December's Blue & Gold ATCs

I realized today I had forgotten to upload my December 2008 ATCs for the Colour Groupies to my blog. We keep them a secret and don't share any photos until everyone in the group has received them. Sometimes I have scans or photos hidden away and simply forget to upload them. But these ATCs have been received by everyone now, so here they are. Click on the photo for more detail and a larger picture.

We work with a colour-combo challenge every month, and for December the colours were Blue & Gold. I brought supplies specific for this theme with me to Florida when I visited my parents Christmas week as I had not made my ATCs yet and the month was closing in!

The cards I used for my ATCs this month were already cut-to-size canvas paper I found at my local Blick's art supply store. They came in a package of 10 by the register and advertised the FUN of making Artist Trading cards. You can also find this online at Blick's. The canvas paper makes for a lovely surface to work on. I chose clear stickers from the Seaside Slides sheet I found at Alpha Stamps. The stickers featured a lot of blue and were ocean related, matching my theme. When designing these ATCs, each one was given a clear sticker either vertically or horizontally. I rubbed the sticker into place right on top of the white canvas paper. I had also brought along reprints of Music scores, which were reduced in size and featured a lot of blue with a golden moonlight theme. These reprints and the marbled blue & gold paper were added with Tacky glue - I had brought along a tiny bottle just for this! Next, I added 2 colours of blue to the white canvas paper that was still showing, by scribbling with my water colour crayons, then activating and 'popping' the colours with a water brush. This tool is great for traveling as it holds a good amount of water right in it's barrel. The last thing to be added to complete my blue & gold ATCs was to add a small amount of gold German scrap border to each ATC with Tacky glue.

I may need a word or quote to it, before I place it in the Album. I did not bring any stamps with me when traveling this time. Below are ALL of the ATCs I received on this theme for December ....