Archive for the ‘Art Cards’ Category
Best Buds
Best Buds, 16 March 2008. Collage.
One of my more recent ATCs. Note the happy, scrapbookish style. I assembled this when I was in one of my scrapbooking moods, and I was excited to try out my new heat gun, embossing powder and clear stamps.
This card commemorates the unique, though sadly short-lived friendship of Coal (in black fur) and Tubby (in white fur). Tubby passed away a few days after this was taken, a few hours into the New Year, due to some strange malady. 
Coal passed away last week of September this year due to some kidney ailment. Oh well, we’ll meet each other at the Rainbow Bridge…
Trivia: Yes, that’s a stainless steel mixing bowl they’re snuggled in!
Fun tip: Jewelry price tags are the perfect size for ATCs, and for scrapbooks as well!
Tags: Art Cards, ATCs, Cats, Collage, Embossing, Scrapbooking, Stamps
Drifting, Falling
Drifting, Falling, 1 May 2006. Collage
One of them quickie ATCs I made just to get over a “gotta make stuff” fit. I had just bought a pack of gem-like leaf embellishments and I needed an excuse to use them pronto! Handmade paper and vellum over patterned paper, topped off with a leaf embellishment and inkjet-printed text inspired by The Ocean Blue’s “Drifting, Falling”.
Via Mermail
Via Mermail, 1 May 2006. Collage.
Can you imagine what it would be like if you had a message from Atlantis? The old message-in-a-bottle route might work, but surely there must be a more efficient way of getting a message from the deep blue ocean to its intended recipient!
I was playing with the words “Mermaid” and “Email”, and quite naturally stumbled onto “Mermail”. I then knew just what kind of graphics I needed: an old world map, a sea monster of sorts, and a quite modern stamp from Singapore. The map, merman and text were inkjet printed on cardstock; the stamp was saved from some old business correspondence.
This is my first-ever ATC, heavily inspired by Nick Bantock’s “Urgent 2nd Class: Creating curious collage, dubious documents, and other art from ephemera”.
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, Artists, ATCs, Collage, Nick Bantock
ATCs: Artist Trading Cards
Artist Trading Cards, or ATCs, were first started by M. Vänçi Stirnemann, an artist from Zurich, in 1997, who based the idea of miniature artworks on the concept of traditional trading cards. ATCs are the same size as trading cards, 3.5 x 2.5 inches (64 x 89 mm), and are meant to be swapped — never sold.
ATCs are a great way to express your creativity. You can use whatever medium and technique you want and feature on whatever subject you want, as long as you follow these rules:
- The cards have to be 2.5 by 3.5 inches (64 x 89 mm) in size.
- The cards should be signed, dated, and numbered if they’re part of a series or edition. They should have your contact info as well.
- The cards should NEVER, EVER be sold. If you want to sell your cards, call them ACEOs – Art Cards, Editions and Originals. More on this next time.
If you want to know more about ATCs (and ACEOs) and participate in swaps, check out the ff sites:
Tags: Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Collage, Mixed Media
