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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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Freebie: Sweet Vintage Girl
The moderators are so pleased to share this wonderful vintage cabinet card image for your personal use. A great big THANK YOU goes to Connie Holso for sharing this with us. Please click the link found below the preview to access the full size file. Enjoy!
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Friday Freebie - ATC Backgrounds
This week's Friday Freebie is another item courtesy of Connie Holso, one of our moderators. Connie has put together these great ATC backgrounds for you to use in your work. Please click on the link BELOW the image to download the full size file. Have fun!
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| DOWNLOAD HERE |
Friday, October 12, 2012
Friday Freebie: A Little Family Heritage
It's time for another freebie courtesy of our moderator, Connie Holso! This time she's sharing a collage sheet which includes a photo of her own ancestors. You can grab the full size freebie by clicking on the image below and then right-click to open in a new window before saving. Or you can download from Box.com using the link HERE.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
How About a Little Rust?
Last month we posted a comprehensive tutorial on
how to rust tin/metal here at the PT Blog.
We had so much fun with this technique that we decided to
make
our next challenge be all about Rust.
You can create or alter anything you want but you must
include
at least one rusted item in the creation.
If you want to make a tag with a rusted metal button, great!
If you want to rust an entire tin and make an assemblage
out of it, super!
Journal pages, altered book covers, cards, you name it, but
just rust it!
You can follow our rust tutorial here if you don't have anything already rusted
or use what you may have in your supplies already.
A prize package of vintage and designer papers, and
embellishments will
be awarded to the project which best showcases
the challenge requirement.
You don't have to be a member
of Paper_Traders
Yahoo Art group to
participate but if you would like
to join us and be privy to even more
great paper crafting swaps
and challenges plus better than ever artistic
support, that would be super!
Challenge Rules
- Make a paper craft, mixed media, altered art ( any size).
- The theme is "How about a
little rust".
- Post your art to your blog, Flickr, Picasa
(online albums). Mention our name PaperTraders Art Blog with a link back
to this post. You are more than welcome to grab our button and post it on
your blog as well. The last day to post for this challenge is October
31st, 2012. No backlinks please.
- After posting your "How about a little
rust!" art on your site, come back to this post and leave us
a comment with link to your post/image. You must include a direct link to
your image or post, not a general link to your album or blog. All you
will need to do is copy and paste the url address of your post found at
the top of your browser window.
- The winner(s) will be awarded our "Trader
Treasure" blog badge which they can choose to feature on their blog.
Their art will also be posted on the PaperTraders Art Blog for the month.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Halloween Freebie
It's time for another freebie to share courtesy of our moderator, Connie Holso! You can grab the full size image by clicking on the photo below and then right-click to open the image in a new window before saving. Or you can download from 4Shared using the link HERE. Happy Haunting!
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