ATC with Spellbinders

Artist Trading Cards

I love trading ATC. I get to collect art from all my favorite artist. Any medium is welcome the only rule is the size, the same size as a base ball trading card (2 ½ by 3 1/2 ). I have ATC made from fabric by my quilter friends and paper by scrapbooking friend, stamp, beaded, made from metal, painted, collaged, photographed and the list goes on and on.

Not only are they great to receive they are a blast to make. The size makes them easy and very cheep to make. I created all these ATC’s using only 4 sheets of cardstock and 4 sheets of printed paper.

I embossed an alphabet brass stencil (it's very old I don't know where I got it) onto green cardstock, this is very easy to do in the wizard. I cut/embossed spellbinders S4 130 Classic Rectangles and sm S4 131 Classic Scallop Rectangles from some pattern paper, green cardstock and off white cardstock. The stamp is from Rubbernecker Stamps, which i stamped first in green then slightly off set in black. A spellbinders doodle was cut/ embossed out of copper cardstock. Add s finishing touch of a ribbon.


I’ll tell you how to do a few more of these tomorrow.

I’m getting ready for Valentine’s Day. This is a great card for all my Valentines friends, sending them a big hug. I used spellbinders Nestabilities hearts to cut some decorative paper scraps I purchased in a pound package. The colors were not right so I sprayed them with color wash by Ranger. The background started as white cardstock that I also sprayed with Color Wash and while still wet I sprinkled Pearl Ex onto it. The Hugs was cut from a spellbinders die also, after embossing I left it in the die and presses an embossing ink pad into the embossing space. I then removed it from the die and sprinkled it with embossing powder and heated.

Spellbinders Blog Party

Chance to win a complete set of all new release die templates valued at more than $600, plus a daily progressive prize! For all the details see http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/blog/spellbinders-5th-anniversary-blog-party/

Visit the blogs listed below to see a sneak peak of the new release dies, I've seen them and they are all on my wish list. The prototype I got to play with are amazing, I can’t wait to show you what I’ve done with them.

JANUARY 5: Thinking Inking by Debbie Olson
JANUARY 6: Mish Mash by Michelle Wooderson
JANUARY 7: Today’s Creations by Holly Craft
JANUARY 8: Walkin’ on the BAD side by Sherry Cheever
JANUARY 9: Embellished Dreams by Heidi Blankenship
JANUARY 10: Amazing Paper Grace by Becca Feeken
JANUARY 11: Created from Paper by Jennifer Ellefson
JANUARY 12: PaperFection by Sharon Harnist
JANUARY 13: Mixed Media Madness by Jeni Calkins
JANUARY 14: Wickedly Wonderful Creations by Wendy Weixler
JANUARY 15: Cookies for Breakfast by Beth Pingry
JANUARY 16: Pink Lemonade by Keri Lee Sereika (link is all better now)
JANUARY 17: Inky Heart by Sally Lynn MacDonald
JANUARY 18: Donya Schroeder by Donya Schroeder
JANUARY 19: Linda’s Works of Heart by Linda Duke
JANUARY 20: Follow Your Bliss by Trudee Sauer

bright eyes layout

My layout and corrugated cardboard and embossing powered technique is featured on the Spellbinder Blog.

I love the look of corrugated cardboard it gives everything such great texture. It also fits my re-use instead of throw away philosophy. This cardboard was packaged with some cardstock I purchase. I haven’t used all the cardstock yet but for that packaging material I found a quick use.

This is an altered book I used corrugated cardstock, I also used brown paper bags, die cut soda cans and bottle caps.

My favorite part of Christmas

Is the day after Christmas. The kids are home playing with their new toys. The work of the holidays is done; time to put my feet up and enjoy the family.

This is a box I made using the spellbinders die Abstract Mosaic to cut all the paper tiles. I then glued them on with Aleene’s Tack-It glue, filling in the open spots with gold leaf. The hole box was covered in 2 coats of Liquid Laminate.

Spellbinder’s is having their design team search. This last year on the design team has been great fun.

the pawns

The pawns on the black side all started with a plastic frog. They were then placed on a base, this pawns is on some plastic peas from my daughter’s grocery store. The top is a little plastic squid glue upside down. My kids were all very much into making this chess set out of their toys; they didn’t want any of these toys anymore. They all helped with the painting and assemblage of the pieces.

Re-use Mc Donald’s Toys

As seen in Altered Arts Magazine:

I guess I have to admit it, I take my kids to Mc Donald’s, I am addicted to their iced coffees. I get to enjoy reading a magazine or actually having a conversation with my husband, while the kids play; a perfect way to spend a Saturday morning. With each of the kid’s meals they get a toy, once in a while it is something they like but most of the time it is quickly discarded. Well, you know me, I can’t throw anything away so I cut the toys up and glue them back together and created a chess set for my oldest son.

Custom made chess sets available for sale

Check back because I’ll show more photos and describe how I made it.