Catching up II

I have now sorted out all my files waiting to be published so, hopefully, my posts will be a bit more frequent.
PJ has had to have a new printer and so he is 'having fun'....... not!!  There is much banging and blue air coming from the Office as he 'introduces' the printer to his laptop and our internet ...... not the best internet we've had but I am NOT changing again ......
Heigh Ho!

Catch up notes:
Way back at the beginning of this Coin (ATCC - Artist Trading Card Coins) phenomenon, I joined in with one of the swaps.
It turned out that I had not read the rules correctly - no change there then! - and sent off three coins only to find that I needed to send out three coins to three partners.  
No problem, I just created more coins, experimenting with my paints and stamps as I went.  I have blogged about the previous swaps........here.... and here.

These coins were completed at the same time as my others.  This time I added a teddy bear stamp with the floral along the lower edge.  
A die cut butterfly from my stash settled on the second coin.

For my final swap that month, I received these coins by return from Debbie - Thank you so much.

ATCC - 2nd Swap

ATCC - Artist Trading Card Coins

Three more coins for a swap.


I painted the backgrounds and then stamped across the card.  I added some floral designs along the lower edge.

I sent these across to U.S.A.


Lauri sent me these coins and all I can say is WOW!


What a presentation!

I opened the envelope to find a gold folded card inside.

When I opened this up the inside was lined with black paper, two slots cut to hold the coins.

The coins themselves are magic!

Smashing stamping, collage and colouring.  The addition of feathers to the second coin is an absolute finish!  
Lauri must have spent ages putting all those elements together.
Thank you so much Lauri.

ATCC - First Swap

ATCC - Artist Trading Card Coins
I discovered these on YouTube by Joanne Hodges and couldn't wait to make some.
Afterwards I found her Facebook Group - I don't really 'do' Facebook but sometimes .......
The swaps were differently arranged by Joanne, we stated how many swaps we wanted to do and if we wanted to post international.  I decided to do swap with three international and waited for the partner list to be published.

My first selection went to Italia!
I decided to send my little birds across Europe.

They are diecuts given free with a magazine.  
The backgrounds are painted and stamped, the images coloured using Promarkers.

I received two coins by return......

Very well made cards and some text pages included in the envelope.

Thank you Joan.

Artist Trading Coins

I so love these!  
There have been lots appearing in my Facebook Group so I have now joined in.
The coins are 6.25cms (2.5ins) diameter.

I have pounced the purple background using Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Cloud, stamped the mushrooms in white  and then embossed with clear embossing powder.
The red flowers are freebie stamps from this month's Craft Stamper on a gelli print background.
Another gelli print background, the first I ever made with my Gelli, and freebie stamps from Making Cards were used on the third coin.
For the third card I used gesso over a painted background and then stamped with several small stamps.  I used highlighters to colour the images.

These are NOT for trading, they are 'feel good' factors!

If you are interested in having a go and would like to try trading, then my fellow blogger has started a Facebook Group - Artist Trading Coins UK swap