Sugar Skull Artist Trading Cards

Welcome to day 12 of our Day of the Dead Art - Celebration!

Today's featured artist is yours truly!

I created these ATC's (artist trading cards) to keep on hand for friends want to swap. 

As you can see, I'm not afraid to use color when I create and I definitely used a lot of it!

I even used my ATC stamps on the backs of the cards!

You can see the full tutorial here!

Dandelion Burst stamp set

 Artist Trading Card stamp set

Sugar Skull stamp set

Blank Page Muse April Challenge- Blue Fairy Card

Hi Everyone!
     This months group challenge on the Blank Page Muse blog is "Black and White. + One Color".
My interpretation of the theme is this Blue Fairy card. Enjoy!

1. Corset Wire Dress Form Stamp
2. Small Butterfly Stamp
3. Dandelion Burst Background Stamp
4. Black ink pad
5. Turquoise ink pad and marker
6. Turquoise crepe paper
7. Black and white cardstock
8. Double stick tape, adhesive and foam tape.

Cut your card to size and ink the edges with the turquoise ink.
Stamp the inner white card with the Dandelion stamp and adhere to the a piece of black cardstock.
Mat this onto your inked card front.

Stamp the dress form with black ink twice onto white cardstock. Trim just the corset from one of the stamped images, keeping the other one whole.
Stamp the butterfly with the turquoise ink twice. Cut them out and then in half.
Ready a 2 ½ " x 6" piece of crepe paper for later.

Adhere one set of the butterfly wings to the back of the dress form before adhere to the card.
Place pieces of tape at the lower part of the corset and add the crepe paper, pleating it as you press it into the tape. Cut off any extra crepe paper.

Glue the remaining butterfly wings to the dress form, directly over the existing wings. 

Add small pieces of foam tape to the dress form as shown. Place the corset on top and color in with the marker. 

Thanks for coming by to see my card! I hope you like it! 

Please visit the blog here, to see what the other designers created with this theme. 

You can even add your own creation for a chance to win a gift card to the shop!

Rinea Foil Butterfly Card

For this project, I used the following:
Ruby/Gold Foiled paper
Ghost Ink

4"x 5" watercolor paper
4 1/4" x 5 1/4" red card blank
Dandelion burst background stamp by Sin City Stamps
Butterfly punch
70% rubbing alcohol and paper towel.
Heat gun, scissors, pliers, gold wire, gold acrylic paint, water colors, adhesive, rhinestones, foam tape and washi tape.


See how I made this card here!

How to Personalize Cards and Envelopes with Rubber Stamps

Here's a fun way to add a personalized touch to cards and envelopes using one of my stamp designs!

Supplies:

1. Dandelion Bursts Background Stamp
2. Patterned paper with a simple design.
3. Card blanks and matching envelopes.
4. Paper trimmer.
5. Black ink
6. A large stamping block to fit the 3 ½" x 5" stamp.
7. Favorite adhesive.

 Trim your paper to fit the front of your card blank. Then stamp the Dandelion Burst Background onto your paper.

 I left room at the bottom to write a special sentiment if needed....

  For the inside of the envelope, just trim a stamped piece in half and adhere to the inside.

 Here are some other variations.

So fun!
Feel free to join our Sin City Stamps fan page for more idea's!