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Stamping/Crafting Fests! => Older Fests => AIR 2017- July 15-23 => Topic started by: Iring on July 14, 2017, 10:40:27 PM
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Welcome to my challenge. I hope you're ready to play!
Stencilled ATCs
This challenge requires you to make 2 or more ATCs using stamps and stencils and anything else you choose. As a reminder ATCs are Artist Trading Cards. They must be sized at 2 ½ by 3 ½ inches and must be traded, never sold.
I’ve been enjoying some videos made by Joggles.com recently. They’ve got me itching to make ATCs again. Below are some videos for inspiration. Please watch at least the first part of the first video for tips on making a set of 6 ATC backgrounds. You don’t have to make 6, but I’d like you to make at least 4 backgrounds and then choose 2 to finish in to completed ATCs.
The following is a rather long video. Don’t forget if you’d like you can speed it up if you watch on Youtube by clicking on the little cog that says HD over it. I see the option to watch it at normal, 1.25 times normal or 1.5 times normal speeds.
This one demonstrates making backgrounds on a group of ATCs – (don't worry, you don't need Dinky Stencils)
It covers
Distress crayons over gessoed Bristol
Sprayed background on 140lb watercolor paper
Watercolor paint on 140lb watercolor paper
Creating ATCs with That's Crafty Dinky Stencils (https://youtu.be/kWwWCnL8-Ek)
For more ideas you can watch
Itty Bitty ATC Stencils (https://youtu.be/HrIoQ_ZHRSM)
or
Distress Oxide Ink ATCs (https://youtu.be/5cM6WZOkerc)
Requirements :
1. Choose your background media from one of those demonstrated in the videos or any method of your choice.
2. Use a stencil somewhere on your ATC, either in the background or as a focal point. You may use the stencil however you’d like; traditionally, printing with the stencil, tracing, apply glitter or pastes through the stencil, etc.
3. Use a stamp on your ATC. The stamping can also be either the focus of your ATC or used as an accent or in the background.
4. Make 4-6 ATC backgrounds (see the first video for an easy way to do them all at once). Complete 2 as finished ATCs so you can keep one and trade one.
5. Post a picture of your two finished ATCs in the gallery describing how you made them and add a link to it in this forum thread.
6. Trade one of your ATCs with another participant. I will draw names for trading partners at the end of the Fest and we will trade by mail.
*** Don't forget to sign and date the back of your ATC. You can also give it a title. ***
If you remember to take a picture of your ATC backgrounds, please post it here in the forum. Though it’s not a requirement, I’d love to see them. A picture of your 2 finished ATCs goes in the AIR2017 gallery. Use AIR2017ATC as a key word and ATC in the title to help us find it.
I will draw a name from those who participate and mail the winner a small RAK and one of my own ATCs.
I hope you have fun!
Here are some optional prompts for ATC themes, please suggest any others you may think of :
Whimsy
Summer
Smile
Sports
Girly
Let’s get crafty
Peace out
Boys will be boys
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Below are the backgrounds I made. I started with Distress crayons on gessoed Bristol. Just as in the first video, I taped down 6 ATCs and added crayon overlapping the seams, then blended them with my finger. I did flick some water on but I didn't get much of a reaction because I think I waited until after I took the first picture and the distress crayon was probably too dry by then. The next picture shows how I removed some color by going over a Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil with a baby wipe. My last step was to use the pineapple stencil and gold paint. The lower left ATC is the only one I tried Inka Gold on, but my Inka Gold was really dry so I was struggling. On the remaining 5 ATCs I stencilled pineapples using a little bit of Golden paint on a Ranger round blending foam.
So far I've completed 3 ATCs (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3406#top_display_media). I used two stamps by VivaLasVegaStamps a whimsical flamingo and a sentiment.
I hope to finish the other 3 this week.
I will allow combining this challenge with other challenges that allow combos.
Have fun! Ask questions. Share your process and progress.
When the week is over we'll trade!
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Cindi-your challenge sounds like so much fun! I love that you are using it as a trading card too. Oh how I wish my supplies would be easier to uncover. I did enjoy the distress Oxide video.
PS--do know I almost always mist my Inka Gold-more water when painting with it and a little less when using it as a rub-on.
Thanks for hosting!...Jan
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Great challenge, it has been a while since I made any ATCs. I will have fun watching the videos and trying to figure out which background to try! Thanks for hosting!
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Jan, thanks for the tip on the Inka Gold. Rather than mess with it in the moment, I switched to paint. I was afraid to add water until I looked it up somewhere. Good to know I can give it a spritz of water!
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I couldn't stand it, I just had to finish all 6 of my ATCs while the supplies were out! I know me. If I filed the unused backgrounds away somewhere I would never finish them :knuppel2:
The stamps I used are all from an unmounted rubber plate (https://vlvstamps.com/plate-1383.html) designed by Mary Vogel Lozinak for VivaLasVegaStamps. I hope to use some more images from this plate this week. It's about time I play with them, they've been on my desk far too long, untrimmed. I used glue stick (tip from Daniel) to adhere the unmounted stamps to my We R Precision Stamp Press and it worked well without being too difficult to clean up. I'm still trying to get double stick tape residue off. The glue stick wiped off cleanly with a damp paper towel.
Heidi, the pineapples are not quite as subtle as they appear in the photos. They have a nice shimmer from the iridescent paint and Inka Gold I used. I went with the pineapple stencil because I started out thinking I wanted a tropical feel and I wanted to use a flamingo ... that was the idea I had in mind when I started my backgrounds.
Close up of ATC 2 (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3407#top_display_media)
ATC 4 (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3410#top_display_media) Birdman fishing
ATCs 5 and 6 (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3409#top_display_media) Fat Fish in Heels
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I have not done an ATC in many years, you made some cute, fun ATC's!
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This will be fun!
April
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This was fun, thank you Iring for this challenge. Here (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3418#top_display_media) is the finished ATC's. I just went ahead and finished them all because well, why not.....LOL I explained in the gallery description how I made these....
Thank you for looking
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Sadie, your ATCs are adorable! That was a good idea to make your background on one big sheet and then cut it up. How did you cut them? Did you round the corners or do you have a punch, or by electronic cutter?
I'm not familiar with the paint pens you used either. Are they easy to use? Your images stand out great against the background. That is one thing I worry about ... how to stamp and color over some of the mixed media background materials.
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Sadie, your ATCs are adorable! That was a good idea to make your background on one big sheet and then cut it up. How did you cut them? Did you round the corners or do you have a punch, or by electronic cutter?
I'm not familiar with the paint pens you used either. Are they easy to use? Your images stand out great against the background. That is one thing I worry about ... how to stamp and color over some of the mixed media background materials.
I have a Tim Holtz ATC die that I use. The Derwent paint pens have been on the market for a long time. I have had mine maybe four years. The Dyan Reavely ones came out last fall in black and white and the 6 colors came out after CHA 2017. I like the Derwent ones better then the Dyan Reavely ones. They just work better. I used them because they work over acrylic paint. I am not in love with either set, but they work on top of acrylic paint so its what I use.
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Thanks Sadie! I really can't get enough of your ATCs. I've been back to look at them a few times! Those are the coolest combinations of stamps, sentiments, artsy backgrounds and embellishing! Thanks so much for playing :smile:
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Here are my entries. I used my crayola spray pump to spray over the stencils using markers. It is so hot upstairs that i wanted an easy way to do this that would be quick! LOL!
April :smile:
whole sheet background -- http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3430#top_display_media
ATCs cut from background -- http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3431#top_display_media
my 2 ATCs -- http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3432#top_display_media
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Thanks for playing, April. Your fish ATCs are adorable! Your embellishments set the perfect scene. Great idea to get out the crayola pump!
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Well I found out why I don't make ATC's much, guess they aren't my thing, first ones I precut the papers and tried to watercolor the backgrounds, that ended up being a disaster and I quit and did another challenge instead. Yesterday I decided to give it another try and this time I just took a big piece of cardstock and sponged on some Oxide inkds and then cut them into the correct sizes before stenciling and stamping each individually.
Here is my orignal background piece
Here is the finished ones
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3440#top_display_media
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Thanks for being persistent Connie! For not being "your thing", you worked on all 6 ATCs, so that is quite an accomplishment! You're right though ... when we change the size of our "canvas", it's a challenge. You did a great job!
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I came up with two finished ATC's but I really had a lot of flops along the way.
First off, I used a technique Dina Kowal shared on her blog this week. You guys can let me know if it is new or not. Usually, I think "new" techniques are just a slightly different version of an old technique (which is perfectly good to share), but this one seemed more original.
Watercolor Imprints. http://www.dinakowalcreative.com/2017/07/splitcoast-tutorial-watercolor-imprints.html
Well, I did the technique on Bristol instead of watercolor paper and I had one complete flop and the other worked OK. Then I sprayed the residual ink on the stamps and printed it off onto regular cardstock. Those turned out well, but then I made them into ATC's that I thought were completely ugly. Oh well.
So I was left with one background and came up with these ATCs.
http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=3455#top_display_media
Thanks for the challenge! It was a challenge for me but I enjoyed trying new things.
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Oh I do belive that is a technique I haven't seen yet, I was going to suggest the technique that you ink your stencil and then spritz and added it to your paper but this is cool too!!
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I pinned this technique a few days ago and I will have to try it! I have found that a lot of times you have to keep trying a technique because some things are not really explained as to what paper they used, inks, amount of water, etc. I will definitely try this though. :smile:
April
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I was surprised when I watched the video ... I thought she was going to spray the stencil, instead she sprayed the paper. She got gorgeous results. I loved all of the variations. Thanks for linking the video Heidi! You got the same gorgeous results on your ATCs!
Thanks so much for playing, your finished ATCs are wonderful!
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I put your names in a bowl, swished them around, closed my eyes and drew ..
*** CONNIE ***
Connie, congratulations! Please PM me with your address.
Thank you everyone for making ATCs again! It's always so much fun to see what you'll make
Now since they are Artist TRADING cards, we need to trade them.
Again, I drew names. Please choose one of your ATCs and send it to the person indicated.
Sadie sends to Heidi
Heidi sends to Cindi
Cindi sends to April
April sends to Connie
Connie sends to Sadie
Looking forward to Happy Mail!
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Thanks, I will get those ATC's out to Sadie
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Congrats, Connie!
I will double check that I have the address and then send out the ATC. Thanks for hosting!
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Thank you Iring for hosting this wonderful challenge. I will mail out one of the ATCs to HowdyHeidi. I haven't noticed that she has moved so I assume the address is the same....
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I sent the ATC out in today's mail. And yes, Sadie, my address is the same.
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I will be sending mine out tomorrow along with my other RAKs for my challenges!
April :smile:
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Congrats, Connie.
I'm bummed, I got my ATCs finished but I had some issues last night with editing my photos. Stupid new computer. So I didn't manage to post them. :(
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:( Bummer Sarah!
Please post them anyway as soon as you are able and I will trade with you if you'd like!
My RAK is on it's way and my ATC trades are signed, sealed and ready to deliver. Just need to drop them in the box tomorrow. This is a record for me! I'm notoriously tardy :idiot2: Feels so good, :smile:
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Sadie your address is the same is that correct?
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Yes my address is the same. I will be looking forward to happy mail soon.
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Congrats, Connie!
April :smile:
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Heidi, I received your ATC today! It is gorgeous! I love the colors and the chevron background. I think I need to play some more with Distress oxides. You get beautiful results from them.
Thank you so much!
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Heidi, I received your ATC today! It is gorgeous! I love the colors and the chevron background. I think I need to play some more with Distress oxides. You get beautiful results from them.
Thank you so much!
I am glad it arrived safely and that you like it. They are really fun to work with.
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I forgot to mention ... Heidi, I love the total solar eclipse stamp on the envelope! I think I need to save that.
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I forgot to mention ... Heidi, I love the total solar eclipse stamp on the envelope! I think I need to save that.
Oh good, you noticed!!! Did you put your finger on it to make your own eclipses? I have been putting notes on some envelopes I have been sending because I think it is so cool. I was at the post office a couple weeks ago asking what new stamps they had, and the guy just kept showing me more and I bought them all!
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Did you put your finger on it to make your own eclipses?
Now I have! I had no idea until you mentioned it that the stamp would change. It just looked like a black circle in the middle. That is really cool. I'm going to the PO this weekend!
They need one of those stamp sets that says "press here", ha!
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April, I got your ATC today, so neat to see it in person!!
Sadie I got yours out in the mail today finally!
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Connie, I am glad it arrived okay.
April :smile:
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Cindi, I got your ATC yesterday. It is so cute! Thanks for the lovely card too!
April :smile:
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I got Sadie's ATC! Thanks, I love it!
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Almost all of the happy mail has been delivered. Yay!
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April, I got your ATC today, so neat to see it in person!!
Sadie I got yours out in the mail today finally!
And it came in the mail today....thank you Conniecrafter!
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glad you got them Sadie
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Hooray! Everyone got their trades!
Thank you so much for participating and for trading your ATCs. I think just one day over a week from the end of the challenge is wonderful. Challenge complete!