ATC's are starting to arrive!

Just to let swappers know that ATC's are starting to arrive. I will post in red the date they reach me in the original SWAP info post.

Jo Kiester's beautiful ATC's came in today.

                                                                          

Kathy Hunt ATC Dress form Swap (2006)

ATC Swap Sign-up, Last Day!

    This will be the last day to sign-up for the ATC Swap. After today, I'll contact everyone via e-mail letting you know the final count, ask for a definite committment to the project, and send my snail mail address so your delicious artwork can start arriving at any time. Deadline will be August 26th, adjust your mailing time to reach me by that date, please. If not, don't fret, it just means I'll mail them back to you in September, after holiday vacation. But please try. A special goodie for those that do!

    I'll update, in a blog as ATC's arrive. If you have any questions and/or problems, e-mail me.  Communication is KEY to any swap, keep it open ladies, and we'll all have a wonderful experience and some GREAT artwork to admire!

    I hope you're excited as I am, and thanks again for joining in on the fun!

All about the ATC!

Hi all! If you haven't heard, Rach's ustream today will be all about ATC's. Here's the link, she comes on at 1:00pm EST, and is a great artist and instructor!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mixed-media-art-projects
See you there, and if you missed it live, I'm sure it's recorded.

Don't forget about our ATC swap here. Info is in my previous blog and sign-up ends tomorrow night!

I'm hosting an ATC Swap!

I have not participated in a swap for a while, so after Dede's show on Wednesday( http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inkwell ) a few of us got the bug to do some ATC swapping. 
Guidelines are: 1) ATC's will be 2.5x 3.5 inches. Hang overs are OK, but must be bendable. Many of us use the sport card sleeves to store our ATC's, so NOT TOO DIMENSIONAL and NOT TOO MUCH HANG OVER.
                       2) I'll be participating in the swap too, so you don't have to send an "extra" one for the host, but you'll send in as many as has signed up, including yourself. I know it seems odd that you'd include one for yourself, just to get it back, but it helps when sorting them, and I've forgotten to make one for myself in the past. Whatever the final count is, that's how many you'll send in.
                       3) Mail the finished ATC's to me, and include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) if you live in USA.  For our overseas and Canadian friends, sometimes a little goodies bag, some of your extra artwork, or postcard can be sent to the hostess in lieu of postage, but it is not entirely necessary, your decision. I will e-mail, to each participant, my snail mail address here in Indiana.
                       4) Most of you have mentioned that you enjoy working with a theme in mind when making ATC's. I find this also helps focus ideas better, too. But with this swap, having a lot of newbies (and DON'T be intimidated ladies, we ALL are newbies in some areas of creating) I will give you a very broad theme.  WORDS!  Somewhere on the card, there should be a word(s).
                       5) You can mail them to me at anytime, but I'm thinking of putting a deadline around August 26th. Then I could mail them out before I go on vacation. If not then it will have to be after Labor Day holidays. I'm flexible let me know what ya think!


So if you have not as yet notified me and still would like to join the swap, leave a message here with contact info (I won't publish it). Or twitter me @grafxkat. Will be closing the swap on Sunday, 17th.

Participants so far:                                      Date Received              
Jamie(ArtistPoetGirl)     rec'd 8/16/11
Sandi-jones      rec'd 9/22/11
PackerDi         rec'd 9/12/11
Katie(Scrappykat)         rec'd 8/6/11
Julie(TopazPearleGirl)   rec'd 8/29/11
Kimberiginal       rec'd 8/27/11
pSandi          rec'd 8/26/11
Heather(greenscrapinmachine)  (lost in mail ?)
Bren47              rec'd 8/2/11
Coleen(Scrapchic)     rec'd 8/18/11
Marymacilvain     rec'd 8/6/11
Kep(Karen)         rec'd 8/24/11
DarcieGlam       rec'd 9/10/11
Kare(Karen)       rec'd 8/27/11
Felicia(fs_72)     rec'd 8/3/11
Melissa(godsgirl4you)     rec'd 8/1/11
Dale Ann(dpquilts)   dropped out(lost in mail)
Pavla H             rec'd 8/12/11
Jo(jo946)          rec'd 7/27/11                                                                          
SusanKoop  (lost in mail ?)
Jessica(KinderStampO)   (lost in mail ?)
Julia(StrayDreams)   rec'd 9/10/11
Kathy(grafxkat)    rec'd 8/26/11

Thanks again ladies and let's have some fun creating!