Created for the Hero Arts Blog ATC (artist trading card) challenge. I am so pleased with the way my first ATC came out! I got the idea this morning after I read the blog (before work) and thought about it all day until I could actually come home and make it!

The background paper is from a 1967 recipe book called "Wear-Ever's Wonderful World of New Method Cooking" by Margaret Mitchell. I started looking in the dessert section and found this page with the cute measuring cup and rolling pin.

I taped the recipe to some Kraft paper to make it sturdier, then I rubbed the edges of the ATC with Antique Linen Distress Ink and handstitched in pink to make a frame. The owl is stamped on various papers, cut out, assembled, and pop-dotted. I added a few Hero Arts heart gemstones just for fun.

Thanks for looking!