Anything Goes Coins

 

It is swap time again! I do a lot of swaps on Facebook in the group Creative Crafty Friends. This particular one called for three of any kind of ATC coins that we wanted to make. I chose to keep my set consistent by using the same mixed media techniques on each coin.

I began with three different gelli prints. I love my Gelli Arts printing plates. My favorite is the 5" x 7" - I just like making backgrounds and stacking them in the drawer until I need a quick background. The one on top was made with my marbling technique. The bottom two incorporated stencils. I used a 2.5" circular punch to make my coins, then inked the edges with black Archival ink. And I used Bristol paper from Hahnemühle - my favorite for mixed media play. 

Joggles has what they call an Itty Bitty Stencil. I used this one called Mini Cyclone and used the dab and stab technique to ink the shapes onto my coins. 

Walmart carries a bright pink Painters Pen - so bright and pretty! I have these pens in several colors, they make great accents! Looks like I used a blue one also. 

Using my sticker machine I was able to add some fun collage pieces. The jester came from Dylusions, the cat and dragonfly came from Joggles. Click those pink words and you can check them out for yourself. No clue about the words, I have little bits and pieces of texts all stuffed in a box. These were fun and fast to put together since I already had those bases pre-made and stored. Swaps are a fun way to stretch your skill and make some new friends. If you are interested you can join us at Creative Crafty Friends. 

Bristol paper from Hahnemühle can be purchased here. 

Gel printing plates from Gelli Arts can be purchased here.