December Challenge

Artist Trading Cards Head on over to the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy where you can vote in the December Artist Trading Card Challenge, and you may become a voter winner of a handcrafted polymer clay item from one of the PCAGOE artists. Voting runs until December 7th, but don't delay!

Artist Trading Cards are just that - cards for trade. Beautifully decorated and fun to display, after the challenge the artists from PCAGOE will be trading these cards and others between themselves.

On this same note, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming Artist Trading Card swap that I'll be hosting soon. In the meantime, practice making some ATCs... they are the same size as a standard playing card (2.5" x 3.5") and can be decorated in any manner you choose. A bit of art on a card - always fun!

New Artist Trading Cards

I've been working on new Artist Trading Cards, otherwise known as ATCs. They are made from any material (in my case I start with polymer clay, but you can use paper, felt, fabric, whatever floats your boat), and they are always the same size as a standard playing card. Once you have your basic "card", then you get to embellish. It's really fun because there are no rules. I have a large ATC collection from trading with other artists. And than brings me to the one rule about ATCs - they are to be TRADED and never sold!

Here are the two cards I made this week, the blue flower is for the PCAGOE Monthly Challenge for December:


Making these cards is addictive, as they tend to get better and better as you make more of them. Your mind gets going on all the ideas that you "could" do and then it's hard to stop. :)

I hope you'll all get ready for a big Artist Trading Card Swap that I'm planning to host in a couple of months. It will be so much fun!

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