alsoarty Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 FEBRUARY MONTH OF CHALLENGES 1. Create a layout using the attached color swatch. 2. Split your layout into 2 parts, and create 2 different layouts on one page. Use 2 different collections to create your layout. 3. Create an ATC - Themed LOVE. Create your ATC - card or coin with your interpretation of the theme. Your original ATC file should be 3.5 inches x 2.5 inches or 1050 pixels x 750 pixels (can be portrait or landscape orientation) at 300 pixels per inch. Be sure to sign and date your ATC. 4. Using paintbrushes, ink, stamps etc. create your own background paper. 5. Use black and white photo(s). When you've finished a layout, post it in the Monthly Challenge Gallery, then come back and leave a link to your layout in this thread. If you're participating in the February Challenge Chase , make sure to post a link to your layout there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Thank you Andrea. #5 - Black and White photo ( mine is more sepia so I hope that is okay but it is old - 1920's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 What exactly is an ATC? Is it just a greeting card? Can it have a photo on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Belle said: What exactly is an ATC? Is it just a greeting card? Can it have a photo on it? Think of it as a mini scrapbook page, or art journal page. Here is a good read on the history of ATC. Interesting facts I’m kinda blind right now. And Debbie is going to help me out here. There are ATC cards in the gallery. I’ll try find the link for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 I think I found the gallery for ATC cards GALLERY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 @alsoarty How did the op go? I could take my eye shields off the next day and could see perfectly. What kind of lens did you get? To get a multifocal lens, I had to pay and extra R8000 per eye. I went for single lenses and I can see perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 I could not get the lenses I wanted, because my Medicare didn’t pay for that. I’ve done one eye, the second one is in about 30 minutes. So I’m blind right now. I poked out the left lens of my glasses, but that did not help. I’ll see what today brings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, alsoarty said: I could not get the lenses I wanted, because my Medicare didn’t pay for that. I’ve done one eye, the second one is in about 30 minutes. So I’m blind right now. I poked out the left lens of my glasses, but that did not help. I’ll see what today brings. @alsoarty Go well Andrea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 hours ago, Belle said: What exactly is an ATC? Is it just a greeting card? Can it have a photo on it? I see that Andrea answered your question. As far as the cards go they are a small quick scrap project so use your creativity and have fun. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyscrapalot Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Take care Andrea! I love ATCs!! I will have to think on these as I haven't scrapped in a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Here is my B&W page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 22 hours ago, Belle said: What exactly is an ATC? Is it just a greeting card? Can it have a photo on it? Belle, ATC's are Artist Trading Cards (A-T-C). They are tiny works of art and were traditionally paper but sometimes now are traded digitally. ATC's are traded all over the world. I have a book about ATC's and there are two rules:The cards must be 2.5 x 3.5 inches and they MUST be traded free! So when you start your layout, it should be 2.5 x 3.5. Sometimes there are themes to ATC swaps, our SG ones had a theme each month like flowers, maybe Zodiac signs or even "Things That Make you Happy". Once we went through the alphabet in flowers so we each had a complete set of flower letters. So if you had the letter "B" you'd scrap a tiny 2.5 x 3.5 card of a flower that starts with B. I think we sometimes used photos, but the thing to remember is ATC"s are little works of art. So, not your traditional layout where you need a lot of embellishments or journaling or photos of a person, but more little piece of art. I'm going to see if I can find a better definition. Here's one with a lot of ads in the middle, but it explains it well.Artist Trading Cards, the Ultimate Guide Does that help or is it more confusing? 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Here is my background page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Boatlady said: Here is my background page. @Boatlady Hi Debby, do we have to share the background page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyscrapalot Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Love to ATCs Here's mine. Gotta get ready for work will be back to LSL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 No 2 make 2 layouts As usual, I didn't read the instructions properly. I used one collection to do the bottom one, but then I went off the rails with the top one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 No 1 for challenges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 22 hours ago, ladyscrapalot said: Take care Andrea! I love ATCs!! I will have to think on these as I haven't scrapped in a long while. I knew you would be all over this challenge...I think you will make more than 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlaW Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 #1 - Use the preselected color swatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyscrapalot Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 19 minutes ago, Boatlady said: I knew you would be all over this challenge...I think you will make more than 1. Hahaha! I didn’t think about that. You know me so well!! ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatlady Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Here is my ATC Coin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Here's February Challenge #3 - ATC: Kindness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 On 2/2/2023 at 7:41 AM, Belle said: @alsoarty How did the op go? I could take my eye shields off the next day and could see perfectly. What kind of lens did you get? To get a multifocal lens, I had to pay and extra R8000 per eye. I went for single lenses and I can see perfectly. I have to sleep with the shield on for a week. This is my second week, because 2nd eye. I am not sure what to call my lens. They gave me a card, I’ll scan it in for you to see. I think I’ll still need glasses for reading. I can kinda see a lot better now, will have to wait 3 weeks to see my optometrist to what glasses I’ll need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 7 hours ago, alsoarty said: I have to sleep with the shield on for a week. This is my second week, because 2nd eye. I am not sure what to call my lens. They gave me a card, I’ll scan it in for you to see. I think I’ll still need glasses for reading. I can kinda see a lot better now, will have to wait 3 weeks to see my optometrist to what glasses I’ll need. Ì got my glasses yesterday. I've been coping quite well without them. I could read and drive perfectly. The glasses just make a bit clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 No 3 Feb ATC challange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 No 4 Brushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 No 5 Black and White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy D Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Here are my ATCs - I had to make a bunch, 1 was just too lonely! Plus it was really fun & I got to practice so many PS skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy D Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Color swatch LO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in N.Z Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Here is my #1........colour swatch challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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