Summer....by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello all ! Hope you are enjoying the weather-we are! Except the mosquitos found me as always.

Hence my art tag for today....

I started with a mixed media heavy stock tag. I sprayed Three colors of Distress spray stains and then dried it. I then used a fine paint brush to paint the grass. I used two different colors.

I also fussy cut my lady and painted her. always make sure too paint the edges of your cutout. It makes a big difference. I put foam tape on the back of her so she stands off the tag a bit.

Then I started stamping some bugs around. I stuck my lady on the tag and continued to stamp bugs..

I used glitter glue on their wings and painted the rest of the bugs. I used my computer to generate the phrase and stuck that on and that is it!

Hope you enjoyed! 

Stamps used:

Lady on scale   18492

Mean Mosquito   5958

Mosquito           1885

Fly                   18952

Other supplies:

Distress spray stains: Salvaged patina, Squeezed lemonade, Lumberjack plaid, tea dye, Rusty hinge, Twisted citron

Glitter glue

ATCs with a twist - Nutrition facts

Hey everyone,

Today I'm sharing an interactive and snarky artist trading card tutorial with you. They are easy to make, but nevertheless so fun. Let's get started!

Here's a little video of how it looks when you unfold them:

 

Since I made two ATCs, I cut two bases with a hight of 3 3/8 inch and a width of approximately 4 1/2 inch. I made a seam at 2 3/8 inch but didn't fold it yet. So one part of each card was a little smaller than an ATC. On the other part I stamped the hilarious lady on a scale. I placed her in a way that she almost touches the upper and lower edge. I cut everything that's right from her as well as between her legs and inked the edges with a black marker. 

Next I added some color blending with three different oxide inks to the inside of the card (where nothing is stamped) and a little speckled egg to the front next to the woman. I didn't do any masking here, just tried not to blend over the lady too much.

Then I stamped the nutrition facts to the inside and a fun quote next to the woman: 'I'm allergic to food. I break out in fat."

I colored her in quickly with my ZIG markers and folded the card after everything was dry. To keep the card closed, I wrapped a rose ribbon around the card and tied a bow to it. With double sided tape I added the folded part to some ATC sized pieces of black cardstock. The tape also keeps the ribbon in place.

Do you like interactive cards and ATCs as much as I do?

Here are some more detail photos:

 

 

 

Stamps used:
Lady on scale (18492)
Nutrition facts (4335)
I'm allergic to food (18391)

Other material:
- Canson watercolor paper
- black cardstock
- Oxide Inks (black soot, broken china, speckled egg)
- blending tool
- score board
- ZIG real brush markers
- double sided tape
- ribbon


See you soon!