Wednesday, December 29, 2010

My Very First Set of ATC's

Have you heard about ATC (Artistic Trading Cards)? I just recently discovered these little works of art and do believe this could be my latest addiction. ATC are like baseball cards to the art world. They are 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches of pure art. I recently made my first 5 ATC for a RAK/PIF game on the yahoo group All Things Tim (Tim Holtz that is) They were so much fun to make and I hope that the 5 people that receive them enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. Here is what they look like:




As you can see I used mostly Tim's products and techniques to create them. Below is how I made them and what I used:

The background is made using Shabby Shutter distress ink to which I used Tim's flicking method with embossing powder; you can find the instructions for this here: http://timholtz.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/19/tag7_3.jpg

I then stamped the umbrella man onto grungepaper embossed him in black and then cut him out. Next, I took a sheet of music that I ripped out of a book and torn off a piece and inked the edge with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, glued it to the card using Glossy Accent. Attached the umbrella man with glossy accent, added a Memo pin with one of my favorite says (I just printed this off my computer, crumbled the paper and added vintage photo distress ink) Added a Philosophy Tag using a brad.

I'm really pleased with the way my first ATC came out and look forward to creating some more. Thanks for stopping by.

Jamie
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5 comments:

  1. ElizabethDecember 29, 2010 at 9:53 PM

    Hi Jamie, love your first ever ATCs. I made my first earlier this year and am addicted too.

    That flicking method of applying EP looks very interesting - I'll have to check out the prior years of Tim's tags. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 30, 2010 at 8:22 AM

    Hi Jamie,

    I belong to 2 of the yahoo groups - and started doing ATC's this year!! I LOVE anything Tim Holtz - what a great artist!! Hope you have a good time with the group and hopefully we have a chance to swap. Have you gone to youtube and found some instructional videos of him - he is just amazing and shows how to do things so simple. Thanks for sharing your artwork!

    Tamara

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  3. UnknownDecember 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Hi there, beautiful job on your first ever ATCs!!! I LOVE them, please check out my blog to see if you like to trade for something! http://dardarbinxs.blogspot.com/

    my email address is dardarbinx@hotmail.com

    cheers

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  4. Chris aka ScrappylassieDecember 30, 2010 at 9:39 PM

    great job! thanks for posting in the ATT Yahoo group. Found your blog and enjoyed your creations. Man w/ umbrella is one of my favorite Tim stamps. Love your quote too.

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  5. kdjJanuary 1, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Jamie, read your post to the Yahoo ATC group and hopped over to take a look. You asked for advice? Mine would be to jump right in. Your cards are beautiful, and anybody would be delighted to get one in a trade. Really nice work!

    kdj

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