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.

Friday, July 4, 2014

New Swap: Round Robin ATCs

This swap is for Paper Traders members only but we would love to have you join our fun. Please click on the purple yahoo button in the sidebar for more information on how to join.

Round Robin ATCs
4-for-4 ATCs
Skill Level: Any
Sign Up Deadline: July 18th
Project Due Date: Cards to be mailed every two weeks, for five rounds.
Sixth recipient keeps the completed cards they receive.
Hosted by: Beckie Holso

Description: Inspired by our Hitchhikers, this project will consist of making ATCs in a round-robin style. Everyone will start by making 4 ATCs with different backgrounds, then mail all 4 cards to the next name on the list. Each time you receive a set, you will add one unique embellishment to each of the 4 cards and then send them on again to the next person who will do the same. This will continue until all the cards have 5 steps completed and then mailed to the 6th person as a set of 4 different ATCs to keep. It is important that each card in every step receive a unique embellishment - no "cookie cutter" stuff! We want all 4 cards to be very different from each other in keeping with the spirit of the swap.  Please remember to add your name and contribution on the back of each card.

Mailing Guidelines: The mailing list will be announced on July 19th. For each round, you will mail to the same person shown after you on the list. Cards to be mailed every two weeks, for five rounds. Sixth recipient keeps the completed cards they receive.

In order to keep things running smoothly, it's important that everyone mail their cards out in a timely manner.  Sometimes it might take almost the full two weeks for the cards to get to you so please be prompt in adding your embellishment and moving the cards quickly along.  Since you only need to add one thing to each card, we hope this will be an easy process.

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