Bette Davis

Here's a scan of the black & white ATC I made. It was sent to my friend Liz, who hosted the swap over at Swap-bot. She's the creator of the group North East Creative Swappers. Black & white cards are somewhat of a challenge for me, but once I sit down and start playing, I come up with something!

It's all about the PURPLE!

The theme was "Purple" and how cute are these?!?




Made by Ria in New Mexico!!

Sharing Art!

I have had this blog for almost 3 years now, and am a total failure at doing any serious writing here. Everything is changing; it's become ~ hopefully! ~ my new ART BLOG!

I've started scanning Artist Trading Cards from my collection (it will not be a speedy task!) to post here for sharing with you!

A little background ~ I joined Swap-bot a few years ago and discovered Artist Trading Cards. I made & traded a few, & I got totally hooked! ATC's are little gems, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2 " in size & made primarily from paper. Some talented folks create fabric cards, complete with machine sewing on them! However, there is no end to the sorts of embellishments you can use on them to make them special! Ink, markers, brads, eyelets, vellum, glitter, ribbon, embossing, old maps, pages from books ~ the possibilities are endless!

I plan to post things that I receive in swaps, and will give all due credit to the artist. When I make something new, I'll post it here also. I sometimes swap other items, but ATC's are my main focus right now. I am a paper crafting junkie!

These two cards were made by me in July 2008 for a swap themed "Newspaper ATC"