13 January 2007

AHHHH@!! have survived the holidays :o) sort of anyway... getting back into the daily routine. have discovered a new craft form. they are called ATC's (Artists Trading Cards) and are delightful! i love and collect trading cards anyway and now people make art trading cards whoohee! sounds like fun to me. i am especially intrigued by Photo Trading Cards. in going thru my stored photos (you know the kind- subject good but picture not quite 'right'? well believe me when you crop a photo to a trading card size it gives the pic a whole new perspective
as an example


an ok picture but not the effect i was aiming for.
but cropped


well you get the idea-- it makes one concentrate on essentials and i like that
i also like the fact if one makes these on certain themes they could easily be fundraiser items for kids at school and scouts etc, maybe even for any kind of group= after all trading cards are Fun!

most of the yahoo groups are all about trading = i am not ready for that level of work yet but later would like to try.
should be fun