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The New Year New Member Swap - Due March 7, 2024

LindyLu said:
Jez, thank you for posting this information. I did not know that the machines couldn't read cursive and I have been so guilty of using cursive on all my envelopes. This practice will cease immediately! It's a miracle all my envelopes have made it to their destination. I will do better going forward. :)
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A while back, I watched a short doc about the postal sorting machines. I wanted to see what our envies full of art were physically going through. I had heard they were being bent at an extreme angle and it worried me. I didn’t get to see as much as I hoped, but I did learn a few things.

It helps that zip codes are numbers rather than letters. That is the first sort after leaving your PO and landing at a USPS distribution center. After that it really depends on where your mail is headed. When your envies land in my zip, an actual human that knows my name (and probably more of my business than I would care to share, lol) reads the addy and puts it in my box, no machines and no mail carriers. But if your mail eventually heads to a zip with another machine, I believe it is then kicked out of the queue and has to be hand sorted. At best that adds to the travel time, at worst…

Did you know that in the US many school systems no longer even teach cursive? And that began long before the remote education era instigated by Covid.
 
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Jezebelle, do you still have an open space for an old, lapsed trader of artist cards such as I? If you do, I think I might be close to finishing up my ATC's and would love to join. Thanks!
 
jezebelle said:
Swap Due Date: March 7, 2024
Sign up by: February 21, 2024
Withdraw by: anytime, just communicate
Number of ATCs: 3 for 3
Number of Participants: 40
Medium: open media *please read the not-so-fine print


Happy New Year! Welcome New Members!


This swap is for all the New members of ATCs For All.
Who decides just who is New? You do!

If if you recently joined AFA… If you joined AFA years ago but have not traded very many cards yet… If you just returned to AFA after a long absence… If you have been drawing your whole life but just discovered ATCs…. If you have been making ATCs for years but just discovered AFA… If you just picked up a paintbrush, glue stick, camera, needle & thread, etc. for the first time… If you have never joined a swap or made a trade…
If you think this swap is for you… then this swap is for you!
*And if you are just eager to swap with AFA’s newest talent, I might let you sneak in as well.

For this swap you will create 3 original ATCs in any media, in the theme of your choice.

PLEASE READ THE DETAILS CAREFULLY…

Media Parameters: (the not-so-fine print)
- Media for this swap is wide open.
- Please note that every ATC submitted for this swap must be an original one-of-a-kind, no copies!
- Handmade prints, photographic and digital cards or components are welcome. But DO NOT repeat or copy cards that you have swapped/traded in the past or plan on replicating for swaps/trades in the future.
- Keep embellishments relatively flat and lightweight, for safe and economical mailing.
- If a variety of media is submitted to the swap, please expect a variety of media in your returns.

Craftsmanship Parameters:
- ATCs must be sturdy, 2.5” x 3.5”, and have tidy edges.
- Cards with loose/unattached bits will not be accepted. Sticky cards will not be accepted.
- Submit your best work. Please send creative and conscientiously crafted ATCs, cards that you would be excited to display or have displayed.
- Label ATCs on the back, include your username and country/state, include other info as you wish.

Mailing Parameters:
- Please send me a “Conversation” requesting my address when you are ready to mail your ATCs.
- Please put each ATC in some form of protection, preferably a plastic card sleeve, but a baggie, paper envie, or even a waxed paper wrap will do.
- Secure your ATCs for shipping using an easy release tape, like washi or painter’s tape. No Scotch tape, seriously, NO Scotch Tape!
- US Participants: Please include a self addressed envelope (preferably business sized) with a FOREVER stamp (68 cents).
- International Participants: Please send a LARGE, clearly-addressed mailing label. Also include one US Global Forever Stamp or a well hidden $2 US. I will provide your envelope. Please contact me via Conversation if you have specific concerns related to international mailing.
- Please allow plenty of mailing time! Be aware that the mails have become slow again, typical recommended lead times (USA: 2 weeks, INTERNATIONAL: 3-4) may need to be extended.
- Late submissions will be returned to sender.

Other stuff:
- Please sign up by posting to this thread.
- Please share your finished Art in this thread and in the gallery and comment on those you like. Process pics are welcome too!
- A host card makes a wonderful gift, but is never required to play.
- Before you mail your ATCs, please review the media, craftsmanship, and mailing parameters.
- Don’t forget to submit Feedback/iTrader for the host. Every swap is a learning experience, I welcome feedback in either the iTrader comments section or a “Conversation”.
- Please, please, please acknowledge the artists who created your returns, and let them know what art you received. You are welcome to do so in the thread or by other means.

Participants:

1. LindyLu … received
2. Tess
3. ArtSean329 … received
4. Mountain59
5. TheFFG … received
6. lathacker
7. les342 … received
8. jo.on.the.go … received
9. Mstufflebeam
10. Ellf … received
11. Jill … received
12. tatntole … received
13. secretgardensketchbook
14. Laurab74 … received
15. ThePeachMartini …received
16. jazivy
17. TrinaLD
18. ScissorHands
19. OrigamiGrace … received
20. Luk … received
21. Haikoo … received
22. Reverie JJ
23.
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I am new here and would like to join this swap.
 
OK, so I was inspired by another artist on here that does these cool collage things with pictures cut out of magazines. I hope that's allright. I suck at photographing these things, apparently. You can't see that the background is a watercolor wash. Anyway, I've done two. (Working on two more.)
 

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