May ATC Technique Swap

This sounds interesting. I'm going to give it a try since I've got time to try it and drop if I can't create anything acceptable. I don't think that will happen though! Thanks for the challenge!

Okay, left out one part that I like to do for the background, after painting, I like to stamp the background with a word or letter background stamp in a very subtle color. It really adds interest as you're building up the background.
another piece of advice - don't get too attached to your backgrounds, they are backgrounds, most of it is going to get covered up.

Partners have been assigned - if you have questions, suggestions, rants because the red paint won't come off your hands - lol - post away. Let's share our trials and our success! Dianne

I got 3 B's for partners: J. Burns, Betsy Foster, and Barbara Brandt!!!!!

Seems to be a lot of B's in this swap! Dianne (Belle)

Since we are supposed to make comments...I am having a bit of trouble with my paint sticking to my cards...I should have roughed them up with a little sandpaper first. Lesson learned, I guess that's the point!

I work in layers suzy, i may not get the card completely covered in one go round, i let it dry a bit then go back over it. you can rough it up to help the paint stick as well, but i haven't done that. i usually do a bunch of backgrounds at a time, do one color,then go through with the next. i work pretty fast but do 8 or 9 cards at a time. by the time i do the first color all the way through, then start the second, the first has had a bit of time to dry. I also must add that if i need it to dry faster i've been known to use a heat gun. Dianne

okay, my bad, i seem to have forgotten to add my swap card in with my cards that i sent out. I thought i wrote my swap bot name on the card but I guess i forgot that too! sorry for the confusion. cards went out to betsy g, cindynvb and fingers, inc last week so if you get a card from Dianne, it's me. duh.

I have a few words of advice, do not use cards from a casino!! I have some and noticed how slick they were, so I didn't even try them. Since I had my paints out and already had a mess (on my waxed paper), I decided to do some 12 x 12 sheets. I even went so far as to make my background papers for the tipin swaps I am in. I'm glad I joined this swap!! Diane, will you please post in the June swap discussion when you put up the July swap? Thanks

Dianne M, Betsy G. and Cindy B.--Your cards went out late Saturday.

Wow! This was truly a challenge. Am I up to June's Technique? Anyway, today I sent out my three cards to Poggy123, Fingers Inc.(Colleen), and Reb. Hope you enjoy them.

I added my card and the card i received today from Altered to me to the gallery. please, add your cards so we can all see how they turned out. guaranteed everyone's will be different. Christine, i love how your card turned out and how you worked a theme of the train schedule into it.
Dianne

My cards are going out today...

Thanks for uploading your cards Mickey - good job. And for those of you with dial up - like me - page through the first two on the gallery, i made the files too big, then uploaded them smaller. Dianne

Received 2 great cards from Susan B. They are very colorful and I love the fact the designer side of the card shows....thanks a bunch!!!!

Forgot to tell you, I uploaded them to the Gallery....

Kim, love love love your interpretation! you did a marvelous job of taking the idea and then making it your own. Dianne

I received cards from Sandi & Betsy. Thank you ladies. Mine are now in the mail.

Reb, received your card, how creative! And I loved how the envelope matched the card! Thanks so much.

Poggy, received your great cards today. I uploaded them to the Gallery....I love the little key. Thanks bunches!!!

Chris Wise-- I received your card today, very cool, and yes I had a lot of fun with this technique as well. Thank You!

Wow! I loved this tech. I didn't have any trouble getting the paint to stick and I did like leaving it a bit thin in some places so the card shows through. I did find that once dried the paint scratched off easily so I used a gel medium to adhere the graphic and doily and to seal the whole thing over. I painted some other cards and tags with the same tech. once I got started and found that some thinner cards that I used tended to curl up more than the heavier casino cards that I started out with. This was great fun and I've learned something that I will use over and over in the future! My cards went out to my partners a couple hours ago - Christine, Marlene and DeAnne. Also uploaded a scan of my card a few minutes ago. Also received one from Mickey - I love it! I also love all the others in the gallery, seems like everyone had good outcomes with this tech.

Iowascrapmouse, JanetB, and sleeping traveler, envelopes heading your way from Oregon!

Poggy, got your cards, great job! Love them both.

Marlene - your cards came today, thanks so much, it's great. I'm only sad now because it was the last of the three and now i've no more cards to receive. Well, June is coming, i hope you've all signed up and i'm about to post july. Dianne

marlene, i meant card. sorry.

July technique swap now up!

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/3864