Posted by I’ve finished my ATC Artist Trading Card. It’s called,’Let the Leaves Fall’.
As a quick recap an ATC, or Artist Trading Card, is a mini work of art made onto sturdy card 2.5″x3.5″. Orginially hand drawn or painted, ATCs are never sold but are swapped with other artists. Their original aim was to enable people to collect small works by artists which they would otherwise not be able to afford.
Ali from Very Berry Handmade has organised this particular fabric based ATC swap.
There are 50 of us. We have all been allocated a fabric mad partner and given a theme which is ‘Autumn’. We all do the swap in early November. I hope mine stands up to scrutiny.
Here are the various stages of my card.
I’m so looking forward to seeing the complete collection.
I hope you all had a relaxing (????) weekend.
Love, Lucie x
Love, Lucie 
That’s lovely!
I don’t know much about ATCs but have never seen a stitched one before – such a great idea.
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Thank you very much. I only came across them recently, myself.
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Wow, such a great design! 🙂 x
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Thank you. I hummed and haaaard for ages about what to do but it came together quickly in the end.
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It’s amazing!!! Well done x
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Thank you.
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wow, I love how you used the light flowered fabric to make leaves floating to the ground. That is really pretty, Lucie.
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Thanks. I was lucky I had some appropriate fabrics in my stash!
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very pretty x
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Thank you very much.x
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Definitely joining in next time.
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Yes, you must. I’m going to seek out some more swaps and grow my collection.
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I love the technique you used to make the branches. Lovely ATC
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Thank you. I was going to do a felt tree until I stumbled across some facric I had forgotten about.
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Thats amazing! I’ve never heard of an ATC before, what a great idea. It would be great to see what you get in the swap x
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Yes, it will. I’m going to seek out some more swaps to grow my collection. There must be others out there.
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That is very effective – I wondered whether to join in and decided against in the end but I know I’ll regret it!
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Well, you must take part in the next one. I liked the fact that there was plenty of time to produce it.
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Thank you for your very clear explanation. I really enjoyed seeing how it was constructed, piece by piece. Really interesting. Thanks.x
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Thank you! Lots of photos means less writing for me. Always a bonus. x
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As long as you have the light….:)
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Very clever. I love your tree.
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Thank you very much. I was pleased in the way it turned out.
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Thank you for sharing this. Very inspirational. I love the way you did the branches 🙂
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Thank you for your lovely comment. It was very simple to do. I’m sure others will have spent far more time on it than me.
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aww this is so gorgeous! A really lovely way to share your lovely work too x
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Thankyou. I was quite suprised it turned out so well!
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Great atc , wish I had the know how,/ skills to create something like this
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Everyone starts somewhere! Thankyou for stopping by.
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Great stuff Lucie, i have done a few ATCs myself, i like to draw/paint whimsical faces. Mixed media is one of my other passions – love your fabric work of art
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Did you swap your ATCs or keep them for yourself?
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How beautiful and so cleverly done 🙂
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Thankyou. But very little to it really.
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Wonderful use of fabric. I love making fabric ATC’s .
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Have you taken part in many fabric ATC swaps? I would love to do more
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I’m a member of this forum http://www.atcsforall.com/ its free to join and participate. You can see more of my work on my blog and on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ItsamistryDesignStudio1. I’m also on the sister site for AFA but that is a juried site and you need to submit a portfolio of work.
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That is so pretty! Lucky recipient!
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I hope she thinks so too!
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This is lovely, I paint ATC’s (ACEO’s) but I’ve not yet sewn one. I really like the printed back.
Jan
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Thankyou. I use the stamp pad and letters a lot. I stamp little messages onto pieces of linen and attach them to my fabric Birthday Cards. I just need to get hold of some numbers of the same type face
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Your card is beautiful, I am 100% sure it will live up to any amount of scrutiny. The choice of fabric is amazingly in tune with the title.
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Thank you! Yes, I saw it amongst my stash and thought it was perfect.
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It’s beautiful.
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Thank you.
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It’s stunning !!!!!!! One very lucky lady is going to be thrilled to receive it xx
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Hope so!
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this is very clever, loving the sewing 😀
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Very simple really. Thank you for stopping by.
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What a great idea to do a swap like that, people are so creative to come up with all these ideas! And yours looks awesome!
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Thank you. I hope to find some more swaps to do. Thanks for stopping by.
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Absolutely beautiful, you are very creative. I hope your swap partner likes it.
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Yes, me too. I wonder what I shall get in return.
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