Artist Trading Cards
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Folded Art ATC Tutorial
Back in September I visited Longwood Gardens. While there they gave us an accordion type map with a thin piece of cardstock on the back and front. As soon as I saw it I thought “This would make a great atc.” I figured two atcs would make up the front and back cover and the piece of paper could have art on both sides. Below are pictures of the map.
Front of map when closed. 
Back of map when closed. 
One side of the map when open. 
The other side of the map when opened. This past week I created a few. They are fairly easy to create. They just take a little more time since there is a lot more art to do. When folded they measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches and when open they measure 9.5 x 10.5 inches.
Here are two Folded Art ATCs when folded together. 
Here is the one side when opened. 
Here is the other side when opened. Below is the tutorial for making your own Folded Art ATCs. If you do create some I would be very interested in seeing them. You can leave the link to them in the comments section or email me the link.
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Textured Abstracts 3 Swap
This weekend I received my returns from the Textured Abstracts 3 Swap. For this swap we had to create cards in any media that included the colors black, white and a pop of another color; as well as it had to be textured.
Below are the cards I received.
Created by Becky 
Created by Kate 
Created by Loretta Here are the cards I created for the swap and for the host.
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Halloween ATCs
I’ve been having trouble focusing the past few weeks. I think its because I have a lot of things I need to do and my mind can’t seem to just stay focused on one thing in order to move to the next thing. It is rather frustrating. So I decided to just set myself one goal a week. For this week the goal is to finish up the post and slideshow for my first completed art journal.
I was able to at least get some Halloween atcs completed and a few others. Below are the atcs I created the past couple of weeks.
Splotch Monster 15 
“Day of the Dead Lady” 
Zentangle 236 
Zentangle 215 
Zentangle 231 
Pumpkin 3 
Pumpkin 4 
“Grim Reaper Chibi” 
“Witch” 
“Witch 2” 
“Boo” 
“Spooky Tree” 
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Zentangles for Blick Tangle Art Challenge – Week 2
Below are the zentangles for week 2 of the Tangle Art Challenge hosted by Blick. Despite not feeling well all last week and not feeling very creative I was able to participate everyday. The challenge ended last night. You can see my week 1 entries here.
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
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Inspirational Quotes Swap
I recently received my returns from the Inspirational Quotes Swap. For this swap we had to create cards in any media that included an inspirational quote.
Below are the cards I received.
by Cat B. 
by Marcella 
by Suzanne Here are the cards I created for the swap and for the host. I also created an art envelope to mail out my cards.
Front of Envelope 
Back of Envelope
