Artist Trading Card Ideas
A place where you can find new ideas and swaps for creating Artist Trading Cards.
Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are playing card sized pieces of art. Like baseball cards, they are traded from artist to artist. They can be collages, paintings, drawings, quilts - basically any sort of art you can think of.
Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are playing card sized pieces of art. Like baseball cards, they are traded from artist to artist. They can be collages, paintings, drawings, quilts - basically any sort of art you can think of.
Featured Artist Trading Card
night daisies ink ATC by candy-n29 on Flickr
Create an Artist Trading Card Series
Copyright 2008 Gretchen Little
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Illustrate a Fairy Tale
Collage the scenes of your favorite fairy tale.4 points
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Invent Your Own Oracle Deck
Tarot, runes, or whatever!2 points
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Paper Quilt Blocks
Make each ATC a different quilt block0 points
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Artify Your Vacation Pics
Instead of making a scrapbook.0 points
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Plan a Wedding
Make an ATC for the cake, gown, rings, etc.0 points
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Collectible Birthday Cards
Send a new original creation every year.0 points
Different Artistic Mediums to Use
Most of the ATC's I've seen are mixed media paper collage.
But that isn't your only option. Here are some ideas for using other mediums.
Watercolor:
Colored pencil:
Ink Drawing:
Needlefelting:
Quilting:
Embroidery:
Beading:
Digital:
Polymer Clay:
ATC TIME 1 by Laineys Repertoire on Flickr
But that isn't your only option. Here are some ideas for using other mediums.
Watercolor:
A word: pod by Wiccked on Flickr
Colored pencil:
Coneflowers by Vintagepix on Flickr
Ink Drawing:
Swan_Maiden_color by anonevyl on Flickr
Needlefelting:
ATC Purple Flowers Reserved by konnykards on Flickr
Quilting:
Fall Color Series #1-6 by Vintage Pix on Flickr
Embroidery:
ATC Stitched Patchwork Print Traded by konnykards on Flickr
Beading:
ATCSecond on Timtex by prairieknitter01 on Flickr
Digital:
The road leads... by artful endeavors on Flickr
Polymer Clay:
Eye Tree by ArtistGirl19 on Flickr
Collage Technique Ideas For Your ATCs
- IMAGE TRANSFER - Image Transfers are ghostly cool. See Image Transfer for more info.
- VINTAGE IMAGES - The Collage Images group on Flickr is filled with free domain vintage art and photos.
- RUBBER STAMPING - ARTchix Studio is a good place to start.
- DOODLING - When in doubt, doodle. Doodle Art on Squidoo can inspire you.
ATC Ideas Bookstore
Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create, Collect, Swap
Amazon Price: $15.63 (as of 07/13/2009) 
Rubber Stamping Artist Trading Cards
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 07/13/2009)
1,000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed Media ATCs (1000 Series)
Amazon Price: $19.79 (as of 07/13/2009)
Artist Trading Cards (Twenty to Make)
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 07/13/2009)
Vintage Collage Ephemera for Artist Trading Cards
From Lisa Cook Studio on Etsy
Artist Trading Card Swaps
Even if you don't want to participate, swaps are a great way to mine ideas for your ATCs. Although Swap-Bot isn't the only place to find swaps it is the most consistent I've found so far. These aren't all ATC swaps but you can still get inspiration from the other types of swaps.
The Latest Swaps on Swap-Bot
- swapbot
- aka Swap-bot
- 619 followers
- 655 following
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- Time Goes By...mix - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41034
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- Whispers from the past- Halloween / letters in character - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41032
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- Whispers from the past 2- letters in character - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41031
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- Mini Dotee Christmas Ornaments - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41030
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- Word Search #3 - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41026
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- From Me To You...... - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41025
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- The Twitter Swap - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41024
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- Quick USA Only PC Swap - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41021
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- it's only stationery - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41019
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- pink stuffs i love - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41018
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- summer easy salads - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41016
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- magazines for eveyone :)))) - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41015
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- lip balm/lip gloss plus hand cream swap - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41013
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- Summer Goodies - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41012
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- :: Happy Mondays 01 :: - http://swap-bot.com/swap/show/41011
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More ATC Series Ideas
Copyright 2008 Gretchen Little
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Anatomy Flash Cards
Extra bonus points if you draw your own anatomy.0 points
2
Altered Baseball Cards
Photocopy a baseball card and pimp it.0 points
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Mythologize
Immortalize your favorite pantheon.0 points
Unusual ATC Techniques
- Art Techniques: Faux Metal ATC - Step-by-Step
- Turn paper into rusty metal.
Twitters About Artist Trading Cards
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- CATTY_FAN_CLUB
- Right Now We Have Live Kenny "Bookings" HayGood Of The Official HipHop Trading Card Company w/ Artist Caktuz www.DTFRadio.com
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- Space237
- All artists are invited to come to our Artist Trading Card event next Fri. Bring 1-10, 2.5"x3.5" cards any media, theme, "your childhood".
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- elizabethlmccoy
- RE: Sorry ATC is Altered Trading card or Artist Trading Card We like to trade them at dsp crops as a little take away… http://disq.us/y9j
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- understandblue
- @CraftCritique My faves are @MarthaStewart 's Craft Encyclopedia, and Bernie Berlin's Artist Trading Card collection (she is @aplacetobark )
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- joeymason
- Come by and make an artist trading card to trade! We'll be there from 5-10pm. http://ping.fm/DlQPo
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- tuftedpuffin
- Updated my Etsy shop. Next 2 buyers get a FREE Artist Trading Card of my original art! http://bit.ly/jovvc
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- tuftedpuffin
- My Etsy shop: Photography + original art Next buyer gets a free Artist Trading Card of my work: http://bit.ly/jovvc
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- tuftedpuffin
- Special Twitter offer: Buy one of my orig. works, get free Artist Trading Card http://bit.ly/BFNOl
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- alisonruthdotca
- Made my first artist trading card last night at Art City. Paper, glue and sparkle was fun for a change.
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- UtrechtSacto
- I am interested in starting an Artist Trading Card Group in Sacramento. It would be on a designated monthly day. Let me know if interested.
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Downloadable Collage Sheets on Etsy
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Online Communities
Talk, learn, trade ATCs
Image courtesy of angellea on Flickr.
- Artist Trading Cards on Yahoo
- "We want all artists of all mediums to join us, share your artistic knowledge, make friendships with others all over the world and just have FUN! All types of ATC art will be embraced."
- ATC_World on Yahoo
- "If you love ATC's (Artist Trading Cards), then come join us! We have swaps running all the time, each listed in the database."
- Flickr: Artist Trading Cards
- "This group is for all creative people who love making, sharing and trading ATC's... (ACEO's can be displayed here too)"
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The Latest About ATCs from the Blogosphere
- Alameda Calendar
- Artist Trading Card Group, 1-4 pm fourth Saturdays monthly. Storytelling Swap, 7-9 pm first Tuesdays monthly, Town Center, 523 South Shore Way. ...
- Alameda Calendar
- Artist Trading Card Group, 1-4 pm fourth Saturdays monthly. Storytelling Swap, 7-9 pm first Tuesdays monthly, Town Center, 523 South Shore Way. ...
Astarte's Mega-Zine for Lovers of Art and Craft
Go Make Art!
A high quality, downloadable, e-zine in the style of Somerset Studio or Cloth, Paper Scissors with articles by and about popular artists such as Claudine Hellmuth, Lee Silbers, Leslie Riley and others. Not only are there articles about everything from collage to polymer clay to felting to creativity and beyond, there is free clipart in every issue!Take it from someone who has subscribed to Somerset Studio from it's beginning, Astarte's Mega-Zine is in the same league. It's gorgeous and very much worth taking a look at!
Blog Posts from Google
Image courtesy of Suzee Que on Flickr.
- Artist Trading Cards
- She is with a group of ladies that create these beautiful pieces of art on 2.5 x 3.5 pieces of fabric and swap them. I've already been brainstorming with ideas to create my own. I love lighthouses and blackwork so the design I'm working ...
- Women's Press » Blog Archive » Hooked on Artist Trading Cards
- I've been scrapbooking for years, and I routinely surf the net looking for new and exciting ideas to try. During my many searches, I kept noticing sites dedicated to Artist Trading Cards or ATCs. Not knowing what these were, ...
- Tutorial Tuesday: Artist Trading Cards Help Get Creativity Flowing
- The book (also sold by some of Amzaon's used book sellers), Kaleidoscope: Ideas and Projects to Stimulate Creatvity by Suzanne Simanatis mentions mailing art to friends and even to yourself. It reminded of Artist Trading Cards that I ...
- Interview with board game creator Alf Seegart and artist Ryan ...
- You improve your bridge's value (thereby scoring points) by trading in cards from both your food supply (energy for repairs) and tolls collected (building supplies), scoring the lesser valued set of cards you trade in. .... Everyone seems to have their own ideas. I was inspired by what I thought would be the most iconic and fun parts of each. TC: How long did it take you to develop all of the art used in Bridge Troll? Ryan: The process from beginning to end took about ...
ATC Artist Friends
Image courtesy of ireneki on Flickr.
- Chatty Wacky Whims
- "Oh my! In these woods I live in you never know what you will come across in this wacky world of mine. "
What do you think?
roarman wrote...
very cool... I had similar idea when I won Player of the Month so I created like a trading card of myself based on the site I won at... I use it as my icon/profile image now heh... neat lens!
Posted February 25, 2009
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