Thinking of you card using PET tape

 Hi friends!

I hope your autumn season is off to a great start! 

Today I decided to make a greeting card using PET tape as my inspiration and centerpiece. PET tape is a polyester tape that was creating for other purposes but it is hitting the craft industry with beautiful images printed on them.

For this card I chose the very first image on my PET tape. I colored the background with yellow ink using a round stencil and applied the image right on top. 

I totally didn't plan this out and just went with it. After I applied the PET tape and thought about what else to add.

Butterflies came to mind and I picked out a stencil. 

I could have made the butterflies in different colors but I like the green. 

I use a fan brush and some pink watercolor to add pink droplets all around.

I add a sentiment and mount on a black card base so it adds a frame to it. I added a white panel to the inside for the sender to write a message to the recipient. I did not add any sentiment there so that this could be for the right occasion. 

~Paula

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Bingo Challenge #2 with Fifi the Papercrafter: PET Tape, Rub-ons, gesso, stencils, water color as ATC card

 January 18, 2024

Hello! This week with Fifi the Papercrafter's Creative Community, our Bingo challenge for the week is an ATC using these 5 elements from the bingo board:

• watercolors
• gesso
• stencil
• rub-on transfers
• PET tape

Most people ask: What is an ATC?  It stand for Artist's Trading Card. They are cards that crafters and artists make and trade with others. The only rule is they need to be 2.5 x 3.5 inches. This is the first time I have ever made any. I've known about them for years, I just didn't get into them. I am not much of a collector so this and scrapbooking are not things I gravitate towards. However, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy making them. 

For the bingo challenge, we only need to make one item but we are free to make as many things as we want. It's all for good fun and to keep our creative juices flowing. 

Here's another popular question right now: What is PET tape? It is a decorative tape similar to washi tape but made of polyester as opposed to washi paper. It is waterproof and transparent. I didn't own any so I purchased a set to try for the first time. I find it quite easy and beautiful. Confession: I used to own a giant box of washi tape and sold all but a handful on eBay because I found I didn't enjoy it at all. 

 

Here's a look at my desk during the process. I love to take snapshots of my desk while I work on something. I will list all the supplies at the end. 

My PET tapes are in a winter and Christmas theme and my rub-ons are summer themed and even a different color palette. I had to figure out how to make this work with what I have. I only have white gesso but i have some inexpensive water color sets and a few aqua pigments. I do have an addiction to stencils so I just had to pick a few out. 

ATC #1 The polar bears

PET tape: polar bear

Stencil: the blue stars

Rub ons: red-ish stars

Watercolor: the blue

Gesso: colored with the blue watercolor, applied thickly with stencil to give some texture

 

ATC #2:

 

PET tape: the girl

Stencil: the background

Rub ons: the flower

Watercolor: the yellow

Gesso: colored yellow and applied with a stencil

ATC #3:

PET tape: hands with mug and white flower

Stencil: the background white is a mandala

Rub ons: the green leaves

Watercolor: the redish background color

Gesso: all the white

I'm quite pleased with my first 3 ATC cards ever! Plus my first use of PET tape! I will be adding more to my wishlist, probably more rub-ons too.

Supply list:

Items with ** are affiliate links, as an Amazon affiliate I may be compensated if you make a purchase from my link, however, no added cost will be given to you. 

I made the cards with 100 lb cardstock and these two tools:

** We R Memory Keepers Square Punch Board

**We R Memory Keepers Round Corner Punch 

**Liquitex BASICS Gesso Surface Prep Medium

**Yasutomo Niji Aquarelle Matte Watercolors 

Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment

**Fayware Christmas PET Washi Tapes 

Joyful Flowers - Rub-On Transfers

** Tim Holtz - Small Talk, Snarky - Idea-Ology Spiral Bound Sticker Book

** Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chitchat Word Stickers

Fairy Flight Path-Slimline Stencil 

Brutus Monroe stencil - lotus flower

flower stencil (yellow) - I don't know name or manufacturer, it is old

 

Let me know if you make some too!

~Paula