life before computers?

Ok I had an aha moment this afternoon with the ATC I just posted. I have a feeling you will either love it, or scratch your head saying you don’t get it….

I was looking through an old dictionary from 1960 that I use words and pages from. Over the holidays I ripped apart an old laptop computer and have a bag full of parts now. Well, in 1960, computer was not even listed in the dictionary, and keyboard was referred to as piano keys, and a typesetting machine.

I know, rather an esoteric ATC — but art none the less.

new atc’s

two sided ATC

Back Into Art

FInally played a little the past few weeks. Here are 3 new Artist Trading Cards that I made for a swap…

Land of the Free

Mayflower Journey

Winterland Baby

April Fools — ATC

I am not sure the title “he cracked up” will make sense in the picture, but if you look closely it appears the joker is behind cracked glass. I coated him with UTEE and sprinkled in micro beads. After it cooled, I bent the card in different directions to make it crack.

He Cracked Up

painting the roses red

I am starting to play with ideas for the next mingle coming up in late February in my altered art group. The theme is Fairy Tales, and the first idea I came up with was related to Alice in Wonderland.

Since I plan on making a few, then deciding which one or two to throw into the mingle, I will post them here as I finish them.

Painting the Roses Red

ATC’s — Forbidden Love

ladies in big hats — atc

This is my entry for the Ladies in Big Hats mingle in my altered art group. The photo was taken on May Day in 1943 in a small town in south eastern South Dakota.

Sugar and Spice ATC

I did manage to squeeze a new ATC  in today. It is for my altered stArt yahoo group. The theme was Sugar and Spice. If you look back at my other ATC’s you will see my first attempt at this theme. It was the ballerina dancer.  I am struggling to get away from the scrapbook look to my ATC’s, but I just haven’t found my nitch yet! I will just keep plugging along until I do!

Sweet

New ATC’s – Artist Trading Cards

I needed a distraction to keep me busy until my daughter comes home from college on Tuesday, (her flight arrives about 11:30 PM on Monday) so I decided to make some new ATC’s for upcoming themes in my altered art group.

The first three all have to do with New Years Resolutions:

Live, Laugh, Love

It's your life

change

I also really jumped ahead and worked on the theme of Sugar and Spice, this was my first attempt, a dancer all pretty in pink!

Sugar and Spice