New Stuff

Now for the newer stuff. I've participated (and am participating) in a few swaps, one about antlered people, one about demon children, one about burlesque ladies and one about geeks. The last two are still in progress. Here's what I have for all of them:

It's been Waayyy too long.

I think I've made more than 30 ATCs since I've last posted, shame on me eh? Well, let me post some of the better ones to make up for it.

Bunnies, Kitties, Hearts and Ladies!

Here are my latest cards! First a set of cards I did in exchange for some some scrapbooking paper. She wanted them with a theme of classic tattoo styled hearts with wings, and here's what I came up with (Click the images to see the whole thing!):



I made a video of painting all three at once, you can see it Here. Next up is a set of Rabbit themed cards I did for a personal trade with a nice lady in the UK.



I didn't record the making of all of them, just the one in the middle. It can be seen Here. This next card is one I made for a Naughty Pay It Forward. It's not *too* naughty, but when I found the picture of the woman I just had to use it. The video for the creation of this one can be seen Here.



Lastly, here are two cards I made for another paper trade. More kitties! This time in regular color though, I even got to use some neat old sheet music for a background! See the video Here.

Monochromatic Cats

I entered a swap on ATCs For All for making a set of monochromatic cards. I decided to paint some kitties! here they are:

Welcome to my Blog!

Hey there! I am starting this blog to track my progress in making ATCs. My real name is Phillipa, but most people who know me call me Seedlet, so I'm going to go with that and it would be cool if you would too. I live in Oklahoma at the moment, but I grew up Ohio. I love kitty cats, food, caffeine, sleeping, the Internet, anime, TV, movies, and Art. I will try to keep this blog more or less on topic and only talk about ATCs, but I do art about what I like, so these topics are likely to slip in as I make cards about them.

I just started making ATCs a few weeks ago. I think they are a brilliant idea, if for no other reason than it gives artists way to practice their hobby without needing to do massive complex works. I love to paint, but canvas is expensive and large, so sometimes I may want to paint but don't because I don't know the next time I'll be able to afford new canvas. With ATCs, all I need is a little piece of card stock and half an hour and I can create a little piece of art. I also love collage art but don't have a lot of experience with it, so I can use ATCs as a way to practice it without accidentally creating something I hate on a huge surface with wasted supplies and time.

I guess you could argue that as long as I get practice in it isn't a waste, but you feel differently about it when you don't have many supplies to begin with, and using a lot of nice paper, glue and images might mean you don't get to do ANYTHING for the next week or more. A tiny ATC doesn't use as much materials and means a mistake is no big deal, and I can just try again tomorrow.

Every time I make an ATC, I am going to try to post it here and write a little description about how and why I made it. Hopefully I can track my progress and process and have something fun to look back on. I will also be posting the videos I make of each ATC that I record. I will try to mention when a particular ATC is up to trade so people reading can message me if they'd like to have it. I might even do some giveaways for special events or whenever I am feeling charitable! So follow if you think you might be interested, and don't be afraid to comment on whatever strikes your fancy. Thanks for stopping by!