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ATC Challenge Swap open to all
July 10th, 2010 | 
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As most of you know, I’m a member of the Ireland team on Etsy and I thought I would organize a challenge for the team. Artists from all streams of life are more than welcome to join in the fun with the Irish team :
An ATC swap where all participants will be paired up to exchange their Artist Trading Card. Tany Bond wrote an interesting article about ACEOs which are very similar to trading cards only ATC are swaped, ACEOs sell.
All levels are welcome but I do hope that this challenge will be a nice introduction to Art Cards for beginners. Old timers at ATCs/ACEOs, you’re definitely invited to share your ATC wisdom with us and if you have pics of your cards please let me know so that we can show examples in the next post.
The goal of this swap : Share your love of art + promote our Ireland Etsy Team as well as individual boutiques.
So here’s the deal folks :
- A sturdy 2.5”x3.5” card (64x89mm) using anything from watercolor paper, mountboard, card stock, bristol board, wood, canvas, playing cards, leather, interfacing, fibre…you name it!
- Content using anything from fabric, paper, mixed media, paint, collage, pen, ink, watercolors…you name it (again)!
- A Back Artist Info (example of info found here - you can also google it, there’s zillions of them out there)
- A standard Trading Card Enveloppe sleeve (example of template here - same thing here, there’s loads of different ones out there)
- A swap partner who will be attributed to you after all the participants have signed up
- Optional: a little goodie (from you/your shop or a small voucher…totally optional)
These are the basic requirements.
Now, the rules are simple but plain common sense:
- Cards must be sturdy
- Art traded should not be of controversial, offensive, religious, sexual nature (obviously, so as not to offend anyone)
- You must have made the card yourself (helllllloo, makes sense but has to be said, sorry)
- Follow the ‘Golden Rule’ and only send to someone the quality of craftsmanship you’d want to receive (in other words, simply do your best)
- Shipping is the sole responsability of the swapping partners so please package your items securely.
- Final date to enter the swap is 2 weeks from now. So the list of participants and other updates will be posted here after that.
- Showcase on sat 4 sept
FAQ:
*How to showcase?
on our personal blog or the team blog if you don’t have one. Please send me the link to your reveal post or pictures for the team blog by friday night the 3rd September
* Are any costs involved?
shipping fee+ card making costs
*Can I participate even if I don’t have an Etsy shop or are not part of the Etsy Ireland Team but follow the blog?
Of course, please do!! and don’t hesitate to give a shout to people you’d think would be interested. Simply showcase your pics on your blog, or send me your photos and comments for the team blog.
*When do I get my goodies?
They can be sent off after the reveal day on sat 4 sept. Please be sure to communicate your mailing address to your partner.
If you agree with ALL the conditions above and are ready to have and share some craic, please convo me on my etsy boutique http://www.vivibijoux.etsy.com/ or comment below with : your name, blog/facebook/twitter and Etsy shop.
Aslo I’m having a gift certificate giveaway, don’t forget to read the post below to participate…
You’ll be hearing from me with the complete list of participants and partners on the 24th july.
Thank you for reading and let the fun begin!
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Love this idea, have to get my head around it, quite nervous but I wouldn’t mind giving it a shot!
Fi
Great, I”ll count you in then
Don’t worry, just have fun!
Hi,
Say your post on Etsy Ireland blog. I’ll throw my name into the hat. I did one ATC swap that lasted a whole year so this sounds a lot more manageable when you only have to make 1, not 30!
Áine
A whole year!! goodness me, that’s a lot to take on for sure! If you have some pictures of your past designs, please send me some of them Aine, so that I can feature them on saturday!
Glad you’re on board!!
Hi!
This sounds interesting – count me in!
Suzie
Brillant Suzie, thank you so much for joining in the fun! I’m going to check out your web site. will speak to you soon
Hiya, I’m really glad I’ve found this information. Today bloggers publish just about gossips and web and this is really irritating. A good web site with exciting content, that is what I need. Thanks for keeping this website, I will be visiting it. Do you do newsletters? Can’t find it.