Showing posts with label mixed media art project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed media art project. Show all posts

Friday, January 23

Artist Trading Cards with Watercolor Background

Mixed Media ATCs

Hello lovely readers and followers,

Perhaps my subconscious was longing for spring, because I found myself creating these artist trading cards in decidedly spring-like colors!
This project gave me the opportunity to pull out my watercolors, a supply I have been endeavoring to use more frequently. 

Watercolors are great for covering large areas quickly, such as this master board. A master board is usually a large sheet of heavy weight paper with a simple background design. It serves as a base for artist trading cards (ATC), bookmarks, tags, greeting cards etc. and saves time, since you don't need to start from scratch.

watercolor master board

I divided my sheet in half, so as to have one side in warm and the other in cool colors.

creating a pattern with a stencil

I kept the background simple, as I would be adding more layers to my ATCs later on. I stencilled one side, and stamped the other (not shown).

You can watch me create this watercolor masterboard in the video below:



I cut two ATCs from the masterboard - one from the cool and one from the warm side.
Below you can see how I built up the layers.

ATC collage

For my focal point I stamped a flower image onto leftover gelli prints, fussy cut them out and adhered them to the cards along with a sentiment.

spring themed ATCs

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

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