Oops.. I sort of lost track of time. It’s been busy around here lately. The Boy moved out this past weekend. He has his first apartment a few miles away and we were busy helping him get his things ready and moved over. I’m real excited for him. Being out on your own is a […]

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Today I had a play day with my friends Billie, Chris and Arlynne. We tried another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. In this technique you build a textured background with tissue paper and paint. I used a metallic paint so my backgrounds all looked like recycled candy wrappers. […]

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I’m still playing with the phone book pages. I combined this one with some papers I painted several months ago and with the white pen from Ranger.

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This ATC was made using is another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. It’s actually more of a clever suggestion than a technique. Bernie suggests that you begin your background with a page torn from an old phone nook. Of course she goes on to give you a little […]

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This is another technique from Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin.  It is similar to the last one in that you begin with pictures from magazines and then alter them with some of your own work. In this one we covered the image with a thin layer of gesso then added doodles […]

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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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