Artist Trading Coins Trio

Hello all you Blank Page Muse Fans. Hope your Summer is going well. Cathy here to share my trio of Artist Trading Coins. These things are HOT right now. I hope I inspire you to go out and try some of your own!

Stamps Used:
Pineapple by Pam Bray
Tropical Flowers by Pam Bray
Ravens Den by Pam Bray
Silhouette tree 
Raven from Halloween on a shelf
Feathered Wings
Light Bulb
Artist Trading Coin Back

Other Supplies:
100 LB cardstock(to make the Coin sturdy)
Circle Die
Glitter pen
Glue Stick
Glossy Accents
Distress inks and Oxide
Black ink
Stencil
White cardstock
Word stickers

All the Coins start out the same way.

Start out with a 2.5 circle. Die cut 2 100LB circles and glue them together.

It makes for a stronger Coin.

 Next take some white cardstock and die cut a circle from it.  Use some Distress ink and smooch it on a craft sheet and drag the circle through the ink. Heat to dry. Glue this to the Coins you cut out earlier.

Then stamp Feathered Wings on Coin. Set aside.

 Stamp Light Bulb on scrap white cardstock. Color wires with Copic  markers. Cut out.

 Glue the Light Bulb onto the front of Coin with the Feathered Wings. Add Glossy Accents to Light Bulb. Let dry. Last add a word sticker that goes with the images.

 Took a scrap yellow cardstock that had some stenciling on it and cut a circle out of it. Saved it from the trash.

 Stamped the Tropical Flowers  on the edge. Made a mask of the flower and stamped it repeatedly along the side. Added some glitter to the flowers to make them sparkle.  

Next stamp Pineapple on bottom of Coin and color in with Copic markers. Last add a word sticker that goes.

 Use your Distress Oxide for this one. Smooch the inks on the craft mat and  grab a white cardstock circle and run it through. Dry

 Then stamp part of the  Silhouette tree  on Coin. The next step is the hardest. What way do you want the tree branches to go?

Stamp  Raven on gray cardstock and color in with Copic makers. Then cut out. Glue cut Raven to the Coin.

 Last stamp Ravens Den on a scrap piece of white cardstock.

Cut up and edge with black marker.

Last take some pattern paper and stamp Artist Trading Coin Back
Cut out using die. What is nice the stamp is smaller then the Coin so it fits nicely on the back.

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Layered Artist Trading Coins

Hi Everyone,

Jess here today.

Have you jumped on the Artist Trading Coin bandwagon yet? They are super fun and quick to make.  Today I will show you how I made a bunch of coins using a single sheet of cardstock.  

Blank Page Muse Stamps Used:

Dress Form Stamps

Hot Air Balloon

Typewriter Keyboard

Sequin Waste

Butterfly

Floral Medallion

Rosette Medallion

Crackle Pattern

Postmark

Jane Austen Profile

Bird

Other Supplies:

Jet Black Archival Ink

Distress Inks

Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers

Adhesive

Gel Pens

Circle Punches

Start by stamping your largest images on a sheet of white cardstock. Using masks, made from post it notes, add your smaller images until you have filled the entire sheet.  

Using the two and a half inch punch(this is the ATC size) randomly punch out circles.  

Once you have punched as many circles out as you can go back with smaller circle punches and punch out more.  Use as much of the paper as possible.  

Here's an example of the different size circle punches I used to create the coins.  

Use Distress Ink to add color to your coin.  Flick water to create drips and splatters. 

Don't forget to ink your edges!

Layer your circles together and glue them down.  Don't feel you have to use the entire circle.  Experiment with your layers.  Trim the circles up if you like.  

Add word stickers and highlight areas using gel pens. 

I hope you enjoy and share your coins with us in the fan group.

Jess

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Sweet Daisy ATC Trio

Karen here today to share a quick little ATC trio that is simple to make with the help of the newly released stamp set designed by Pam Bray called Art Journaling Mixed Media Stamp Set 1. A rainbow ink pad makes creating fun & vibrant backgrounds a breeze.

 

Blank Page Muse Stamps: Art Journaling Mixed Media Stamp Set #1

Artistic Soul, Oh Darling... Words and Sentiments

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Artist Trading Coins

Have you heard of Artist Trading Coins?  It's the new Hot trend. They are just as fun as Artist Trading Cards but in a circle form

Okay I got hooked on these by watching this video here. 

The size is 2 1/2 in for the circle. 

I have a die that I used for my circles. You can free hand cut out circles but not me. 

I can't cut strait so that means I can't cut circles round. That's my truth and I freely admit that.

 Stamps Used:

Tree with owl

Soulful doll

Oh darling

Sketchy doodle bricks

Baby dragon

random stars

Start out by cutting 2 circles from 110lb white cardstock. Glue them together with a glue stick. Cut out a few at a time then glue them all at once so they are all drying while you work on the top coin.  )A lot of the videos I watched about the coins is to work on a square then cut out the circle. I didn't do that. I just worked on the circle. Maybe next round I will work in a square then cut out.)

Tree with owl

For the owl in the tree , start with the  top coin of watercolor paper. Use nuance power and make a light watercolor wash. Stamp and color in the tree. Stamp again on scrap and color in the owl and cut out. Add this to coin then attach  the word sticker. Edge coin with ink.

 Soulful doll                 For soulful dolls, use a marker friendly paper for the top coin. Color with alchohol inks if you have them, or watercolors.  Stamp the doll and saying in black.Emboss the doodle bricks with white embossing powder. Edge with blue marker.

Baby dragon         Color circle with watercolors or alcohol inks. Stamp the

random stars          random stars and gold embossed them. Stamp the baby dragon on scrap cardstock and color in and cut out. Adhere to the coin. Accent coin with washi tape and edge with a marker.

Grab the AT Coin stamp here to use on the backside to record all your details!

Monochome Artist Trading Coins

Hello Ladies,
Glad you could stop by and check out my Artist Trading Coins. These little 2.5" cuties are a lot of fun to make and rather addicting. I created a monochomatic trio each featuring a different color.

Blank Page Muse Stamps

Back Ground Grunge

Soulful Dolls Art Rubber Stamps

Art Journaling Mixed Media Stamps Set 1

Other Supplies:

• black & white cardstock 
• black ink pad
• watercolors
• paint brush
• circle paper punch 2.5"
• heart paper punch
• clear dimensional paint

 Directions:

1. Punch 3 circles with white cardstock a 2.5" paper punch. Use black ink to stamp the interlocking rectangle background stamp.

2. Use black ink to stamp a chevron arrow across part of the circle.

3. Use ink or watercolor paint to add color to selected rectangles. Apply water to create various shades of the same color. Each circle will be monochrome/ombre and feature shades of one color.

4. Add a focus word by using black ink.

5. Finally, use clear dimensional paint to highlight a random selection of the background rectangles, as well as, the hearts.  Use a paper punch to cut some small hearts from black cardstock and embellish each ATC.

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Golden Butterfly Artist Trading Coins

What is the newest, hottest collectible in the craft world??  Artist Trading Coins!   And today I am super excited to share my coins!  They are super easy to create and you will be trading them in no time!

Blank Page Muse Supplies 

BPM Love of Butterflies Stamp Set 

BPM Art Journal 2 Stamp Set 

BPM Art Journal Mixed Media Stamp Set

BPM ATCoins Flower Border Stamp 

Seth Apter Ancient Amber Embossing Powder

Other Supplies

2 1/2 inch circle punch

Mixed Media Paper

Glimmer Mists

Black Archival Ink

Embossing Ink

Start by stamping images from your BPM Art Journal 2 Stamp Set  and BPM Art Journal Mixed Media Stamp Set onto mixed media paper. Layer and overlap your images as desired. You are trying to create your own collage! 

This is my finished background piece. 

Once you are satisfied with your background, stamp and emboss butterflies from BPM Love of Butterflies Stamp Set  with Seth Apter Ancient Amber Embossing Powder.  

I love the color from this Ancient Amber!  You can see the color and texture in the close up below! 

 Mist background with Glimmer Mists as desired. I choose blues and purples.

Punch coins using circle punch.  Punch a few coin backs from unstamped mixed media paper.  Stamp backs with BPM ATCoins Flower Border Stamp .  Adhere backs to coin fronts to finish!

Here are some close ups the finished coins.

Here is the stamp to use on the backside of your AT Coins:

Hope this project inspires you to create some ATCoins! 

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