Following on from last week’s post on Curbside Treasure, I’ve been looking into ACEOs (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) and ATCs (Artistic Trading Cards). I must say that it’s sparked a bit of an obsession.

For anyone who hasn’t heard of ATCs they are small, playing card sized pieces of art. There are only two rules when making the cards. They must be 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches in size and they can be swapped but not sold. Anything else goes. Paint them, collage onto them, stamp them, use chalks, oils, pencils or create them digitally - it’s up to you.

So, until midnight last night my mum and I sat at my kitchen table surrounded by boxes of vintage papers, scraps, gems, jewels, charms, feathers, PVA glue - you name it my mum has it in her craft collection - and we created our first ever ATCs. And here they are. The very first ones.

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