My way with an ATC backside!
I made this today! Full of ATC enthusiasm now that I have assigned all the partners for the Second Very Berry Textile Artist Trading Card Swap… Now that we’re officially started, the main reason I made...
View ArticleVery Berry Artist Trading Card Swap update
We are entering the final week of the Very Berry ATC swap, so it seems like the right time to share some of the work that has been completed so far. There is some fantastic pics in the ATC Swap Flickr...
View ArticleSpiky Post
I decided not to take part in the Very Berry Handmade Artist Trading Card swap this time round, and have been regretting it because of all the loveliness that is popping up in the Flickr group. So can...
View ArticleVery Berry Artist Trading Card Swap 3 – Sign ups now open!
Swap full – thank you everyone! Ok, time to breathe a bit of life back into this here blog! I’m determined to run 3 ATC swaps this year, I thought we’d better get started… We have had 2 brilliant swaps...
View ArticleA Home for my ATCs
This is why I love ATCs so much – I have a lovely little art gallery! Inspired by Larisa of Stitching Notes beautiful styling of her ATCs, I got myself some little mini-easels to display my cards....
View ArticleBookish ATCs with a hint of spring
So, just in time for the closing date of the 3rd Very Berry ATC swap, I got mine finished: I used lots of little appliqued bits of Liberty and linen to create the books on my ATC, with a bit of felt to...
View ArticleThird ATC Round Up
It has been a tricky swap this time round, I’m not sure why, maybe third time unlucky? Sadly, in spite of all the cards having been sent, there are still 5 or 6 swappers who are waiting to receive an...
View ArticleA happy post day
The postie bought me a little parcel this morning…. I love a surprise! Inside I found this little piece of art: It’s a beautiful portrait of Lizzie Bennett and everyone’s favourite love interest, Mr...
View ArticleIt’s that ATC time again…
SWAP FULL – thanks everyone! It’s time to swap some textile Artist’s Trading Cards! Regular readers know that this is a big deal round here at Very Berry… This is swap number four, and I know there are...
View Article4th ATC Swap Round Up
So, another ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap has come and gone – it was fun, although I was really sorry not to have been able to join in myself (other than organise it of course..) due to severe lack of...
View ArticleWinter Sparkle Cross Stitch
My original plan for my card for my Winter Sparkle Artist Trading Card swap was to do a little cross stitch sampler of Christmassy Fair Isle Patterns, in a lovely Scandi-style red & white combo. So...
View ArticleWelcome 2015 – the Winter Sparkles on!
I feel so proud that there are now nearly 400 photos of beautiful textile Artist Trading Cards in the Very Berry ATC swap group on Flickr… We have had 5 swaps over the 20 months since we started – and...
View ArticleArtist Trading Card Swap – Sign ups now open!
It’s time for an ATC swap! This is the 6th Very Berry Textile Artist Trading Card Swap – and I can’t tell you how proud I am of the little swapping community we have built up, and how pleased I am to...
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