It´s time again for my
Annual ATC Blog Swap! This year´s theme is Postage People Revisited, and I hope
you´ll be inspired by it!
I´ve had a Postage
People Blog Swap in 2008 already which has been a big success, and after all these
years I thought we should have another one. If you don´t know what Postage
People are, please have a look at the samples on my Pinterest Board here.
And there´s also a
video on Postage People on my Youtube channel where you can watch me making a
card and searching for the right images.
The idea is to mix postage stamps with collage
images, stamped images, or even handdrawn images to create new creatures. The
heads on the postage stamps can be human as well as animal heads.
I´ve seen some bad
examples on the internet of heads not really fitting their bodies, so I ask you
to do your best work and really try to find a perfect match! I often draw on
the postage stamp to continue the outline of the shoulders. Use your
imagination and tell us the story of your new character!
As always, you can use
any technique you like - you can stamp, collage, draw, sew, or work digitally
(if you use at least one tactile element). So if you join the swap, be aware of
the fact that you won´t necessarily receive ATCs in the same technique that you
used yourself.
Please sign up
via personal email (just
click on the link in the sidebar) and let me know your snail mail address.
There´s no sign up date.
Then send 3 ATCs (each of
them has to be 2,5 x 3,5 inches or 6,4 x 8,9 cm) to my address (that
I´ll send you when I answer your email) so that I receive them before
June 30, 2015.
There have been some issues with slow
mail last year, so please do NOT use a padded or large envelope for your
ATCs if you´re from overseas – if you do, the envelope will be held up in the
customs for 3-8 weeks! Please do not send any extras for the recipients
of your cards, no lovely small envelopes or little gifts please as I would have
to pay the extra costs to send these to the recipients!
I will pay the return postage for all
international players if you send a little something with your ATCs (trust me,
there´s enough space in a business envelope to send along a few stamps, unmounted rubber stamps or
ephemera).
If you´re from Germany, please include a
return envelope with sufficient postage on it.
As always, you´ll find updates on my blog with links to all participants´ ATCs.
So when you´ve finished your ATCs, please
send me an email with the link to
the place where you´ve posted them online, and I´ll add that link to my next
update so that everyone can go to your blog or other website to have a look at
your artwork. And we´ll have a Pinterest board again here as a swap gallery for
all to visit and comment. Please don´t forget to comment on the other
artists´ blogs if you like their cards – we all like a bit feedback, and
this swap is all about connecting and getting to know other artists!
Please read the rules
again before you decide to sign up and please read the newsletters that will be
sent to you if you sign up. I´ve had many issues with people not following the
rules last year, and I really have to be sure that you do.
I´ll send out invitations to all previous participants, but this
swap is open to all my blog visitors. Have fun creating!
