Spring Mixed Media ATCs for Studio75

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I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the warming temperatures, sweet flowers, fluttering butterflies, and even the crawling, colorful insects that come with spring. This sweet set of spring ATC cards features the fabulous Studio75 Berry Copse Paper Collection. I simply adore the gorgeous colors found in this collection which work so perfectly for the Studio75 Spring Color Challenge linked at the bottom of this post.

Tips and Techniques

I cut papers from the 6x6" Berry Copse Paper Set to ATC size and adhered them to ATC cards with soft gel medium. Brush the gel medium on the front of the ATC card and the back of the paper then place with gelled sides together. I like to place a sheet of plain typing paper on top and roll firmly with a brayer to make sure the paper is well adhered to the card.

***Tip*** The frame shop at my local craft store sells the inside pieces from the mats they cut to frame art for a great price. I bought a couple of these pieces and cut them to ATC size. It's an inexpensive way to get bunches of nice, durable ATC bases.

I've stamped a variety of script and mixed media images onto the backgrounds then stenciled Finnabair Icing Paste in coordinating colors.You can also find beautifully colored pastes for stenciling in the mixed media supplies section of the Studio75 store HERE. The edges are rubbed with metallic Bronze PanPastels.

The insects are stamped using the Tim Holtz Entomology Stamp Set and colored with watercolor markers then die cut. The beetles have a coat of glossy accents applied to the body area to give the appearance of a shiny outer shell.

I've added 49 and Market flowers, Finnabair Mechanical gears, and sentiments from the Tim Holtz Small Talk pack to each card which are colored with Distress Ink. A wash of black watercolor is added under each of the sentiments.

Finally, I used Bambino Glue to adhere Prills and Finnabair microbeads around the clusters and randomly across the cards. This adhesive dries matte and perfectly clear, so is the perfect adhesive for adding this beaded bling!

Studio75 Supplies:

Other Supplies
49 and Market ~ Vintage Shades Potpourri - Sage
49 and Market ~ Shimmer & Shine - Amber Meiange
49 and Market ~ Vintage Shades - Ecru Blossoms
49 and Market ~ Beige Roses
Tim Holtz ~ Idea-ology - Small Talk
Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals - Rusty Gears
Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals - Steampunk Blades
Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals - Steampunk Gears
Prima ~ Finnabair: Mechanicals - Barn Stars
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Microbeads: White Gold
US Artquest ~ Mini Prills - Lavender & Lace; Sage Advice; Silver Lining
Prima ~ Finnabair: Art ExtraVagance - Icing Paste: Vintage Gold, Amethyst Magic, Lucky Emerald
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Soft Matte Gel
Prima ~ Finnabair - Art Basics: Gesso, Clear
Ranger ~ Archival Ink - Coffee
Distress Ink ~ Variety of Colors to color sentiment strips
Tsukineko ~ Versafine Ink ~ Onyx Black
Kuretake ~ Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker - Pale Green, Persian Green, English Lavender, Light Violet, Light Brown,
Colorfin ~ PanPastel Artist Pastels: Bronze
Prima ~ Finnabair: Lace Doily #3 Stencil
Prima ~ Cling Stamp - Texture
49 and Market ~ 1787 Stamp Set with Pascale Bernard
Tim Holtz with Stamper's Anonymous ~ Entomology Stamps
Tim Holtz with Stamper's Anonymous ~ Air Travel
Tim Holtz with Sizzix ~ Framelits - Entomology
Art Anthology ~ 6x9 Stencils - Diamond Grunge
Art Anthology ~ 6x9 Stencils - Lotus
The Crafter's Workshop ~ 6x6 Stencil - Mini Sketch Grid
The Crafter's Workshop ~ 6x6 Stencil - Mini Coaster
Spellbinders ~ Die D-Lites - Peony
Stampendous ~ Stamps - Royal Heart
Stampendous ~ Cling Calligraphy Sampler
Stampendous ~ n*Studio ~ Nathalie Kalbach - Cling Rubber Stamp
Donna Salazar ~ Rubber Stamp - Crackle
Assorted text and image stamps from my stash

I hope you've been inspired to grab your Studio75 supplies

to create a project for the March Spring Color Challenge. 

 

You can find challenge details and link up your project HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~