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I'm really excited I found this thread, I love ATCs and have been making them since 2017!  Can I join? Is it too late for March? I will email now. I'm going to share an ATC group I'm a a part of that's focused on hand illustration (no collage, no digital). It's a little more  required kind of group. But if you're into art and ATCs and drawing and poo poo, definitely check it out. I've been a part of it since 2017. It's a different monthly theme, and 3 card minimum, no low effort, and you get 3+ cards back - in a curated trade by 1 very organized person - based on effort, style, quality, topic.ATC It Up With Friends group on Instagram. See hashtag #atcitupwithfriends https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/atcitupwithfriends/ It's run by @pabkins See https://www.pabkins.com/blog for more info on how to join/how it works.
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lofi posted:Ah! If you have more experience of these, perhaps you can help? We're struggling at the moment with communication - people either aren't getting or aren't posting that they've received their cards, and it's all getting a bit tangled up. Is there a 'usual' way to keep track of this stuff? With my other other group, everyone mails their card + 1 stamp + a sticker/piece of paper with their address to one person. They do the swap, using the stamp for postage and the address sticker/paper to speed things up (so you don’t have to write out however many addresses). And then you mail the cards back to everyone. That also means only 1 person is the holder of all addresses. That also means that nobody goes without. So if someone made a card, they are guaranteed to get a card back, since the swap happens with all the cards present. Our swapper has a deadline that the cards must be received by. If they’re past the deadline then they get pushed out to the next month or into an extras supply (to make up for lost mail and such). It is a lot of work to swap them all though, I guess depending on how many people you have. In my other group it’s an average of 70 people so it takes some time. Cards must be in her hands by last day of the month and then she swaps and mails them out by 15th next month.
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Keetron posted:Nice system, but how do I send a US postal stamp when living in the Netherlands? (answer: paypal some money) Yes I believe that’s what you’d have to do. It does cost slightly more, than just 1 delivery. In the US, it’s just 1 more forever stamp for me so I haven’t been too bothered. But if you’re paying for international that could be a lot, I’m not sure. Also the trader would need to supply envelopes, so that’s an added cost. Our trader does this. She also takes donations from the group for a general supplies fund, for the envelopes or missing postage, stuff like that. We also end up with fun stuff in the envelopes, like some people make stickers and send them in or extra cards, or small art prints. Also yes the main benefit is everyone is guaranteed a card. I would definitely feel cheated if I made a card, sent it to my person, and they didn’t send me poo poo.
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durrneez posted:Let’s chat about technique! I buy the packs of premade cards (you can get them on Amazon, by Strathmore, they sell bristol and watercolor ones, maybe others too) and just draw directly on them. I thought about doing digital, but I don't have a printer capable of art prints, so it's not worth it to go elsewhere to print them. I've also cut colored paper to size and drawn on that with gel pens, that's always fun too.
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Mailed my card yesterday! It’s going within the US, so they should get it within a few days if USPS doesn’t fail.
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shrimpwhiskers posted:I got my trading cards from funosaurus! Thank you!!! Also glitter!!!!!! (I literally dreamed about buying glitter last night, in case you're wondering the impact this has had on my crow brain.) Yay I'm glad it all arrived safely! Sorry for glitterbombing, I couldn't resist. The cards are from Moo.com. They have really good printing quality, and a lot of different types/sizes of cards you can choose, also good quality and price for greeting cards (I get them there every year). The cool thing about Moo is the artwork side of the card, - you can upload a different image for every card in your order. You can also order a free sampler pack, to see their different printing techniques, card sizes, and stuff. Here is my referral link to Moo https://refer.moo.com/s/janestolyarova1 (I get Moo $ credit if you use it, but you also get 25% off) lofi posted:Sorry about the slight delay, all! Life is being a bit mad. April emails are sent, the theme this month is motion. Thanks! I have a lot of prints and stickers and stuff like that and I really don't put the effort to sell any of it, so I just include it all in my mail trades  Also... I have not received my card yet  Very sad, hope it comes soon.
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