Start of ATC's

It's bitter cold and snowing here so what better time than now to work in the studio. Not sure what was happening about the ATC's so decided to go ahead and make some for you all. Pictured is the start of the background work. One easy way is to take a large enough sheet of paper or fabric, in this case here I used 'duck canvas', to make several at once. Either paint, decorate or collage the whole piece then cut it to the ATC size and finish with added touches.
The background work here is called paste canvas which is similar to paste paper. I made designs first with soft pastels in two shades of blue. Then the entire canvas was covered with ross art paste and while still wet acrylic paint was dropped onto the canvas and blended in. Then a marking tool was used to create wave lines. This needs to dry before more design is added then I will cut the canvas to size and finish with embellishment. My theme here will be pertaining to our journal. Hope this inspires you to try some ATC's in any case I would love to send you one. I'll send out an email to all journal members. Have a creative day.