From the category archives:

ATC’s

ATC – A Little Love

29 August 2010

Hope you enjoy this little ATC! It started off as a piece of Strathmore textured cardstock that was swiped with Distress Ink Rusty Hinge and Crushed Olive direct from the pad. The very sweet girl and dog picture was one found on the internet many moons ago so we can’t give credit, sorry!  As always, [...]

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ATC play day

5 April 2010

An ATC that we made lately in the Destination Art studio on an ATC play day!! This one uses various stamp images from Tim Holtz stamped first with Tim  Holtz distress ink followed by the butterfly image that was stamped out with Adirondack ink dabber over the top.  Two slits were cut into the ATC [...]

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ATC – Paris Dreaming

30 March 2010

Today’s post is an ATC sized project using Tim Holtz filmstrip and a Collections chipboard key.  We have used a piece of dictionary paper as the background which has been coloured with Distress Ink Pads and a blending tool in various brown shades.  Next some shadowy overstamping was done with stamps lightly coated directly with a Adirondack [...]

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ATC – Bird & Branch

26 March 2010

This little bird just pops out on his cardstock background, he has been stamped with Adirondack Paint Dabber (Pitch Black) and sits on top of blends of Distress Ink with a soft Paint Dabber resist image of circles.  We will be reviewing Paint Dabbers and their uses on the blog shortly so stay tuned.  The [...]

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ATC – house of love

23 March 2010

ATC’s are just so fun to make, fantastic for swapping and even better……..making in a batch and hanging onto for when you need a quick card.  They can easily be layered and attached to a card front.  For this ATC we have used Tim Holtz various stamp images in the background in black archival ink.  [...]

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Blog fodder

19 February 2010

We are constantly coming across some great art blogs out there and this one is no exception.  Run by Amy, Paper and Gluestix is a blog dedicated to ATC’s and more. Amy incorporates vintage cutout imagery into her pieces that make them whimsical and interesting.  So if you have a stash of printed images (like we [...]

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Distress Paint

15 February 2010

Have you got a bottle of Tim Holtz’s distress paint at home that you haven’t used yet because you’re not sure what to do with it?  Then it’s time to bust it out and have a play.  This ATC shows distress paint on both chipboard (butterfly) and grungeboard (heart).  Distress paint can be left alone [...]

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ATC (artist trading cards) Gallery

28 January 2010

These ATC’s are featured in an ATC Gallery that we stumbled over in cyberspace.  There are 3 pages of ATC’s to enjoy. We have included a few in this posting. Here’s the address http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/atcnov03.html.   Thanks to the girls who have emailed us with sites that are interesting for ATC’s.  We will be compiling them and sharing the [...]

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Artist Trading Cards

22 January 2010

We would love to collect some good websites and blogs showcasing ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards) to share with everyone through our blogroll.  If you have any sites bookmarked, please feel free to share.  Send us a quick email at tedep@westnet.com.au with the link and we’ll  add it to our blogroll.  This will share the site with everyone who [...]

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ATC’s made from scraps!

16 November 2009

Sometimes when you lack inspiration, a great idea is to limit the colours and products you use by just making a pile of papers, embellishments, inks and stamps not forgetting the ever important scrap bucket.  As you can see, just sticking to a simple colour theme incorporation just a couple or trio of colours can make striking [...]

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Doodles..

18 October 2009

This is a fun way to add a bit of interest to images you might use from books, magazines or photocopies in your work.  In the past there has been a bit of a rage sweeping amongst papercraft artists by adding hand drawn doodles to their work.  Here’s a little sample we’ve made for you.  This was made on [...]

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Another Quick Technique – Masking

13 October 2009

If you’ve been using your rubber stamps for years then you will  probably remember learning this technique many moons ago.  Sometimes we progress onto other techniques and forget about the old ones.  This one is definately an oldie but a goodie and it’s simplicity brings great results and can rejuvenate the way you look at [...]

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Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!

4 October 2009

Isn’t this guy such a cutie?  He was made using background paper techniques from Anna Corba (see our earlier post for details http://destinationart.net/blog/?p=21). He looks like such a happy chap, we just love adopting other people’s families and welcoming them into our studio.  Always remember you should follow copyright laws at all times and give credit [...]

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ATC Inspiration

2 October 2009

ATC’s are a great way to make art.  You can make them just for the sake of them, to use on journal and card fronts, to mount in collections in frames or on canvases and of course, you can trade them!  We love ATC’s, so you need to stay tuned to this blog as we [...]

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