Doodle Artist Trading Cards Showcase

Happy Sunday everyone.

I know these Artist Trading Cards's have been a long time coming sorry for the delay.

I took photo's of the Doodle ATC challenge entries as my Scanner was what you might call kaput
at the time.

I am also croping and putting your names on from memory and so if I get them wrong please do let me know and I will change them.


Things are slowly getting back on track here and I hope to catch up with visiting you and catchig up with blogging your Artist Trading Cards .

SEE THIS MONTH FAB ATC CHALLENGE ON THE POST BELOW SET BY MARGARET

Have a good day with your Artist Trading Cards

MARGARETS CHALLENGE FOR JUNE

Hi All,

Huge apologies for not being around for you during May's wonderful challenge set by our VERY talented guest designer Gaby.

Thank you sooo much Gaby for the brilliant challenge, you took us outside our comfort zone with some great results too many thanks for holding the fort in my absents by visiting all the lovely blogs who took on your challenge.

Gaby you did us PROUD x

Family matters kept me away... everything is going in the right direction now....thank you to all the lovely emails and warm wishes left by each and everyone of you. x I have 57 emails to catch up with :) x

Junes challenge ....can you believe it is half way through the year....

Another very special guest designer for you this month ....Margaret and I feel she is going to take us back a little bit to our childhood.

Does anyone remember making little paper dresses I know I did for my 'Bunty' comic paper doll

OH how I loved working with paper designing dresses for her and I am going to get the chance again to create some gorgeous little outfits for this challenge.

About Margaret,

I am a self-taught mixed media artist living in Switzerland.
I love all things paper and paint and have recently renewed my interest in machine stitching. I've been blogging for a couple of years and feel very privileged to be part of such a wonderful creative community.

At the beginning of this year I set up a project called 'Dress Up' on my Blog.

I invited blogger's to make and display a dress every month and post a link. I've been overwhelmed by the positive response and have had so much fun blog hopping, meeting new faces and admiring so many beautiful creations.

When Chriss asked me if I would be June's Guest Designer we both immediately fell upon the idea of a mini 'Dress Up' ATC.

Me again, (chriss)
Here are Margaret's fabulous ATC's she is putting up for Junes swaps and if you would like to be in with a chance of owning one then all you have to do is join in this months theme with us.

(Margaret again)

A while ago I was shown how to make a folder page pocket which can be used for all sorts of things!!

I decided to use this idea as the ATC and make a little dress that tucks neatly into the pocket.

Start by cutting or ripping your page into a 13cm x 19.5 rectangle

see Margarets tute by clicking on the link below

http://aliceandcamilla.blogspot.com/2009/06/tutorial.html

I like to sew around the pocket to stabilize it, however if you don't have a sewing machine you could hand stitch around the edges to add a bit of texture

You can decorate the pocket if you like, I added some tissue scraps to the back and front to give it a little colour.

Cut the dress template to fit your pocket and get decorating!

I hope you have as much fun with this as I did, enjoy!

Me again,

Thank you Margaret.

When you have completed your ATC's please add them to your blog leave a link on this post and we will come and visit you.

Let the fashion show begin!!!!

Apologies

Just a little note,

Your Vintage swaps are late going out as Marley has been in hospital .... nothing to worry about he is still his smiley self.

I have received some peeled paint swaps but no time to list them on here so apologies there.

I have a whole load of emails needing answered and will get to them as soon as possible.

If I do not get back on over the weekend do have a good one such wonderful sunshine here.

ARE YOU A WINNER?

Time for our blog candy winners

All week my camera has been playing silly beggars not letting me down load my photos onto the computer so no Marley pulling the names from the hat :( instead we used the random org thingymajig....


I received 13 correct answers to the treasure hunt.


This is the order in which I received them.


Good Luck everyone.... in reverse order


13 Chris



12 Carol P



11 Debbie



10 Jan Smith



9 Nigel



8 Sheila J



7 Jan





6 Jo





5 Dawn





4 Rosie





3 Electra



2 Tina



1 Yvonne D



Here are our winners


Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:



4



12



1


Timestamp: 2010-05-15 23:21:48 UTC


Enjoy your fab grab bag of goodies.


Thank you to Fay our very generous sponsor. .. check out her EBay shop in the side bar her blanks are quality and a great price buy more than one item the postage is excellent


Have a great Sunday

MORE BLOG CANDY AND CCC GIVE AWAY

The very last of our Zettie ATC's...see post below for Fay's grab bag blog candy

Hey look what turned up Missy K your lost ATC... think he had been in another file with Mona up to no good... lol

Below 3 of Penny Bearcroft 1st timer and my laptop has eaten one of yours sorry :)

Thanks Penny x

Below Sheila K's

Thanks She x

3 of Jenny's lost 1 in the files somewhere... think I have a hungry atc-apillar in my laptop. lol.

Thanks Jenny x

Below are 3 of Vonny's ... can only find 3 in the file...sorry.

Thanks Vonny x

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this fab blog candy below from Karen at CCC

Then pop over H E R E
GOOD LUCK.

REMEMEBER OUR 3 FREE GOODY BAGS UP FOR GRABS ON THE POST BELOW YOU GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT.:)

Sue, Lyn and Martina Zettieology swaps

Almost at the end of our Zetti swaps.... I think just 2 more sets to show after the 3 sets below.

1 to 4 are Sue R

Thanks Sue x

Fairy land park Lyns

Thanks Lyn x

4 above from Martina.... thank you Martina x

I am trying to get round everyone's blog and I am half way down our long list of wondeful ATC'ers and will hope to get to you all soon :)

Thank you to everyone for joining in the swaps because without you this blog would not be as it is.

SEE POST 1st MAY FOR THIS MONTHS ATC CHALLENGE WITH GABY X

FREE MARIE ANTOINETTE IMAGES

Just popped on to upload this ATC which I have created for Carol as she challenged me to a swap on 2 themes one being 'Rock the Clock' and the other being 'Marie Antoinette'

Here is Marie...fab image found FREE yes FREE on Blanca's blog see below for link.

Turn away now Carol if you dont want to see this ATC..rofl.

Here she is headless....




And here she is legless lol

Hope Carol likes her...I am loving her and may have to make one for myself too.

thanks for looking.

Don't forget Gaby's challenge for this month 'Peeling Paint Backgrounds' some of you already put yours on your blog... well done I am out later to buy Vaseline.

Freebies, YESSSS!!!! FREE IMAGES

Yvonne just sent me a fab, fab link for FREE yes FREE images and it is amazing you really must make a visit.

Do remember to leave Blanca a comment she has worked so hard at putting this blog together for arty people like us.

Thank you Blanca your freebie blog is Brilliant....see H E R E

Thank you Yvonne for sharing.

Anyone else know of a freebie site just send it to me and I will post it here.

Another great freebie blog wonderful images found on Gaby's blog thanks Gaby, check Debroah out over H E R E

See post below for this months challenge set by the lovely Gaby.

Our May ATC Challenge from Gaby xx

The 1st of May and another challenge has been set for us by our lovely guest designer, self taught multi-media artist Gaby.... this lady is soooo talented please be sure to check out her blog over H E R E



Scroll down her pages and see some of her AMAZING artist trading cards... OH, those rust miniature ATC works of ART are to die for.


Now then anyone who knows me will know I LOVE backgrounds and Gaby has set us a background challenge for this months theme, I myself have never tried it and so out of my comfort zone once again, lol :))


Over to Gaby....

For those of you who don’t know me yet, I’m Gaby from Germany.

I am a self-taught mixed media artist. I have a lot of interests, with a focus on collage.

This form allows me to use so many different methods and materials. My art is spontaneous.

I like the creative process, layering of many different materials including paint, ink, paper, photographs and found elements.

I love all kinds of art, but my special love is the ATCs. I’m always interested in new techniques and challenges, so my art can continue to evolve… only my everyday "job" sets the limits...

It’s a real honor to be invited as May’s guest designer. Thank you Chriss!

My theme for this month is “The Peeling Paint Technique” that Claudine Hellmuth popularized in her College Discovery Workshop book.

I really love this peeled paint effect and I use it often for the backgrounds.

A short explanation for those who don’t know this technique:

First Step, apply a base coat of paint on your card stock.

Wait for paint to dry fully.

Than apply petroleum jelly intermittently over surface areas, covering areas that you want to expose when the paint peels during a later step.

Apply the petroleum jelly thickly enough to cover the surface that you want to peel. You can use your fingers or a paintbrush.

Paint over the entire surface using a different color of paint. . Allow the paint to dry.

Apply a second coat if desired.

Remove the petroleum jelly, using a soft cloth or paper towel.

The second colour of paint peels off at the same time.

Clean the surface to remove lingering traces of petroleum jelly.

If you like, seal your surface with an acrylic medium such as Golden medium.

Decorate as desired.

You can apply the petroleum jelly over a collage or piece of art work, and then paint over top.

However, you must seal the collage surface first with a coat of acrylic medium. Otherwise, the jelly soaks through your paper.

Have fun!

Have a good one, Gaby

Thank you Gaby it is an honour that you have agreed to be our GD for May 2010.

Thanks Gaby for the tute I can see the sales of Vaseline going up this month...lol.

Time for a huge thank you to Patty for doing us the honour of being our guest designer for us last month, Patty you did us proud, your ATC's arrived and IRL they are even more wonderful xxx

I am thrilled to say that Patty is now one of our newbie club members so we will be seeing more of her work. :)

Welcome to our new followers and thank you for the millions at least it feels like millions of enquiries from new readers about our club, I have been kept very busy this month behind the scenes.

All Swaps have now gone out... I held back on the international ones due to the Iceland troubles so you should get them soon.

We have a lovely sponsor for this month, Fay who runs an Ebay shop selling blank ATC's, inchies, twinchies, rinchies and much more however she is away on business at the moment and has closed her shop until the 9th May.

We will be putting her delightful blog candy grab bag of goodies up then so do pop back on the 9th.

When you have created your ATC's please put them on your blog and leave a comment on this post so that we can come and visit you I do hope that I didnt leave anyone out last month.

Thank you to all who pop over to visit each others blog when they have posted their ATC's.

Wishing you all a brilliant Bank Holiday weekend.

Thanks for joining us.