Artist's Trading Cards Crazy Quilt Style - Swap Your Mini's!!!

We all like to send and receive fun things in the mail and we all like to create things that are quick and easy….right?  So the staff of Crazy Quilt Quarterly are excited to announce 

‘Swap Your Mini’s – ATC’s CQ Style’!  We’d love for you all to play along (and you can play as often as you’d like!).

All you have to do  is create one (or as many as you’d like) crazy quilted artist trading card(s) and send via snail mail to Pam Kellogg.  You will receive one back for each one you send.  Simple?

Guidelines are as follows:

* Create a crazy quilted artist trading card (2 ½” x 3 ½”). 

 It must be crazy quilted and it must be the stated size.  

We ask that there be no politically themed entries (patriotic is fine). 

* Any embellishments should be flat to keep mailing costs down 

(eg. seed beads, flat buttons, ribbon, embroidery, charms, etc.)

* Each ATC you create must be mailed to Pam and MUST include a SASE 

(self addressed stamped envelope).  

Be sure to include a separate SASE for EACH ATC you send! 

* Please use the backing card (pattern provided) on each of your ATC’s 

and also include your email address on each one so the recipient can contact you.

* NOTE: you will need to privately email Pam at pkellogg@mc.net or Mary Anne at
marmic1954@hotmail.com to indicate your desire to play 

and to receive her snail mail address. 

* Alas, we can only open this to residents of the United States.  

Deadline for receipt is January 31, 2018.

* As a further incentive Pam will photograph each ATC and they will be published in a special edition of the magazine….the date of which will be announced as soon as it becomes available.

* Six of the ATC’s that we receive will be chosen for the cover. 

 Those six artists will receive a prize - an extra ATC created by one of our staff members!!

Have fun and let’s swap our mini’s – ATC’s CQ Style!! 

Be sure to print the above images.  The should fit on a standard sheet of 8 1/2 inch X 11 inch paper.  Use cardstock for the ATC back and the little ATC envelope!

You can also download the PDF file here.

We are hoping to receive and trade at least 300 Crazy Quilt ATC's!!!

More ATC's

I received this beautiful crazy quilted ATC from Ayala in exchange for one of my CQ ATC's:



Don't you just love the bright, cheerful colors? I do! Thank you Ayala!

Lately, I've been taking it easy, making a few cards and doing a lot of reading. I did make a set of 3 ATC's today. I call these the "Funky Cats":







The cats were on a greeting card that I received a few years ago. I kept it because I thought it was pretty and then finally decided to cut the cats out and use them on something so here they are!

Anyway, these are mixed media ATC's. Paper, lace, braid, paper flowers, star stickers and yes, glitter!

If anyone is interested, I would like to trade one. Please let me know. I plan to keep 2 for gifts.

Stitching Break

First, I wanted to share with you, a photo of the needlefelted ATC that Ati of Norway sent to me:



I traded one of my CQ ATC's with Ati. I must tell you, this is so beautiful and being my first ATC trade, I treasure it! Thank you Ati!

I've decided to take a little bit of a break from stitching. I'm having a challenging time focusing on it at the moment so perhaps putting it away for a little while and reading a book instead would be helpful.

I do plan to make a few more mixed media ATC's so I will share those here as I do them. My blog posts will not be quite as regular as they used to be since I just don't have much to share at the moment but I will post when I have something interesting to share or talk about.

I would like to tell you that Scott & I found a piece of property that we are absolutely in love with and totally sure that it's our piece of peace & quiet. Any prayers to the Universal Mind for assistance with the how's would be so greatly appreciated!

Artist Trading Cards - Fashion Girls

I made some cards this afternoon and then made a few ATC's:







These are Mixed Media cards - paper, fabric, glitter, lace, vintage Mother Of Pearl buttons and a butterfly sequin.

If anyone is interested, I'm willing to trade 1. I would like to keep the other two for gifts.

Finishes

I finished up on my 3 CQ ATC's:







I've agreed to trade 2 of these and I would like to keep one for a gift.

I also started another button block:



If you would like to see the other blocks for my button quilt, you can find them here at my Flickr site.

Finally for today, I worked up another tag:



Click on the image to go to my Flickr site where you can download the large version.

Linda B. asked me what software I use to make my fractal designs. I use Coral Photopaint 12 with the special filter add-on. It has all sorts of cool filters which I combine with the Fractal images.

More ATC's

I finished up on ACT #2 today:



And then I did #3:



I guess that's it! Not much to talk about today so I'll just leave you with the photos.

Crazy Quilt Artists Trading Cards

First thing this morning, I pulled out some fabrics and treadled up 6 tiny blocks for Artists Trading Cards. I have one stitched up already and another started:





I'll wait until I have all 6 of them stitched before putting them on the cards.

I was asked how I put the peacock feather on my June Take It Further Challenge block. I chose a feather that fanned out nicely and using a brush, I applied some fabric glue to the back. I focused mainly the eye part and only added a bit to the top of the strands. I laid it down on the fabric and using a toothpick, I carefully moved the strands of the feather to where I wanted them. I had to be careful with the fabric glue because it will show on the fabric if any wanders off on it's own.