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Ever heard of Artist Trading Cards—or ATCs? They’re collectible, tradable cards that can be collaged, decorated, embellished and otherwise personalized to express the creativity and style of the maker.
On the back of each ATC the artist writes his or her name and contact information. These little pieces of creativity aren’t sold, only traded—the point of them is that you exchange your work with others. Think of them as baseball cards for the paper crafting world!
Not into trading? You can still have a lot of fun making these miniature pieces of art! I love the smaller size and quick creating time—and it’s a great place to use all those leftover papers, ribbons and embellishments. But rather than trade my trading cards, I use them as the focal point on a handmade card or an accent on a scrapbook page instead!
 Happy Halloween Spider ATC
Supplies
Instructions:
- Cut the black cardstock to 2.5”x3.5”. Cut a piece of striped paper slightly smaller than the cardstock and glue to the center of the cardstock piece. Wrap a piece of black grosgrain ribbon around the bottom of the cardstock piece and secure on the back with Mini Glue Dots™.
- Put glue stick in each corner of the slide mount, then attach the spider acetate piece to the front of the black side of the slide mount, positioning the spider in the window. Make a hole at each corner with the tip of the X-acto® knife, then insert the brads. Trim the acetate even with the sides of the slide mount. Mat the slide mount onto orange “texture” paper, then attach to the front of the cardstock piece.
- Tie a knot in a piece of black grosgrain ribbon, trim the tails at an angle and attach to the top of the cardstock piece with a Mini Glue Dot™.
 Pears’ Soap ATC
Supplies
Instructions:
- Cut the taupe cardstock to 2.5”x3.5”. Cut a piece of dark blue floral paper slightly smaller than the cardstock. Ink the edges heavily, then glue to the center of the cardstock piece. Cut a 2.5”x3.5” piece of light blue floral paper and tear in half diagonally. Ink the edges heavily, then glue in the upper left-hand corner of the dark blue floral paper.
- Cut out the Pears’ Soap image, leaving some of the blue edge showing. Cut a 1”-long piece of blue grosgrain ribbon, fold in half and secure to the backside of the cut-out as shown. Attach the cut-out to the center of the cardstock piece.
 Merry & Bright ATC
Supplies
Instructions:
- Cut the lavender cardstock to 2.5”x3.5”. Cut out one of the large snowflake squares from the purple/blue squares paper, ink the edges and insert a brad in the center of the snowflake. Use foam tape to attach the square on top of a large square in the background paper. Cut the purple/blue squares paper slightly smaller than the cardstock piece, then ink the edges. Glue to the cardstock.
- Cut a 1/2”-wide piece of blue “texture” paper, ink the edges and glue diagonally across the bottom of the card, trimming the edges even with the sides of the card. Ink the edges of the “merry & bright” cut-out and attach diagonally with foam tape.
- Cut a 2” piece of lavender grosgrain ribbon, loop as shown and attach to the backside of the ATC.
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