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2026 Pride Card
2026 Pride Card
This is a digital ATC, of course.
If you would like a PDF of this design, send me a message.
It's meant to have the text pasted on the back, giving full credit for the (badly copied) characters that were created by Keith Haring.
What I Posted on Facebook...
What I Posted on Facebook...
Presenting my 2026 Pride Card.
Colored version is mine to keep.
You may request the PDF coloring sheet by sending me a DM.
I will not be checking back to Facebook until this evening, so it will be a few hours before I start sending PDFs.
I will also put the PDF on my website.
NOTE: For the final PDF, I made the border around the card thicker.
I will put an image of the PDF in the comments.
I think it will be easier to cut out this way. (By the way, you can get a good copy by just right clicking and using "Save As...)
The cards are designed so that three of them can be folded like a greeting card (if desired) to show the credits on the back. The fourth card needs to be folded top to bottom.
Wishing a peaceful but eventful Pride Month to all.
The PDF
The PDF
This is what the PDF looks like.
I have attempted to put the file below.
I think you can just click on the image... but I am not sure....
Send me a message if you can't open the file!
I am still learning how to DO this!
ATC_insp_b_kh_2026.pdf"Mini" Paintings, in Acrylic
"Mini" Paintings, in Acrylic
June 3, 2026
Twice a month Connie and Melody come to my house to paint. I seldom paint anything big. On this particular Wednesday, two of us did one of those online tutorials. My friend got the background completed in about an hour... but in that time span, I made six little mini paintings.
6m6sS - 260603 a
6m6sS - 260603 a
This is the quickie painting I make frequently, to use up leftover paint! I call it a "Six Minute Six Step Scene," and it is obviously a series card.
Acrylic paint on canvas, mounted on watercolor paper
6m6sS - 260603 - b
6m6sS - 260603 - b
This is the quickie painting I make frequently, to use up leftover paint! I call it a "Six Minute Six Step Scene," and it is obviously a series card.
Acrylic paint on canvas, mounted on watercolor paper
6m6sS - 260603 - c
6m6sS - 260603 - c
This is the quickie painting I make frequently, to use up leftover paint! I call it a "Six Minute Six Step Scene," and it is obviously a series card.
Acrylic paint on canvas, mounted on watercolor paper
TRADED
6m6sS - 260603 - d
6m6sS - 260603 - d
This is the quickie painting I make frequently, to use up leftover paint! I call it a "Six Minute Six Step Scene," and it is obviously a series card.
Acrylic paint on canvas, mounted on watercolor paper
VERY Abstract Scene 2606
VERY Abstract Scene 2606
A fun little quick painting. The deepest blue is all that is left of the original background color. Sometimes I just paint a solid background when I have leftover paint. Details are added much later.
Art Sherpa Tulips
Art Sherpa Tulips
My friend Melody and I decided to do a tutorial. This one is based on "Tulips" by the Art Sherpa (Cinnamon Cooney)
More Cards for the Acrylic Ink Swap
More Cards for the Acrylic Ink Swap
Last month I joined a swap on the ATCsForAll.com site. I quickly brought out the six bottles of ink that I bought at a Thrift store, and began experimenting. I was happy with using a dip pen. I also tried other techniques recommended in a Kim Dallow tutorial. I followed the conversation "on the board" for a few days, then the notifications stopped. I forgot about the swap until weeks later. When I checked in again, I needed to catch up a bit. I decided to finish the other acrylic ink ATCs I had started. The cards shown below are acrylic in on Yupo. It is an interesting combination. I like the look of highly pigmented THIN acrylic on the very very smooth surface. I just wish I have a few more colors, because I can't quite mix anything that looks bright.
Acrylic Ink Scene 1
Acrylic Ink Scene 1
Acrylic ink on Yupo.
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
Acrylic Ink Scene 2
Acrylic Ink Scene 2
Acrylic Ink on Yupo.
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
Tiger in the Grass
Tiger in the Grass
Fun little pocket card!
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
HD Women's Faces Swap
HD Women's Faces Swap
Once I returned to ATCsForAll.com, I looked for the next swap. I plan to be very choosy. No more mixed media or crafty pieces for me. I have always shied away from drawing or painting faces, for two reasons. First, I do not like to do portraits of any kind. (It is SO hard to capture the image of a real person, and harder still to make one that pleases both the model and the artist.) Second: I am not very GOOD at faces. But this challenge, I hope, will challenge me to do something that is not easy for me.
For the first card, I placed a piece of transparent Yupo over a photo of my daughter. I wasn't trying for an exact match. I just wanted to get the proportions right. Since TEETH are impossible for me, I did not attempt the smile. The result looks very little like my Mary Liz. I widened the eyes because I feel confident drawing eyes. It's not a portrait of my daughter at all, but I think the girl captured here is cute!
For the second card, I doodled with Inktense watercolor pencils. Then I sketched over the piece with a pen. Not great, but the proportions are decent.
The third card is another Inktense drawing. As I look at it now, I see that one eye is bigger thatn the other. "Rachel" will probably be excluded from the swap. I will do some more portraits later and choose the best four for the swap. I also drew two FAILURES.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Alcohol marker on Yupo.
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
Ivy
Ivy
Derwent Inktense plus Pigma Micron
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
Rachel
Rachel
Derwent Inktense plus on watercolor paper.
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
LEGO Z.I.A.
LEGO Z.I.A.
I went to a "Craft Night" at Cafe Quetzal in Topeka, Kansas. The theme for the night was ATCs. I brought along some of my coloring cards and shared the blank LEGO card with the youngster who shared my table. Mine became a "Z.I.A." (Zentangle-Inspired-Art.)
Shiny Abstract
Shiny Abstract
This one took me about an hour and a half to paint, but it was really fun. A photo does not do it justice.
I used metallic watercolors on my favorite Legion Stonehenge Black Hot Press watercolor paper.
Metallic Face
Metallic Face
I used up my last sheet of extra heavy duty Legion Stonehenge Black watercolor paper. I am not sure about this one. I will not trade this one because it has a flaw, and because I want that thick paper for myself... but I plan to try again.
Margaret
Margaret
For the HD Faces Swap.
Chloe
Chloe
Another for the swap.
Annette
Annette
Final drawing for the "Faces" swap.
TRADED (SWAPPED....)
ATC UFT - first in series
ATC UFT - first in series
It's a good day when a post in Emily's Facebook group sends me right to my art supplies.
Jess E. began a conversation about all the NFT cards that have been appearing lately. Others joined in.
Someday I will write an article about this. But not today. Instead, I made this card. It unfolds.
TRADED
Unfolded view
Unfolded view
Perhaps I should have slowed down and printed more clearly....
Flipped view
Flipped view
I will eventually add the "back of card" information....
I did not MEAN
To dye my hair GREEN
I did not MEAN
To dye my hair GREEN
Sunday, June 28, I bought my first Speedball Speedy Carve Block. I had joined a swap on ATCsForAll.com named "Hand Carved Stamps in ATC Cards," and I was excited to try a new technique. (more about prints)
Unfortunately, I could not find my carving tools. So I tried using a Fiskars Hobby Knife. It was a bad idea. I need to learn patience. I certainly didn't have good control over that knife... but at least I did not cut myself!
I posted these nine cards for Emily's Group, and traded five of them Monday morning.
My "block" is rather unstable... but if you want a custom card made from it, I can try to make one for. you.
P.S. I'm rather fond of the rhyming title for the series. < grin >
How We Cope 02
How We Cope 02
Back in April, I made a digital hybrid card named "How Do We Cope."
The card was made by tracing a screenshot from a video, posted on Facebook by Optimic Soap.
I have tried to acquire a direct link to that video, but FB won't let me do that today.
ANYWAY....
I had not planned to trade the card without first asking permission from Optimistic Soap, but I got carried away with a 2:2 trade and off went the little ATC in an envelope.
A little over two months later, I got another request for the card.
From my friend Tess. So of course I made a second.
Then I thought it was time to contact Optimistic Soap.
So I did.
More later.
It is all EMILY's Fault....
It is all EMILY's Fault....
I found my linocut tools at 4:44 today and at 5:25 I am posting this to Emily's group:
It is
ALL.
YOUR.
FAULT.
EMILY.
HOUTZ.
I will soon be spending a fortune on the pink stuff...
(This is so much easier with the right tools. Sunday's feeble attempt with a craft knife was so much harder.)
I need a lot of work on varying line widths, balance, composition, etc etc.
And I will never be a neat enough person to do these without smudges and fingerprints.
But this is so darned much FUN.....
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