,

and all the Wonderful Eye Candy I had to 

share, I wanted to get it all listed before

Todays Fabulous Blog Post!!

(So if you have the time, and a cup of coffee settle in

and have a Boo!:)

I'm so very pleased, as it's been a little while, to share with you todays blog post is with my Dear Friend

Melissa Samuels

Melissa asked me back in December if I would be interested 

in doing some ATC's for a blog post 

Featuring her Shop's

Great Selection of ATC Products and Accessories.

No Problem!!! I love ATC's!

In case you don't know what an ATC is, 

here is my knowledge on the subject. 

An ATC is an 'Artists Trading Card'.

Artist Trading Cards are for the sole intention for 

trading with other artists, and are not for sale.

There are a plethora of websites on the Internet just for the fun of making and trading ATC's! 

And, I believe the only rule in making ATC's is that they 

are to be exactly 2 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" long.

And that's the only rule!

You can use any medium in art you wish to make 

an ATC, as long as you have them the correct size!

Well I have to tell you.

Melissa  has a Wonderful Full Product Line of

anything you might need for making ATC's!

With a Full Selection of Inkssentials Brand

Artist Trading Card Blanks in a huge selection 

from Card Stock Blanks to Black Chipboard

and everything in between!

(Tags too!:)

Melissa so kindly sent me a selection of the 

Inkssentials Brand Blanks and other Products

for making Todays Project:)

And Scor-Tape too!

I hadn't seen the Scor-Tape before in such great

sizes, from 1/8" all the way to 1/2" and above!

And look at all these Fabulous Embellishments!

Woo Hoo!!

Everything from Prima Brand Shabby Chic Treasures,

Melissa Francis Brand Vintage Embellishments,

Websters Pages Sparklers, and even

My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Pad 

of 6x6 Papers

in all the colours I'll be needing, 

as today I'm making 

Valentines Day related ATC's:)

So lets get to it!

The ATC's that I'll be showing you, are all

going to be 3 Dimensional as that is my 

very favourite kind of ATC.

Because I enjoy making Mixed Media 

Altered Assemblages when I can find the

time, I tend to enjoy in other mediums

building layers. So any of these ATC's

I'm showing you today, are just 'my' thing.

When it comes to doing your own, 

do your own favourite type of ATC, 

paint, draw, cut and paste,

staple, sew, glue,

whatever you chose:)

Using the wonderful 6 x 6 pad of 

My Mind's Eye Paper that Melissa sent me, 

I covered the Inkssentials Blank ATC with

paper using the Scor-Tape to secure the paper.

These lovely papers come double sided and 

I kept in mind that the other side was complimentary

to the print on the front, so not to waist the paper,

I would cut a piece for the front, then flip and cut

a piece for the back of the ATC. Always do the 

backs of your ATC's as that is where you'll be 

signing and dating your ATC's for Trading them!

I also chose in this example a

Melissa Francis Brand 

Vintage Embellishment Frame and 

Prima Brand Shabby Chic Treasures Corners.

I had the Red Heart Button and chose a vintage

music sheet to back the frame 

with to offset the button.

Melissa also sent a lovely bag full of 

samples of all sorts of beautiful 

lace and ribbon trims that she also 

carries in her shop! 

Paper flowers, and lovely Pins too! 

(Yummy and so much fun!! LOL)

In this example

the double sided paper had this lovely

graphic of a pair of birds on the other side,

you'll see in the finished ATC pictures what

I did with it:)

I like to use Ranger Brand

Inkssentials Glossy accents to attach my

3D Embellishments as I think it helps

them stay on the card stock well.

And I also always edge my ATC's with

Tim Holtz Distress Inks to give a 

Vintage Edge to my ATC's.

So that's the basics of how I made the ATC's

in Todays Blog Tutorial!

Thanks to all of you for checking in!

wait....what am I forgetting.....

oh yeah...

(grin)

Like I said before, these are just suggestions

of some 3D ATC's 

and everything you see on these examples

you are able to find in Melissa's shop

at

www.MelissaSamuels.net

(except this little charm, that was mine, LOL)

And as you can tell these are all about...

Valentines Day:)

So I really hope you all will consider making 

some ATC's or get back into making ATC's!

And check out Melissa's Great Selection of Products 

to get you started and/or back into making them!

Matter of fact.....while I think of it....

Here's a little idea:)

I made 5 ATC's for this Tutorial 

if you all might be interested,

and to encourage you to get into making

your own ATC's:)

Leave a Comment on this Post

(and sign on as a Google Follower if you 

aren't one already:)

And on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

I will pick 5 Winners to send these ATC's to:)

But here's the catch!

The 5 Winners have to make 

1 Valentine's related ATC

of their own to mail back to me:)

When I have received all 5 of your ATC's

I will post them here on

Birdnuts Mixed Media's Blog

to 

Highlight Your ATC's!

Please do leave me a Comment anyway as I always

appreciate hearing from you all, but Highlight

in your Comment if you're throwing your hat in 

for the ATC Challenge!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

I'll Announce the Winners 

in the Challenge

on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012!

And send you an email for your mailing information

to send you one of the Tutorial ATC's!

Big Thanks to Melissa Samuels

for all the Fun Goodies she sent to me

for the making of these ATC's!

Now get to making your ATC's!!!

ENJOY!!!

www.melissasamuels.net