Fiskateer Card Challenge

The challenge was to come up with a card or page layout for Spring using flowers. I enjoy making cards so that's what I chose to do. I also had some Prima flowers that I had won in a drawing and used those as well.

Inchies

As I was browsing through the Fiskateer message board I noticed a number of posts referencing "inchies". My interest was picqued and to I had to know, What is an inchie? An inchie is a 1" square crafted any way you want. I believe these are used mainly in swaps. Once you receive inchies through a swap you can use them any way you'd like. Scrapbook pages, cards, embellishment on a craft project... Here are my first inchies.

ATC's (Artist Trading Cards)

This is my first attempt at ATC's. I was preparing to attend the Fiska-Friendzy event at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. We had the option to create themed ATC's for the event and were able to swap with fellow Fiskateers.

I didn't even know what ATC stood for and did quite a bit of research. Quite interesting. M. Vänçi Stirnemann originated the idea in 1996 in Switzerland. The miniature cards, about the size of a baseball trading card, were intended to be traded not sold and were used basically as a business card for artists.

Scrapbookers have taken their own spin on these cards using techniques that one would use in their albums. The reverse side of my ATC's have been numbered, include my contact information, information about the event that this was made for and a small photo of me.

Below are some ATC's that were at the event. I enjoyed the process and will most likely make ATC's again!