ATC #202 - Undersea Post

I have a bunch of these faux postals that are printed on transparent sticker paper. They look very interesting when pasted over colored backgrounds.
Scrapbook paper, faux postal stickers.
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ATC #194 - Trust the Butterflies

I love the marbled paper background I used for this.
Specialty papers, faux postal, embellishments.
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ATC #193 - Cherish

I've still got a bunch of faux postals to use up!
Scrapbook paper, specialty paper, faux postal, embellishments.
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ATC #192 - Try - An Experiment

The background here was made using my Gelli printing plate, which I love! It is like printing on firm gelatin, but it's permanent and cleans easily. It was so much fun to use. I found that the best print was usually the second one - there is more subtle variations and texture. The embellishment stuff at the top are shavings from sharpening a triangular-shaped fat colored pencil. I love the wavy edges from the pencil.
Acrylic paint, embellishments.
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ATC #186 - Butterfly Post

This is made from another of the pretty butterfly faux postals. The background doesn't show up well - it is painted with metallic-looking paint.
Painted paper, faux postal, embellishments.
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Day 182 - Sardine Sea

Kinda makes me want to go sailing somewhere exotic...

Faux post, specialty paper, embellishments.
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Day 180 - Feather Your Nest

A theme we should all think about in this economy!
Faux post, specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 166 - Year of the Horse

I made this faux postal in 2002 for the Year of the Horse using rubber stamps and a mask. I was born in a Horse year.
Specialty papers, Rubber stamping, embellishments.
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Day 161 - Flora Post - Orange / Red

This background paper was made with acrylic paints and iridescent acrylics over black paper. It comes out really cool - it looks strangely metallic but also the color pops over the black. Really fun to make. I tried to put something in the middle of the orange blob of paper, but nothing seemed to work so I left it naked.
Painted papers, embellishments.
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Day 160 - Flora Post - Purple / Orange

Isn't this background paper cool? I made it with kid's finger paints and a comb in our ATC club meeting. Fun, fun, fun! Makes me want to do more fancy backgrounds with paste paper and stuff.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 154 - Butterfly Brown/Orange

I thought this butterfly made a good brown and orange theme.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 153 - Flora Post - Purple #2

Here is another Flora Post ATC. Purple is a hard color to show in photos, why is that?
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 144 - Butterfly Fairy

Dreaming of being  able to fly like a butterfly.
Painted paper, specialty paper, embellishments.
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Day 138 - Tourist Urchin

I like the faux postal collage sets I downloaded from Artchix Studios because I can print them on whatever I want. I printed out some of them on clear label paper, which can be fun. This Urchin Post is traveling Tourist Class. Where might he be going?
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 137 - Kohlrabi Post

I don't think I've ever eaten kohlrabi, so I don't understand why it is so popular in collage materials. Perhaps I should give it a try.
Specialty papers, postage stamp, embellishments.
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Day 136 - Flora Post - White Poppies

These poppies are pretty, so I made another ATC from the Flora Post collage set I got. The background is from scrapbook paper, and I thought it went nicely. I added the green and yellow with Sakura Glaze pens - they are my most favorite decorative pens.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 132 - Monarch Butterflies

Today I went to the Zoro Butterfly Garden in Balboa Park with the San Diego Sketchcrawlers. I blogged about the trip here. We did see plenty of Monarch butterflies, hence this ATC.
Specialty papers, faux postal, embellishments.
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Day 124 - Flora Post - Green / White

Another nice faux postal. I wanted to use the white flowers from this set, but thought that a theme of just white would be boring. Perhaps it's still boring.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 122 - Flora Post - Peach

For some reason, when I had a garden I never had good luck with dahlias. I tried several times with different kinds of dahlias. Probably some basic thing I was overlooking.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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Day 121 - Flora Post - Red

I like water lilies almost at much as I like lotus.
Specialty papers, embellishments.
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