So sorry for the long absence ...

Such a long period of time since my last post,

with apologies. Life sometimes can knock your

stuffing out of you. After the loss of dear dog,

found my mojo had all but disappeared, but recently

joined a group of Facebook that are into making

Artist Trading Coins.

Now I seem to be totally obsessed with making them...grin.

They're great fun to make, with so many options

It's the same principal as Artist Trading Cards.

The only rule, is that it be a 2.5" circumference circle 

instead of the 2.5x3.5" Trading Card.

And you can choose to use any type of

medium in making them. Paint, draw, stamp,

or in my world, collage with graphics and

bits and bobs to add on occasion.

I'm finding, when making them, I seem

to be working in series of them. 

When

I find an idea works, and have the supplies,

I make a few different variations, then 

when the ideas start to fog a bit

...onto another idea.

I find it's a little hard to run out of ideas

when I have a massive collection of 

wonderful graphics to use by all of my

Favourite Graphic Designers collections

from over the years....just to name a few...

From Mischief Circus

Tumble Fish Studio 

(Retired from Mischief Circus)

Crowabout StudioB

Itkupilli

Miles Beyond the Moon

and others...

other Favourites

On Etsy, Art Tea Life,

Ceremony, and through 

The Astronauts Club

Teesha Moore

and even 

Retro Cafe Art!

They have a whole section in their shop

full of wonderful graphic digital sheets!

Retro Cafe Art

also has a whole other series of wonderful

Artist Trading Coin accessories!

Digital pages to print up for labels

for the backs of your coins and now,

rubber stamps for labels to boot!

Anyway, I'll just post a few more pictures

so you can get the idea of the obsession 

I've fallen into....grin...

and hopefully to give you some inspiration

to jump in and make some for yourself and to trade

with others too!

If you check out Facebook and other 

Social Media, you'll find there are 

tons of Artist Trading Coin groups!

And on a practical note....

in this current time, postage is always

a concern when doing swaps...

These are so easy and lightweight

to pop into the post....

I like to put them

into a trading card sleeves, or even

a trading card page, as they have the

2.5" wide openings and store great,

 leaving rows open

for the swap partner 

to finish filling the page sleeves...

...and of course, that can lead you into

mail art too.....grin..

So I hope sharing my latest obsession,

my getting my mojo back after a long

absence will help inspire you to get busy

and make some Artist Trading Coins too!

Now get busy....Cheers!

Enjoy!