Art Projects for Kids

I'm a big kid when it comes to trying out new art projects.  (I gave up creating art pretty early in my youth, so I'm making up for lost time LOL).  If you feel like some easy, non-threatening projects,  go check out Art Projects For Kids.  Who knew I could draw an elephant?

Watercolour ATC

ATC's for the Vintage Swap

We've recently added some "make art" time to our Vancouver ATC swap, and last month I collaged together some backgrounds to use for more ATC's.  All I had to do was add some random clip art (Lisa's Altered Art, Luna Girls, Dover, and various unknown sources) and I've got more ATC's, this time for the Vintage Swap!

Random Backgrounds - Part 2

I used more random backgrounds to make ATC's to swap at the Vancouver Artist Trading Card Group:

Stamps by Tim Holtz and I Brake for Stamps

Stamps by Hero Arts, Paper Bag Studios, and Lazerwerx

Stamps by Hero Arts and Judi-Kins

Stamps by PSX and Eureka

Random Backgrounds - Part 1

These ATC's were prepared for the upcoming swap with the Vancouver ATC Group.  I took backgrounds from my pre-cut ATC box and used stamps to make all of these.  When the backgrounds are already done, this goes quickly!

Black embossed Stampendous Agapanthus stamp

Hero Arts background stamp, Lazerworks foreground image

Hero Arts and Lazerworks stamps

Hero Arts and Fred Mullet stamps

Black Embossed Hero Arts image

Stamps and Alcohol Inks

Stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms and Stone House

Stamps by Fred Mullet and Great Canadian Stamp Co.

Stamp by Time to Stamp

Vintage ATC's

A new stamp set inspired these ATC's:

Stamp by TPC Studio

The Last Post....

in a series of bird Artist Trading Cards:

Stamped Image by I Brake for Stamps

Bird ATC No. 5

ATC

Stamped Images by I Brake for Stamps

No. 4 is a Rooster

No. 4 in a series of 6 Artist Trading Cards

Stamped Images by I Brake for Stamps

Bird Collage No.3

Artist Trading Card

Stamped images by I Brake for Stamps

Collaged Bird ATC

After my initial attempt, I decided to extend my bird collage into a series.  Here is #2:

Stamped images by I Brake for Stamps

Touring

When I was cleaning out my Mom's apartment last year, I came across an old "Touring" card game that we used to play when I was a child.  Great vintage collage fodder, although it took me awhile to get the nerve to cut into the cards.

This will complete my recent series of six vintage collage inchie artist trading cards.

Japanese Children's Book

Mel included a vintage Japanese Children's book in my box of goodies.  It is made of nice stiff card, so it makes great inchies.  The images are so precious they speak for themselves.

Stinger

I had enough papers left from the vintage drinks recipe book to make another artist trading card:

Lime Green Elephants

The Vancouver Artist Trading Card group meets this weekend, and I'm drawn to two of the design prompts:  Lime (green) and Elephants.

Pencil Crayons

Micron Pen

Hand Carved stamp

Friends Last a Lifetime

Artist Trading Card

Clip Art by Lisa's Altered Art

Background - acrylic on a security envelope

Another Image from Lisa's Altered Art

This will go into my collection for the monthly Vintage Artist Trading Card swap I belong to:

Clip Art from Lisa's Altered Art

Background - Acrylic Paint

Vintage Collage ATC

The inspiration for this Artist Trading Card came from a browse through a great book:  Scraps: An Inspirational Field Guide to Collage.

Clip Art from Lisa's Altered Art

Background - watercolour

Aquamarine Bicycle

The design prompts for the Vancouver Artist Trading Card swap this month are Aquamarine, Bicycles, and Scale.  It isn't often that I can manage to use all three at once, but the different sized circles completed this one.

Vintage Valentines

I remember fondly the Valentines we used to exchange as children, so when I came across these images from Tumble Fish Studio at DeviantScrap.com I knew they would be perfect for Artist Trading Cards: