Swap Due Date – May 30, 2025
Signup/withdraw date – May 16, 2025
Number of Cards - 3 for 3
Number of participants - Unlimited
Media - Mixed Media.
You MUST USE Four (4) or more recycled/repurposed items from the list below on your ATC. The rest is up to your creativity. And please use a theme, rather than just slap stuff on a card.
Recycled Treasure Hunt ATC Swap - Third Edition! We're going on another recycled treasure hunt. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle! For this swap, please use FOUR (4) or more recycled / repurposed items from the list below on your ATC. The rest is up to your creativity.
I ask that you please use a theme, rather than just slap stuff on a card.
ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED - Pick 4 items (or more) for each card: • Food box or tissue box as substrate (must show on front or back) • Corrugated cardboard • Game pieces / cards / score pad (NOT playing cards) • Play money • Old book pages / magazine pages • Found text • Handwritten letters or lists • Ledger pages • Photograph images (copies are okay) • Security or decorative envelope liners • Vintage film strips, slides or negatives - actual film • Vintage map or atlas • UPC codes / Barcodes / QR code (from packaging or ads) • Used postage stamp(s) • Old trading stamp(s) - ie S&H Green Stamps or WWII ration stamps • Old tickets – (movie / train / airline / admission etc) • Old bills or receipts or used checks (remember those?) • Labels - vintage or current (i.e. clothing labels, needle packs, mailing labels etc.) • Sheet music • Paint chips - title must be visible • Sewing pattern - the envelope wrapper or tissue pattern • Left over ribbon or lace bits - actual fabric
NOTE: these are intended to be items destined for the recycle bin or garbage can… however if you buy OLD things / ephemera specifically to use in art, that qualifies too.
SAMPLES:
Just a girl and her familiar. Includes 1) book page 2) sheet music 3) postage stamp 4) old receipt 5) photo image (copy)
Happiness is Heirloom Lace Includes 1) Paint chip 2) lace piece 3) ledger page 4) postage stamp 5) thread label 6) found text
Formidable Women Includes 1) book page 2) sheet music 3) war ration stamp 4) photo image 5) ribbon piece
Basic Rules * All cards must be standard 3.5” x 2.5” and must be sturdy enough to earn the name "card". * Each card must be different. Cards may be similar but each must be unique to itself. * Send in work you would be happy to receive, created with thought and care. * Send your cards in individual protective sleeves. * Keep embellishments to a minimum. Thinner cards are desired. If you have thick cards, send extra postage for each card.
MAILING - please read! * On Back of Cards - include swap name; username; your real name and location. * Please mail early. Our USPS mail has been a bit wonky and can take a week or three longer than usual. * PLEASE SECURE YOUR CARDS! If they are loose, they bunch up and become too thick for standard postage and arrive with postage due. I’ve had several recently. If that is the case, I’ll refuse delivery and return to sender. Details on how to
safely pack here:
https://atcsforall.com/forums/threads/how-to-pack-mail-your-cards-for-swaps.909/page-6#post-2216595 US Participants: Include a Self Addressed Business sized envelope OR a clearly written label with a Forever Stamp (currently .73 cents). Please include your user name and name of swap on your envelope.
International Participants: Please send your address on a clearly written label that includes your username. I will provide the envelope and the postage. And please mail early! 3 - 4 weeks is recommended. * If you need to drop out; just let me know. No cards and no communication is very bad karma and could result in a neutral i-trader! Note that this is 3 for 3 only. An extra card for the host is never required, although always greatly appreciated. Please ask for my address when you are ready to mail your cards. If you’ve traded with me recently, I’m still at Brownsville Place. Posting in the thread when your cards are mailed helps me keep track. And please consider posting your lovely completed art for everyone to see. It’s so fun to see what others are creating! When you receive your returns, please leave Feedback (formerly iTrader) for your swap host (me). It's also polite to let folks know where their art now lives! That can be done by posting a thank you in the thread, or giving a reputation comment, or posting on their profile or sending a conversation / private message. Note that I include links to each swap participant in the first post to make it easy to leave a reputation comment. Now let’s start the hunt!
Just a girl and her familiar. Includes 1) book page 2) sheet music 3) postage stamp 4) old receipt 5) photo image (copy) Happiness is Heirloom Lace Includes 1) Paint chip 2) lace piece 3) ledger page 4) postage stamp 5) thread label 6) found text Formidable Women Includes 1) book page 2) sheet music 3) war ration stamp 4) photo image 5) ribbon piece Basic Rules * All cards must be standard 3.5” x 2.5” and must be sturdy enough to earn the name "card". * Each card must be different. Cards may be similar but each must be unique to itself. * Send in work you would be happy to receive, created with thought and care. * Send your cards in individual protective sleeves. * Keep embellishments to a minimum. Thinner cards are desired. If you have thick cards, send extra postage for each card. MAILING - please read! * On Back of Cards - include swap name; username; your real name and location. * Please mail early. Our USPS mail has been a bit wonky and can take a week or three longer than usual. * PLEASE SECURE YOUR CARDS! If they are loose, they bunch up and become too thick for standard postage and arrive with postage due. I’ve had several recently. If that is the case, I’ll refuse delivery and return to sender. Details on how to safely pack here: https://atcsforall.com/forums/threads/how-to-pack-mail-your-cards-for-swaps.909/page-6#post-2216595 US Participants: Include a Self Addressed Business sized envelope OR a clearly written label with a Forever Stamp (currently .73 cents). Please include your user name and name of swap on your envelope. International Participants: Please send your address on a clearly written label that includes your username. I will provide the envelope and the postage. And please mail early! 3 - 4 weeks is recommended. * If you need to drop out; just let me know. No cards and no communication is very bad karma and could result in a neutral i-trader! Note that this is 3 for 3 only. An extra card for the host is never required, although always greatly appreciated. Please ask for my address when you are ready to mail your cards. If you’ve traded with me recently, I’m still at Brownsville Place. Posting in the thread when your cards are mailed helps me keep track. And please consider posting your lovely completed art for everyone to see. It’s so fun to see what others are creating! When you receive your returns, please leave Feedback (formerly iTrader) for your swap host (me). It's also polite to let folks know where their art now lives! That can be done by posting a thank you in the thread, or giving a reputation comment, or posting on their profile or sending a conversation / private message. Note that I include links to each swap participant in the first post to make it easy to leave a reputation comment. Now let’s start the hunt!
I'll be back with details in a short while.