I may or may not have already gotten my delivery of ATCs today. I may or may not be excited!!!

So it was 'bout the first week of February that I mailed Breathless' parcel to the wrong address in Canada. Since then ... either the wrong address never claimed it or they did as I requested and REJECTED so that it would be RTS ... but in either... guess what showed up in my mail box yesterday ... almost 90 days later?! I have twinchies! :p

When does the sign up end? I'm so eager to get started!

nycfem, go ahead...start! The only thing that would change is the number of ATC's you need to make and the due date if there are over 12 to make.

Sunshine? Daffodils?

Tomorrow is last day for sign up :-)

Here is the list as it stands:
1. nanners
2. Clay
3. CCB
4. NYC
5. Breathless
6. Gemme
7. GeorgiaMa'am
8. Kätzchen
9. Tommi
10.Bèsame*

I think I'm feeling inspired by yellow!!!

Posting for nanners.......
 

Welcome to the 2018 ATC Nature Themed art project!!

Participants:

1. nanners
2. Clay
3. CCB
4. NYC
5. Breathless
6. Gemme
7. GeorgiaMa'am
8. Kätzchen
9. Tommi
10. Bèsame*


Quantity: one for each person that signs up minus yourself.

Theme: NATURE. You can use any medium you choose & design the ATC any way you wish, just so long as theme is nature!!

Instructions: Procure your ATC's as soon as signups end.. Sometimes, there are shipping issues, so you'll want to get a jump on it as soon as possible.

Parameters: Design theme must be NATURE! Interpret that as you wish!

An Artist Trading card is 3.5" by 2.5" and this must be the only size you use.

Note: You can address each ATC to someone specifically OR leave choice up to wrangler.

Your design can be same for all the ATC's OR you can do a variety of designs.

Newbies to ATC's : You can google Artist Trading Card designs to get ideas!

Dates to Remember:

Signup: Starts 4/29/18 and ends 05/04/18

Deadline for finished projects : 06/01/2018 (in my hands)

Officially late, and on the naughty list, if not received on/by one week after official finish date 06/08/18.

Completed projects will be mailed out on/before 06/11/2018.

Postage: Send $7.00.

"For 2018, the rule is if one of our projects is received by the wrangler more than seven days after the due date, or one of us drops out of a project for whatever reason, that person is welcome to continue posting but is not allowed to sign up for a group project again until six months from the latest date that the project was supposed to be due. No exceptions. This rule applies to participants and to wranglers. Wranglers must mail out projects within one week of the latest date that the projects were supposed to be due.

****** In addition to waiting six months before being able to join a penpal project, the person who has not met the latest deadline must post directly on the penpal thread within a week of missing the latest deadline stating that they have not adhered to the deadline (reason is welcome to be included or does not have to be) and, most importantly, the date on which they will be able to return to participating in the penpal projects. They must scroll back and add themselves to the bottom of the list of any other participants who have not met the late date for any project for 2018. If that is not done, then the member is welcome to participate in the thread with "thanks" and reps and thread chat but not to participate in any future projects for 2018. *************
The reason for this is personal responsibility, so that we have a running record right on the thread that is easy to refer back to when needed. And for the purposes of clarification, if someone drops out before the deadline to sign up has been closed then they are not excluded from future projects because they are still following the rules.

Example: Bitsy misses the late date for a project. Within a week of that late date she must scroll down and find the most recent list of people who have missed the late date in 2018 and copy that list to a new post and add herself. Bitsy's post would look something like this:

'Sorry, I had the bird flu and missed the late date of 2/21/18. I can start participating in new projects on 8/21/18. I have added myself to the list below:

1. Tony (missed the late date of 1/28/18, able to participate 7/28/18)
2. Bitsy (missed the late date of 2/21/18, able to participate 8/21/18)'

This rule must be posted in its entirety at the bottom of all new projects that are being wrangled so that members can thoughtfully consider whether we wish to commit to a new project."

Nanners, when you have a chance, will you send your address to me, via private message? I've got mine started and plan to have them shipped to you, shortly after Memorial Weekend. Thanks!! :)

Today I spent the afternoon putting together the ATC's for our group art project. I've got them lying on my dining room bistro table, drying in the late afternoon breeze. I've got to laminate them and put a finished touch to them, but I plan to ship them to you next week Nanners..... on the 17th, so you get them before Memorial weekend. I'll zip a private message to you with the USPS tracking number next week. I'm excited to get them finished and hope everyone will enjoy them.

K. :hk28:

well, maybe if I can find those plastic card holders, maybe I will do that instead. You'll see, once manners ships them out in June. :jester:

ok, I will go see about getting some spray sealant tomorrow. .....I stayed up late last night and put more finishing touches on the ATC's. Thanks for that very helpful tip, Gemme! :rrose:

So, after I got home from PT today, I decided to go over to the closest Target store. While there, I used the big chair to cruise around the store, looking for card sleeves or that spray Gemme told me about.

The store clerk took us over to the collector's sports card display, but they didn't have what I was looking for. All of a sudden, this tarot card lady came up beside us to get sports cards for her husbutch. She asked me what I was looking for, then said "I've got what you want. Lemme call out to the RV."

Sure enough, she had exactly what I needed. Her husbutch gave me nine card cases. I asked if I could repay her somehow, she said "No way, just pay it forward." So I showed her the ATC's I made for you all, told her about our group art work projects, and our community. She was so excited!!! They have two son's and I'm going to make two ATC's for their boys and design them just for their sons.

So, I don't know when, but they're gonna check out our group and join the community, soon.

So .... Nanners? My project envelope went out in the mail this afternoon. You'll get it by Saturday. I'll send the tracking number to you, in just a moment.

Who could know that I'd get exactly what I wanted, and make new friends too???

Cheers,
:cheer:

PS/ my new femme friend's name is Jennifer. She's pretty sweet and I know you guys will like her. I've got seven Jennifer's now, in my phone directory. She goes by Jen, so I put her in as Jen7. :)

I'm sorry to be checking in so late, but I wanted to thank everyone for the personalized matchboxes! They were amazing. I absolutely love them. :)

Thank you for hosting Gemme, and thank you also for still including mine in the packages that went out, even though I missed the deadline. I'll miss being able to do an exchange with y'all the next six months.

I just finished mine. I'm gonna need your address nanners bananers.

I was ready (I thought) to start working on mine last weekend, and realized I hadn't ordered the most important part - the cards themselves! Those are supposed to arrive today, so I will be getting started today or tomorrow.

All packed up and ready to go out tomorrow! Loved this project. :)

Your labor of love will show, Besame* I chose a less labor intensive route this time so it was quicker. Plus I got a wild hair last night and was determined to get them done! I can't wait to see yours.