Inked and Collaged Anthromorphic ATCS

I love the look of coloring in and inking up vintage and collaged images, especially on a small scale. By creating ATC sized collages, you can experiment with many new techniques, styles, themes and supplies to create fun works of art.

Today I'm going to show you how to piece together paper, images and clearsnap inks to create collaged atc’s that take on a world filled with magic, wizards and anthromorphic whimsy.

Materials                                                                                                                                                                

-Chipboard sized 3 ½ by 2 ½  inches    

                                                                                                                                                                                                  -Chipboard accents                                                                                                                                                                               -Scrapbook paper (scraps are perfect for ATCs)                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                      -Watercolor paper       

      

-Vintage images, Lisa Kettell Designs            

                                                           

-Mixed media inks, variety of colors, Clearsnap                                     

                                                                                                                                                                  -Fluid chalk ink pad, variety of colors, Clearsnap 

                                                                                                                                                        -Colorbox pigment inks, variety of colors, Clearsnap                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -Glitter, Clearsnap                                                                                                                                                                                                     -Glue: decoupage medium, tacky glue, glue stick                                                       

                                                                                                                                                         -Tools: scissors, heat tool, thin paint brush                                                                                                                                                                                                                  -Other: millinery, jewels, 3-d embellishments, pencil

Directions 

1. Place a piece of scrapbook paper or watercolor paper onto the cut 3 ½ by 2 ½ piece of chipboard, adhere in place with a glue stick.

2. Coat your paper lined chipboard with a variety of colorbox inks, mix blues and purples, oranges and pinks for fun contrast.

3. Next layer vintage image onto chipboard, adhere in place with a glue stick, cut out. Try mixing vintage bird body images with a vintage doll or girl head image for the face. Think out of the box, morphing images together to create a one of a kind character.

3. Begin antiquing and distressing your ATC using fluid chalk ink pads and mixed media ink pads, rubbing into place using your fingers, dip paint brush into water and swirl around the applied inks to lighten the ink, next use additional mixed media ink colors to edge up the sides of the ATC.

4. Next seal in place with decoupage medium, add some glitter where desired and 3-D embellishments, secure in place with tacky glue.

5. Finally, for more dimension, trace around your collaged image with a thin pencil or black ink pen.

 Tips/Tricks:

-Ink recipes; coat a piece of watercolor paper with blue and purple inks, edge with denim mixed media ink pad, spritz on some bleach for a cool magical effect.

-Stamp and emboss onto your atc, heat set with heat tool.

-Add crowns, hats or various 3-D embellishments to the atc.

 Hope you enjoy this Anthromorphic Carnival of Inked oddities, try making some of your friends and family, turn your sister into a bat, mom into a queen or friend into a bird, so many fun themes to morph into, can't wait to see what you make!

xoxo
Lisa