Hi all ,

I am your host for this months ATC swap.........please check out the thread on hosting for available dates if you want to try your hand.........as I am finding out its not too hard.

This month's theme is "Childhood" .......think of things you loved as a child.......children themselves......games.......fun fairs......or even just utterly childish whims. Whatever takes your fancy that you can link (however tenuously ) with childhood.

Sign up starts from now and closes in 7 days on the 28th May. We then have a month to finish our cards and post them out......that's by the 28th June. Please consider whether you will be able to meet those deadlines when you sign up.

For those who are just tuning in ...this is a art card exchange .....done in any medium, No computer art or printouts, ...the size must be that of a trading card, 2.5 x 3.5 inches........please stick to the theme and most of all have fun!

Please understand if you commit to doing the exchange you must finish all cards and get them out by the dead line of June 28th.......if you fail to do so you may not be allowed to join other trades in DS .
If you don't think you can make it this time........join us in the thread admiring the cards and having fun with us.................. and join to play with us next time.


As you sign up, please pm to me your postal address so that we can get the list out to everyone as soon as sign up is finished, If you joined the last 3 art trades I should still have your address.

Thanks Kay for keeping the Swaps going and setting up the Swap Roster for hosting.



Sue

This Month's Cast of Players!

Sue (bigs
Kay (oliverandjazz)
Carol (Texaslady-59)
Steve (Songsparrow)
Norma (Mumwond)
Roxy (dolphin-paradise)
Shanna (Ladylee)
Jeanne (Jangra)
Alex (Alxolex)
Sarah (Sarah Winkler)
Azuu
Paul (Paul444)
Gypsy (Rhemoria)
Joanna (Zwaagstra)
Kim (Kim 1963)
Sveta (Sveta17)
Tania (TaniaBee)
Carmen (casiterapi)

put me in there Sue..I am already thinking of all kinds of ideas

Add me too !!.. I will be thrilled to get one of Kay's cards.. anxious to see the new medium up close..
yeah , I am going to Hobby Lobby this weekend .. Cross your fingers and toes we don't see any storms and I have to stay close to home..
Getting really tired of running down to the cellar every time a cloud comes over.. I live in Tornado Alley and my Home has been hit twice in the last 3 years ..

I'm in.

Me too, please.

me too

This sounds fun, but please count me out of this one. I have too many balls in the air this month.
Very cool theme idea !

Sorry you can't play Gerald, but I hope you can stop in and say Hi and see what's a' happening in here.

Hope you keep juggling all those balls!

I will drop by. I started first year Spanish class in college, and it's spring term (which is to say condensed with more hours per week than regular terms), so I'm pretty busy busy studying español. LadyLee says she wants in on this one though....

She'll likely sign in soon.

Please add my name Sue.

Sounds like fun. Count me in !

All right, I'M IN! I can't wait. I was up all night thinking of different things to do! I will PM you my address, Bigs.

Looking forward to seeing everyone else's Cards!

Jazzmanian wants to be in too he just wrote it in the other trade post.

whew, I don't see a post that says Jazz is signing up. I just accidentally signed up for this on his account, but I must not have hit enter. Once again, whew! Anyway, I'm absolutely signing up for this one, I have an easy week for my last one before summer, just a picnic and grad with the 4 yr olds. I loved so many things as a child, I'm really looking forward to this topic.

Oh, shoot, apparently I put it in the wrong topic. That wasn't Jazz, it was me, and he still doesn't want in.

lol ok it's all good

WOW we have 10 people already.....Click to view attachment.......we are going to have a great swap!

Shanna - great that you are playing - and there are so many things that you can do I already have so many ideas written down......its just a matter of whether I can translate what I se in my mind to paper! Easier said than done!!

No problems Jazz I knew you weren't joining...........I have always tossed up between Spanish and Italian - but I so far away from the University now, where the institute of Modern Language is that I'd have to find somewhere much closer. I know a little Italian already (I can swear quite well ). Italian would be great , but there are so many countries that speak Spanish........ Still undecided. Good luck with it Ciao!!

Alxolex wants me to participate, so count me in =P

Azuu, welcome to your first Drawspace swap. Have you done ATC's before?

Please PM me with your name and address so we all can send our cards to you, at the end of sign up I will PM everyone the list.

Sue

I'm in too...

I'll join!

This would be my first ATC swap!

We have 13 in the swap already and a few days to go!!

Azuu, can you please PM me your address so I have it for the final posting list?

This is great....so many people wanting to play in this one!! I have already done about 10 cards....it has been so wet with the rain & floods that I have been drawing a lot more. Not sure if I will use those or do more and have a choice of what to send.

As much as I like to join, I think I sit this one out. I'm very busy with my bachelor thesis (deadline on 28th of June also), and I rather join the next ATC swap in July when I have more freetime. I like to make my first ATC a succesfull one, without spoiling it with time pressure.
I like the theme! I gives a lot of possibilities.
Good luck everybody with making the cards! I'm looking forward to seeing the results and will keep an eye on this topic.

YAAAY!! this one is shaping up to be a great swap too..I started the host list sue, but alas, you guys are stuck with me next trade

It is nice to see some new faces, welcome to you new traders. I must warn you it can be addicting

sue where do you get your smilies?? I want some of those too please..I shall like to learn how to put them here. I know ppl have tried to show me before, I can be a lil thick..but i usually get it eventually. hmm..come to think of it, I asked if we could have a few more smilies and it seems they took some away
instead. I think so anyway, it seems I remember a few more than what is there now...maybe not.

i sure enjoyed our last ATC .Can I be included in the Children topic. Kay always said do your best and enjoy your self.Considering it was my first trade and the fact I'm new at drawing I hope no one was too disappointed with their piece of art.I haven't learned how to show the cards in this forum.The cards I received were placed in my gallery.Sorry about that. There also was a talking moose in my group of cards.Actually I thought he was sort of cute!I hope he finds a mate because I've noticed he can be quite noisy.Oh yes he has rather LARGE ears joanna

I believe everybody is welcome here! No matter how experienced. It was a pleasure to receive all the cards in the last trade! I am very much looking forward to this trade.

I am so busy with graduation and birthdays .. but this trade is going to be fun . so count me in .

I am quite busy, too, and have tried to stay out of the next trade - couldn't! Let me in, please.

They're too addictive lol

I have been working on mine the last two days. I have 8 finished. I'm doing a theme inside the Childhood theme. Concentrating on one particular part of my childhood. So far they are turning out just fine.

Hope everyone will have fun with this one. And we like all art no matter the ability. That's how everyone grows. These are for learning in a fun way. Each one a person does helps you grow and builds up the confidence. I learn from just about every card I receive.

Most of what I have learned has come from forums and getting involved with activities. At first I was intimidated but found everyone so very helpful and friendly. And I have made a lot of artist friends and many who have become lifelong friends I will always have contact with.

I'm gonna start mine tomorrow for sure since the others from the other trade are on the way and I need to get a head start so I can finish them early and not procrastinate.

Kay, I just Googled free emoticons and checked out a few sites - there are some where you can click on and individual emoticon and save it to a file. I just go then "Add Reply" instead of a quick one and upload the emoticon like I would a pic, add it where I want and it works fine. Have fun hunting and beware the sexy emoticon!

Glad that you can join us Kim, Joanne, and Sveta! The more the merrier.......I can't wait to see what people do for this swap.

We have 16 people now! This is shaping up to a great swap!!

I'm sorry that I have to skip this one... Have a nice trade!

when does the entry end ?

I now have an even dozen finished. I have really enjoyed the walk down memory lane. I hope all of you have the same nice experience.

Joanna of course you may be included..We are happy to have you and I am glad you decided to jump in last time

Hello,

I am sorry to be ignorant, but can you tell me please how many cards we will be making. I would love to participate in an exchange but just am not sure what it will entail.

Thanks.

Rainy you will have to do as many as sign up. You can check the beginning post at the top of this page. I think so far there are 16 but still time for others to sign up. That would be 15 so far to make and mail and a month to do them.

YAAAY..thanks sue..i got the smiley toolbar, though I dont think it is the same as i have to download a graphic first then put it here and it has the little white picture box behind it..hey i'm getting closer

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Well here's my first card done in crayola crayons and this was for the smurf thread also. I'm gonna make sure my cards are done early this time.

I have 12 done so far .. I am about to do a few others ...I agree this has been very cool walking down memory lane .. I got out my old box of old stuff that I treasure . cant wait to share it .

she is just tooo cute roxy

Kim the starting thread says sign ups end the 28th of May.

That's right the sign up ends 28th May, which is tomorrow here but I will end it late friday afternoon which (Aussie time about 6pm) should take care of the time difference with the States (where a lot of folk are) plus a little extra time but who's counting!

Then I hopefully will have the list out to you all the next day. But when I close off I will post the final number of participants and list of names on the front page of this thread. Is that OK with everyone?

I am just trying to make it fair to all wherever you are across the Dateline.

sounds peachy sue

I'm at number 2 but it's not finished because my boyfriend surprised me by coming over and I didn't get to finish it but he did started colouring it for me. It's not all coloured yet but I'll finish it soon enough. It's pretty funny he wanted to colour it because it's Barbie

Boys love Barbie.

you guys are almost finished and I haven't even started cutting cards yet

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I have 16 done lol this was a fun trade to do ....just waiting for the final count .

Here are my 16 so far ...I will do more as the list builds, I have graduation and birthdays coming up so my time is pretty used up for a few weeks .