It's the middle of May already, and that means it's time for a new challenge at A Tiny Craft! This month, we are looking for Artist Trading Cards or Coins with FLOWERS. I made a quartet:

I was able to abide by my favourite ATC principle: using stuff I already have. The bases are all from gel plate prints or ink smooshing panels I had already made, and the Catherine Pooler You've got Flowers had already been stamped and die cut. I added to the various backgrounds with some other stamping (mostly Neat & Tangled's Hello Spring), and ended up only adding three of the bigger flowers - but at least I have tiny flowers on the fourth one! I'm not sure I've actually made a one layer ATC before. :) Here's a closer look at each one: 

Welcome to the April edition of A Tiny Craft! With many celebrating Easter and/or spring, our theme this month is BUNNIES! I have a set of Tim Holtz critter dies that have been waiting patiently in my stash, so out came the rabbit:

After watercolouring and assembling these four bunny faces, I know why I would never be on a die cutting design team. :D Fiddly!!! The four coin bases all come from pre-made backgrounds, but I added text stamping to two of them. The die cut "hellos" also came from my stash. The other two I decided to make specifically for Easter. Here's a closer look:

And now, a bonus special guest appearance by a lamb! 

I'm adding these to the current ATC Around the World Challenge where it's Anything Goes this month. 

I'm hope you'll head to A Tiny Craft and see the fun creations of my design teammates, and then I hope you'll be inspired to join us! 

It's the middle of December (insert panicked face here) and time for a new A Tiny Craft Challenge! Our theme this month is HAPPY HOLIDAYS, and we'd like to see trading cards or coins that reflect what you celebrate this time of year. 

Funny, I don't exactly "celebrate" the snow that comes along with Christmas in December, but I went with a snowflake theme for my trio of ATCs anyway: 

Here we in the middle of November, meaning it's time for a new A Tiny Craft (ATC) Challenge! We are looking for ATCs (cards or coins) for the challenge theme We Remember. With Remembrance Day (Canada) and Veterans' Day (USA) recently behind us, we are looking for something that reflects those commemorations. I made two artist trading cards with a poppy theme: 

Let me tell you a little more about each one...

This poppy is watercoloured with Daniel Smith paints on black mixed-media cardstock. I thought this sentiment was perfect for the theme - it's stamped in white pigment ink. 

This time I used a poppy die set, and added it to black cardstock that I'd stamped and embossed with a plaid background stamp. A little nod to the many regimental plaids. 

Be sure to check out the Tiny Craft blog - you are sure to be inspired to join us! 

Here we are in the middle of October - time for a new A Tiny Craft challenge! Halloween is just over two weeks away, and a perfect choice for our new theme. 

I am very good at picking up various Halloween bits when I find something fun in a craft store or on sale online. Making a few Artist Trading Cards is an excellent way to use a few of them up! I used some ephemera from K & Company, some die cuts I already had, a sparkly bat background left over from another project, and added a few new items, such as the cobweb embossed panels. Here's a closer look at them: 

I'm entering these in the current Anything Halloween Goes challenge at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. 

Have some fun Halloween items in your stash? Why not make an Artist Trading Card or Coin and join us? 

It's time for the second-ever A Tiny Craft challenge! Our theme this month is Fall/Autumn. I made a series of four ATCs: 

Here's a closer look at each:

I'm actually using my colour sprays!

This background is from a gelli printing session;

it's the sheet from cleaning my brayer off. 

There's a new challenge blog on the inter webs, and we're calling it... A Tiny Craft! Which, by no coincidence at all, has the same initials as Artist Trading Cards/Coins. Originated by my snarky sister, Donna, we are all about the smaller pieces of papercraft. If you're unfamiliar with them, Artist Trading Cards are explained here, but simply, they are 2½ x 3½ inches and used to create little pieces of art that can then be traded. More recently, coins have been added, measuring 2½ inches in diameter. 

To make it easy to join us, our first challenge is ANYTHING GOES! You only need to make one card or coin to join us, but I often make them in multiples. I decided on a music theme: 

And there you have it! ATCs are fun and easy to make. Be sure to check out the work of my talented teammates, Barbara, Chris, Deena, Donna, Lee (joining us next month) and Mimi! I hope you will join us.