Welcome to our Artist Trading Card (ATC) community forums! Our focus is on friendly ATC and mail art trading and swapping in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Everyone is welcome here. All mediums are welcome too--stamping, painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, fabric, clay--you name it, we do it! And we don't just trade ATCs; there is a lot going on here. This includes chunky books, inchies, rinchines, twinchies, charms, art journals, altered art, rolodexes and rolo trading, and much more. We also have a gallery and trader rating system to faciliate trading between members and keep our community growing. We hope that you will join our family of art lovers and join us in trading art!

Will you be attending Art for All June 13-17, 2012 in Portland, Oregon this year?
Check out the Events Forum for further details!

Registration is now open!
Register ASAP to get the workshop you want!!

Donating to ATCs for All New Swaps to Join at www.atcsforall.com

Donations are accepted!

We welcome your donations via PayPal to help us offset our server and software costs and maintenance. Your donation is greatly appreciated!

Members should donate through "paid memberships" in their UserCP (found in the forums). Thank you!

Dick Blick Art Materials: Our Sponsor

Open Theme Found Poetry
Due: May 28, 2012 Whimsical Tree Challenge
Due: May 30, 2012 WHAT'S THE TIME
Due: June 4, 2012

Spotlight on the Artists

Time in a Bottle
minnkel

Tim Holtz mixed media
Shirley

be a good one
autumnsensation

My Home
Artistically

fear no art!
dragoncrossing What is the time
KittyNL Shatter Zen Flower
sg1septima even if
CynthiaSillitoe

Art Trader Magazine AFA Contests, Projects, and Winners!

We strongly encourage our members to check out Art Trader Magazine. ArtTrader Magazine is a web based publication (in PDF format) focused on mail art for trade such as ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), ACEOs, art journals, chunky books, altered art and altered art books. It has galleries and eye candy, discussions of art trading, and technique articles!

Our Latest Issue:

10 Minute ATCs-Marker blended backgrounds

Gallery of Cool Colors

Color Palette

Paper Fabric

Fantastic Feet

Latest Issue: Issue 18 (Spring 2012)

www.arttradermag.com

Congratulations to: Pamitha who won the March ATC Contest. Her card is shown above.

Contests at Atcsforall.com

Monthly ATC Contest! Each month we have a themed ATC contest in which everyone can participate. Directions and information on the contests can be found in the Monthly Contest Forum. ATCs are voted on by the members, and the winner scores a prize packet and goody bag packed to the brim with art-related goods and empherma. Thank you to goatgoddess for organizing our monthly conests!

The second place winner in the March contest was Kirsten
Her card is on the left.

Our Affiliated Websites

Donating to ATCs for All	New Swaps to Join at www.atcsforall.com
Donations are accepted! We welcome your donations via PayPal to help us offset our server and software costs and maintenance. Your donation is greatly appreciated! Members should donate through "paid memberships" in their UserCP (found in the forums). Thank you! Dick Blick Art Materials: Our Sponsor
	Open Theme Found Poetry Due: May 28, 2012	Whimsical Tree Challenge Due: May 30, 2012	WHAT'S THE TIME Due: June 4, 2012
Spotlight on the Artists

Time in a Bottle minnkel	Tim Holtz mixed media Shirley	be a good one autumnsensation	My Home Artistically

fear no art! dragoncrossing	What is the time KittyNL	Shatter Zen Flower sg1septima	even if CynthiaSillitoe
Art Trader Magazine	AFA Contests, Projects, and Winners!
We strongly encourage our members to check out Art Trader Magazine. ArtTrader Magazine is a web based publication (in PDF format) focused on mail art for trade such as ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), ACEOs, art journals, chunky books, altered art and altered art books. It has galleries and eye candy, discussions of art trading, and technique articles! Our Latest Issue: 10 Minute ATCs-Marker blended backgrounds Gallery of Cool Colors Color Palette Paper Fabric Fantastic Feet Latest Issue: Issue 18 (Spring 2012) www.arttradermag.com	Congratulations to: Pamitha who won the March ATC Contest. Her card is shown above.	Contests at Atcsforall.com Monthly ATC Contest! Each month we have a themed ATC contest in which everyone can participate. Directions and information on the contests can be found in the Monthly Contest Forum. ATCs are voted on by the members, and the winner scores a prize packet and goody bag packed to the brim with art-related goods and empherma. Thank you to goatgoddess for organizing our monthly conests!
		The second place winner in the March contest was Kirsten Her card is on the left.
Our Affiliated Websites