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ATC Custom Backgrounds..Techniques

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Group:Monthly ATC Swappers
Swap Coordinator:raven (contact)
Swap categories: Artist Trading Card (ATC) 
Number of people in swap:19
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:April 21, 2010
Date items must be sent by:May 20, 2010
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

atc

Here are the directions I found,,

Give your cards your own background designs... you may use any background technique...

crumpling a paper towel or a square of plastic cling wrap into a loose ball. Pounce the ball onto an ink pad or into a small dollop of acrylic paint on a paper plate. Tap the ball onto a piece of scrap paper to remove the excess ink or paint, and then press it onto the background paper several times without re-inking to create subtle variations in shade and texture. Use the same technique to stamp with bubble wrap, burlap or fabric mesh.

But I did some playing around with this technique... I found that watercolors and food coloring works great for the colors... and I found that by wetting chalk and dragging it across your paper with a baby wipe or something that is slightly damp worked well.... Also I discovered this one ..take a stamp inked very heavy, press onto your paper then drag it,It looks kind of shadowy..

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Sorry I didn't notice that I forgot this,.,it is 1 for 1

and if you know or discover a good background technique post it below in the comments so we can learn something new..

Also if know you of any techniques that we could try contact me...

Discussion

Gofeen 03/29/2010 #

Do we finish off the card or just send the background?

carolynsn 03/29/2010 #

Do we have to use the technique described here or can we do our own fancy background?

Alphenquilts 03/29/2010 #

great techniques for backgrounds!

raven 03/30/2010 #

Make a finished atc using a background technique,,, You can use any background technique,, the purpose of the swap is to get everyone to learn to do their own backgrounds or learn a new one...

Alphenstamp's link above is great place to start...

Darida 04/ 2/2010 #

How many cards for a partner?

lizm 04/ 2/2010 #

gorgeous atc, great to try different things,i can't wait to get started,thanks for doing this swap

RBM3579 04/ 4/2010 #

My favorite background idea is taking postage stamps or dainty objects and placing them randomly on a scanner and then covering with any choice fabric, then scanning and printing a custom scrapping paper to do what you will - WAY CHEAP

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