Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "On The Wild Side TE50' The Fungi Forest Artist Trading Card

For this Artist Trading Card (ATC), I used a small piece of Yupo paper with green alcohol inks on it, that has been in my stash for longer than I care to remember. I'm calling this ATC "The Fungi Forest".

On a piee of grey card, I stamped the fungi, using Versafine Clair "Morning MIst" grey ink.  The fungi are part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "On The Wild Side TE50" stamp set. I coloured the stamped images using Posca Pens, a white gel pen and a black fine liner pen.  I then fussy cut them and arranged and glued them into position on the alcohol ink background.

I used a pink Posca Pen to add dots, that I circles with a black fine liner pen.  I then added smaller white Posca Pen dots to the background and some brown Posca Pen for the forest floor. Finally, I added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "discover" to the top right hand corner.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Poppy TE39" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  For the background, I used a small piece of card I had in my stash with a Dylusions Spray Ink over it.

I masked off a small section at the base of the card for the landscape and then stamped the flowers from the Tracy Evans Boutique "Poppy TE39" stamp set.  In the background, I used the Tracy Evans "Distressed Background Stencil SS31" with "Morning Mist" Versafine Clair ink.  I used the same ink to stamp the text along the left hand side of the ATC, which is also from "Poppy TE39' stamp set.

I used Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink to stamp the word "poppy" at the base of the card.  I then coloured the poppies using a mix of Van Goch Pastel Pencils, a red Posca Pen and a white gel pen.  

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Seedheads TE40" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I've used layers of Distress Paint, (Rustic Wilderness, Salvaged Patina and Prize Ribbon), spritzed dried and then another layer of paint added, along with speckles of spritzed white, orange and gold Posca Pen to create the background of this ATC.

I used Versafine Clair "Acorn", a rich mid brown coloured ink to stamp the seedheads, part of the Tracy Evans "Seedheads TE40" stamp set, on the ATC and then again on white card. I coloured the seedheads using three shades of Distress Oxide inks, applied with a paint brush.  the colours I used are:  Tea Dye, Spiced Marigold and Rustic Wilderness.  I added areas of black fine liner pen and white gel pen to them too.  I then fussy cut them.

At this stage, I decided that the background was too similar to the painted seedheads to I added more colour using a couple of pastel pencils in a brighter green and an orange.  I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" a dark blue ink, to stamp the text, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Magnolia TE43I then glued the seedheads into position.

I still wasn't happy with the background, especially the edges of the ATC, so I used a blue Posca Pen very loosely round the edges of the card,  I added some more white splatters of Posca Pen across the surface and finally added a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker staying "genuine".

Tracy Evans Boutique Desigs "Decorations TE18" Christmas Card

I started with a 4x4" piee of whtie card, stamping the baubles in "Strawberry" Versafine Clair Inks.  The baubles are from two Tracy Evans Boutique Designs stamp sets: Christmas Wishes TE22 and Decorations TE18.

I then stamped the holly, which is part of the Tracy Evans "A Promise Of Tomorrow TE63" stamp set.  I used Versafine Clair "Rain Forest" green ink to stamp the holly in first and second generation stamping.

I then painted the background using two shades of Distress Oxide Ink with a paint brush.  The colours I used are:  Weathered Wood and Spiced Marmalade.  I painted it to give a very mottked look to the background. Once dry, I then used "Cornflower Blue" Ranger Archival ink through the Tracy Evans "Tiles SS37 stencil either side of the large bauble. I then used some text from the Tracy Evans "Berries TE55" stamp set, stamped in Versaifne Clair "Shady Lane" green ink over the background area.

The next stemp was painting the holly, using two shades of Distress Oxide Inks.  The colours I used are Rustic Wilderness and Mowed Lawn.  I then outlined some of the holly leaves using a black fine liner pen and added some touches of gold using a gold coloured gel pen,  I used a red Posca Pen for the berries.

Nearing completion, I added some shading to the baubles using a pastel pencil. I used a white gel pen to add highlights to the berries and baubles.  Then from a fan shaped paint brush, I gave a slight covering of  Dr Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof  white paint to replicate snowfall.  Finally, I added the sentiment, which is part of the Tracy Evans "Chrismtas Wishes TE22" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

A face, spots and stripes Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  I used a background from my stash, where I had used bubble wrap and acrylic paint to create a patterned background. 

I used a section of a Dina Wakley collage paper, glued on to the base in the top righ hand corner.  I then used a black pen to draw round the circles in the background, adding dots and stripes in black to some of the circles.  I used a white Posca Pen to do the same to the other circles and also drew vertical lines in white round the face on the collage paper.  Finally, adding a Tim Holtz "Idea-ology" word sticker saying "be open to whatever comes next".

Tracy Evans "TE61 Amongst The Flowers" Protea on water colour squares

For this card, I used a piece of water colour card for the base,  I very lightly drew a grid of nine squares and then coloured the squares by painting each one in Distress Oxide Inks,  The colours I used for the squares are:Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral and Gathered Twigs.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the flower, the bird and the word Protea, which are all part of the Tracy Evans stamp set called "Amongs The Flowers TE61".  I stamped the flower head atain on to a piece of white card, fussy cut it and glued it over the one on the card base.  I then used a 2B pencil and a paper stub to shade the petals on the flower, 

I added highlights to the flower and bird using a white gel pen.  I then added a pattern to each square in the background using a gold coloured gel pen.

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Insect TE27" Artist Trading Card

This is my Artist Trading Card (ATC) for the day.  On to yellow card, using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the image, leaves and sentiment, which are all part of the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs "Insect TE27" stamp set.

In the background, I masked off lines and filled the ones showing with "Monarch Orange" Ranger Archival Ink.

I decided to draw an additional circle, then coloured the circles pale blue usine a pastel pencil,  I used an aqua and purple Posca Pen to colour the insect and added touches of sparkle to the circles and the insect using a gold shimmer pen (sadly, it doesn't really show up in the photo).