Michi Belle
"There must be more than this provincial life"
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Hey ladies I wanted to go ahead & tell you some info about ATCs. iwill be hosting this swap. The sign up dats is March 23 & Due date is May 18th. Please let me know what you think about ATCs & if you think you will be interested. I am somewhat a newbie to this website. My good friend Mischief_Managed is going to help me with the computer things I need to know about sign ups & changing things around. Hopefully I am doing this right, hahah. Thanks for checking this out & I am looking forward to swapping with you.
I will put out what the groups will be soon. Thanks again!!
How to Make and Share Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)
ATCs Are Born to Be Shared Not Sold
An ATC is the same size as a standard trading card for baseball, football, & other sports & character themes. ATCs, like their commercial counterparts, fit easily into the plastic sleeves made for collecting cards.
ATCs & Mail Art
An ATC is just that, a trading card An ATC is not meant to be sold or auctioned. It is meant to be given away or traded. A great & fun way to get into art & inexpensive compared to regular crafting. You can use other Mediums on the paper you use. Its a great way to show your vision & creativity to others. Anything does as long the art is original & yours.
The only rule when making an ATC is that is MUST measure 2.5 x 3.5 (pr 3.5 x 2.5 for vertical renderings). It is best to use cardstock, watercolor, or acrylic paper as the base of your card. It is possible to use this cardboard or paperboard.
You can apply ink, stamping, cut up a card, oil paint, acrylics, watercolor, charcoal, pastels, pencil, or really anything that marks an image. The images can be in color, black & white, or layered colors. Attachments are good as long as the main card itself remains relatively flat.
It is important to put the following on the back of each ATC you make:
Your name
Your username on the website you are trading with
Your email address
The title of the work if it as one
The medium & the date
If you have created a series, any number of ATCs in the same theme need to be numbered with the original number etc. 1/5 2/5.
The reason for putting this info on the back is: you may want to contact the artist & see what exactly they used for that card.
Or maybe you like it so much youd like them to make more for you in the future. You can purchase an ATC stamp for the info on the back of your cards.
There are some people out there that will throw a couple of commercially produced stickers on a card & call it art. For the person who spent an hour creating an original image receiving a card of stickers is very disappointing.
Please use good judgment on the ATCs you are making. Be creative as possible. If this is something you can see your self getting into, you can purchase an ATC carousel from 7 Gypsies. That way you can put the carousel on your desk & enjoy them. It will start to look like a FAT book. Its so much to skim through them.
Also when you go to a crafting convention, some people wear a button that says I trade ATCs & they come flocking. You want to make several of each one & keep them in a binder when you are trading. Make sure you keep an original for yourself.
These tips are from Pam Gaulin & were found on the internet.
I will put out what the groups will be soon. Thanks again!!
How to Make and Share Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)
ATCs Are Born to Be Shared Not Sold
An ATC is the same size as a standard trading card for baseball, football, & other sports & character themes. ATCs, like their commercial counterparts, fit easily into the plastic sleeves made for collecting cards.
ATCs & Mail Art
An ATC is just that, a trading card An ATC is not meant to be sold or auctioned. It is meant to be given away or traded. A great & fun way to get into art & inexpensive compared to regular crafting. You can use other Mediums on the paper you use. Its a great way to show your vision & creativity to others. Anything does as long the art is original & yours.
The only rule when making an ATC is that is MUST measure 2.5 x 3.5 (pr 3.5 x 2.5 for vertical renderings). It is best to use cardstock, watercolor, or acrylic paper as the base of your card. It is possible to use this cardboard or paperboard.
You can apply ink, stamping, cut up a card, oil paint, acrylics, watercolor, charcoal, pastels, pencil, or really anything that marks an image. The images can be in color, black & white, or layered colors. Attachments are good as long as the main card itself remains relatively flat.
It is important to put the following on the back of each ATC you make:
Your name
Your username on the website you are trading with
Your email address
The title of the work if it as one
The medium & the date
If you have created a series, any number of ATCs in the same theme need to be numbered with the original number etc. 1/5 2/5.
The reason for putting this info on the back is: you may want to contact the artist & see what exactly they used for that card.
Or maybe you like it so much youd like them to make more for you in the future. You can purchase an ATC stamp for the info on the back of your cards.
There are some people out there that will throw a couple of commercially produced stickers on a card & call it art. For the person who spent an hour creating an original image receiving a card of stickers is very disappointing.
Please use good judgment on the ATCs you are making. Be creative as possible. If this is something you can see your self getting into, you can purchase an ATC carousel from 7 Gypsies. That way you can put the carousel on your desk & enjoy them. It will start to look like a FAT book. Its so much to skim through them.
Also when you go to a crafting convention, some people wear a button that says I trade ATCs & they come flocking. You want to make several of each one & keep them in a binder when you are trading. Make sure you keep an original for yourself.
These tips are from Pam Gaulin & were found on the internet.
We won't have to do all that on ours will we? As we all know each other
I'm so excited!
But enough groups where it will be worth it. 
