Sweet Stamps Guest Designer: ATC Card

The Challenge
This week's challenge theme at Sweet Stamps is ATC (artist trading card). It measures 2.5 x 3.5" and is a mini work of art. It can also be layered onto a card. Here is my contribution as a guest designer.

The Card
I go to a monthly ATC trade at my LSS, Pages from the Heart. The owner calls the customers her Peeps and there are Peeps decorations throughout the store. For the SoCal Shop Hop she had an Easter basket with a Peeps chick outfit you could wear for the photo op. Here is our ATC group posing with the Peeps Easter basket during one of our trades.

So when I saw this Bunny Peeps stamp set, I just had to use it for this month's ATC trade. It was just too perfect.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment in white on white cardstock. I cut out some tiny clouds as a mask and dabbed on some ink to create the background. Here is a peek at my process. 

I made 16 cards and passed them out to my peeps. For more information on this card, please see today's post at Sweet Stamps. To see all the other designers' card and to enter this week's challenge, please see this post. There is a $20 prize for the winner to use at Sweet Stamp's online store so enter your ATC this week. 

I'm also entering this in the following challenges:

Cards und More: #89 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog: #69 Sentiment on Front

Thanks so much for hoppin' by,

Peeps Petite - ATC Trade

The Trade
My local scrapbook store, Pages from the Heart, hosted its first ATC trade last month and I thought I'd try it out. If you are not familiar with this concept, ATCs (artist trading cards) are miniature works of art around the size of a baseball card. Usually, a scrapper will make numerous versions of the same design and trade it with other scrappers to end up with varying designs.

The Rules
For the event, Pages created some guidelines for the participants.

1. The card is to be folded instead of a flat single layer card. 
2. The card is a standard ATC size of 2.5 x 3.5".
3. Use at least one stamp from Fun Stampers Journey. 
4. The theme is "thinking of you". 

My Card
I had heard about ATCs, but wasn't too familiar with them. One of the other participants was telling me that she'd make hundreds of the same design, and attend a show to trade them. Then she'd collect them in a special binder like baseball cards. I was glad that for my first trade I only had to make twelve. For my card, I made this gift card holder.

The Details
For one of my embellishments, I stamped some hearts on patterned paper. To make them more like an epoxy sticker, I added Journey Glaze, which is like Glossy Accents. I added some Stickles for some shine and Pearl Pen for a few small highlights.

I also cut some banners on my Cameo. Each banner was cut twice, the second time being a shadow.  I then stamped my sentiment on the banner.

I wanted some balloons to match the "celebrate" on my sentiment. Normally for just one card, I'd punch the balloons from patterned paper. Since I was making multiples, I punched the balloons on border stickers to streamline the process. 

I wanted a different fold that was the still the standard size so I used this die cut file from the Silhouette Store. The outer piece is an envelope which I decorated on the outside. When you open it, the inside has a pull out gift card holder. I placed the card recipe where the gift card would lie. 

Supplies

 Patterned Paper: Scenic Route (floral), Basic Grey (solid)

 Cardstock Sticker: Scenic Route (border strip)

 Stamps: Fun Stampers Journey: Little BIG Greetings 

     (sentiment), Hey Girl! (heart)

 Punch: Fiskars (balloon)

 Ink: Stampin’ Up

 Pens: Sakura (white, glitter)

 Pearl Pen: Viva Decor (cream)

 Glitter Glue: Stickles by Ranger (frosted lace)

 Glaze: Fun Stampers Journey

 Die Cut Machine: Silhouette Cameo

 Die Cut File: Silhouette #23969 

The Haul

These are the gorgeous cards I received in return.  

I wanted to point out that my friend Becky made this cutie. 

She has a dachshund of her own so I sent her Paper Made Bakery's June kit which had a dachshund stamp in it. She sent me this adorable card made from the kit.

Pages is hosting a Hugs trade once a month, called Peeps Petite. If you are in the Monrovia area, please join us. It will be on the first Wednesday of each month.  I also attended the second trade last week, so I'll be sure to post those cards soon, just as soon I return home from the UK.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by,