When Hilde from Crafting with Dragonflies sets a challenge,
it is a CHALLENGE
ATC or Artist Trading Cards - Set of 3
I used an image from one of the Sponsors - QKR - provided called
reminds me of the song by STING.....
Message in a Bottle
Just a castaway
An island lost at sea
Another lonely day
With no one here but me
More loneliness
Than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair
I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle [x2]
There are two Sponsors for this Challenge
Pickled Potpourri
and
QKR
What the.....is an Artists Trading Card, I hear you ask.........(well might you, I did too!)
Well, an artist trading card (or ATC for short) is a tiny, original piece of art created with the intention of swapping or trading it with another artist, not selling it. The one rule an artist trading card must adhere to is the size. An ATC must be 2.5x3.5 inches or 64x89 mm.
Click here which will take you to a blog post about how to get started on a basic ATC...
I did a bit of sponging using my TH Distress inks directly onto a sheet of SU Whisper White, which had been ruled up for the correct size of three ACT's prior to cutting -does that make sense?
Before I did this, I had taken the image and changed it re size and orientation using SU My Digital Studio - I am very pleased with myself 'cause I have not used this before so it was trial and error! I also wrote across it MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE in light grey. I printed it off onto the WW card and then added the inks. I then cut the shapes and inked again around the edges.
I took to the bottles with my Prisma pencils to add a bit of colour to them and the message inside, and the water around them. I had a set of freebie stamps from Creative Stamping, and I used these to stamp the wheel in Versamark and emboss with a black sparkly (Ebony) EP. I used Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the bird, and TH Distress Scattered Twigs to do the rope.
I hand wrote "Message in a Bottle" across the three ACT's.
I had purchased (twice, because I liked it obviously but my silly memory didn't tell me I had already ordered it so I got it twice!) Graphic 45's paper pad "By the Sea" and used a page of this and some stickers to cut out several items - shells, a compass and a fish and some words - and glued them to the ACT's. That's were the US postage stamps came from as well.
So, three ACT's - my very first ACT's in fact!
Probably won't be the last - I turned them into a card, but I didn't take a photo, so cannot show it.
So, why not have a go yourself - if I can do it, you can!!
I will enter this in the following challenge:
