RECENT ATCS

Because of the ATC group I'm in, and all the swapping we do, there are lots of new ATCs I've made recently.

The two above were for made What Inspires Me and Art Mediums swaps, while the 2 below were for Black Cat and Pink swaps.


This little hobby is very addictive...so many ideas, so little time to devote to making them! If you are interested in swapping ATCs, please just let me know.

New ATCs

My muse has been busy recently, creating both new jewellery and Artist Trading Cards for swaps I'm in, in 2 Aussie groups I belong to.

Above are the 2 ATCs I did for a Childhood swap. The 3 blondies are my nieces and nephew, in a photo I took about, maybe, 14 years ago.

Below are the 2 I made for a swap where we had to use wax crayons. I used them in the background, by ironing shavings from the crayons, using baking paper.


And finally an ATC for a Halloween swap and for a Blue swap.


If you are interested in trading ATCs, please leave me a message by clicking on 'comments' below.

Current Work

Currently , I'm working on a set of 12 ATCs for a swap on a favourite flower, quite a daunting prospect really. Even though the 'canvas' might only be 8.9 cm X 6.4 cm, a lot of work goes into that small space, and in fact I've found it challenging to reduce the scale of my work so that it fits comfortably. Each ATC doesn't have to be identical, and mine never are, though they are pretty similar. Choosing the media to use is an interesting process too...this time I'm using watercolours, but some are done with watercolour paints, others, watercolour pencils or watercolour pastels, or a combination of them. Each one is a miniature painting of Eucalyptus miniata, the Darwin Woollybutt that I saw growing around the Tjaynera campsite in Litchfield NP, Northern Territory, in 2003. Actually getting the background right has been the trickiest....it needs to contribute to the picture, but not dominate.

Happy Tuesday

One of the Yahoo groups I belong to is ATCoZ. The group is pretty much member-directed, and there are always loads of swaps on the go at any one time, on a whole variety of themes or ideas. Just recently, I've participated in swaps on themes of favourite colour, starfish, love, my first name and kittycats. Above you can see my ATCs from some of those swaps