More Artist Trading Coins

Hello everyone,

It is time for the second inspiration post for Country View Challenges and we are still making Artist Trading Coins ! Why not play along with us ! You might win a £20 voucher for the shop, just read the rules first ! Here are mine :

There is also a process video on my YouTube Channel HERE or you can click on the pic below.

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Sea Life

Hello everyone, 

For the new challenge that starts today over at Country View Challenges I have made these Artist Trading Coins with a VIDEO tutorial. Why not join us and make some too ! You could win a £20 voucher to spend in the shop ! Please read the rules first though ! 

Here is the LINK to the video

or you can click on the pic :

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

This week at Vera Lane Studio

Hello everyone,

It is my turn to show you some inspiration with the lovely digital images from Vera Lane Studio. I love the because they are so versatile. I love colouring too and these are great for that.
For today I have made an art journal, an ATC, and an ATC Coin.

This AJ was great fun to make. I put some paper under the pages to protect anything underneath while I painted the pages with gesso. I noticed that the magazine pages I used for this had nice pink stripes so I tore them off and used them for collage! Next I added book text pieces and then knocked it back with more gesso. I then added the stencilling with Distress Oxide Ink and put down some black and white washi tape. I also added some stamping (the little black dots) and a doodle line along the pages. This little Dilly girl was then put on the left page. She was coloured with Copics. Lastly I added the sentiment which is a sticker by Tim Holtz. 

You'll find Dilly HERE

This ATC was made with a piece of pattern paper. I added some more of it down the bottom where I also adhered the sentiment from the set. The little pirate was coloured with Copics and adhered onto the card. 

You'll find the pirates HERE

This little parrot is from the same Pirate set. I coloured him on holiday with watercolours. I added a swirl to put him on. The sentiment is a sentence out of a book. The coin itself was cut out of a gelli print. 

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Banksy ATC Coins

Hello everyone,

For today's post for VivaLasVegaStamps! I have made some ATC Coins. They seem to be all the rage at the moment and they are good fun to make. I couldn't resist getting my Banksy's out again because I still love them...

here goes:

I used a gelli print from my stash and cut 5 circles out of it. An ATC Coin should be 2.5" in diameter. 

And here they are. In hindsight I should have done the stamping and stencilling first before cutting the circles but it did work in the end.. 

I used a few background stamps and Archival inks in similar colours to create more interest. 

I also added some dots in dark grey ink. 

Next I selected a bunch of Banksy stamps and sentiments and used my stamping platform to get a nice black image. 

This is what they looked like. I thought they needed some white so I decided to add some stencilling using white acrylic paint. 

So, this is what they ended up as. I really like them. 

A close up. 

and another close up.

I used the following stamps:

19600 - Banksy Tyre swing boy

19607 - Banksy This is not a photo opportunity

19598 - Banksy Hammer boy

19602 - Banksy Winged Mohawk guy

19605 - This revolution

20077 - Banksy You have no friends kid

20068 - Banksy Don't forget to eat 

20065 - Banksy No future

20066 - This was not my dream

19940 - Banksy Child sitting

For the background:

19567 - Writing circles background

19569 - Mesh texture

19568 - Double coffee rings

Thank you so much for stopping by today !