TIAS - Tat It And See - Jane Eborall's annual fun-fest of teasing those of us in tat-land that choose to join with small snippets of a pattern every few days. There have been some pretty fun guesses made by participants but is anyone right? Only Jane knows!
TIAS Day 9
My TIAS through Day 11
What is it?
It started snowing here last night about midnight. They are predicting that we could get upwards of 9 inches of snow today with blowing snow and frigid weather tonight and tomorrow. I didn't even open the door to take this picture.
The view from my front door about 12:00 PM
Just got news that work has been cancelled for today - yeah!!
ATC stands for Artist Trading Cards. These are supposed to be no larger than 3½ inches by 2 ½ inches (the size of most any trading card, like baseball, hockey, etc, as well as most playing cards) and can be made of and with almost anything you want. It's a small piece of art to be traded or given away, not sold, to other artists. Originally this was done at face-to-face events but a lot of people now organize swaps on the Internet and through the mail. They are also sometimes used by artists to try a technique or idea on a small scale, kept instead of traded.
I have been admiring Singtatter's ATCs for sometime, but never tried any. She and her friends do all sorts of different media and I haven't seen myself being that ambitious. But I got to thinking the other day that I've enjoyed decorating the photo album covers and I had a lot of fun decorating the little bags. And I have quite a lot of flowers, butterflies and birdies and such from emptying shuttles. Hmm, it could be fun to decorate something small like ATCs.
So I attempted a few.
Tatting and colored pencils
Paper, thread and heart button - oops, no tatting!
Tatting, paper and ribbon
Dove pattern by JoAnn Stearns, 'Joy's Heart' pattern by Wanda Salmans
Originally I wasn't going to put that butterfly on this last one, I was going to write a few words. And I messed up the few words. So I had to cover them up. Oh, well, this is just for me anyway, and I had fun doing it, so all is good.
These are very simple ATCs compared to many I've seen on the Internet, but now I have a lot more ideas to try. What's funny is for some of these ideas I will have to do some tatting made special for them *hehehe*. I suppose as fun is the main reason to do these that's not a bad thing.
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
Pablo Picasso
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I have been admiring Singtatter's ATCs for sometime, but never tried any. She and her friends do all sorts of different media and I haven't seen myself being that ambitious. But I got to thinking the other day that I've enjoyed decorating the photo album covers and I had a lot of fun decorating the little bags. And I have quite a lot of flowers, butterflies and birdies and such from emptying shuttles. Hmm, it could be fun to decorate something small like ATCs.
So I attempted a few.
Dove pattern by JoAnn Stearns, 'Joy's Heart' pattern by Wanda Salmans
Originally I wasn't going to put that butterfly on this last one, I was going to write a few words. And I messed up the few words. So I had to cover them up. Oh, well, this is just for me anyway, and I had fun doing it, so all is good.
These are very simple ATCs compared to many I've seen on the Internet, but now I have a lot more ideas to try. What's funny is for some of these ideas I will have to do some tatting made special for them *hehehe*. I suppose as fun is the main reason to do these that's not a bad thing.
"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
Pablo Picasso
www.brainyquote.com
All of these are very nice looks like you are having fun!
ReplyDeleteI have admired Singtatter's blog for years! She certainly does some very interesting stuff.
ReplyDeleteI admire your trek into ATC territory!
Fox : )
Your work is wonderful! I love that you added tatting to the design! That is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Terri