Artist Trading card for Swap-bot trade

This ATC is for the Tim Holtz Lovers swap on Swap-Bot. I had to make a card using at least 3 Tim Holtz products. I used Alcohol Inks (added some to the film strip ribbon) Film Strip Ribbon-Idea-ology, and Distress Ink in Vintage photo (on the edges of the ATCs). Will be sending it out today. Title is Movie Star.

Artist Trading Post cards

These are some of my latest works. I enjoy working in this 4"x6" size. I made these for a ATP yahoo group I am in.
They are titled, starting from bottom to top, Volcano Mama; Pondering Patty; Thoughtful Tess; and Star Dust.
I used decorative paper napkins, acrylics, ink and watercolors to do the first three. The last two I used watercolor, ink, acrylic, vintage images, and magazine bits and pieces.

Flower Paper Book

These are the first five pages of the Flower Paper Book I made for a swap. Each page is 4"x6", both sides had to be arted up in some way. We are to make a book using at least one flower on each page, anything else we put on the page is up to us. We are assigned a partner to send it to. My partner is from South Africa. I hope she likes it.

First I stamped each page with a foam stamp using gesso, it acts as a resist. Then I painted over it with a wash of acrylic paints and wiped some off with a paper towel. I got this technique from Street Team. Great site by the way.

Then I used handwriting rubber stamps with black ink and randomly stamped the images on each page. I made transparencies out of copies of photos for each page, and added a flower. Going with the flower theme, I also put a quote about flowers on each page.

Lastly, I added white details using a white sharpie marker. It had to be binded in some way, I used my coil binder.

The quotes are:

1st page: Flowers open the door to all of Earth's beauty.

2nd page: Flowers have some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them.-Chinese Proverb

3rd page: If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.-Andrew Mason

4th page: Perfumes are the feelings of flowers-Heinrich Heine

5h page: Flowers are love's truest language-Park Benjamin

It's So Pink! Swap

These are for a swap on the artisttradingcards yahoo group. The theme is pink. I used 4 different shades of pink in the background, border, flower, and fiber. I hope they work out for the swap :)
I do enjoy the color pink. I have to say I have always had a harder time incorporating images, paper and other embellishments to make ATCs. I just need to keep at it :)

Thirty Days of Creating-Day 16

Day 16-11.5.08
I worked on two ATCs today! Actually 3, but I'm posting these two because they will be available for trade on a site that I really enjoy trading ATCs on. The one on the right is called Queen of the Hill and on the left is Walking My Puppy. I have never really done mixed media like this, and I'm really likin' it! I used vintage photos of children and drew the scenery, and added some bling! Until next time...Have a Wonderful Day!