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Dark Victorian ATCs - International

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Swap Coordinator:Coffeelatte (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Art  Artist Trading Card (ATC) 
Number of people in swap:17
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:July 25, 2007
Date items must be sent by:August 25, 2007
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

You'll make 2 ATCs for 2 partners. You're going to make ornate and dark cards. The feeling is nostaglic, mysterious and maybe a little macabre. We're looking more for funeral flowers rather than pretty posies!

For inspiration think of Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre, Dracula & Moulin Rouge. Think of H. G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, & Mary Shelley. Art Noveau and the work of Beardsley, Mucha, & Toulouse-Lautrec. Then there's Jack the Ripper & Florence Nightengale, Sherlock Holmes & Sara Bernhardt, corsets & chemise, absinthe & laudanum, phrenology & medical gadgets, seances & mediums.

*Swappers with a 4.7 or higher rating at Swap-bot. I will be checking profiles before assigning partners and those with recent 1s or 3s should be prepared to respond to questions about what is going on. I will remove you from participating if I am worried about your status when partners are assigned.

*New to Swap-bot? I'll let you join this one if you have completed your profile and given a link to photographs of your work on Flickr or other sites. Also note your swapping experience in the comments below. I will review your status and anyone that looks questionable will be removed from the swap before I assign partners.

*Be prepared to make cards you'd be happy to receive in the mail. Work carefully and put some effort into it -- this swap has ample prep time! Your ATCs should be 2.5 x 3.5 inches and the thickness and sturdiness of a playing card. You should have at least three components (card backing, picture and other embellishment.) All mediums, except photocopies, are OK. Digital prints are fine as long as there is more to the card than just the picture (mount your digital print on a card and add embellishment, please.)

*I expect participants to communicate with me and their partners. Please don't sign up if you don't plan to read and respond to messages.

*Please don't sign up unless you plan to send on time. If something comes up that puts you off schedule, please take the time to message me and your partners to let us know what is going on!

Discussion

LINBUR0100 07/ 5/2007 #

Just to clarify...that's 2 cards each to 2 partners, right? For a total of 4 cards?

Thanks!

Hailey 07/ 5/2007 #

Hi guys I'm hailey and I adore dark victoriana!

Fav's --- Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, Freak Shows, Houdini, Macabre, Ravens, Absinthe, Ornate Keys, Opium Dens, Dark Fairytales, Edward Gorey & Poison Bottles !

Can't wait xxx

Coffeelatte 07/ 6/2007 #

Leenda - Yes, 2 cards x 2 partners = 4 cards total.

Hailey/Purr - Thanks for your list...more concepts to consider!

teamwang 07/ 7/2007 #

<3 edward gorey!!

Coffeelatte 07/ 7/2007 #

I am always amazed at how many Gorey fans are here on Swap-bot...

My boss at work thinks I am incredibly morbid because I have had a Gorey calendar on the wall and wear a Gorey scarf sometimes (with bats on it...)

SharonP 07/ 7/2007 #

Does everyone already know about Gorey Details? http://www.goreydetails.net

They have great rubber stamps and more -- Gorey Stuff, Tenniel's Alice illustrations, and others like that.

Coffeelatte 07/ 8/2007 #

Gorey Details is where my scarf came from! They've got so many wonderful things!

user9255 07/12/2007 #

hi.. im soooo excited for this swap!! I was thinking sleepy hollow, old dutch settlement, iron bar windows and antibellum houses. if any of you wanna do another swap i have a middle east theme atc swap going on.. not that they are related. but it could be fun.. :))

comearoundruby 07/17/2007 #

this is everything i love most in the world. or at least very nearly.

MissThundercat 07/25/2007 #

great theme for an ATC swap! this will give me the chance to use my alice in wonderland and victorian stamps :)

randyruns 07/29/2007 #

I just put a picture of the ATC's I'm sending. They will be sent out tomorrow.

Coffeelatte 08/ 1/2007 #

Neonmarshmallow - Thanks for posting pics!

MissThundercat 08/ 6/2007 #

I sent mine off yesterday and posted picture in the gallery :)

Coffeelatte 08/ 8/2007 #

Miss Thundercat - Those are gorgeous! I love the colors you used...and anything corset-y is perfectly marvelous!

MissThundercat 08/ 9/2007 #

Thanks so much coffeelatte :) I hope my partners will enjoy them too :)

animalchatter 08/15/2007 #

Coffeelatte and Kris...cards were mailed out today from Santa Fe! Karen

Coffeelatte 08/16/2007 #

I'm going to be unable to access the internet regularly over the next week. I'll check in when I can, but will not have a computer where I'm headed (yikes!)

Please be sure to mark SENT when you send out, and post when you receive. Our deadline is August 25, so you've got a week!

Roz 08/20/2007 #

Is tiaragoth Haragoth??? I have received two fairy ornate atc's from someone called Haragoth. I can't find anyone with that name, and the fairy swap I was in I received from my 3 partners and it was for only 1 card per swap. I received two from Haragoth... I can't thank the person because I have no idea where to...

Roz 08/21/2007 #

I have posted my atc's today to Noel S and Jan W. Hopefully they won't take too long to reach either of you.

SharonP 08/21/2007 #

ATCs are on their way today from US to England to Tiaragoth and Roz!

SharonP 08/21/2007 #

DeepBlueCrystal, you can click on "rate your partners" to see the names of your partners and you'll probably be able to figure it out from there.

Coffeelatte 08/26/2007 #

Just back from my very relaxing holiday on the Oregon coast. Can't wait to get my mail -- it's been ten days since I've had anything to open, and I'm suffering swap deprivation!

Roz 09/ 6/2007 #

Hi Sharon P! Thanks for the great ATC's!! In my previous post I was asking about how to find out who someone was. The person, Haragoth, I still don't know who it is, lol... plus I received from my partners and had thanked them, then I received the "unknown" atc's.

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