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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--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!
| Donating to ATCs for All | New Swaps to Join at www.atcsforall.com | ||
Donations are
accepted! Members should donate through "paid memberships" in their UserCP
(found in the forums). Thank you!
Dick Blick Art Materials: Our Sponsor |
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| Sunny mixed media sunflowers Due: August 8, 2009 |
Stick Figure Swap Due: July 25, 2009 |
Pointy Hats and Crowns Swap Due: August 26, 2009 |
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| Artist Feature | Spotlight on the Artists | ||
 Artist Spotlight Jeannie Discher : JAD View JAD's Profile JAD, better known to us as Jeannie Discher, is no stranger to members of AFA. Her kind spirit, good humour, and generosity are well-known. She's also no stranger to making art - she's been making beautiful art for quite a while. "I have been doing home made gifts, collage and greetings cards for over 30 years", she tells us. She was introduced to atcs by a friend, and there was no turning back for Jeannie. Loving beauty of all kinds, no art material is off limits to our friend. Paints, markers, beeswax, stamps, charms, fibers, papers, glitter and glitz - all materials are welcome in her artwork. Jeannie enjoys making chunky pages and inchies, and among her favourite themes are angels, butterflies, Christmas, and sunflowers - bright, happy themes that perfectly reflect our fellow artist's sunny self. View JAD's gallery. |
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Summer Shores |
The Girls of Summer Past SallyAnn |
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| Summer Swap Plain Jane |
To The Beach Queen Bee |
Fabric Beach Collage |
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| 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 that can be applied to many different types of mail art!  ArtTrader_Issue6.pdf 9MBRight click on link, choose "Save Target As" and save to your computer. www.arttradermag.com |
Congratulations to HHC who won the May 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 blueskysunburn for organizing our monthly conests! |
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The AFA Book Project The staff and owners of AFA have decided that we are publishing a book! All site members will get the opportunity to be showcased in an 'eye-candy' book of swaps and themed ATCs. That's right- -we are all going to be published artists!!!! Going along with our inclusive nature of the site, each member who submits will have at least one piece show up in our book. Additionally, we will feature a series of swap galleries from the site. For more information, go to the main project thread. |
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