"Catittude" ATCs

After receiving some beautiful collage & mixed media art in my mailbox and art group feeds I thought it time to give it a try. 

Admittedly, these are nothing like the amazing surrealism or junk journal collage I admire, but more of a mixed media style that feels familiar to me. It seems I'm not quite ready to step too far out of my comfort zone yet.

I made a series of 5 ATCs using various papers for my backgrounds, including playing cards #9 😉, book pages and patterned paper. Acrylic paint was applied with a scraper, bubble wrap & a punched paper scrap as a stencil. Duct tape transfer method was used to re-imagine cute cat stickers into a collage element and machine stitching added some texture. Finally some sassy phrases and an embellishment or two completed these ATCs with catittude.

 😾 Meow

One of these will be posted to the US in an exchange with a cat lover, the rest will be kept for when I need a trade for something particularly special.

I have gotten a bit picky with my exchanges lately, and loathe trading something that has taken me hours to create for a sticker on patterned paper or a simple doodle. I wish woman once said "your art is your currency, spend it how you choose", and I've taken those words to heart.

As always, thanks for looking and comments always welcome xx