Here is the February Valentine ATC kit, free with orders in Feb.

February 2012 Artist Trading Card Kit

"Sweet Nothings" Valentine Kit

Here is the Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month that will be given FREE with each order during the month of February 2012. This kit comes with beautiful gold embossed Valentine paper filled with cupid/cherubs and gorgeous pastel flowers. As soon as it is back in stock, I will have it available for purchase. You will receive one of the 3 in. x 4 in. gold embossed papers, and a 3 in. x 4 in. piece of coordinating double-sided blush and peach rose paper (the bottom corner is folded to show the back side of the paper). You will see two different double-sided coordinating 1 in. x 4 in. strips of paper folded so you can see both sides; one of these will be chosen to be included in your kit. There is also a chipboard heart, and a white Prima Marketing flower that can be painted, misted, glittered, etc., to attach and match your creation. There are two different ribbon pieces shown in the photo. One of the ribbons is red with white hearts and is reversible. The other is white with small red glitter hearts; one of the ribbon pieces will be in your kit. We also have included a detailed silver heart charm with flourishes and a soft pink brads as shown in the photo. You can use the charm for your project, or a piece of altered jewelry. You can use the brad to attach the charm or collage image, or thread the small piece of red and white twisted bakers twine (included and shown in photo) through the hole to attach the charm that way. And you know me and sequins, LOL! I love them, and will include some red hearts seqiuns like the ones in the photo which are on top of the white ATC card. As usual, we also include a blank white 2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. ATC to mount your Valentine Artist Trading Card to, and an ATC sleeve for your completed card. This is a gorgeous Valentine kit to create an ATC, greeting card, a valentine for a loved one, a tag or bookmark. I know you will enjoy it! Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

January 2012 FREE Artist Trading Kit of the Month - "Snow Bunny"

This is a close up of the printed transparency words

This kit is titled "Snow Bunny", a winter themed ATC Kit, that will be placed free in every order during the month of January 2012. It features 2 different 12 in. x 12. double-sided winter wishes themed papers with white, soft greys and soft hunter greens. There are two different 3 in. x 4 in. pieces included your kit. I have bent corners down on the paper to show the back sides of the cardstock. I chose 3 snowflake dies from the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Create-a-Flake 3 snowflake dies to make snowflakes for this month's kit. I used my Spellbinder Cutting Machine to cut and emboss three different snowflake designs that you see in the photo. Two different snowflakes will be included in your kit. The paper snowflakes can be inked, painted, glossed, or glitter etc. to create an unique embellishment for your artist trading card. I have also chosen three different vintage winter/snow themed collage images for this kit; one of the three will be included in your kit. There will also be a piece of silver dresden foil trim, and a clear transparency with the words Snow Bunny as shown in the photo. Also included will be a silver snowflake sequin, and a silver snowflake charm. Plus you will receive either a royal blue snow hat brad, or a royal blue mitten brad. Lastly, will be a blank white artist trading card to use as your base, and a clear Artist trading card sleeve to place your completed ATC into.

YOUR ATC KIT WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

2 - 2 in. x 3 in. papers, 1 - winter collage image, 2 - paper die-cut snowflakes, 1 - small strip of silver dresden trim, 1 - royal blue brad, 1 - "Snow Bunny" transparency, 1 - small silver snowflake sequin, 1 - silver snowflake charm, 1 - black ATC, 1 - ATC sleeve

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AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE

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ATC Vintage Christmas Collage Pack

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Santa Children Collage Pack

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Night Before Christmas Collage Pack

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Retro Christmas Collage Pack

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Vintage Children's Christmas Collage Pack

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Vintage Christmas Collage Pack

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Here is the December FREE Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month

December 2011 ATC Kit of the Month titled, "Christmas Holly-Day". One free with any order this month. You will also receive a bottle cap magnet that I made as a thank you Christmas gift from me to you.

OK, here is the Christmas ATC kit for December. A very festive holly themed Christmas kit. There are two 3 in. x 4 in. pieces of double-sided cardstock, and a 1 in. x 4 in. piece of coordinating double-sided paper all from the Kaisercraft December 25 collection. Also included is one of the 6 different die-cut December 25 Christmas tags (One shown that has a Santa on it). There is also an image of Christmas holly that has been stamped with black Staz-on ink to that the image does not smear if you would like to use markers or watercolors to color the image. There is also a piece of corrugated C-Fluted kraft paper that is great for painting, inking, sanding tearing and more. I have this paper available on the website as sheets or perfectly cut ATC cards. Also included is a piece of cream and burgandy Christmas music paper, a piece of green, red and gold color-twisted cord, a swatch of burgandy ribbon with gorgeous gold holly and flourishes, a silver holly charm with a silver brad to attach it with, and a few holiday sequins to match this kit. Lastly, an ATC blank white card and an ATC sleeve to placed your completed ATC into when you have finished your creation.
Here is a close-up of the front and back cardstock papers used for this kit.

Artists Trading Cards I made with next month's kit

Here are my ATCs that I made yesterday. This kit is titled, "December 25th", using the paper and mini tags from the paper collection with the same name. Photo and kit contents will be posted on December 1st. Just place an order in December and the FREE Christmas themed, "December 25th", ATC kit will be placed in with your order. No special code necessary!

The only item I added to these ATCs that was not in the kit was the white ribbon. It needed something, so I thought that would be perfect. It almost looks like a stocking at a quick glance, but I made the above ATC using the mini tag that comes in the kit. Santa was cut from the left side of the tag.
I made this one with the holly stamped image that comes in the kit. I colored the holly with watercolor pencils, cut around it, then distressed and curled the holly leaves to make it pop off of the ATC. You'd be surprised what you can do with an image stamped on plain white paper. I used the double-sided paper bits that were cut from the 3 in. x 4 in. after I cut down my paper to 2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. for my ATC background. I save every little piece! I love the new Corrigated ATCs! A kraft piece will be included in this. Paint it, ink it, distress it, stamp it...oh so many things to do with this! Here is a link to the store if you would like to purchase some. The corrigated ATC paper comes in packs of 10 in both kraft and white. http://youratcstore.com/atc-cards-c-29.html

November 2011 Artist Trading Card free kit of the month

"Clowning Around" circus themed Artist Trading Card Kit that is given free with any orders throughout the month of November 2011.

I chose some circus paper from the GCD Studios Funhouse Collection; The World's Greatest and Sideshow.   This fun ATC kit contains circus paper from the GCD Studios Funhouse Collection.  This ATC kit contains circus paper from the GCD Studios Funhouse Collection.   You will receive two 3 in. x 4 in. piece of cardstocks. There is also a piece of pastel fuzzy fiber that coordinates with the paper. Also, in this kit will be a clown image (there are 8 different clowns), a child's ticket to the circus, a popcorn container image, a black & white clown hat that you can color to match your clown, and a miniature circus poster (there are 10 different ones). There is also a piece of chipboard to make your banners or mini images pop.  Also, one gem droplet, and a silver circus tent charm that is perfect for your circus ATC. Lastly, a blank white ATC card and an ATC sleeve.

Below is my Clowning Around ATC. My ATC was made with only items in this kit, although I didn't use every item in the kit. You can save the extras for another ATC later. I cut out the orange banner from on of the 3 in. x 4 in. pieces and glued it to the chipboard that is included in the kit. I also used chipboard on the clown hat (that I colored to match my clown), and the triangle at the bottom of the card.

Here is the October 2011 Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month - free with every October order!

October 2011 ATC Kit

"Bates Motel"

This kit is themed, the "Bates Motel", a spooky Halloween ATC Kit, that will be given free with every order during the month of October. It features 3 different papers from the Little Yellow Bicycle Trick or Treat Paper Collection and their matching Epoxy Chipboard Buttons. There are 2 - 3 in. x 4 in. pieces and 1 - 2 in. x 4 in. piece in your kit. The back sides of the cardstock are shown by the bent corners on the paper. You will also receive one of the epoxy buttons with an orange piece of irish waxed linen and black netting to thread through the holes. You will get 2 collage photos - 1 of the Bates Motel and 1 of the Bates Motel sign as shown in the photo. Also included are 2 different coordinating ribbons. Either a black ribbon with white skulls or the white skeleon ribbon. Then one of the other 4 coordinating ribbon pieces located in the right bottom corner of the photo (a glitter lime, glitter orange, fuzzy trimmed orange or a fuzzy trimmed purple). Lastly, 3 bat sequins - a silver, purple and black, a blank white artist trading card and a clear ATC sleeve to place your completed ATC into.

SNEAK PEEK! October Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month

Here is my "Bates Motel" ATC card which I made from the Artist Trading Card Kit for the month of October. This kit is given free with any order. Don't like spooky Halloween ATCs, well that is okay too. There are so many papers and goodies in this free kit that you can make a Fall card, tag, or book mark instead.

Here is a close up of the "Bates Motel" from my ATC. Ekkkk! Looks like I'm standing right in front of it.

Make sure to check out our online store for our Large "Forever Fall" Artist Trading Card kit that will be coming out the first week of October. Also, now in stock the NEW 7 Gypsies Artist Advent Blog Kit on sale for $94.33. Starting Oct. 10th, they will walk you through step-by-step to create this amazing Advent Receipt Holder.

Here is my "Mermaid Beauty" Artist Trading Card

Here is my "Mermaid Beauty" ATC that I made from the free September Artist Trading Card Kit of the month. Just wanted to share!

Mermaid Beauty is the theme for the September 2011 Free ATC Kit of the Month

September 2011 Free Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month

Free with any order this month!

Here is a close-up of the embossing pattern strips, pink shells and the 2 glitter paper strips.

Here is a close-up of the silver seashell charm, the little silver fish charm, and the itty bitty brads.

Okay, here is the September Mermaid Beauty ATC Kit. It's still summer even though it is September, so I wanted to come up with a beachy type kit, hence mermaids. Here are the kit contents:

This kit comes with a 3 in. x 4 in. sea blue water/waves paper, a 3 in. x 4 in. peachy beach sand colored piece of Bazzill paper, a 3/4 in. x 4 in. piece of aqua blue glazed/glittered strip and a dark aqua 1/2 in. x 4 in. glittery strip. I will also include a 4 inch strip of embossed cardstock that coordinated with the whole kit (4 different ones are shown on the bottom left of the top photo). There will also be one mermaid collage image, a silver seashell charm and a little fish charm. Also included are some white and peachy pink seashells to embellish your ATC with. I have also included 2 different colored itty bitty brads and the words, "Mermaid Beauty" printed with a curly font to go on your ATC. Lastly, a blank white 2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. ATC and an ATC sleeve for your completed "Mermaid Beauty" card.

Here is my Steampunk Artist Trading Card!!

Here is my Steampunk ATC guy; gears coming out of his brains and all. Here's how I created my Steampunk Artist Trading Card. The only items not included in this kit was the blue ink, and the rhinestone brad that I used to attach the cream and black clock, and of course my own adhesive. See kit contents below in the previous post.

I distressed the embossed ATC with blue ink to match the blueprint patterned cardstock. I cut a small portion off the ATC, and glued it to the other paper that comes in the kit. I ripped the clock vellum and glued that to the left edge of the ATC. I then glued the Maya Road clock at the top and used a brad to attach the minute hand. Next, I cut out the man, hat, and 2 gear images and glued them to the ATC as shown above. I cut and glued the bingo token image so it would fit onto the charm. I then glued the charm over the man's eyes. Finally I cut around the word, "Steampunk" and glued that and the vintage date watch piece to complete my ATC. I hope you like it! Feel free to leave a comment!

August Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month, "Steampunk".

Here is this month's free Artist Trading Card kit, titled "Steampunk". This was a very fun kit to put together. I found some neat images and embellishments to complete this truly Steampunk ATC kit. This kit will be included free with any order throughout the month of August 2011. There are 2 different 3 in. x 4 in. pieces of paper chosen to go along with this kit. Also included will be a 2 in. x 4 in. piece of vellum paper with clock images. There is also a 2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. kraft paper ATC that has been embossed with gears which is one of the embossing folders from the Sizzix Artful Muse, Tim Holtz Texture Trades. This will be fun for you to ink and create with! There will be 4 to 5 different collage images to create your Steampunk creation; from hot air balloons, to perfect men to accomplish a cool ATC, some gears and other images. You will surely love the many different images! There will also be either a small or 1/2 of a large Maya Road Cream & Brown Clock and a clock hand included in your kit. (See some examples of these clocks in the photo above). A silver gear rimmed sunglasses charm and a vintage watch number dial (2 shown in the photo to the left of the charm). Lastly, included is a printed Steampunk word using my "Jokerman" themed font, and a white blank artist trading card and an ATC sleeve to complete your kit. I will post my Steampunk ATC tomorrow that I made from this kit. Email me if you have any questions about this month's kit.

Here's my ATC that I made with the July kit

Just wanted to share my travel "On the road again" artist trading card. All items, except for the red ink that I inked the ATC edges with, is in the July kit from my previous post. I hope you have fun creating with your ATC kit that is free with any orders throughout the month of July.

July's Free Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month - "On the road again"

Here is the July ATC Kit of the month featuring titled, "On the road again", a travel/vacation themed kit.

Are you ready to hit the road? Well, you will be with this travel themed "On the road again" Artist Trading Card kit that will be placed in orders throughout the month of July. For this July kit I purchased the Trail Blazer and Picnic Table from GCD Studios The Great Outdoors collection. The above paper shows both sides of the paper. You will receive 1 - 4 in. x 3 in. pieces of each. You will also receive a vintage travel image (5 shown in the above photo). I have cut vintage license plates and cars from the Tim Holtz 9 in. x 9 in. License Plates and Transportation cardstock (6 license plates and 3 cars shown in photo). There will be 3 license plates and 1 car in your kit. There are also two 7 Gypsies Mini Label Travel Stickers (4 shown at the bottom of the photo), and a road sign image (3 shown in the photo). A 1 3/8 in. x 1 1/8 in. Mini Library Pocket Diecut has been punched for you from an old road altlas book. A folded and unfolded one is shown in the photo (it comes folded, but not glued in your kit). This diecut is fun to embellish, and then have items sticking out before gluing onto your ATC. Also included is a 7 Gypsies Antique Gold tiny Mini Paper clip and a silver car charm. This kit also comes with an "On the road again" phrase (not shown in photo), blank ATC and an ATC sleeve to place your completed card in.

Here is a close up of some of the items in this kit.

Bird Nesting Going on in my Backyard as of June 22nd

This is a Cardinal's nest, but no eggs yet. This nest is built in my thorny rose hedge.

In one nesting box I have a family of nesting Eastern Birdbirds. One egg as of June 23rd. This is an Eastern Birdbird egg. It's actually light blue, but the flash is too bright. Daddy bluebird also pictured up in the tree on the photo to the left of the egg.

I have a Wren family nesting in another nesting box. Here are theWren Hatchlings that are only a few days old.

I just wanted to share some nesting images from the nesting boxes in my backyard. These are baby wrens. It hard to believe, but this nest is not even 2 inches in diameter, so you can imagine just how tiny these hatchlings are. There are a total of 6. The proud momma (pictured at the top left) and daddy were scoulding while I was photographing her babies.

I also have another nesting box with a male Wren who continues to sing and sing and sing trying to attract a mate. He has started the nest which the female will complete with her special decorating touches once she accepts him. It's been days but he still hasn't given up yet!

"Sew Fun!" is June's themed free Kit of the Month

This is the Artist Trading Card kit that will be given FREE with each and every order throughout the month of June.

"Sew Fun!"

Here is an example of the vintage notions (snaps, hooks and eyes), the silver scissors charm and the vintage inspired garment pin (one is close, but I have opened one so you could see that is does open).

For this month's free sewing artist trading card kit, I chose paper from the Donna Salazar's Grandma's Garden Collection, featuring Garden Wedding and Summer Sunshine. The 12 in. x 12 in. paper has been cut into 3 in. x 4 in. pieces. The top 4 paper pieces on the left show 3 different designs from one side, and the back side of the Garden Wedding paper. To the right of that you will see 2 different front designs and 2 different back designs of the Summer Sunshine paper. You will receive two 3 in. x 4 in. pieces, one cut from each of the 12 in. x 12 in. sheets. Also included is a 2 1/2 in. x 4 in. piece cut from a vintage sewing how-to book (2 shown in photo), and a piece of aged tissue paper cut from an actual vintage sewing pattern (1 shown in photo). I purchased mini silver scissors charms and vintage inspired garment pins - you will receive one of each. Also a few vintage notions will be placed into your kit (see the examples in photo 2. There are also 2 different white antique eyelet laces, of which one will be included in your kit, and a vintage piece of orange gathered ribbon that you can stretch and sew onto your artist trading card. Shown also is a variety of vintage sewing images that I have cut from one of my sewing collage sheets. I will include 2 different images for you. Lastly, you will receive a piece of white card stock with the words, Sew Fun! printed using a zigzag font - you can place this anywhere on your sewing ATC. And of course, a blank Artist Trading Card and ATC sleeve will also be placed in this kit. Wow, quite a list!! I'm sure you will enjoy this vintage sewing ATC kit - sew fun!!!

May's Free Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month

Here is the Artist Trading Card Kit for the month of May. Every order this month will receive one of these kits for free. May's kit is titled, "Butterfly, Fly".

For this month I chose paper from Die Cuts with a View. It is the 12" x 12" Mariposa pad with beautiful foil accents and glossy glitter (it is a clear gloss over the glitter); just gorgeous! The photos do not do the paper justice! The 12 in. x 12 in. butterfly paper has been cut into 3 in. x 4 in. pieces. The top 4 pieces shown in the photo are 4 examples of one of the cardstock sheet, and the 4 pieces below that are 4 examples of the other cardstock that I have chosen. You will receive two 3 in. x 4 in. pieces, one cut from each 12 in. x 12 in. sheets. I have purchased 2 different filigree butterfly Charms to go with this kit, one small gold butterfly and one larger bronze butterfly. One of these butterfly charms will be in your kit. I have also included a mini chipboard butterfly. You can glitter it, or paint it, then apply glitter, or just glue paper onto the butterfly - it's your masterpiece, so you can use one those techniques, or choose to use one of your own. There will also be about a 4 inch piece of silver foil German Scrap Dresden French Border, and one of the 4 in. x 1 in. pieces of coordinating paper (either the red or yellow shown above). Lastly, an image of a Victorian butterfly (check out the butterflies laid around the kit in the photo above to see just a few of the butterflies) that has been printed on glossy paper and cut out for you to use on your "Butterfly, Fly" ATC Card. And of course, a blank Artist Trading Card and ATC sleeve will also be placed in this kit. Here is an upclose photo of the paper.

Here is a close up view of the paper.

Shown here is another close up of the paper, as well as the 2 different filigree butterfly charms, the little butterfly chipboard piece, and the Silver German Scrap Dresden French Foil Border. We have many different styles and colors to choose from on our store website, so be sure to check that out too. Look under the "German Scrap Dresden Foils" category. These borders look great on artist trading cards.

Chalked Parakeets Artist Trading Card - I'll Stand by You

Just having a little fun and wanted to share a new chalking technique. Aqua glittered paper for the background of the Artist Trading Card and for the word backgrounds. This was a color photo that I printed in grayscale so that it was a black and white photo. I then colored it with chalks to bring out the parakeets in the photo. Just choose a chalk shade and then color; it's that simple! Cute little lovebirds - inseparable!

April 2011 Free Artist Trading Card Kit of the Month

Here it is! The free ATC Kit for the month for April 2011 - "Easter Beauties".

You will receive one of these kits with every order placed during the month of April.

This month's theme is for Easter, but isn't filled with bunny rabbits. Instead I have chosen to use vintage Easter Postcards featuring "Easter Beauties". (Only 3 are shown in the above photo). I decided to use paper from the New K & Company 12 x 12 Brenda Walton Flora & Fauna Collection. I have chosen the Die Cut Peonies, and the Aqua Eggs from the same collection. The colors are so soft, yet beautiful. The 12 in. x 12 in. paper has been cut into 3 in. x 4 in. pieces. You will receive one piece from the Die Cut Peonies and one from the Aqua Eggs. Also included is one Easter beauty image cut from our collage sheet. There are 5 different coordinating ribbons, of which 2 will be chosen to go with your kit. I have purchased 2 different Silver Bunny Charms to go with this kit. One of the silver rabbit charms will also be included in your kit. I also decided to go with some clear buttons (there are 3 different sizes; one will be in your kit). I love gluing patterned paper to the back of them (Using epoxy - either Judikins or Ranger's Glossy Accents), and then threading some Irish Waxed Linen through the hole. Sooo, you will also be receiving a 1 in. x 1 in. coordinating burgandy paper piece to glue to your clear button, and also included will be 2 different small pieces of Irish Waxed Linen that you can tie through your button. (one cream and one sage green). There is also a flat-backed 3/4 in. antique brass flower, and 4 cream die-cut pieces (one Easter basket and 4 eggs - these were punched from the Martha Stewart Double Large Easter Basket Punch. And of course, a blank Artist Trading Card and an ATC sleeve to place your completed Easter Artist Trading Card.

Here is a close up of the die-cut Easter basket and eggs, the 2 different silver rabbit charms and the brass flower.

Below is an Artist Trading Card that I made from the April Kit. I decided not to use the flat-backed brass flower on this ATC. I inked the Die-Cut Peonies with a soft burgandy ink and a foam blender to bring out the outlines of the die-cuts. I also colored the basket with markers to create the look of a real basket. I then inked and glittered all 4 eggs before gluing them to the back of the Easter basket die-cut. I then tied one of my ribbons to the top of the basket and cut out the vintage Easter image which I placed and glued behind the basket before gluing it to the card. I made my button, as described below, and added the Easter Rabbit Charm to the waxed linen before knoting it.

March Free Artist Trading Card Kit "For the Birds"

Here is the March ATC Kit of the Month that is FREE with any order during the month of March

"For the Birds"

This month's theme is "For the Birds". I have chosen to use 3 of the Die Cuts with a View Mi Casa Glitter Cardstock and their Mariposa Birdscages with Gold Foil cardstock. You will receive one 3 in. x 4 in. piece of Bird Vine with Glitter cardstock, and a 3 in. x 4 in. piece of Birdcages with Gold Foil cardstock. There is also a 1 in. x 4 in. piece of Mi Casa Bird Stripes with Glitter. I have created and cut some vintage bird pictures from my own stock to go along with this kit. The bird images pictured in the above photo are just a few of the ones that be included in this kit. (You will receive 2 images in your kit). There will also be a few bird feathers, a yellow brad and a silver Birdcage Charm. I have also included some thick brown waxed linen to tie around your ATC or make a nest with it, or even dangle the birdcage charm from it; just use your own creativity. Lastly, there is a blank Artist Trading Card and an ATC sleeve to place your completed creation.

This is a close up of the glitter and gold foil paper so you can see the beauty of this cardstock.