ATC Swaps ??

 

I love making and swapping ATC's (Artist Trading Cards), you know, those little cards that measure 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Over the years I have joined in lots of swaps with other card makers who enjoy making something a bit smaller and specific. Its lovely to received what other people have made along the same theme, colour or technique.

However, over the years, many of the swaps have closed down or faded away and now I only do 2 monthly swaps with the ladies who I met through the Trimcraft forum (now also unexpectively closed down). Do any of you crafters know of any other UK based monthly ATC swaps I could join ????

Animal ATC's

Had a play with some old stamps to make a couple of cat themed ATC's

then finished off making ones featuring a guinea pig and baby grey rabbit!

Day 30 Match ATC Challenge - Pink Dream

Another ATC made with the freebie stamps from Papercrafter Magazine - pink seems to be my colour of the week at the moment!

Day 29 ATC Challenge - 7 Gypsies Bird

I haven't bought Papercrafter Magazine for ages, but when I saw these fab stamps by 7 Gypsies, I just had to have it!

The ATC was made using up 3 scraps of paper leftover from card making.

Day 28, A bit of pink - March ATC Challenge

This ATC has everything - stripes, spots, card candy, sentiment and image - all in pink!

Day 27, March ATC Challenge - A Little bit of vintage

I've heat embossed the letter background in gold using a very old and neglected stamp to help offset the purple flower. Finished off with a couple of  contrasting brads in the corner

Day 26, March ATC Challenge - Don't Be Subtle!

'If you have an important point to make, don't be subtle or clever. Use a Pile Driver' - Sir Winston Churchill

Good advice!

Day 25, March ATC Challenge - Red Blossoms

Its nice to have a bit of colour in your life, isn't it! Now that spring has arrived I want to surround myself with bright colours!!!

Day 23, March ATC Challenge - Spring Kitten

This little kitty is so cute - I just wish my garden was full of spring flowers like these!

Day 17 Cattitude ATC - March Challenge - available to swap

This is one of my oldest and most favourite of rubber stamps. It called 'Tabithas Portrait' by Anita and I just love the expression on that cats face.

I've heat embossed it in purple against a pink background and added the word cattitude from an inkadinkado set. I think most cats suffer from cattitude, I know my 3 do!

Day 14 Inspire ATC - March Challenge - available to swap

A simple atc, but sometimes it only takes something simple to inspire you - especially when crafting! 

I usually start with a central image when making a card or ATC, but sometimes it can be a small embellishment that sparks off the creativity! What works for you?

Just a reminder that these are some of my atc's that are available to swap.

Day 13 - you Make Me Smile, ATC Challenge

These are more of the free stamps from Quick Cards Magazine that I mentioned yesterday. I love the silhouettes of all the flowers and plants and have stamped them in a brown Momento ink against a yellow paper.

Day 11 - CREATE , ATC Challenge

This atc of paper pierced Mushrooms is something a bit different, sometimes we all need to mix and match and create something unique!

Day 9 - March ATC Challenge,A Heart of Roses

This is a decoupage atc - not something I do very often because I find them fiddly and difficult to keep even! It also has one of my favourite ways of filling space - 3 dots of  'Perfect Pearls'. 

I have several bottles of perfect pearls in many different colours and often use them as a finishing touch on a card

Day 7 - March ATC Challenge, Sitting Pretty

Today's ATC  features a brown cat and is called Sitting Pretty. I am a real cat lover and currently have 3 of them living with me. They often like to sit in the most awkward places - such as the piece of paper I want to use to make a card or the keyboard of the laptop!

Day 6 - March ATC Challenge, pink roses

This vintage style ATC has a paper pierced heart ( stamp from Craft Stamper Mag) with wooden roses embellishment that has been softly coloured to match the rest. The background stamping was made with one of my favourite stamps. It is a corner garland and I have used it so many times over the years!

Day 4- March ATC Challenge

This is a vintage 'bits n bobs' ATC made by combining several little pieces sitting in my stash!

The weird wolfs head sticking out his tongue is actually a brad. I am happy to swap any of these ATC's, just let me know in the comments box below if you are interested.

An ATC A Day Keeps the Doctor Away!

I've decided to set myself a challenge for March - to make 31 ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) during the month, one for each day! It shouldn't be too hard as I love making ATCs, but I want to try to make as many different styles and techniques as possible in the month. Here is my first one

Quite suitable for the first day of spring isn't it! The lamb and saying are from this months Creative Stamping magazine.

All my ATCs are available to swap, happy to swap several at a time to save postage costs.

Swapping ATC's

 Many moons ago I started making ATC's as a way of using up some of the small scraps of paper left over from card making.

Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) have to measure 3.5 x 2.5 inches and they have to be traded not sold. Those are the only 2 rules. Apart from that, anything goes!


They can be made using any theme, style or techniques - and it is quite fun trying out new stamps or stash on them.

 I have now made hundreds of them over the years and swapped them with crafters from all over the world. I've posted up photos of a few old ones to show a few examples.

I now host a monthly theme swap on Docrafts and I am amazed at the variety of different cards that turn up every time. New members are always welcome to join!

I am also part of a small  international ATC swapping group of around a dozen - so I get the chance to make and receive lots of these little treasures!

ATC's to Swap....

Anyone fancy a swap? I have made a few Artist Trading Cards recently so please contact me if you would like to swap any of them.

I really enjoy making these littler pieces of papercraft and they help to use up some of my smaller pieces of stash!