OPEN-THEMED ARTIST'S TRADING CARDS SWAP - POSTMARK BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14th

by hhc

 Here's another break from post card art.  Make 1 - 5 Artist's Trading Cards to be exchanged with your swap partners.  You choose the subject/theme/media.

by hhc

Beginning with a full sheet of cardstock is a quick-starter: design an overall background pattern and then cut it up into ATC-sized pieces, adding finishing details so each can be different (if you want them to be).

Nine (9) cards can be made from an 8+1/2 by 11
piece of cardstock...  (by hhc)

NOTE:  If you use cardboard or poster board instead of cardstock as a base, please enclose extra postage to cover the cost of sending your nonmachinable art along to your swap partner(s). 

THEME:  Your choice
FORMAT:  Artist Trading Cards 
MEDIA:  Your choice
TECHNIQUE:  Paint, sketch, collage, rubber stamp, etc.
SIZE PARAMETERS:  2+1/2" x 3+1/2" (or 3+1/2" x 2+1/2")
CHECKLIST:

• SELF-ADDRESSED LONG or LARGE ENVELOPE 
• NON-MACHINABLE POSTAGE - 80-cents
• WAXED PAPER BETWEEN EACH PIECE

• Put your ATC 's in an envelope and send by  NOVEMBER 14th

TO:
Honi C.
PO Box 142
Freedom, NY  14065
Questions?  s.h.greenstamps@juno.com  

SWAP DETAILS:

• You may send in as many as five ATC's.  (You will get back the same number you send, each from a different artist)

• Mail your ATC's to your host in an envelope, and your host will mail out the swapped ATC's in the self-addressed envelope you provide.  

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

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND WRAPPING ATC'S SEPAERATELY, LAY THEM OUT FLAT, THEN USE WASHI TAPE TO ATTACH THEM SIDE-BY-SIDE.  SEVERAL MMSA SWAP ARTISTS HAVE HAD THEIR MAIL MAULED BY THE PO.  IF WE KEEP IT FLAT (SO THEY DON'T SHIFT AND PILE UP IN THE ENVELOPES) - THEY MIGHT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING TO THEIR PROPER DESTINATION.

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

• Enclose a self-addressed envelope and non-machinable postage (currently 80-cents)