Artist Trading Cards on PDA

PDA ATC challenge #27

2012-02-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

Mmmmm, the theme this time was "Keeping a secret". It seems to have stumped a lot of people since the entry was down this month after a succession of relatively good months. Or it could have been the fact that I had to take a little time off for family reasons - not being there to crack the whip. Whatever, I was not really sure what this theme would bring but decided to go with it.

The entries were:-

by Cynthia

by John

Can you keep a secret on the phone?

by John, again

Some secrets are hard to keep

by Lydia

including one of her fabulous envelopes

by Tee

So there you have it, don't forget that PDA is a friendly, growing community with lots of different group where members can join in with many different aspects of mixed media art. AND there is a hohst of free, high resolution images from Kim Newberg.

ATC Challenge/swap theme = altered photo

2012-02-18T15:22:00.001-08:00

It's that time again when I come here to post the entries for the PDA ATC challenge / swap. Challenge #26 was on a theme of altered photos. The results were a little off what I had expected but since I give the entrants free rein to interpret the theme, perhaps I should not complain. I had expected some devious techniques and methods of altering the surface of a photo but no one either interpreted it that way or chickened out. However the resulting entries were of the usual high quality.

Here are the entries for this challenge:-

by Lydia

by Suzanne

by Tee

by Cynthia

by John

by Josie

by Jean

Again all I can say in the light of these entries is thank you to all the members of PDA who took part and I hope that you will be delighted with your trade from this challenge. For those who don't know the challenge, partners are allotted randomly at the end of the challenge. there is always a little excitement, hoping that you will be trading for "the one that you most would like". Sometimes it works out but I at least have always been pleased with the cards which I have "won".

Why not slip along to PDA (Paper Digital Art and ImagesbyKim ) and get to know this great community. Lots of groups with something to please everyone and lots of free images to download. Membership required but not necessary for browsing. Finf more information in the ATC and ACEO Artists Group.

ATC challenge/swap #25, theme =colours

2011-12-04T13:01:00.001-08:00

A gratifying small but real increase in the number of entries this month. Hopefully a sign of good things to come. The theme as set out was to be colours. No further directions were given. The number of ways that this was interpreted was very interesting and gave some great results. I will simply do as usual and list the entries with the names of the artists. For larger images and descriptions of many of the artworks browse on over to the ATC/ACEO artist group on PDA.

By Tee

By shannon

By Cheryl

By Cynthia

By Jean

By John

By Kathy

By Mara

My thanks to all the artists who took part this time and I hope to see you creating cards for the December swap, theme=altered photograph. Don't forget you have until January 15th to complete and enter your cards.

ATC challenge /swap #24 (Theme =Mirror) closing date September 30th

2011-10-31T03:19:00.000-07:00

Here is another set of ATC's entered for this month's challenge / swap.The theme of "MIRROR" seemed to get the juices flowing for some members and there were some great takes on the theme.

By Mara

By Cynthia

By Tee

By Jean

By John

Don't forget, If you would lilke to take part in the swap, you must be a member of PDA and join the ATC and ACEO artists group. There are many advantages to belonging to PDA not least the wonderful free images from Kim Newberg . I will not list them here but why not surf on over and take a look for yourselves.

Once again thanks to the artists who have entered cards for this month's swap.

ATC challenge /swap #23 (Tissue paper) closing date Seot 30th

2011-09-11T12:05:00.000-07:00

This month we had a theme based on a technique, or at least techniques. We had to make use of tissue paper. I certainly learned a couple of very useful ideas which I hope to be able to put to use in future art works. This months atc's were as follows:-

By Tee

By Cynthia

By Jean

By John

Once again my thanks to all the entrants in this months challenge.

As ever, there is a standing invitation to all to come and join us on PDA, and take advantage of the hundreds of free images and pictures on offer to members as well as joining in with all the fun.

ATC challenge /swap #22 (Spells/Fantasy) closing date Aug 31st

2011-09-11T11:54:00.000-07:00

A Fantasy theme for this months challenge/swap. Spells, Magic wherever the creative urge took the artist. We still seem to be in the throes of a summer depression as regards numbers of entries, but again I would like to describe the standard as impeccable. A very varied batch of artist trading cards having been entered. Here are the ATC's from this months challenge:-

by Tee

by John

by Cheryl

by Cynthia

Thanks to everybody for taking part in this months challenge.

As ever, there is a standing invitation to all to come and join us on PDA, and take advantage of the hundreds of free images and pictures on offer to members as well as joining in with all the fun.

ATC challenge /swap #21 (An open theme) closing date July 31st

2011-07-03T13:47:00.000-07:00

This month to celebrate the 21st challenge, we are creating ATC's to an open theme. A slightly disappointing turnout ( still) but the standard is as ever very high. There are lots of groups on PDA and so many fun challenges to choose from including altered art pieces such as tags and jigsaw pieces, through to larger swaps such as row house sets and hand made books. We can't all be taking part in all the groups all the time, as much as we would want to. Life gets in the way!

Anyway, here are the entries for this monthschallenge:-

by Ineke

by John

by Melanie

by Tee

by Thelma

As ever, there is a standing invitation to all to come and join us on PDA, and take advantage of the hundreds of free images and pictures on offer to members ( free to join!) as well as joining in with all the fun.

ATC challenge/swap #20, theme = Journey

2011-06-06T13:32:00.000-07:00

Well here are the Artist Trading Card which were entered for this month at last, last month got a little hectic and the challenge was carried over to the end of May. This was another small, but interesting selection of entries on the theme of "A Journey". Seems that everybody is busy making art in other formats on PDA ( Paper Digital Art and Images by Kim). Tags, row houses, altered books, altered puzzle pieces. Lots of variety, why not pop over and see if there is anything to interest you. I have even started making three dimensional mixed media pieces, but that's another story.

Here are the art cards entered:-

By Tee

By John

By Jean

By Kim

By Suzanne

Once again thanks to all the entrants for taking part in this month's swap. Each entrant will receive a free digital collage sheet from Kim Newberg's on-line shop as a small thank you for taking part. Oh yes, the "simplicity" and subdued colours of Tee's card, made this my favourite for this month.

Come join us for next month's challenge, we would love to see you, John.

ATC challenge / swap #19, yellow and green

2011-04-09T02:28:00.000-07:00

A lovely sunny day here in the UK. And I am posting a swap with a theme of spring colours, yellow and green. It is no joke we have just been through one of the coldest winters on record and now we have a gloriously warm and sunny spring, there is some justice in the world.

Ok So this time we had six entries, I actually posted two cards but left them in as it made a nice evn number. here are the cards, some great ATC's as usual, I wish I could persuade more members to participate though. It makes it so much more exciting with lots of different styles. If you feel like having a go, you will need to become a member of PDA, but it is free and lots of free images for your craft / art work. We have a growing and friendly community of artists of many persuasions.

Here are the entries:

This one by artist Cynthia Stevens

This one by artist Jean Roman

This one by artist John Dyhouse

This one by artist Kathryn Egan

This one by artist Melanie Price

ATC challenge swap #18, purple and yellow

2011-03-12T03:27:00.000-08:00

A very quick posting for February's swap will bring this blog up to-date. As with last month a slightly disappointing entry for this period, but I am still hoping that it will catch on within the group which has a numberof fabulous artists involved in various projects. I guess we are competing against a large number of well established trading groups. Even the best and most prolific of us sometimes have trouble creating art meeting all the commitments that we take on.

Anyway, here are the entries for the february challenge (#18) with a theme of purple and yellow.

from Cynthia Stevens

from Jean R Roman

from John Dyhouse (see Making ATC's by John)

from Lydia Hildebrandt

from Melanie Price

from Teresa Hall

The next challenge has been set on the group site at Paper Digital Art And Imagesbykim, it will be a theme around the colours green and yellow to reflect the coming spring.

First challenge of the new year

2011-03-10T14:59:00.000-08:00

Yes it is MArch already but I have a little catching up to do. This post covers the January challenge, with a theme of coffee. This was left open for the artist to interpret the theme as they saw fit or indeed as they wanted to. Six entries this month, a very small percentage of the members, but again I think the general standard is very high. It sometimes feels a little lonely running a challenge every month but the entries We do receive make it all worth while. If you are interested in joining in with a no pressure challenge wherein your trading partner is selected at random then why not mosey on over to PDA and give us a once over. That wait to find out which card you are getting can be exhilerating or maybe you are a relaxed individudal who could just wait and see?

Anyway here are the entries in no particular order:-

by Lydia

by Amy

by Teresa

by Jean

by John

by Melanie

All entries receive a collage sheet as a small thank you for entering the challenge. I awarded a prize for my own personal favourite to Melanie, for a very simple but effective idea which used the theme so very well.

Keep creating and I will be posting the results of the next challenge very soon.

November ATC challenge: theme = Winter fun, #16

2010-12-05T13:11:00.000-08:00

The swap is still ticking over, five entries again this month. And it is the last until the new year. Again the standard is very high and I am very grateful for the support of those artists who have taken part. the theme for the 16th challenge was, "Winter Fun". Here are the entries, in no particular order.

Teresa Hall

Jean E Roman

John Dyhouse: My First Christmas Tree

Linda Freeman

and last but by no means least, Lydia Hildebrandt

All entries will receive a collage sheet as a small thank you for entering the challenge. I awardedd a prize for my own personal favourite to Teresa, because I loved the blue colour ( seems to go with the theme) and I loved the snowman's expression.

Keep creating and I will be setting a new challenge on PDA in the new year.

PDA ATC swap, theme = Halloween

2010-11-17T08:35:00.000-08:00

This months theme was no surprise. Our 15th swap bought out some great art and new ideas.

The first card was from Teresa

Amy's card gave us a haunted house

the skeleton was from Kim

Linda ( which card I now have in my collection) gave us witches

Another great card and envelpe from Lydia

a coffin from Sarah

Bats in the belfry from John

Why not take a trip over to PDA and find out about the free images from Kim Newberg, and the group activities. Membership is free and it is easy to sign up. If you are a member of the NING network already, it is even easier.

PDA ATC swap #14, theme = family matters

2010-11-17T08:25:00.000-08:00

Another little dip in the entries this week even though group membership is now 53. However the standard remains very high. here are the entries for the September challenge swap.

the first card is by Amy

followed by Lydia, who presented the card in a wonderfully crafted envelope, as usual

This was by John

And the last was a wonderful art card from Kim

Thanks for looking, why not browse over to PDA to check out the free images from Kim Newberg

PDA ATC swap, theme = summer fun

2010-09-08T13:15:00.000-07:00

This swap was the thirteenth in the series, unlucky for some perhaps but some great atc cards were entered. Still very quiet on the home front but a band of hardy followers is managing to keep the home fires burning. This months entries included:-

a beautiful atc and envelope from Lydia

a bevy of beauties from Mony, and the card isn't bad either

more bathing fun in a great card from Lori

Melanie remembered the summer of love

John bought up the rear with this little number

and Lynda added a late addition, to remind us of some real summer fun

Thanks for looking, why not browse over to PDA to check out the free images from Kim Newberg

Back again with more atc's

2010-08-02T15:23:00.000-07:00

It has been a very quiet spring, and the last two challenge swaps on the PDA atc group were pulled thru lack of support. LAst month we restarted our little game and the theme set was "Nature". Entries were still disappointing but we had some wonderful atc's to show for it. We can only hope that as the summer progresses more members will take part. Here are the entries for the July challenge:-

from Linda Freeman

from Jean E Roman

from Lydia HIldebrandt

from Melanie Price

from John Dyhouse

Challenge/swap #9; theme = Floral

2010-04-26T01:18:00.000-07:00

Here are the entries from swap #9 on the PDA act/aceo artists group:

from Jean

from John

from Lynda

from Melanie

from Suzanne

It was a close call to nominate a personal favourite this time but in the end I decided to award the two PDA points to Lynda. All participants should be receiving a thank you gift of a collage sheet provided by Kim Newberg. Thanks to everyone who took part this time.

PDA ATC swap #8-theme "seasons"

2010-04-23T10:16:00.000-07:00

mmmm, if I hadn't found everywhere on the internet to be quiet I would be worrying about the number of entries for these swaps. But I will keep plugging away and setting themes as long as I am allowed to. The entries for swap #8 ( theme = seasons) were up to the usual high standard and I hope the entrants enjoyed the challenge.

The atc's were:-
from Jean

from John

from Kim

from Melanie

and from Suzanne

I hope to be mailing each entrant with a collage sheet from Kim shortly and the winner of the two PDA points this time is Jean. What are PDA points? Well collect them for all sorts of activities on PDA and they can be exchanged for a number of craft goods/ephemera from Kim's store.

PDA ATC swap #7; theme = films

2010-03-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

The them seems to have frightened people off this time - unless everyone was busy with easter coming up, etc. But the four entries were:-

Play it Sam by Suzanne

The Colour Purple by Thelma

TCM by Melanie

and the final entry by John ( I am sure you know where this quote comes from)

You are welcome to join us on Paper Digital Art and Images by Kim in the ATC / aceo artists group.

Each entrant in this swap will receive the usual collage sheet from Kim's Etsy shop collection and Suzanne is this weeks's winner of the two PDA points for her card, " Play it Sam".

Literature themed ATC swap on PDA

2010-03-20T15:01:00.000-07:00

The results of the literature themed swap are now available. the randomized list of swap partners from Random.org are:-

1.Melanie
2.Thelma
3.Lydia
4.John
5.Ginabee
6.Laurie
7.Suzanne

The atc's entered to this swap are shown below:-

Suzanne

Thelma

Gina

Laurie

John

Lydia

Melanie

the winer of the two PDA points for this challenge is Laurie, every entrant will be receiving a collage sheet from Kim's Etsy collection. Thanks to all the entrants , hope that you enjoyed taking part and will be joining in swap #7, FILMS.

Theme: Wings Deadline Feb 28th (swap 5)

2010-03-04T07:39:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
below are the entries for the ATC swap Theme: Wings

If you would like to see all of the details of this swap or participate in future swaps, please stop by the ATC ACEO swap group or the PaperDigitalArt and imagesbykim forum

ATC's were traded as follows:

1.Debbie Holland
2.Lydia Hildebrandt
3.Suzanne Delaney
4.Lydia Gilchuck
5.Thelma Findlay
6.John Dyhouse
7.Kim Newberg
8.Jean E Roman
9.Ginabee

Timestamp: 2010-03-02 22:49:30 UTC ( for new players, if you register with Random.org you can use this timestamp to see - and confirm the result).

Ginabee

Lynda Gilchuk

Lydia Hildebrandt

Kim Newberg

John Dyhouse

Jean Roman

Debbie Holland

Suzanne Delaney

Thelma Findlay

Theme: Vintage Deadline Feb 14th (swap 4)

2010-03-04T07:19:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
below are the entries for the ATC swap Theme: Vintage

If you would like to see all of the details of this swap or participate in future swaps, please stop by the ATC ACEO swap group or the PaperDigitalArt and imagesbykim forum

ATC's were traded as follows:

1.John Dyhouse
2.Lydia Hildebrandt
3.Kim Newberg
4.Jan Lambert
5.Thelma
6.Lynda Gilchuk
7.Suzanne Delaney
8.Jean E. Roman
9.Julia Eleazer

Timestamp: 2010-02-16 08:57:25 UTC ( for new players, if you register with Random.org you can use this timestamp to see - and confirm the result).

This challenge also includes a challenge winner chosen by the group administrator John Dyhouse. Congrats to Thelma Findlay, she receives 2 PDA points to spend or accumulate for a variety of crafty artsy stuff.

Thelma Findlay Challenge Winner

Julia Eleazer

John Dyhouse

Jean Roman

Jan Lambert

Suzanne Delaney

Lynda Gilchuk

Lydia Hildebrandt

Kim Newberg

Theme: Your New Year Resolution Deadline: January 31, 2010 (swap 3)

2010-03-04T06:41:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
below are the entries for the ATC swap Theme: Your New Year Resolution

If you would like to see all of the details of this swap or participate in future swaps, please stop by the ATC ACEO swap group or the PaperDigitalArt and imagesbykim forum

ATC's were traded as follows:

1.Lydia Hildebrandt
2.Laurie
3.Lynda Gilchuck
4.Kim
5.Jean E. Roman
6.John

(the randomisation was as usual done thru Random.org. All usages are given a time stamp for confirmation by interested parties. Timestamp: 2010-02-01 10:06:26 UTC)

Lynda Gilchuk

Lydia Hildebrandt

Laurie

Kim

John

Jean

Theme: A Vintage Christmas Deadline November 29th (swap 2)

2010-03-04T06:19:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
below are the entries for the ATC swap Theme: A vintage Christmas

If you would like to see all of the details of this swap or participate in future swaps, please stop by the ATC ACEO swap group or the PaperDigitalArt and imagesbykim forum

ATC's were traded as follows:

Using http://www.random.org/, I have randomised the list of names (entries) to provide a list of partners. This is as follows:-

1.Gayle (sorry Gayle, not sure of your surname)
2.Margot Guerrero

3.Joanne Ross
4.Cathy Wendler

5.Lynda Gilchuck
6.John Dyhouse

7.John Dyhouse
8.Lydia Hildebrand

9.Kim Newberg
10.Suzanne Delaney

Timestamp: 2009-12-02 18:42:00 UTC

The timestamp above is an identifier, by which the randomisation operation may be recalled/checked via the Random.org web site. I shall include this information each time as a guarantee of fair play.

John

Lydia

Lynda

John

Joanne

Gayle

Cathy

Margot

Suzanne

Kim

Theme: Red October 24th ending date for swap 1

2010-03-04T05:48:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
below are the entries for the very first ATC swap on PaperDigital Art and Imagesbykim

If you would like to see all of the details of this swap or participate in future swaps, please stop by the ATC group or the PaperDigitalArt and imagesbykim forum

ATC's were traded as follows:

the randomised list ( using www.random.org) is as follows:-

1.john2
2.Kim
3.john1
4.joanne

Timestamp: 2009-10-27 09:52:06 UTC ( this identifies the randomisation of the list on the site records)

Joanne

John

Kim