i want to experiment a bit more with the gelatin prints before i post pictures, because today i mostly just started on the base layer of what i'd like to do. i was inspired by an article in the most recent issue of quilting arts magazine, and did a bunch of research online, and our results weren't quite as we expected, though still pretty damn fabulous!
however, in the meantime, i wanted to post the first ATCs i've made in months and months! on wednesday evening i went to the ATC trade group at the richmond art gallery. it was only my second time there and i hadn't made any more cards since i went in may, so i was busy for a few days before, working on some ATCs to take.
i'm feeling very scattered right now, and my supplies are all roaming about the house, so i basically sat myself down and told myself that i was ONLY allowed to use the stuff that was on the table. i pulled out ink pads and some stamps to go along with it, and got to work. i'm quite happy with them.
bluebirds
![bluebirds](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3837746065_123b32b101.jpg)
vintage sheet music, strip of pink tickets, strip of page from a vintage medical book, and blue birds scanned from a vintage card
snip
![snip](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3837747865_970ddc5737.jpg)
asian language paper with a blender marker transfer, stazon ink applied through punchinella and part of an invoice ticket.
music/language
![music/language](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3838537856_42d2994a4b.jpg)
stazon ink applied with a netting mask onto vintage sheet music, small pieces of the asian language paper tinted with stazon, pink coupon and vintage silver leaf
admit one
![admit one](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3837747493_e1a881f139.jpg)
vintage sheet music with an overlay of a left over german/russian dictionary page, punchinella stamped invoice ticket, purple triangles inspired by the fabulous phizzychick, pink coupon
oedipus
![oedipus](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3837747369_c9a935657e.jpg)
the background for this one is from a very old medical book, the paper is extremely fragile until it's glued onto a sturdier surface. the particular page used is talking about the oedipus complex, so i chose postage stamps with a "father" type figure and a "daughter". it's over stamped with two different designs, in green and in blue stazon. vintage silver foil leaf in the centre, and a blue resister glued on using glossy accents.
constitution
![constitution](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/3838537344_ff6bf9dc96.jpg)
the background is a dictionary page, punched out invoice tags, british postage stamp, a scrap of patterened paper, and vintage hole protector thingies (they have a very cool texture in person, they're fabricy!), finished off with blue ink
family strength
![family strength](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3837747069_0050d62b35.jpg)
transparency image of my great grandmother overlaid on sheet music, b&w film strip along the edge, vintage dictionary snippet, and stazon detailing.
obsolete
![obsolete](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3838537088_440e95a762.jpg)
vintage photo found on my most recent trip, scanned and printed out. sheet music and asian language page, vintage silver foil leaf, and an office supply stamp "obsolete"
royal command
![royal command](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/3837746733_4e5f0d265e.jpg)
sheet music stamped with red stazon polka dots, british stamps, cigar band, and vintage pharmacy label
queen 997
![queen 997](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3510/3838536804_db28eb21ec.jpg)
stazon inked over netting mask onto a page from a vintage german children's book, triangles cut from canada post labels, punchinella mask stamped invoice tag, and a british stamp
contempt and contemplation
![contempt and contemplation](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3837746333_8a5e81b52e.jpg)
dictionary page stamped with green flower design,asian language page cut with a fiskars scalloped punch and stamped with stazon, then the small praying hands cabachon was glued on with glossy accents. small bits of yellow paper, and part of a vintage card with sewing snaps.
15 cents
![15 cents](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3837746191_a616d6eec4.jpg)
vintage sheet music, a vintage ticket, green strip and triangles cut from canada post mailing labels, and a stamp with a neat design.
what do you think? i was quite happy with them.
the group was fairly small, but it was fun. mostly people i hadn't met yet, and a neat mix of styles for trading. i had more cards than there were people at the meeting, so despite trading for 2 cards with a few people, i still have some left for next time. i'll slowly be building up my stock!
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