Welcome to our Artist Trading Card (ATC) community forums! Our focus is on friendly ATC trading and swapping in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Everyone 18 years of age and over is welcome here. All mediums are welcome too--painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, fabric, clay--you name it, we do it! And we don't just trade ATCs; there is a lot going on here. This includes chunky books, art journals, altered art, rolodexes and rolo trading, and much more. We also have a gallery and trader rating system to faciliate trading between members and keep our community growing. We hope that you will join our family of art lovers and join us in trading art!

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	Black, White and Red Gothic Swap Due: November 30, 2008	Encaustic/Beeswax Swap! Due: November 15, 2008	Just Add Wings Swap Due: November 21st, 2008
Artist Feature	Spotlight on the Artists
Artist Spotlight Sniisk View Sniisk's Profile Our friend Sanna, known to us as Sniisk, lives in Finland where she works at a university as a teacher and researcher. Art, though, has always been part of her life. “I made my first handmade cards when I was just a child,” she says, “and I haven’t stopped yet. I’m still learning!” While she has made ATCs during the last year and a half, she’s been working on dollhouse and other miniatures for years. Among her cards, teddy bears, black-and-white cards, religious, and vintage themed cards are among her favourites. She has a special love for angel and wing-themed cards of all kinds. She works in collage and mixed media because, she says, “I really can't draw or paint anything!” Sanna says. When once makes cards as lovely as hers, though, who needs to? View her gallery here.
	Inflamed Desire joeyj1220	Senor Bones timidkitty	Spider Goth Girl Altermyworld

	The Mad Hatter Ravenswood	Crow 2A DADAology	The Mad Hatter Amerasu
Art Trader Magazine	AFA Contests, Projects, and Winners!
We strongly encourage our members to check out Art Trader Magazine. ArtTrader Magazine is a web based publication (in PDF format) focused on mail art for trade such as ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), ACEOs, art journals, chunky books, altered art and altered art books. It has galleries and eye candy, discussions of art trading, and technique articles that can be applied to many different types of mail art! Latest Issue: Autumn 2008 ArtTrader_Issue4.pdf 9MB Right click on link, choose "Save Target As" and save to your computer. www.arttradermag.com	Congratulations to LoraLou for winning the September 2008 ATC contest with a "windows" theme! Loralou's amazing textured window card is shown above.	Contests at Atcsforall.com Monthly ATC Contest: Each month we have a themed ATC contest in which everyone can participate. Directions and information on the contests can be found in the Monthly Contest Forum. ATCs are voted on by the members, and the winner scores a prize packet and goody bag packed to the brim with art-related goods and empherma. Thank you to blueskysunburn for organizing our monthly conests! Offical Fall Contest: Fall themed ATC Competition! Four times a year we hold our official site contest. We invite you to participate in our Fall-themed ATC competition. We are looking for atcs with fall themes--fall colors, fall leaves, fall holidays, and so forth. This is open media, so all medias (or mixes of medias) are welcome! To participate, each member can submit one (and only one!) fall-themed atc of any media to submissions@atcsforall.com. Submissions must be received by October 20th, 2008. For more information on this contest, see the main contest thread!
	The AFA Book Project The staff and owners of AFA have decided that we are publishing a book! All site members will get the opportunity to be showcased in an 'eye-candy' book of swaps and themed ATCs. That's right--we are all going to be published artists!!!! Going along with our inclusive nature of the site, each member who submits will have at least one piece show up in our book. Additionally, we will feature a series of swap galleries from the site. For more information, go to the main project thread.
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