Altered Art Halloween Cards from Digital Collage Sheet

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! This year I made the following nine Halloween greeting cards using the Digital Collage Sheet, Halloween Witches, ATC, ACEO sized, 2.5 X 3.5, Halloween Children (Sheet no. H39) Instant Download from Lisa's Altered Art Shop on Etsy.

I printed the collage sheet on a piece of matte photo paper that measured 8.5" by 11". I got nine unique pieces of art that each measured 2.5" by 3.5". 

I cut out the nine individual cards and covered each one with a thin film of Tim Holtz Distress Glaze. I wiped the glaze off with a piece of paper towel. This product left a beautiful satin finish on the surface of the cards.

I used cardstock from the Tim Holtz Halloween pack (2017) and matching Tim Holtz washi tape. The sentiments are from the Tim Holtz Clippings collection.

I used kraft cardstock for the base that measured 4.25" by 5.5". 

You may CLICK on each individual photo to enlarge.

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Book Review: How To Sell Your Crafts Online

How to Sell Your Crafts Online: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Sales on Etsy and Beyond

Author: Derrick Sutton

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: October 11, 2011

 

About The Author

Derrick Sutton and his wife sell their artwork and jewelry in their Etsy store. After using simple Internet marketing techniques to promote their work, they saw their Etsy sales increase dramatically. Based on these techniques, Derrick produced this guide to help other artists and crafters increase their success.

Guide For Crafting Success
The purpose of this guide is to illustrate techniques for setting up an Etsy shop and marketing handmade items online.

Selling your art, crafts, and designs has never been easier. The Internet has opened up a great window of opportunity for creative sellers. Etsy, a marketplace dedicated to buying and selling all things handmade, opened it's doors on the Internet in 2005.

Online marketing is vital to expanding your audience and getting more sales. This book provides step-by-step guidelines and practical techniques for "getting the word out" and helping people find your unique handmade items.

My Thoughts
I have sold on eBay for many years but I just opened an Etsy shop a few months ago. I have been looking for books that would help me get up and running on this site.

This book covers every subject that you need to know to get started on Etsy. There are instructions for setting up the shop, writing listings that sell, tagging and taking photographs of your items.

The author explains the importance of getting involved in the Etsy community by participating in forums, forming teams and creating Etsy treasuries.

This book provides a detailed guide for promoting your Etsy shop on the Internet. The author encourages crafters to promote their craft business by blogging, tweeting on Twitter, setting up a Facebook page, creating a lens on
Squidoo and making a movie on YouTube.

I really like the way the author provides "Action Steps" at the end of each chapter. These steps summarize the information in the chapter and give you specific things to put on your "to do" list. This book will be very useful for new shop owners and it will also help established shop owners improve their shop design, get more involved in the Etsy community and establish new marketing techniques.

My Rating:  5 Stars Out Of 5

FYI ~ I checked-out this book from my local public library. This book is available on Amazon in print and Kindle versions.

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Book Review: Etsy 101 - Sell Your Crafts on Etsy

Would you like to find a place to sell your handmade items on the Internet? Do you have vintage collectibles that you would like to sell? Would you like to sell art and crafts supplies to crafters?
Steve Weber, author of "Etsy 101 - Sell Your Crafts on Etsy, the DIY Marketplace for Handmade, Vintage and Crafting Supplies", believes that Etsy is the hottest marketplace on the Internet for artisans and crafters. This book will explain exactly how to open an Etsy Shop and get your crafts business up and going.

About the Author
Steve Weber is a native of Charleston, W.Va. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a Journalism graduate of West Virginia University. He is the author of ten books that help online merchants and marketers.

The Ideal Marketplace for Artists and Crafters
Etsy has become the world's marketplace for handmade and vintage items. It was started by Rob Kalin, an artist and carpenter, in 2005. Mr. Kalin was looking for a place to sell his work online. He found that eBay was not a good fit for crafters and artisans because they seem to favor big sellers of mass-produced items.

Mr. Weber has written a very comprehensive book about how to navigate the Etsy marketplace. The book begins by explaining how to open an account and how to make purchases.

The real value of this book is the precise information that is given on how to open and operate an Etsy shop. Mr. Weber explains what kind of items can be sold in an Etsy shop, how to design the shop, how to list items and how to manage sales and shipping. He also goes into detailed information about how to market your shop with social media, SEO and paid advertising.

Mr. Weber explains the importance of interacting with the Etsy Community. He describes the Etsy forums, Circles and Teams. He features 14 successful Etsy sellers in this book and shares information about how they got started and how they operate and manage their businesses.

The author provides some basic information about copyright, licensing and taxes. The last chapter in the book is "Mind Your Manners and Dos & Don'ts". This section offers advice that will be a great help for buyers and sellers who are new to the site.

My Thoughts
I read this book because I am in the process of setting up an Etsy Shop. I have sold on eBay for many years but I agree that Etsy is the best place for "crafty" people.

I was very impressed with the amount of information that this book offers. It is a very useful primer for selling handmade art and crafts online. I can't think of a single relevant topic that is not covered in this book.

I found the information on PayPal online payments very helpful. I have used PayPal for almost as long as I have sold on eBay but I still learned some new information on receiving online payments in this book.

Kudos to Steve Weber for the research that he did for this book. This is a must-read resource for anyone who is interested in buying or selling items on Etsy.

My Rating: 5 Stars out of 5

FYI ~ I ordered a digital copy of this book from Amazon.Com when it was offered as a free download. Please check the price before ordering.

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