More than 2 years ago we started doing trading cards as a way of sharing and caring for and about each other during Covid – a little 2.5 x 3.5″ card of caring, a recognition that a piece of original art was one way of exercising our creating brains and then showing we care by giving it away in exchange for another piece of art. We never know what we are going to get, only what we choose to give that month.
My box of cards is getting quite full now and I often look at them, studying details or just enjoying the feeling of sharing and caring that radiates off the art. Most months I make 9 cards and I keep one. Sometimes I pick a hand or topic or style of art that I want to work on and these become a practice exercise. I will do 16 and pick the nicest, enjoying seeing how my art improved with the process.
Twice a year we meet in person to trade and eat and enjoy each other’s company. Most Wednesday nights we gather on Zoom for chatting. Join us anytime. Here is peak into our latest in person gathering . The other months we trade cards by mail so put them into the post with a SASE envelope. Do this by the 11th of the month. I then do a trade here around 10 days later and put your cards into your SASE and they are posted back to you. Make sure to have at least 2 stamps on the SASE envelope. And make your cards on card and not anything thick like foam core. Contact me for my postal address.
It is fun to see the mixed media, paper arts, calligraphy, sewist art and watercolors all in one place – if it fits on a card and can be mailed flat and thin, it all works! Thick card or gator board is not welcome. I post some of the images on Facebook so we can all enjoy the art!
We are having fun creating small works of art and seeing what others did too. We are going to continue with this project and hope others will join in too. You can make as few cards as you like – some people make 4 every month and others make 8 or 12 – and a few people send more when the theme gets them in the groove. The good news is that you can pick your level of involvement and keep making art of all sorts and kinds each month. Last year (2023) we traded over 880 cards! That is amazing!
| Upcoming Suggested Themes: February: Work in blues, greys & purples March: WordPlay April: From the garden – planting ideas May: Dreaming of Summer June: Your choice July: Freedom and Liberty August: Your choice September: ABC-123 – Use Your Letters October: Work in the colours of Autumn November: Fantastic Creatures December: No cards are exchanged |
Trading Card Fun
Join us to trade cards every month. Cards are 2.5 x 3.5" in size - that is pretty much the only rule. Send them to me, I will do the trade and send them back to you in the self-address postage paid envelope. You get mail happiness! Twice a year we get together to trade in person.
July 2022 Fun
Mixed media, calligraphy, watercolor, fireworks and fun for the 4th! Our theme was freedom
All the calligraphy and watermedia
A happy collection of watercolor, calligraphy, collage, and fabric art
Dreaming in art! Trading cards give you endless opportunities to be creative
Can you feel the spring in this March collection going to a trader?
Creativity abounds!
The styles, colours, and techniques vary by person, by month, by theme. It is lovely to be this creative!
Where there is art, there is hope!
Atists of all kinds are loved!
Love and colour!
Calligraphy, watercolor, gouache, and even corrugated cardboard cutouts!
Love is in the air!
Colours and pen fun
Hoo Hoo wants to do trading cards?
Spooky Halloween!
Fun paint marks and shading of shapes
A sheet of lettering before I cut them up for trading cards. All original art work!
Such diversity!
Eggs and spring
Bunny buts and egss and collage and fabric art and watercolor and oh so much more!
Watercolor and book making
Butterflies and blooms
May flowers!
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