ATC by Adriane Giberson

 

Supplies:
300lb watercolor paper cut to ATC size
cake watercolors
acrylic gel transfer medium
color image (the one used in this project is from Dover publishing)
black cardstock
Twinkling H2Os
black & white laser image white paper
black & white inkjet image on transparency
Brite Yellow & Brite Blue China Markers
Adhesive (Gem-Tac used in this project)
image of fence/gate (the one used in this project is from
iStockphoto.com)
2 eyelets
Sharpie fine point pen

Tools needed:
scissors
water container(s) - 1 for clean, 1 for rinse
feather
toothbrush
1" circle punch
hole punch, eyelet setter & mat
access to a copier or laser printer and an inkjet printer

Alternate method:
The images of the people could also be stamped with permanent ink,
instead of printed.

Directions:
The base is 300lb watercolor paper onto which I've transferred the moth image using acrylic gel transfer medium. The background is hand-painted with cake watercolors. Black cardstock was painted with Twinkling H2Os with a feather and speckled with a toothbrush, and then hole-punched to achieve the circle shape behind the top image of the girl. The girl on top is a laser printed photograph to which I've added watercolor accents while the girl on the bottom is an inkjet
print on transparency which was rubbed from behind with with yellow China Marker. I cropped out both heads and glued them down with adhesive (Gem-Tac). Over the card is a transparency onto which I've drawn a house using yellow and blue China Markers; the bottom 1/4 of the transparency was trimmed off. I printed an inkjet image of a gate onto a transparency, which was cut to the size of the card and layered over the top. I punched two holes in the top corners of the ATC and the two layered transparencies and bound it all with green eyelets. I signed the bottom right side of the card with a Sharpie pen.

This card will be going to Scotland to be part of a school research project.