Willowing ATC swap - January - Ladybirds

One of the new artistic adventures I've signed up to this year is the ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap over at willowing.ning.com.

The theme for January was Ladybirds and all I knew was that I wanted to do cute ladybirds as I think realistic ones are horrible looking things!

I've never done an ATC swap before, although I did make a set of 4 ATCs for a challenge last year (my first ATCs ever). It's quite tricky to get used to the size as they are only 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". I started off by sketching the ladybirds and filling in the space around them with sponged distress inks.

Then I stamped the sentiments before adding some embossed flowers and dots. I also added a dot of crystal effects to the centre of each flower.





Finally, I coloured the ladybirds with my SU markers and added a cheeky face with a gel pen.

I hope my swap partner (Marlene in Nevada) likes them. February's theme is Stars so I need to get my thinking cap on for that one.