Growing in Unity - Day 3

Happy Wednesday!!  

Today is day 3 of my Growing in Unity week.  

My project today is an ATC (Artist Trading Card)

ATC's are small art cards that can be tradeded.  They are the size of a baseball card.  3-1/2" x 2-1/2".  They are usually numbered with the run.
Some artist make one of a kind or may make multiples of the same theme.

Some groups do a ATC swap.  I have participated in these types of swap.
This is where everyone makes cards of a theme.... like Christmas or Summer fun.
Then the cards are sent to one person and they return to you one of each card from each artist.
 It is a fun event.
But since postage has increased so much, may of these swaps have disappeared.  

I made this ATC to enter into a the ATC contest at Rubber Stamp Show last weekend.  There were 12 wonderful entries.  Mine was not one of the top 3 winners.  Oh well.  There is always next year.

For the background and coloring of the balloon, I used some of my Silks Acrylic Glaze. 

I love the paints and use them frequently.  

I then stamp the image in the location I wanted on the card 

and stamped a second to paint and cut out so pop off the paper.  

I used some gold Ferro with a stencil to add some texture to the background
before I attached the balloon.   

I used wire to make the balloon strings and attached them with a tiny drop of glossy accents.      

I did not stamp the sentiment straight.  Ugh!! ( I do this way to frequently)

To fix my error, I cut the whole card down to straighten the sentiment.  

At this point I made an identical background piece and framed the whole image with black.  

This Unity image is one of my favorites.  

It is called Adventurous 

Remember to leave a comment on all of the post this week.  

Day 1

Day 2

Two lucky people will win 25 random stamps from Unity. 

The more you comment the more chances you have to win.


~Teresa~