First of all, the most important rule is that all ATCs should be exactly 3.5 x 2.5″ in size. This is the trickiest part – getting them sized exact. So down below on this post you will find a free cutting file that can fit 12 of these ATC on one 12x12 mat for you. I have included another file for a inner mat that is sized at 3.25x2.25. So what exactly are Artist Trading Cards all about? Here are the key points:
ATCs can be portrait or landscape
ATCs are to be traded and collected, never sold
They must measure 2½” x 3½”
The back should include your name (signature), the date it was created, and the title of the card.
Here are some ideas on how to embellish your fantastic mini's:
*Buttons, flatbacks,beads
*floral soft
*Journaling strips
*Ribbons and fiber
*Coins or stamps
*UTEE, paint, stickles
*Using embossing folders
*Clock faces
*Ink and Stamping
*Fabric
*Paper piecings =D
Whatever your imagination takes you that you can add that will fit on this fantastic mini.So now you know all there is to know about producing an ATC. Fairly easy – right? So head on over to the Little Scraps of Heaven Facebook
fanpage HERE and sign up for this fun swap and share what you create =D
Here is my very first ATC cards:
I used Little Scraps of Heaven's Fairy Bear single pattern that can
be found HERE
For this ATC card I used the little bird piecing from Little Scraps of Heaven's
Storybook Series "Little Red Riding Hood" that can be found
Papers used is "Once Upon a Springtime" by Graphic 45
I created this free file for the ATC template that I used with the
rounded corners:
ATC Inner Mat SCUT file: Download
ATC Base SCUT file: Download
ATC base SVG file: Download
