I’m a big fan of the website, Kind over Matter. It’s a feel good and happy website that also promotes artists and their work. I decided last week to participate in their Artist’s Trading Card swap and created this ATC. The rules of an Artist’s Trading card are minimal – the size of the card is 2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches tall. And for this particular swap, the work had to be flat – so nothing could be added that doesn’t lay flat in an envelope.
I started with some white cardstock, got out the iron, covered the bottom in tin foil (Sorry Mom. I should have warned you about that. Don’t worry, no irons were harmed in the making of this ATC) took out my yellow and pink crayons and sharpened them in a pencil sharpener. I spread the shavings on the white paper and quickly ran the iron over the paper. It melted down into mostly peach, but there’s pink and yellow splotches on there, too. I picked pink (it represents the heart in feng shui) and yellow (it represents wisdom – again with the feng shui colour interpretation). I then added a quote I heard recently by Emmet Fox, a spiritual author. I like this quote a lot and have been thinking of it over and over. I guess it’s growing in my brain. Good thing those thoughts are now more positive, because if this saying is true, then I’ve grown quite a few turd plants in my day, I can assure you.
I wanted to write the saying on the card by hand, but it proved difficult to write with a Sharpie pen on the melted crayon background. Good to know for next time. I ended up printing the saying out on a label maker, and cutting the words apart. Then I just added some glittery glue on for good measure – just like Dr. Emmet Fox would have wanted it.
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Love it! I love the quote you chose- very cool! And the crayon technique- neat stuff!! And thank you for sharing the link to the site- I hadn’t seen it before, it’s very cool!!! I can’t wait to see what we both get back for ATC’s…!
That is so cool! Emmet Fox was considered an anarchist when he first published. Interesting. He wrote some very cool stuff. I like the quote you picked. Very True. I have found those turd plants have long roots; they are hard to get rid of. Persistence works on the occasion that I use it!