Dream Big + ATC Coins

Hi friends! During the SNSS Winter Stamp-a-thon, Lyn's challenge was to make ATC Coins, which are 2.5" circle pieces of art you can trade with other artists. I didn't have time to create any during the challenge window, but couldn't wait to try them out once I found a little me time!

You saw one of them earlier this week on my Mojo Monday card. Today I'm sharing my second card and the rest of the coins I created.

At the end of the stamping session I had six completed ATC Coins. I started with an 8.5 x 11 piece of cardstock and coated with one layer of gesso to prime it for paint.  Then I squirted on some distress paint in chipped sapphire, evergreen bough, stormy sky, and tumbled glass, blending in with my fingers. I then added some brick stenciling randomly across the page with white Dylusions paint.  Once this was dry, I randomly added bits of stamping using the Texture Tiles 1 set and archival ink.  When everything was dry, I cut six circles from the page with a 2.5" circle die, placing the die where I thought it would give the most interest.  I saved all the excess pieces for other projects. These top two coins are made with the Birthday Borders set and have already been sent out for trade!  The sweeter sentiment is from the So Sweet Cocoa set and much love is from Sentimental Mash-up.

The rest of my coins use the adorable new Springtime set. I stamped the butterflies and boots a few times on cardstock, then colored with Copics and fussy cut.  For the spring has sprung coin, I then colored in the white space on the cut out image so it appeared more natural. I softened the coin up a bit with some white stamping with the hearts from Texture Tiles 5, then stamped my sentiment in archival ink.  The dream big sentiment is from Dragonfly Dreams and I stamped the butterfly in archival ink directly on the coin, then cut out the butterfly I had colored minus the antennae and popped up the wings.

I used the butterfly coin for today's card. I matted the coin with a black scalloped circle, then divided my pattern paper in half, adding a die cut border to break things up.  I stamped the flowers from the boot image at the bottom and lightly colored in, then added a few more butterflies to finish off the card.

And here are the other two coins I made. The thinking of you sentiment is from Birds & Blooms and I used the same treatment with the butterflies, adding a bit of thin washi tape to break up my design.  My final coin uses the lovely boot image and I paired it with a sentiment from the Sentimental Wordfetti set. This coin was used on my Mojo Monday card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulously creative day!

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