What everyone is making/trading...

Have you given any thought to what everyone is trading, making recently? I didn't until I was looking through a craft forum the other day and was blown away by all the different goodies people are sharing with each other. I knew ATC's were very popular and I've been trading them for a while now. I had heard of inchies but never participated in a swap for those...well, these are JUST the beginning!!!!

I went in search of and here is a list of what I came up with.....If you know of other artys goodies out there that people are making and trading please let me know, I'd be happy to add it to the list!

ATC's - Artist Trading Cards - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - only requirements, must be traded not sold and you have to sign your work. Now, some swaps are for specific themes and such but for the most part, they are just little pieces of random art.

Dominoes - varied sizes. Yep, people are decorating and trading all sizes and shapes of these critters! Not sure what they do with them all but I'm sure they would make a beautiful display when they are through.

Envelope Books - varied sizes. This sounds like such fun to me...I would love to get into (or host) one of these swaps. To make an envelope book everyone in the group decides on the size of envelope they want to swap, each person decorates an envelope and single cardstock panel that fits inside the envelope with a different theme. Everyone who participates ends up with one envelope of each theme. The resulting books can be bound however each person desires! I'm thinkin it sounds like lots of fun!

Fat Books (Pages) - 4" x 4" - Fat Books tiny scrapbooks that are usually made by joining a group. Each week someone will post a specific theme that each of you are supposed to work on that week/month (depending on how your swaps are set up). You make enough pages for everyone in that group and trade. By the end of the swap you'll have a "Fat Book" full of cool lay-outs.

Gothic Arches - varied shapes & sizes. Another cool ATC type of altered art. The blog Gothic Arches posts a new challenge each Sunday to get you creating. Be sure to check it out....they also have links to various templates for making your own Gothic Arch base.

Hidden Depths - 5" x 5" (starting size) - 2" x 5" (folded) - This is a really great idea thought up by Simon on the Craft Swap Forum. Check out this link to his instructions... Hidden Depths. Basically, you decorate the inside and outside of a card using the same theme but you decorate the outside of the card in one style and the inside in a different style! How cool is that!! I'm very excited about this and can't wait to give it a try :)

Inchies - 1" x 1" squares. I've never participated in a swap for these but I'm thinking about jumping into one somewhere. They look like fun!

Moo's - 70mm x 28mm - No laughing now - this is for real!! These are tiny little canvases that can be made just like ATC's or Skinnies. Just another fun and challenging piece of art. Here is a Moo Challenge site I found....Make a Moo or Two :)

Skinny's - 3" x 5" - these remind me of cabinet cards from the old days. Basically, they are ATC's on steriods. There is a great blog that offers up challenges each Saturday - Check it out....
Sarah's Skinny Saturday Challenge!! I believe I'm going to give them a try :)

So there you have it...quite a list to work off of.

Maybe some afternoon when you've hit a creative block;

you're creative Muse is on vacation

or maybe you just can't get motivated

give one of these a try!

Be sure to check in tomorrow when I'll share another great stamping site/designer with you :)

Now, go get inky!!