Riikka Kovasin - Paperiliitin: Modern Machinery

Not so long ago I was demoing in an event, and I had my stash of ATCs with me. There’s not been live swaps for a while for obvious reasons, so I had built quite a stash and thought to give the cards away there. My cards were happily received, but one person mentioned she remembered me doing a see-through card back in the day. So, when I read the Finnabair Brand Ambassador topic of “mini art” I just knew I needed to do a set of transparent ATCs!

I cut a transparency to ATC sized bits and then started to layer elements on top. First, I did a dimensional layer using White Crackle paste and a stencil. Then I added some medical tape on top – that something I’m currently drawn as it adds a new texture to sleek paper or plastic. This cloth like feel with ease! I then added some colors on top using Liquid acrylics.

What causes a problem with the see-through surface is how to attach things and most of all, how to add the info to the back. I used brads to mount the Mechanicals in place. That way the back also looks intriguing, and the brad adds a little something to the front, too. But the biggest issue was how to add the name of the card and my info. I solved that by adding a little tag to each card and made it dangle from a piece of chain. It adds another detail to the piece while holding all the info that an ATC needs!

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great Thursday!