A while back I got a Red Hot Idea. I decided to host a “Red Hot” ATC swap. The swap took a little longer than planned (THANK YOU for all your patience!) but the results are well worth the wait.

These cards are by Chris Herrmann, Charlotte Fern,  Fefe Leducq and Connie Cook.

These cards are by […]

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I’d like to share with you some ATCs that were made by friends of mine.

These were made by Jo Berneche and Billie Hall. Ladies are always a popular theme with ATC. Billie said she liked the image of the lady kicking up her heels but wasn’t very happy with her face. Her solution was to […]

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Yay! We are finally up and running on the new host. I really owe a big thank you to my son-in-law. He had been my adviser and hand holder throughout this process and kindly stepped in to do some of the more technical fixes for me last night. I told my daughter long ago that […]

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I was playing with another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin.

With this one you use Punchinella as a stencil and sponge on different colors of paint. The scans don’t show it well but I was using a lot of Lumiere paints and metallics. With the little bit of shimmer they provide the […]

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I have always enjoyed coloring with pencils but I’ve never really been happy with the results. I’ve longed for the talent of Terry Maderis. I’ve never expected that I could be as good as he is but I’ve always hoped to at least move in his direction.
Terry recently taught a class in my area and […]

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I made these cards using a technique called “Inky Layers” from  Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. I’m finding that my samples never look very much like Bernie’s. That doesn’t really bother me because I’m having a blast making them and I am actually quite happy with the way mine turn out.
For this technique […]

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