SECURITY ENVELOPE PATTERNS POST CARD SWAP 2021 - Postmark by July 19th

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 We've had several previous art exchanges with this theme, and it's always fun to see what comes in.  Here's another chance to make art using the designs inside many business envelopes.  Those who do their bill-paying online may not receive envelopes in the mail.  Contact me if you need some patterns to work with. 

 

Your post card art could be mostly collage, but you may certainly embellish with your own markings.  I found that rubber stamp pads scuffed across the pattern will give you more color selection than black-and-white or blue-and-white.  (Sometimes you can find a red-and-white lined envelope...)

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SWAP DETAILS:

• You may send in as many as four Post Cards.  (You will get back the same number you send, each from a different artist,) 

Mail your PCs to your host in an envelope, along with postage stamps and self address labels.  Your host will mail out the swapped PCs after the swap is processed.

Inked-over security patterns, Gelli Plate print background - by hhc

• If you're sending more than one PC, please insert waxed paper or parchment between the cards so they don't get stuck together in the envelope..  

• Please write your return address or email address on the back of the PC so the recipient
• can thank you.

Collage and Washi Tape over Squares - by hhc

You can find all the postal specifications (and a handy postage calculator) here:  http://postcalc.usps.gov

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MEDIA/TECHNIQUE:  Collage, rubber stamping, pen/marker, paint, ink, etc.

 SIZE PARAMETERS:  6" x 4+1/4"

CHECKLIST:

• ADDRESS LABELS FOR EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN 
• SUFFICIENT POSTAGE FOR EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN
• WAXED PAPER, PARCHMENT OR CELLOPHANE BETWEEN EACH PIECE
• YOUR RETURN ADDRESS ON EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN

*****ANYTHING LARGER THAN POST CARD SIZE LIMITS WILL REQUIRE AT LEAST 55-CENTS LETTER RATE POSTAGE.*****

Inked-over collage elements - by hhc

*****ANYTHING THICKER THAN SEVERAL LAYERS OF INDEX CARD, ANYTHING TOO STIFF TO BEND EASILY, DESIGNS WITH ART EXTENDING OVER THE EDGES, POST CARDS ENCASED IN CELLOPHANE SLEEVES, WILL REQUIRE 70-cents or more (NONMACHINABLE) POSTAGE***** 

Sample arrangement of information on post card back 

Put your card(s) in an envelope and get them postmarked by July 19th.

SEND TO:
Honi C.
Post Office Box 142
Freedom, New York State  14065  USA

QUESTIONS:  s.h.greenstamps@juno.com

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INTERNATIONAL SWAPPERS - 

PRIOR TO PARTICIPATING, please contact the Blogsite Administrator regarding using PayPal to cover return mailing postage, or make other arrangements. Also consider delivery delays through the postal system(s).  If your art doesn't arrive in time, and the swap host doesn't know ahead of time to wait for it, you will not be able to participate.

Inked-over patterns by hhc