Journals & Collaborative Projects

Below you will find a sampling our members' work from previous collaborative projects.  Click on images to view them larger. We hope this will inspire you to come and play with us! If you are interested in joining our group, please visit us at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/

Tutorials & Techniques

Below are some of our favorite tricks for adding depth and dimension to your art.  We hope you have fun giving these a try!

Current Group Swaps & Projects

Below is a list of current swaps and projects available to group members. If you are interested in joining our group and participating in these projects, please visit us at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/.  

For existing group members, you can sign up to participate  in these projects here: Swaps & Current Projects.  

We look forward to swapping with you.  Happy Arting!

Member Gallery for Group Swaps
 
Below you will find a sampling our members' work from previous group swaps and projects.  Click on images to view them larger. We hope this will inspire you to come and play with us! If you are interested in joining our group, please visit us at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/.
 
Come play with us... Join today!

Paper Traders is a friendly online community of artists from around the world. We nurture and value creativity, embrace new ideas, products, and techniques yet also value tried and true methods of artistic expression. Our projects consist primarily of paper arts, mixed media collage, artist trading cards, altered art, assemblages, collaborative journals, mail art, and more.

We are interested in creative individuals of varied skill levels who wish to challenge themselves artistically and help build a supportive community. We are at our best when we can share our creative efforts as well as techniques, resources, feedback, and insights. We encourage conversation about art, the art process, and what it means to be an artist.

Paper Traders is hosted on Yahoo Groups at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/.
We hope you will consider joining us on an artistic journey!

In order to prevent spammers and to insure that all applicants are actual persons interested in creating art, a questionnaire will be sent to all potential members. When applying, please submit digital examples of your work or direct us to a website where we can view your art. The intent of the questionnaire is not to judge the merits of your art but to safeguard the integrity of our community.

Free Images for Download
Below you will find images that are owned by our group members and offered for your personal use as well as images found in the public domain. Images may be freely used in your personal artwork but may not be used for commercial purposes of any kind without written permission of the owner. No images may be used to create collage sheets or image collections for resale.

To download, follow the link provided. In some cases, you may be able to just click on the image to enlarge it, then right-click and select "save image as". Content changes frequently and many images are available for a limited time.  Please check back often for newly posted images to use in your art journey.

Open Art Challenges !

We're changing things up here at Paper Traders. Instead of the monthly challenges of the past, we'll now be hosting special challenges that might feature a specific technique or product and will be rewarded with actual prizes sponsored by our group members.

Our new challenge for 2013 is a year long word prompt journaling project/challenge. Each specific challenge will be open for one month and all art bloggers can participate, whether you are a Paper Traders member or not. Each artist will comment with a link to their blog post that features the artwork for that particular challenge. For each challenge, a winner will be selected whose art best exemplifies the challenge. The winning artist will be featured here and get a "Trader Treasure" blog button to display on their own blog. They also will receive one chance for each entry for the end of the year prize drawing. Watch this page for more details and challenge announcements.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Welcome to our new blog!

Welcome to our brand new blog - we are so excited you're here!  This blog was created to be the public face for our private Yahoo group.  This forum gives us a chance to show you what we are all about and entice you to join our creative group of artists.

If you are already a member of Paper Traders, this site will be an additional resource for you.  Here you will find exciting swap announcements, informative tutorials, a place to sell and trade items from your art stash, and free downloads - all in one place. So grab a promotional button from the right-hand column to link this site to your personal blog and help us get the word out.

If you have any suggestions for the development of this blog, please email one of the moderators.

We really appreciate the efforts of all our terrifically talented group members and offer special thanks to current member and former moderator, Keron Lee, for the use of her beautiful artwork in the design of this website.
Posted by artbeckons at 12:01 PM
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5 comments:

abby j said...

Congratulations...BEAUTIFUL new blog...easy to navigate, lots of wonderful eye candy! You must have done lots of research to put it together as art goes way back...NICE!! Thanks for all you do. THIS is my year to become more involved AGAIN. Happy 2011...

January 17, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Hermine said...

Congratulations, its lloks awesome already. I have linked it on my blog already.

January 17, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Cat Stegall said...

WONDERFUL!!!

January 17, 2011 at 6:56 PM
Gina said...

Nice work! It looks beautiful, girls!

January 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Colette said...

Congratulations on your blog! It looks lovely.

February 7, 2011 at 10:46 AM

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