An ATC For ABC Friday, And The Winner Is..
Jun 13th, 2008 by Jen
Happy Friday the 13th! Anyone believe in the unlucky day? I was born on August 13th and when people hear that I was born on the 13th, many ask if I was born on a Friday. I find that quite amusing. For the record, no I wasn’t and no, I don’t really believe in the unluckiness of the day.
Last Saturday I promised a blog tart to a random participant of last week’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY. Drumroll please for…
#37 Leigh Anne Baird. You can see her cute iPodabella creation HERE.
Leigh Ann…please email me all your info {link under my pic}
Well, it’s Friday and that means ABC…Anything But a Card. Last night I opened my alterables cabinet…nuthin’…no divine inspiration, no projects just begging to be done…nuthin’. I tried to force it with a tin, and it just wasn’t working for me. I guess my mojo is running on “E” just a bit. I have been working on LOTS of fun projects to show you in about a week, plus getting ready for my Copic class tonight. So instead of making some big and altered project, I made something that my mojo could work with…an ATC. An ATC is an Artist Trading Card. They are 2.5″ x 3.5″ and lots of fun to make. HERE is the tutorial that I wrote for SCS. In the past I have hosted HUGE ATC swaps, but that last couple were so tedious that I have not done one in some time. I do host one from time to time on the MFT Forum. Here is the ATC I made to show you today…
This ATC uses the set Garden of Life designed by Alli Miles for Papertrey Ink. I got a chance to meet Alli at CHA in February and she is just the sweetest. It’s very exciting to see a friend’s designs come to life and it’s even more fun to play with them.
I stamped the flowers with Brilliance Graphite Black ink and then colored them in with Copic markers. The stems and leaves were stamped with SU! Old Olive. When making an ATC, I make it a standard to use at least one embellishment. For this ATC, I used black satin ribbon. The sentiment is also up on dimensional glue dots, which could be considered an embellishment.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. As always, I’ll be here tomorrow with another Sketch For You To Try. See ya then! 
Beautiful Card, Jen! SUPAH coloring, too! YOU have a wonderful weekend, too! See ya tomorrow!
Apologies, Jen, I meant ATC!! I read it, but lost my brainwave for a minute! This WOULD be a great card, too!
Awwww you are so sweet!!! You made my day. I {heart} your ATC. So glad you had a chance to play with Garden of Life. I check your blog daily just to get a good dose of your INSPIRING creations.
I love it, Jen. So sweet!! Love the images!
Cute ATC Jen! Those new stamps by Alli are fabulous…I’ve got them coming as a gift from a friend….can’t wait to play with them!
Have a great class tonight!
LOVE it - what a fab ATC - i have YET to try one……….
I see lots of mojo