ARTS IN THE CARDS

The ATC January challenge was to chose one material from cotton, metal,vellum or felt and one medium from metallic paints, markers, pencils or inks and combine them for your ATC.

I found a bunch of metal tile samples at a creative reuse store in Oakland a while back and knew I'd get to use them eventually. My partner Terry cut them to size and they became my background. I dug up an old puzzle I found at a White Elephant sale that matched famous people with famous quotes= COMBOS. I painted them with Lumier metallic paint. They came out kind of rough because I didn't get rid of the "puzzle dust" before painting. I was rushing the production!

Lastly, I used metallic pens and markers to add some highlights. The hardest part was photographing the metallic surfaces. I put them in the mail this morning and now I'm fretting that I didn't put enough postage on them.

This has been lots of fun and I'm looking forward to many more challenges.