T Stands For Tea and Seconds

This ATC is from 2006 when I was doing a monthly ATC exchange with my friend, Lambie. At the time, I was blogging on 360 Yahoo. There were some buggy problems at Yahoo (like buggy problems on Blogger) and the community was a closed group, like a combination of Facebook and Blogger. When I moved the blog (2007), called The Compost Heap, to Blogger, there was no way to port over content  from Yahoo to Blogger so I don't have the original text that went with this ATC

In case you're not familiar with ATC, it stands for Artist Trading Card. It is a small work of art 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches. Made to be traded and not sold. It's a bit like an artist's calling card.

The theme according to the back was Altered Playing Card. Around this time, I had discovered Paint Shop Pro by Jasc Software (Jasc was later bought out by Corel) The front of the card was created using the picture tube tool (like adding digital stickers or rubber stamps). The back of the card is an image scanned from the back of a Bicycle brand playing card. The images were printed front and back on cardstock. I'm not sure what the paper is, but it feels like cardstock which would have easily gone through a printer.

The teacup is a real sticker and the text "Tea for" was written with Ziller Glossy Black ink. The nib used for writing would most likely have been a Gillotte 1068A, possibly a Gillotte 303 or 404. The corners  of the ATC were rounded with a corner punch.

This post is to do double duty to fit both themes of T Stands for and Second on the Second (the post includes tea and this would be the second time I showed off this ATC).  Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang and the Second on the Second group are up to. If you want to play,  link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.