The theme is under the sea...please lets do some of our best work on these cards ..we can start signup now and give ourselves a week, end sign up on the 30th of Sept, to let others decide if they would like to participate and have until October 30 thats four weeks to put out some really cute cards

For those who are just tuning in ...this is a art card exchange .....done in any medium ...the size must be that of a trading card, 2.5x3.5 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 Oct. 30th...if you fail to do so you may not be allowed to join other trades in DS .

anything under the sea..so again..lets stick to the theme..do our best work and most of all have fun


Im taking names for the new exchange .
Kay (oliverandjazz)
Jeanne (Jangra)
amy (amesie)
tammy (Tam1426)
Sue (Bigs)
Clara (Kaly)
norma (mumwond)
nithya (nithya)
Tom (tommyr)
lily (khinchowin888)
paulette (paulette)
Marlena (seasenshi)
trish (pmowen)

Thanks Kay. Do you need my address again?

I'll ask my dad if I can join ( he usually says yes )

Count me in! *blub blub*

Do we have to send a card to everyone? or are we paired up to exchange? Sorry if these sound like dumb questions, I have recently become aware of ATCs and would like to give it a go.

Trish

we have been doing them as one group.if like 10 ppl join it is usually kept to one group so far..but if it is a problem we can split into two groups of (# yet to be determined)

but yes if 10 ppl join yourself included everyone makes 9 cards..and you send them via post office..they must be done by hand and not pc..info is usually placed on back of card..paper is of your choosing, keeping in mind the 2.5x3.5 size.
none of your ?'s sound stupid hon, we all start somewhere

if you join us i think you will enjoy it and easily become hooked..you will have to do like the rest of us and get a trade album..i just love getting mini works from the other talented people from all over..

those of you who were in the safari swap..i still have your addresses..so no need to resend..any new participants please pm your address to me and i will make sure to distribute it and get the address list to you at the end of sign up

this one is going to be a wonderful theme as well

Sign me up Kay.
I spent sometime researching this afternoon and I think we are going to have a very creative trade.

Yeah - another swap!!!! Click to view attachment

I can't wait for the excitement of finding all the new cards in my letterbox Click to view attachment

That treatment for addiction to ATC's hasn't helped I'm afraid.

Awesome girls!
Fredbo- i hope dad says yes
Trish we would love to have you


aw man..now i am gonna HAVE to learn how to do these lil animations..
they are sooo cute

sign me up please!
Cassie

Done my dear! thanks for joining

Cassie already has a turtle on her avatar. So cute.

Kay , just look up free emoticons and download them - then you just upload them as you want, like you would any pic in an answer. Easy!

OMG...girls can you please help..

tyler is 7 months old and already has 6 teeth..4 upper, he has recently started gritting his teeth...what an awful habit i know cause i do it myself in my sleep..
i can hear it across the room..it is very unnerving to have him start this so young..any hints as to how to get him to stop that?

he prefers gritting his teeth to using his gummy toys..oh no...

hey don't forget me Click to view attachment put up my name please!!!! You thought I would miss this one Click to view attachmentno way!!!




About the baby Kay, sorry I can't help its been a long time since I had a baby around (like 24 years ) I just can't remember how it was anymore

Me,too, please Kay!
Norma

wonderful to have you join in norma..

clara i hope you are having a wonderful time..

Ooo the wide open ocean <3 My passion, count me in gals! oliverandjazz, I'll message you my address now. :}

ahoy and welcome aboard..thanks for the pm too

i thought this pic was too cute to pass up for this trade..this is a pic of my youngest brothers friend at a crawfish boil..just thought i would share..Click to view attachment

looks like he got himself a piercing

Ouch! That looks like it hurts. I like his tshirt.

Me too, count me in. I am new and have never painted under water subjects, and would love to give it a shot.

Cheers,
Nithya

Hi Nithya. Nice to see you here. Jeanne ("J" from WC)

Oh yes piercings may be OK now but wait till he's 70 lol!

No real help with the baby KAy, unless he's started because it helps with his teething - maybe bonjella (or any of the baby teething gels) before he goes to sleep could help???? Just a theory.

Nithya, great to see you here too, welcome to the trade and to Drawspace.

hi nith i almost missed ya..welcome..both to drawspace and the trade..i am sure you will get much enjoyment from both..

welcome

First off i LOVE his shirt lol too funny ....second on the teeth grinding .. my girls did it as well and no cure for it they normaly stop ..there are gaurds for adults but not babies ..I think they do it because if you notice when a baby sleeps their mouth suckles like they are nursing but not well when they get teeth the teeth just get in the way and it causes the grinding sounds .. my girls stopped on their own .

Third please count me in for the trade ! I like when we have a bigger group myself .

I have noticed some new commers I want to welcome you to drawspace we are always glad to see new faces or avatars lol .

please remember if we join a trade people depend on you as well as you depend on them to send out a card ..so please if you commit to the trade follow it through the cards you get in return are very rewarding

Great! and thanks for the toothy tip...ugh..that is such a chilling sound coming from him..i hope it passes soon

I too like the larger groups.

yes i like the larger groups too...it is after all for collecting..i think i shall edit the entry thread

oh goody BIG group, I love big groups too.
welcome to all the new members on Drawspace and to this trade too

Norma nice you joined this trade

The only thing I have done under water....correction,.... the only drawing or painting I have done under water is a painting I have in my gallery with fish, I'm, not very good with water so this is going to be a BIG challenge to me, its gonna be FUN!!!!!!!!


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clara is that the painting here..with the dolphins jumping? did you make that..? that is really cool

really cute. love the sun rays.

You dophins and rays are so very cool, Clara.

Please add me also, Kay.

I've been researching under the sea possibles and really excited at the possiblilties.
Can't wait for the fun!

awesome tom..this one is shaping up to be a wonderful trade size already

here is a watercolor i did a while back for the handscape challenge..i thought it quite appropriate for this trade to share

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Great underwater pics girls!!

This is shaping up to be a great swap!! I love one group too!

Here is a postcard sized piece that I made for Sue/Bigs in a trade in another forum. It was fun.

Hi Jeanne and Sue!
Nice to see familiar faces here too :-)

-nithya

jeanne he is beautiful..

hi everyone. I was having problems with my intenet connection after trying a million times now its working again!!!

That is not my work,(the dolphins) its a gif, I got it from the internet, and now I'm ashamed cause you girls have done lovely under sea drawings
Kay I remember that drawing, its very beautiful!
Jeanne, that dolphin is wonderfull, I love dolphins

Tommy, great to have you, I was wondering if this was going to be a only girls swap, glad it isn't I have nothing against only girls things, but its nice to have men around

Clara no need to be ashamed. We are the ones who assumed it was yours. It is very cute. I loved seeing the dolphins jumping. They are such happy, graceful, beautiful creatures. They seem to be happy of just being alive.

I have never heard of a post card trade .. but I have heard of a book mark size trade .. either sound very cool ...I love the dolphin .

I do quite a few trades in postcard size. I have even done one bookmark trade. I did one that was two sided. A giraffe on one side and an ostrich on the other. I even took it in and had copies made before I mailed the original. It was fun. I will give some of the copies to the ladies in my Bible study group after I laminate them.

I thought I will skip this ATCs this time but I can't , I can't ..I can't.....so add my name please.
By the way.. I received all the safari cards but I will upload on next month because of my limited download is not allow me to upload the image.

lily

excellent lily..great to have you with us for our under the sea adventure

I'd like to! I'll have to ask my parentil unit's though!!

I have my first card finished. Anyone else working on theirs?

wow!! you go girl..no ma'am i have not even cut my paper..i have been struggling with wrinkles

me too strugling with wrinkles
but I went to the store to buy hard paper today