ARTIST TRADING CARDS are 2.5 by 3.5 inch works of art that are made, collected and traded by artists worldwide. They are perfect for little scraps of paper. bits of fabric, found and leftover decorations, trinkets and snippits and for recycling not-so-successful projects. They are great for the impatient!!!
They are easy for "I'm not creative" types!
Learn six quick ways to make backgrounds, over two dozen ideas for embellishments, six ways to use ATCs and where to trade them.
STUDENTS: Please bring...
... some collage materials = tissue, wrapping & colored papers / painted, inked, or printed backgrounds / leftover paper scraps / fabric scraps / etc.
... any ephemera = stickers / ticket stubs / postcards / letters / real or faux stamps / photos (or copies of) / paper doilies / etc.
... magazine pages = with color / with any text / with "meaningful" text / with favorite objects (shoes, sunglasses, faces) / etc.
... your favorite rubber stamps and stamp pads = along with your stamps of birds or hats or whatever, I suggest a "pattern" stamp such as swirls, wavy lines, or dots. These are good for backgrounds. Also bring whatever you usually clean your stamp pads with -- baby wipes work well.
If you have materials you'd be ok with sharing, please bring them!
I will bring ATC card-blanks in several colors, some collage materials, five colors of acrylics, sponges, a few rubber stamps with three colors of dye ink pads, and a corner rounder. Plus examples of techniques.
Thanks!
