Posts Tagged ‘Artist Trading Cards’
Swap-bot’s Huge Giveaway for ATC Lovers
Photo Source: Swap-bot
The creative folks over at Swap-bot have this cool giveaway for Swap-bot members: over $50 worth of to-die-for ATC goodies! These include a Revolving ATC Holder Carousel from 7 Gypsies, which comes with 20 blank ATC cards. A great way to display your ATC collection! Also included are 20 clear ATC sleeves, 20 black tab dividers for the carousel, and an ATC punch for making notches on cards to be hung on the the carousel. Gee, I wish all this stuff were mine! 
Read more about Swap-bot’s HUGE Giveaway for ATC Lovers here.
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, Giveaways, Supplies, Swap-bot, Tools
Guest Artist: Kathy Greene, Angel Kat Creations
Lavender Gold by Kathy Greene, Angel Kat Creations
Yipee! My first ATC arrived in the mail last week, much earlier than I expected! This one is “LavenderGold” by artist Kathy Greene of Angel Kat Creations. Kathy is currently a stay at home mom with five kids and three grandkids, and lives with husband Steve in Pendleton, SC, USA. Kathy enjoys paper crafts, crochet, knitting, cross stitch, plastic canvas, and needlepoint, to name a few.
Now this ATC is so pretty — it reminds me of a fresh, dew-filled Easter morning when everything’s in bloom. I just love the colors! Too bad I couldn’t capture the gold butterflies very well in the photo. I’ll have to work on that.
Anyway, I do hope you enjoy this ATC, even if it’s just the picture. I’m lucky because I got the real thing! Thanks again, Kathy!
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, Artists, ATCs, Crafts, Paper Crafts
ATCs: Mini-Scrapbook Pages
The scrapbook page
It just occurred to me that ATCs are an excellent way to test themes and layouts for scrapbook pages, and vice versa. Of course the “page” dimensions may be different, but you can pull together different elements related to your chosen theme (say, Autumn) and see how they turn out.
I’ve done this with the “Dream” ATC and “Piper’s Dream” digital scrapbook page. Both use the same photo (though it’s not the main picture on the scrapbook page), dream theme, and color scheme, and the background of falling leaves is common to both, although done in slightly different ways.
The ATC
So the next time you have a theme or color scheme for a scrapbook page (whether traditional or digital), try a mini version of it on an ATC.
Also, if you have scrapbook page that you’re particularly fond of, try making a mini version of it on an ATC. You can even use the ATC as an added attraction to the scrapbook page by turning in into an embellishment!
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Autumn, Cats, Digital Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking
Dream
An ATC of my cat Piper sleeping on my computer monitor.
“Dream” is an ATC version of a scrapbook page I made titled “Piper’s Dream”. The leaves punched from vellum mirror the falling leaves used on the background paper, and emphasize the autumn scene in the picture.
A totally unplanned effect was the text. I used an inkjet to print on white vellum, and the edges of the text bled into the paper, adding further to the ethereal, dreamy effect. Talk about serendipity!
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Cats, Collage, Craft Punches, Digital Photography, Inkjet Printer, Vellum
Here be ATCs (and CATs)!
I just realized that most of my posts are on ATCs. You be the judge whether that’s good or bad, but it’s simply because I’ve made quite a few of them already since they’re quite easy (and fun!) to put together, compared to other pieces (like the parchment fans) that can take some time to finish.
You may have also noticed that many of the ATCs feature CATs (hey, nice anagram, huh!). Yeah, I love those furry feline friends of mine (more than a dozen at any given time!), and I’m wondering if I should spin off an ATC Cats blog, similar to Scrapbook Cats. Hmm. We’ll see.
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Cats, Digital Scrapbooking, Scrapbooking
Shoe Crazy
Faro is Shoe Crazy!
What is it with cats and shoes anyway? If they’re not commandeering your flip-flops, they’re turning your patent leather shoes into a scratching post, or locking your sneakers in a tight embrace.
Faro seemed to be loving my battered (and hopefully not smelly!) sneaker to pieces when I snapped this pic. A background of Post-Its, inkjet printed text (font: Girls are Weird), and some hearts cut out from foil completed the look.
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Cats, Collage
Bad Days
Fifi having a bad day.
Another excuse to use my latest find — dome alpha stickers! The background is actually metallic blue card (it doesn’t show up nicely in the pic) with a strip of vellum acting as a mat for the letters.
I only realized a day after taking her photo that Fifi wasn’t feeling quite well, hence the long face, so we made a quick trip to vet. We learned she was dehydrated, and had her confined. She quickly recovered, but ran off after a few months — my sister saw her at the sari-sari store down the block. Fifi looked contented with her new family, so we didn’t bother to get her back. I still see her strolling near the store once in a while, but she probably doesn’t know me anymore.
Tags: Art Cards, Artist Trading Cards, ATCs, Cats, Collage, Scrapbooking
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
