Butterfly Collage ATC

Hello all! Happy Friday to you! Last weekend I posted a card over on the Technique Junkies blog using the new Big Butterfly Collage stamp. Stop by the post to see a super easy card for any occasion.

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Well, that card was so super quick I felt inspired to have another go at the design and that's where today's card comes into play!

I used the current Spring ATC Challenge at Technique Junkies for my canvas size and then went on from there with lots of mixed mediums.

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Featured Product(s):

• Big Butterfly Collage
• Always Find a Song

Plus:

• 90 lb. Watercolor Paper (AZ, Blick)
• Black Cardstock by Recollections (AZ)
• Kraft Cardstock by Recollections (AZ)
• Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink by Tsukineko® (AZ)
• Gouache Paint Tube Set by Reeves (AZ) - White, Blue Lake, Emerald
• Ecoline Watercolor Brush Pen - Chartreuse, Light Orange, and Vermillion (Blick) (get the whole kit and kaboodle set of 15 at Amazon)
• PITT Artist Fine Black Pen (AZ)
• Foam Squares by Therm-o-Web® (AZ)

Instructions:

1. Use a business card or same size watercolor paper (2-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches) and stamp one of the butterflies from Big Butterfly Collage with waterproof black ink.
2. Color butterfly with EcoLine pens and while that is drying work on the background with Gouache paints.
3. Stamp Always Find a Song stamp with black ink on white paper and trim out words "always" and "wish".
4. Add words to butterfly.
5. Draw in rest of words if desired using a black pen and white gouache highlight. Draw loose lines around the edge of ATC.
6. Accent areas of the butterfly with white gouache.
7. Drip blue and green gouache around the background of the ATC as well as spattered onto kraft card base (4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches).
8. Place black cardstock (2-2/4 by 3-3/4 inches) onto the card base and then adhere ATC with foam adhesive.

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ATC Challenge with a Spring Theme

A little birdie has flown onto my first ATC (artist trading card) and I'm so excited to share it with you today!

I used a new watercolor set for my ATC that I found on Amazon.

I was first introduced to them by ArtSnacks and their February Box Breakdown video. If you don't know about ArtSnacks go look through all their "kits" I know you'll find one that is calling your name. I loved getting a little box of morsels last year!

So my trading card!

Supplies: I provide some product links that are through my Amazon Affiliate, and that means when clicked and purchased in the same session a few pennies are sent my way at no cost to you.

Featured Product(s):

• Faith Hope and Love Stamp Set by Technique Junkies
• also shown is Faith Hope and Love Background by Technique Junkies

Plus:

• La Petite Aquarelle 12 10Ml Tube Kit by Sennelier (AZ)
• 90 lb. Watercolor Paper by Canson (AZ)
• Memento Ink Pads by Tsukineko (Amazon links) - Summer Sky, Grape Jelly
• Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko (AZ)
• Watercolor Round #2 Brush by Princeton (AZ)
• Sticky Note or masking paper

Instructions:

1. Cut one or multiple ATC cards from watercolor papers to 2-1/2 by 3-1/2 inches.
2. Stamp bird from Faith Hope and Love Stamp Set with waterproof black ink and watercolor.
3. Stamp bird on a sticky note and trim out or use other masking technique.
4. Load word stamps from Faith Hope and Love Stamp Set onto an acrylic block and stamp with Summer Sky ink onto the background. 
5. Stamp heart with Grape Jelly ink using second stamp method. (Ink and stamp off onto scrap paper once before stamping onto your project.)

That's it for my ATC, but there is more!

 

Check out my tutorial on Technique Junkies blog for an ATC holder.

I'm a maker who receives goodies chosen by myself for design team work. To see a list of these companies just scroll to the bottom of my blog under FTC Declaration.