Chunkies: Garden Gnomes- due July 30th

[ElectaBlue]

Swap Due Date – July 30th, 2008
Signup/withdraw date – July 15th
Number of Cards –4/4 or 8/8
Number of participants - Max 30
Minimum Itrader -10+

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6233&d=1211886575 1st page by Gezza, 2nd by Grrrdjules
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=15279&w=o
Recently there have been several cute garden gnome pages posted in the Garden Chunky book and they were so cute that I decided to host a whole swap based on this idea. Please try to use a mix of media, such as: watercolor, acrylic, ink, rubber stamps, collage, brads, charms, fabric, metal, glitter, hand drawing etc. and most importantly please make them colorful!

Creating pages:
* All pages should be 4"x4" and well constructed, preferably of matboard or illustration board, but no lighter than 140 lb. watercolor paper or two sheets of cardstock glued together.
* Please include username, real name, origin (country) and anything else you want to say about yourself on the backs of the pages. Make the backs of the pages interesting and not just plain white, but you don't need to make it as decorative as the front.
*Chunky books are called "chunky" because they have fibers or beads, embellishments or whatever hanging off the sides and/or the pages have different textures and chunkiness to them.

* All cards must be different and distinct. Originals only - no scanned copies or prints.
*Leave 1/2 inch on the left side free of embellishments for binding. You will bind your own pages.
*You will be sending in either 4 or 8 pages.
*If you use images or stickers please alter them so they are your own work and not just a sticker glued on a piece of paper.

Shipping:

All participants must pay their own shipping in this swap. In similar swaps in the past the shipping was:
--USA: $2.50
--Canada: $2.50
--Europe: $4
--Australia and New Zealand: $5

You can do any of the following to cover your shipping:
-US participants can send well-concealed cash, US stamps, or money via paypal.
-International participants can also send well concealed U.S. cash, or paypal.
-Note:*If you are using paypal, please add $0.50 cents extra for the paypal charges.

*Please include username and swap name on all envelopes sent in.
* All pages should be sent in baggies, wrapped in wax paper , or something similar to protect them.
* Please PM for my address when you are ready to send your cards.
Fine Print - All pages are due in my hands by the due date. Late pages will be returned. Also. poorly constructed/sloppy pages will be returned. I will update the thread when I receive your pages. Please allow up to 3 days for trader ratings. I would really like people to commit to doing the swap and not withdraw, but if you must please send me a PM. I will send one reminder PM (two weeks out for international, one week for local). Late arrivals or no withdraw communication/no cards will receive neutral feedback.

Thank you for participating in the swap! I look forward to seeing everyone’s artwork!

red=arrived
1. Electablue
2. Lise Bu
3. Amyfaerie
4. Stormarela
5. Miss Koolaid
6. MynameisJenn
7. Gezza
8. Adriayna
9. Andreanda
10.Bodecia Arriety
11. Artsygemini
12. The Rose Cottage
13. Joyflower
14. Batraplume
15. Vickie
16. Goodmorningstarshine
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Check out Original Youth's "Know-it-all" guide to chunky books for helpful tips: http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1294

[Lise Bu]

Yes please hun x x x

[kristinized]

I was just thinking about hosting a swap with a gnome theme, they're so cute!

[amyfaerie]

way too cool . . . count me in!

[stormarela]

I'm in a chunkyfrenzy... please sign me up.

[ElectaBlue]

Welcome Amyfaerie, Stormarela, and Lise Bu! This is going to be a great swap!

Kristinized, are you wanting to join? We would love to have you.

[OriginalYouth]

What an adorable theme! I'm running away now.

Shhhhh....I'm hiding....

(pretends cute swap doesn't exist)

[amyfaerie]

oh, gimme a break, OY . . . you KNOW you have to do it!

[ElectaBlue]

Yeah, OY, why are you running away?

[kristinized]

Thanks, but I'm not much in to chunkie. Just had to come in a comment on the cuteness of the theme! :)

Kristinized, are you wanting to join? We would love to have you.

[MissKoolAid]

Seeing that I did a gnome in a RR with Lise Bu, I just HAVE to join this swap! lol

[ElectaBlue]

Welcome, Miss Koolaid!

Kristinized, too bad you don't want to join! If you change your mind, just let me know.

[mynameisJenn]

I'd love to join in on the fun, please sign me up!

[ElectaBlue]

Mynameisjenn, welcome to our swap!

[Gezza]

Please count me in, they are such lovely wee fellows.:yes:

[ElectaBlue]

Gezza, welcome to the swap! I am so glad you joined and can't wait to see what new Gnome art you come up with.

[OriginalYouth]

Yeah, OY, why are you running away?

Shhh! I'm hiding from the pointy hats!

[ElectaBlue]

Shhh! I'm hiding from the pointy hats!

We could make some with rounded hats, if that would make you feel better.

[ElectaBlue]

I wanted to let everyone know that I will be at the DFW sleepover until Monday night, so I won't have computer access for a few days. I will update everything on Tuesday.

[adriayna]

I want in on the gnomes theme! What fun! :)

[blueskysunburn]

Oh! Now, four pages I can handle! I already have a few ideas forming.

You have enough room for 30 and sign ups are until the end of July. I will bookmark this - I don't want to sign up until I have all of my current commitments cleared. I'll be back!

[ElectaBlue]

Yeah! Adriayna is in!!

Jennifer, I hope you come back and join us. I think this swap will be lots of fun.

[ElectaBlue]

Yeah! Adriayna is in!!

Jennifer, I hope you come back and join us. I think this swap will be lots of fun!

[Lise Bu]

My first page x

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[ElectaBlue]

What a cute little gnome!

[Andreananda]

I love this idea!! Can I play???

[ElectaBlue]

Yippee! Andrea is in the house!

[Andreananda]

Cool!!! I am excited!!

[amyfaerie]

very cool . . . more players, and awesome ones! jennifer, i hope to see you back here!

i'm going to try to play around with painting a gnome, and see how it comes out. LOL! don't anyone hold their breath for a hand-painted gnome chunky from me, though!

[ElectaBlue]

Amy, I hope you hand paint some gnomes. I have seen you post other times that you can't draw/paint and I know for a fact that that is NOT true because I have a mermaid chunky book page you painted and it is fabulous!

[mynameisJenn]

I have two pages done, will post them to my gallery later :)

[ElectaBlue]

Great! I can't wait to see what you came up with.

[mynameisJenn]

the photo is kind of blurry, but here are my chunkies:

http://flickr.com/photos/jrerwin/2558803897/

...debating whether to make another set or not, these were really fun! :)

[amyfaerie]

lol . . . i forgot some people have my mermaids! too bad garden gnomes can't have bare breasts and fins . . .

or can they? bwahahahahahaha!

jenn, i love them!

[Andreananda]

Bare breasts and fins?? Could be very interesting!!! LOL!!

I made some bases and and still searching for the perfect ..oh wait...I just noticed a little two inch gnome on my shelf that Philip brought to me from Austria....He will be my model!! I don't think he does nude poses amyfairie so I leave that to you!!!

[mynameisJenn]

lol . . . i forgot some people have my mermaids! too bad garden gnomes can't have bare breasts and fins . . .

or can they? bwahahahahahaha!

jenn, i love them!

haha, i'd love to see what you'd come up with Amy! :)

[ElectaBlue]

lol . . . i forgot some people have my mermaids! too bad garden gnomes can't have bare breasts and fins . . .

or can they? bwahahahahahaha!

You are too funny! I have been thinking of doing some women gnomes and basing them on the ones in the book Gnomes by Wil Huygen. You should check it out if you haven't seen it. I think there are some topless women in that one, but no fins.

[ElectaBlue]

Jenn, your little gnomes are super cute! I agree with what Amy said. I just love the deliberate weirdness in each one.

[Lise Bu]

My 2nd gnomey page

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[stormarela]

great gnome pages, I'm drooling already... except about the bare chested ones.. do you think gnomes have little hairy chests? hehehe

[adriayna]

Oh, those pages are wonderful!. I'm not sure what I'm doing yet....but it will be fun!

[ElectaBlue]

Lisebu, great lady gnome!

Storm, that gnome book has some naked gnomes in it, but I don't think they were that hairy! Of course, you can make up whatever you want.

[MissKoolAid]

I got one page done. It's up in my gallery.

[Andreananda]

Yes I'll bet they do have hairy chests and little pot bellies!!

[ElectaBlue]

I have to say that the gnomes aren't too attractive naked.

[Bodecia Arietty]

Ok I have to join this one. I love gnomes. I actually have a gnome that goes traveling with me and take pictures of. His name is Herman.

[ElectaBlue]

Welcome Bodecia! I can't wait to see what you come up with for Herman.

Who else is going to join us?

[amyfaerie]

oh, that's just heinous . . . hairy chests and boobies just don't seem like a pairing anyone needs on a gnome, let alone on a chunky page!

you're right, electablue . . . i think that book does have some lady gnomes in a state of undress. i'll have to look that up! my family used to have a copy of that book that we passed around, regifting it, for years. i don't know who has it!

[amyfaerie]

herman deserves his own chunky page, i think. :D i hope at least a few of your travelling photos of herman make it into your pages, bodecia!


here's my first one!

[stormarela]

I am stoked for gnomes. You could say I am on a gnome hunt. I had a gnome pencil sharpener for years and years, since I was about 5 years old, a souvenir from Ireland. I wonder where he is hiding!
I love every gnome chunky I see so far... but that is expected, great artist are making them.. . and,, how can you go wrong with a gnome?

[ElectaBlue]

Amy, that is a super cute gnome! He is decently covered and everything. I was expecting some half naked gnome.

[amyfaerie]

if a person were to go to google image search and type in "naked gnome," you will find that one of the first image results is a statue of two gnomes having sex. no kidding. :eek:

i did like this .gif that i found . . . i'm putting it in my signature line.

[ElectaBlue]

Hey maybe having the gnome in your signature line will help us get more people in here. I thought gnomes would be much more popular.

That gnome is much better looking than the ones in my book!

[Batraplume]

I've been reading this thread... you make me laugh! :D

I would love to join this swap but I don't have the required minimum Itrader yet.
I'm waiting for the returns and results of the "In the garden" + "Creative life" CB swaps + a few private trades. Don't know if i'm going to make it before July 15!

[Batraplume]

I've found this photo on a French blog...

***Warning*** I don't want to shock anybody here!!! :wideeyed: Just follow this link...

http://2d.img.v4.skyrock.com/2d7/f-l-n-j01/pics/178726739.jpg

[ElectaBlue]

Batraplume, that is some picture! Is that what you would base your page on?

I hope that you have enough I-trader to join us by July!

[Batraplume]

ElectaBlue : absolutely!! I've planned to make a series of strip-teaser garden gnomes in different situations!! Let's call them "Chippendale garden gnomes".
Anyone interested ? ;)

[amyfaerie]

heck, that gnome isn't much of a tease . . . it's all hangin' out there. :err: :eek:

[ElectaBlue]

Who would have thought that this would turn into the indecent gnome thread?

I think an atc swap would probably get LOTS more participants, but I am taking a break from ATCs completely. Once I get a few more commitments done I will start on these and I can't wait! I have some really funny (in my mind, at least) ideas for these gnomes.

[stormarela]

I didn't know there was so much to know about gnomes... (try saying that 3 times!)... especially naughty gnomes... wow, the things ya learn ....

[Andreananda]

Naughty gnomes!! What a chunky book that would be!!

[KatieK2885]

I would really like to join! Please include me for the 4/4. Thanks!

[artsygemini]

hi all, I would like to join if possible, pretty please.:jiggy:

[ElectaBlue]

Hey Katie, I would love to have you in my swap, but you need to have an Itrader of 10 before you can join. You can get 10 points really quickly with 1 on 1 trades, so come back and join us before July 15th if you get up to 10!

Artsygemini, I would LOVE to have you join.

I just knew all the naughty gnome talk would draw some more players in.

[artsygemini]

thanks for having me!:D

[HHC]

So... I've never done a chunky page and almost joined the garden one but the timing didn't work. As well as being totally intimidated by the awesome art. LOL.
I'll see if I can come up with one page to start with and may be back soon. :)

[ElectaBlue]

HHC, please come back and join us. Chunkies are SUCH fun!

[MissKoolAid]

My Gnomes are all done and ready to get mailed this weekend. I need your address.

Take a peek at them in my gallery (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?u=726&c=5). The 6th one I'm keeping for myself. Electablue, you get to keep one of them!

[TheRoseCottage]

I would love to join this swap!!

[ElectaBlue]

Miss Koolaid, I am going to have a horrible time choosing which one to keep. Thanks for making me an extra! I will PM you my address right now.

Rose Cottage, welcome to the swap!

[Andreananda]

I just finished mine tonight! I will post a pic soon. We changed internet providers and I am having trouble configuring my laptop to the wireless connection. :eek: I will have to ask Philip to upload a pick on his computer for me!

[ElectaBlue]

Andrea, I can't wait to see!

I definitely need to get started on these. I have so many ideas and can't wait to get started, but I need to finish up a few other swaps first.

[MissKoolAid]

My Gnomes went postal today. I included $ inside the envie for postage.

[ElectaBlue]

Thanks for letting me know. I will let you know as soon as they arrive.

[amyfaerie]

mine are already in the blue box at the post office--so they'll be going out first thing Wed. morning! :D

There are scans in my gallery. Here's one . . .

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=20708&w=l

[JoyFlower]

Okay...I have been trying NOT to look at the open swap list, because everytime I do I see something else and just HAVE to sign up...it's a sickness...really...it is....

So I was INNOCENTLY looking at the Garden Chunky thread, wishing for a sequal and was redirected HERE...and OF COURSE I NEED TO SIGN UP!!! pretty please!

[MissKoolAid]

mwhahaha... it worked! :cool:

[ElectaBlue]

Amy, that gnome page is great! I will check out the rest of them tomorrow. I really should be in bed, after all.

Joyflower, welcome to the swap! I can't wait to see what you can come up with.

Miss Koolaid, thank you for mentioning this swap in the garden thread. That was a great idea to get more people to join us.

[Batraplume]

Amy, your pages are awesome! Love them all!!

Still don't know if i'll be able to join this swap or not... huh :confused:

[JoyFlower]

I was just remembering that when my daughter was a wee one she loved to watch David the Gnome on Nickelodeon. :) Someone posted the intro to the show (http://search.isp.netscape.com/nsisp/boomframe.jsp?query=nickelodeon%2C+gnome+show&page=1&offset=1&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D5 dd3d7ebe3763c11%26clickedItemRank%3D3%26userQuery% 3Dnickelodeon%252C%2Bgnome%2Bshow%26clickedItemURN %3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%25 3Fv%253DLJx8-DGgbiM%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSISPBoom%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%25 3Fv%253DLJx8-DGgbiM)on YouTube.

[ElectaBlue]

Batraplume, I sure hope you can get enough itrader to join us.

Joyflower, thanks for posting that! I had heard of the show, but had never seen it.

[ElectaBlue]

Yesterday was a GREAT mail day! I received some very mischievous gnomes from Amyfaerie, MynameisJenn, and Miss Koolaid!

[stormarela]

I'm working on my gnomes today... and I can let out a little hint... Shrinky Dinks is involved.

[artsygemini]

hi everyone! been down with a stupid back prob. had to lay flat on my back for almost 3 weeks.........boy was I going CRAZY! had a minor corrective surgery, and am getting much better, thank the Art gods! can't sit at puter too long yet, but I can at least sit up and do some art..........everyone say a big YAHOOOOOSSSSSIEEEEEEE for me!:wacko:

[Andreananda]

Mine have been done for a while. We switched internet service from AT&T to Time warner and it has been terrible. I wish I didn't switch now.

I finally was able to scan my image and I uploaded it to the gallery. The gnomes will go postal on Monday!

[amyfaerie]

andreananda, they're great!

sandy, i'm so sorry to hear you've been out of commission for a while, but totally stoked that you're on the mend! yay! it's SO hard to not be able to get one's hands on art!

[ElectaBlue]

Artsy, I am glad you are feeling better! It must be great to have some art time.

Andrea, that page looks great! I can't wait to see them all in person.

Storm, shrinky dinks sound very intriguing.

[stormarela]

my gnomes are finished, and ready to mail!

[JoyFlower]

Love those pages, Susan! :) Yours too Andreananda - this is gonna be another super swap!

[Gezza]

Well I have finished my pages, I am completely gnomed out. They are on Flickr. I am too lazy to go through all that resizing!!!!!!

[stormarela]

Love your playful gnomes, Gezza, they are having so much fun!

[JoyFlower]

I agree with stormarela - those are really fun gnome pages!! :)

[ElectaBlue]

Wow! Somany great gnome pages. This is going to be some fun book when we are all done.

[Andreananda]

Too cool! I am loving all the pages!!

[mynameisJenn]

Susan, I love those pages!

ElectaBlue, glad my gnomes arrived safely ;) This is going to be one awesome swap.

[goodmorningstarshine]

Can I join your chunky gnome swap?

Please? I'm new...

[Batraplume]

Electa, I have 10!! :cute:

[amyfaerie]

yay for batraplume! :D

[ElectaBlue]

Yes, I agree, yeah for Batraplume! I actually had already gone ahead and added her because I knew she would make it. Actually, I think I should have made the I-trader lower since you can send in just 4 pages and I was basing it on the 9 for 9 pages I did for history in living color.

[stormarela]

I've got gnomes on the brain now. I'm starting to think I NEED one in my back yard. Which, by its self isn't too bad, however I have a feeling that they multiply, and oh, what a nightmare, all of a sudden there are a hundred of them in my backyard.......

[Batraplume]

You know what? Before I heard about this swap I hated garden gnomes!!! Really!! I couldn't bear to see them in people's garden.
Then you all came with your chunky pages and your great sense of humour and I find that the idea is so much fun that now I am almost obsessed with garden gnomes!!
We have a French movie here called "She sees garden gnomes everywhere", I think I could play in a remake !!
So many surprising things happen on this forum.... I would never have suspected half of them!! I'm so happy to be with you all!!:yes:

By the way, I've made 4 pages and one is naughty... don't know if I will dare to send it... :unsure:

[ElectaBlue]

My plan has worked!!!:yes: Now everyone is obsessed with Garden Gnomes (or at least the people in the swap.

Batraplume, when I think of gnomes I always think of the movie, Amelie. It is one of my favorite movies!

[stormarela]

oh no, not gnome movies.... now I will have to see THOSE too. is there no mercy?

[Andreananda]

I saw some at Big Lots and stood there for a while thinking...hmmmmm...maybe I need one?? But I couldn't decide which one I liked so I gave up.

[ElectaBlue]

I bet there are quite a few gnomes movies. There is one called the Gnomemobile, which is just a horrible movie, but I have the song from it run through my head whenever I think of gnomes. I used to call my beat up old station wagon the Gnomemobile and I had a bumper sticker that said, "I brake for gnomes." It is the only bumper sticker I ever had on any car I have owned.

[JoyFlower]

Lol...poor stormarela...you'll be dreaming about gnomes soon! I can just see it...There's a gnome. Look, there's another. Oh, did you notice that gnome in the corner? OMG there are GNOMES EVERYWHERE!!!! :swoon:

[JoyFlower]

Haha - I posted that, then saw batraplumes post about the movie! Lol...

I think I will stick to gnomes in art, not in the garden....

[stormarela]

oh, I think we are ALL going to need some new gnomes. oh, and thats fun to say,,, new gnomes.... c'mon JoyFlower, you can get a gnome and take a picture of it, and then you will have both!

[Vickie]

May I join, I love gnomes!!!!! Vickie:yes:

[JoyFlower]

oh, I think we are ALL going to need some new gnomes. oh, and thats fun to say,,, new gnomes.... c'mon JoyFlower, you can get a gnome and take a picture of it, and then you will have both!

well...maybe a small new gnome to guard my patio....:rolleyes:

[adriayna]

Lisa, my gnomes will be out to you this weekend. I would scan them, but my computer is back in the shop :(

[ElectaBlue]

Vickie, welcome to the land of gnomes. There is gnome stopping you now!:eek:

Dana, I am sorry to hear you have more computer woes. I can't wait to see what little creatures you have come up with.

[Vickie]

Thank you, have to go gnomes are calling!!!!! Vickie:cute:

[mynameisJenn]

Gezza, I love your pages as well :)

[Batraplume]

Okay................... Last night I dreamed of red pointy hats..... what's the next step?? :wacko:

[ElectaBlue]

Isa, maybe you will start actually wearing a little red pointy hat, or taking your garden gnome with you everywhere and taking your picture with it!

[Batraplume]

Well... I don't have any garden gnome... yet! :D But I am seriously thinking about adopting one. If I find one (which doesn't seem to be easy around here) I promise I'll take some pictures!! And I can make a red pointy hat too and then recycle it with black paint for Amy's Halloween swap!!
If I do that, please... order a camisole for me!!

[ElectaBlue]

I am not sure what the reference to a camisole is?

That would be fun to dress up in outfits that match our swaps! Right now I would be dressed for the circus.:jimlad:

[Batraplume]

Sorry, I thought it was the same word as in French!
Is "straitjacket" better ?

[ElectaBlue]

Yes! I almost asked if that is what you meant. A gnome in a little camisole and pointy hat sounded far too cute, but then you would be a French gnome, so who knows?

[Batraplume]

Yep! who knows with a French gnome! Hope you noticed my new garment... The gene mutation occured last night...

[ElectaBlue]

Isa, it is a very small garment!

Stormarelas cute little guys are here! My favorite part is the little shrinky dink charms, especially the little mushrooms!

[stormarela]

I should have made more 'shrooms, they were kind of an after-thought. Nothing is easier than drawing a mushroom. (or atleast the way I do it)

[Lise Bu]

Have my gnomes arrived yet hun - I posted them about 10 days ago?

[ElectaBlue]

No, I haven't seen them! I will let you know as soon as they arrive.

[Lise Bu]

oh dear I hope they arrive soon x x x

[ElectaBlue]

I am sure they will make it. My mail seems to be slower lately based on when people have been reporting they mailed things. I wouldn't worry.

[Batraplume]

I'm completely gnomified! :twitcy:

Here are 4 of my 8 garden gnomes... They are on their way to you Electa, watch your mailbox... If you hear some little voices, you'll know you will have visitors!

The 1st is the "sleeping gnome", the 2nd is the "perfect gnome", the 3rd is the "secret gnome" (and I've added another partial view of it but I keep the secret.. secret!), the 4th is called "ZZZzzz".

[Batraplume]

And here are my 4 last gnomes...

You have : the gnome lost in the forest, the footbath (I had much fun making this one!), the cultured gnome and the music lover.

[Gezza]

Batraplume those gnome pages are class, you really seem to have got inside their head. Maybe you do wear a red pointy hat and a vest???????

[ElectaBlue]

All those gnomes are wonderful! I can't wait to see the secret one and see what the secret is. I agree with Geeza that you must be wearing a red pointy hat by now?

Still no more gnomes in my mailbox. I know that several were sent a while ago, so I suspect they are at the post office, wreaking havoc with the U.S. Postal Service. I have noticed while hosting these swaps that they seem to come in batches, so I will probably get 4 in one day.

[JoyFlower]

Wow, Batraplume! Those are fantastic! So glad you were able to join this swap. :)

[Batraplume]

Thanks!!
Gezza and Electa, yes, of course I wear the gnomes clothes night and day, that's the least I can do!
And when I'm back home from work I sing "Hi hooo, hi hooo!..." :wacko:

Electa, you'll have to wait a little bit before discovering the secret... (just hope I won't be fired from the swap... or from the forum!!) :unsure:

[ElectaBlue]

Batra, you make it sound even more intriguing! If it is dangerous, I may just have to keep that one for myself. Also, I think you are getting a little too carried away with this gnome thing. Isn't the hi ho song supposed to be for dwarfs? They aren't the same thing are they?

[Batraplume]

Aren't dwarfs and garden gnomes cousins? Just wondering. We translate both words the same way in French so I probably get confused.
And you're right, I need to think to something else than gnomes by now! ;)

[stormarela]

well, the "hi hoo" dwarfs are diamond miners... which I really don't think those garden gnomes are cut out to do.... gnomes seem to be much less inclinded to WORK... I only see them playing around here and there. ... they might be cousins, probably third cousins twice removed... or something like that.
I'm just on my way out shopping, and I am pretty sure I NEED to get my own gnome on the way home. Any guesses as to the colour of his pointy hat?

[ElectaBlue]

Then there are also the garden gnomes in the Harry Potter books where the gnomes live in the Weasley's yard. Those gnomes are nasty little guys.

I always thought dwarves were just like small people, and gnomes are much smaller. I didn't realize they were the same word in French. Obviously, I need to do more research.

[Batraplume]

There are several interesting articles on Wikipedia :

gnomes : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome
dwarfs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf

I didn't read everything yet! and there are links to other types of mythical creatures.

[ElectaBlue]

Batra, thanks for posting that! It was very informative, but I still am not totally clear what the difference is.

Andreanda's mischevious gnomes arrived today! Thanks for the extra! (but still no Lisebu...)

[Lise Bu]

oh no - i'm starting to worry now - I hope they arrive before the deadline x x x :unsure:

[mynameisJenn]

Whoa Batraplume, those are some fantastic gnomes!

[ElectaBlue]

oh no - i'm starting to worry now - I hope they arrive before the deadline x x x :unsure:

You still have plenty of time! Gezza's haven't arrived either and I think she must have mailed them around the same time you did.

[ElectaBlue]

Gezza's pages arrived yesterday! They are all so cute and I want to keep them all.

Our sign up date has passed, so I am going to have this moved to active swaps. The pages are due in less than 2 weeks!

[Gezza]

I am delighted to hear they have finally got there!!!!:spinny:

[Lise Bu]

still no gnomies from me?????

[ElectaBlue]

Batraplume's adorable pages arrived yesterday! Thanks for all the extra goodies. It is going to be so hard to choose a page for myself. Gnomes certainly do have an interesting night life. I never even suspected!


Lisa Bu, still no gnomes! I am getting really worried myself. I am hoping they are just taking a detour. Gezza's took 6 days to get here, I think and Batraplume's took 3.

[Batraplume]

I can't believe it was so fast!! Glad that you like them! :)

Lise Bu, it took almost 2 weeks to my Garden and Creative life pages to reach Katxena, so it seems that there's no rule with airmail. Hope your pages are travelling via Singapore and will arrive soon. Fingers crossed!

[ElectaBlue]

Yeehaw!:jiggy: Lise Bu's pages are here!!! I am so relieved! Thanks for all the little extra goodies, and your pages are very cute!

[adriayna]

Sorry Lisa. I haven't had a chance to ship them out yet. They will go out via priority mail this week to you and should still arrive in time!

[Lise Bu]

Yeehaw!:jiggy: Lise Bu's pages are here!!! I am so relieved! Thanks for all the little extra goodies, and your pages are very cute!


GREAT :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy::jiggy::jiggy::jiggy::jiggy:: jiggy::jiggy:

I was so worried and I just got word that my other MIA cards have arrived (only took 3 weeks). phew xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[ElectaBlue]

Lisebu, I don't know why yours took so much longer than Gezza's and Batraplume's, which I would think would take a similar amount of time. You mailed yours before either of theirs. The good thing is that they arrived safe and sound.

Dana, thanks for letting me know! I was beginning to wonder if they were lost or you just didn't get around to mailing them. I know that it can be a real pain to get to the post office. The post office on campus near my library is closing August 1st, so I am not sure how I am ever going to get things mailed if I have to drive somewhere else. They are supposed to be opening some sort of alternative thing, but they have to remodel first and then I am sure they will charge a premium.

[Vickie]

Hi, Just want you to know my Chunky pages are on their way. Hope you like them. Vickie :spinny:

[ElectaBlue]

Thanks for letting me know, Vickie! I will let you know as soon as they arrive. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[goodmorningstarshine]

These went in the mail yesterday morning. Please let me know when you receive them!

[Andreananda]

From France to Denton in three days is AMAZING!!! Sometimes it takes that long to get from Dallas to Denton!! I could drive mail to you in 45 minutes! LOL!!

[ElectaBlue]

I know! The mail makes no sense.

[ElectaBlue]

Vickie, your cute little gnomes arrived today! Thanks for the extra little gnome!

[TheRoseCottage]

Lisa, my cards are in the mail (priority) and 'only' coming from AZ so they should be there on time....I will post a picture later today.

[ElectaBlue]

Thanks for letting me know. I am looking forward to pictures!

[Vickie]

HI, I am so happy my gnomes arrived. So glad you liked them. Thanks for hosting this swap. Vickie :D

[ElectaBlue]

This was a mail day gnome like other! I received 4 packages of gnomes from Adriayna, Bodecia Arriety, Goodmorningstarshine, and The Rose Cottage. Thank you for all of them and to Adriayna and Good morning Star Shine for the extras.

[artsygemini]

hi all! sorry I have not been around in awhile. took me awhile to recoop from a back prob. finally got my pages done. the pics are not great, so they are better looking in real. they are each four layers and depths. little different then my past pages. hope you like them. :D if you want to see them in a little bit better size, they are loaded in my gallery.
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[artsygemini]

hi again! here are the last 5. 8 for swap, 1 for host and 1 for me to put in the book I will make.:D
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[goodmorningstarshine]

I'm so glad you got them! I have been worrying about them all day!

I didn't want my little gnomes lost in gnomenland!

[artsygemini]

just letting you know they are picking up the package in the morning lisa............I am so excited to see the ones you send me. gonna be another chunky book on my coffee table for me to look at alot and admire, as well as friends, family and visitors. my one from the monochromatic page swap is quite the attention getter. my kids look several times when they are visiting, as well as me admiring it and enjoying the different masterpieces of others any time I wish. I used two holes with the locking kind of key ring........if anyone has another idea about how to make them into a book, would love a pm from you! great week everyone. thanks lisa! sandy:wacko::):jiggy:

[ElectaBlue]

Very cute gnomes, Sandy. I am going to your gallery to see them closer.

[JoyFlower]

Mine will be there tomorrow. I hope they are okay...each is hand drawn, with different embellishments added, but they are essentially the same idea with little variations. After I had finished I went back and read everything again, and saw "different and distinct" - hope that just means no photocopies. :err: But if I totally blew it and you have to send them back I understand. :) I'm going to put them on Flickr in a little bit.

[ElectaBlue]

Joyflower, thanks for letting me know. I will let you know as soon as they arrive. I am sure they are fine the way they are. The gnome you posted in your gallery is cute!

[JoyFlower]

Thanks, Lisa!! :)

[ElectaBlue]

Joyflower, your cute gnomes arrived today!

I know that I haven't given out all the I-traders yet, but will make sure I update them all before I send out the returns. In the next swap, I am only giving them out at the end because otherwise I seem to get all confused.

[JoyFlower]

Whew! Glad they made it. :) Thanks again!

[TheRoseCottage]

Here is the page I kept.

[ElectaBlue]

That's another nice page, Rose! I like how you incorporated the flower in your design.

I finally got my pages scanned and they are in my gallery if anyone wants to take a peak. The colors are really off, but it gives you an idea.

We only have one set to left to arrive and then I can get these gnomes swapped out. I am hoping to get them in the mail on Saturday, because my usual post office is closing permanently on Friday and I won't be able to get to the post office during the week next week. I don't want to wait another whole week!

[Andreananda]

Gorgeous gnome pages ladies! I'll bet they are mind blowing in real life, especially when they are so amazing in photo form!

[ElectaBlue]

Andrea is right! The pages look wonderful on line, but they are far more amazing in person.

Artsygemini's pages arrived yesterday and they are simply amazing in person. The scan just didn't pick up the sparkliness and the 3D look of the pages.

I sorted out all the pages last night, but ran out of energy before I could finish packing them up. I will try to get them in the mail tomorrow.

[adriayna]

Oh no! Why is your post office closing, Lisa?

[ElectaBlue]

The campus one is closing because they are going to have a new provider, like a Pack and Mail there, but it won't open until school starts at the end of August, I think. The good news is that it will be open more than 3 hours a day, but I am sure they will charge extra so I may not be able to just walk over during a break at work. It was always so busy because of the short hours and short staffing, anyway.

There is only one post office open in town on Saturday and it is always a minimum of an hour wait!

The postal service is just getting so horrible! Even the people of the counter have said that they think the goal of the post office is to put itself out of business.

[artsygemini]

thanks EB.............I was hoping that you would like them more when you saw them . scans and pictures just never seem to do most art justice unless they are totally flat, which even my ATC's rarely are. can't wait to get them back and get them into a little book to sit nest to my other on the coffee table! :jiggy:

[ElectaBlue]

All of the pages are postal!

I will be giving out all the Itraders for people I haven't given them to yet over the next few days.

Thank you everyone for playing!

[MissKoolAid]

Yay! I can't wait to see my returns! Thanks for hosting this swap. I really had fun.

[Andreananda]

Woo Hoo!! I can't wait!

[ElectaBlue]

I am glad everyone is so excited about their returns.

Andrea, you should get yours tomorrow, hopefully!

[Andreananda]

That's what I was thinking...something to look forward to when I finish leaving Philip at the airport.

[ElectaBlue]

Andrea already received her pages! Maybe a few of you will receive yours tomorrow!

I left I-trader for everyone, I hope. If I missed anyone PLEASE let me know.

Please let us know when the pages arrive and don't forget to leave I-trader for me, and rep points for all the pages you receive.

[JoyFlower]

My pages arrived today...thanks to Lisa and Gezza, stormarela, Bodecia Arietty and MissKoolAid... :) I have left itrader and reps.

[ElectaBlue]

Wow! I can't believe your pages got to you so fast, Joyflower! I am glad you like your pages.

[Andreananda]

Thank you to Stormarela, Amyfaerie, Vickie, Batraplume, Miss Koolaid, goodmorningstarshine, Gezza, Atrsy Gemini and to Electablue for hostessing!!

I love my cards sooo much!!!

[Batraplume]

Andrea, thanks for the rep point! I'm glad that my poor lonesome gnome has found a good home to live in! ;)

[ElectaBlue]

I have to say that my little gnome book is super cute put together. I need to take a picture of all my chunky books and post them. It is quite impressive.

Batraplume, I have to say that I kept your gnome page with the secret page. I was actually going to give it away, but couldn't stand to be parted with it so swapped out the page I meant to keep for myself. Do you have a picture of the inside so you can show it to people? It is just too funny not to share.

The pages seem to be arriving really fast!

[TheRoseCottage]

I recieved my pages yesterday ~ what a great swap. I have left iTrader for our fabulous host, ElectaBlue, and rep points for MyNameIsJenn, andreananda, ArtsyGemini, and Gezza.

[Batraplume]

Electa, I would love to see a picture of your chunky books! I did not bind mine yet.

Here is the photo of the inside of the "secret gnome" page... ;)

[Vickie]

:v_spin: I got my gnomes today. They all made it "safe ans sound". I love them all. Thank you to Jenn,Dana,DebbieW.,Sandy, and of couse to our host Electablue wonderful job.

[goodmorningstarshine]

I received my cards yesterday! They are all beautiful. I wll thank you all and give you some points tomorrow. They are downstairs, and I'm just too tired to get them.

Such beautiful gnomes!

[Andreananda]

Love the "by day" and "by night" gnome!! Too funnyy!!!!!

[adriayna]

My cute little gnomes arrived! Woot! Thank you everyone, and a special thanks to Lisa! :)

[ElectaBlue]

Wow, it looks like most of the U.S. gnomes must be in by now!

Batraplume's gnomes by night and day page IS hilarious! Thanks for posting it, Isa.

[artsygemini]

OMG.........OMG.................OMG! i got my pages today..................they are amazing...........every single one! I love them. they are so unique and each is special and different in some way too. I am so glad I joined this swap. I love knomes and this book is going in a place of honor where everyone in my family can enjoy it too whenever they come over. :yes:;):D:notworthy:

[goodmorningstarshine]

I wanted to check...this is the first swap I've received back on this fine website. I am supposed to rate everyone I received a page from, right?

Thanks!
Crystal

[goodmorningstarshine]

Whoops! I just saw Lisa's note above. I"ll get to rating right now!

[JoyFlower]

Starshine - just give itrader to Electablue(Lisa) - everyone else should get rep "rock" points. :)

[goodmorningstarshine]

Oops. How do you give rep rock points?

Hey, to everyone who just got an I trader from me: Merry Christmas!

[JoyFlower]

Lol! And a Happy New Year too!

to give rep points, just click the "YOU ROCK!" button below any post made by the other trader. :)

[goodmorningstarshine]

I figured it out. I'm not sure that seems very fair, though. It took about 2 weeks to make all those chunky pages. I receive I-trader point for atcs that took me an hour to an hour and a half to make.

Is there any kind of logic to that? Why should someone get the same amount of points for making 8 large art items to swap as they get to make one smaller piece?

I don't want to sound whiny or anything, I just want to stick with chunky swaps and don't plan to trade atcs. I'll never break the 3 digit mark!

[ElectaBlue]

Crystal, I am so sorry that I didn't explain the whole I-trader/rep thing to you. I totally forgot this was your first swap. The FAQs are here: http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/faq.php?faq=itrader and I think there were also other discussions that were posted if you are interested.

The point of the I-trader system has nothing to do with how long it takes to make something, but is supposed to help keep people honest and tell others whether they are a reliable trader or not. You only give out I-trader points when you actually mail something directly to someone, or if someone makes a card just for you (like in a PAT swap). So you will get an I-trader point every time you trade chunky book pages, as well as ATCs when you trade 1 on 1. One way to get your points is to play in the Play it forward chunky book thread and trade 1 on 1 for chunky pages.

On the old site you only got an I-trader point the first time you traded with someone and after that they didn't count toward your total! I would have closer to 300 I-trader points if this system had been used all along.

[goodmorningstarshine]

Wow. I guess I was just used to the system at swap-bot, where I would do just about anything for hearts! You could call me a bit obsessive! I've signed up for a couple of inchie swaps now, so that should help! Thanks for the link I'll read up on it!

[ElectaBlue]

I haven't traded on Swap-Bot, but I suspect the hearts thing is more like the rep points here than the I-trader.

You should try rolos, too! Those are also really fun and they have a practical use.

[Batraplume]

I got my returns!! I'm very very happy with all the pages I received, they will make an awesome chunky book!
I want to thank Stormarela, Andreananda, Goodmorningstarshine, Joyflower, Artsy Gemini, Gezza, Adriayna and our hostess Electa for these wonderful pages! I'm off to leave rep points to all of you and I-trader to Electa.
Thank you again for this great swap, hope to trade with you all soon! :)

[Batraplume]

I should be ironing and packing my things but I just wanted to share this picture with you...

And... spot the odd one out! ;)

[goodmorningstarshine]

I'll tell you, I could see adriayna's page a mile away! Her gnome looks like a tree!

You did get one of mine, Isa! He's the little guy on the swing next to gigantic bead flower!

[JoyFlower]

How fun to see your gnome collection all together! Thanks for sharing that!

[Batraplume]

Yes Crystal, he's cute! I have left you a rep point, did you see it?

Nobody notices the intruder on the picture?? :mask:

[JoyFlower]

Why is that your friend, I think maybe his name is Herman?

[stormarela]

I notice the the GNOME, he's just enjoying the company!

[goodmorningstarshine]

Actually, I don't see the rep point. I haven't figured out where they are yet...I just looked for them and couldn't figure it out...

[JoyFlower]

If you mean you don't know where to see if someone left you reps, that's easy enough. Just click on "User CP" in the blue bar at the top of your screen...it will show you any subscribed threads with new posts, and your rep comments/points are listed below that. ;)

[goodmorningstarshine]

Hey thanks! People have been saying all kinds of nice things to me, and I didn't even know!

[Gezza]

I just wnted to thank you Lisa for running the swap and to Andreananda, Bodecia, Batraplume,Artsy Gemini, Stormarela, Jenn, Goodmorning starshine and Lisebu for all your lovely pages. :):)

[ElectaBlue]

I am glad that the international pages are starting to arrive!

I am out of town and will have limited internet access until Tuesday, or I would have replied sooner.

Isa, thanks for posting all your pages. They look fantastic when you see them all together like that. I still need to find my camera and take a picture of mine. It took me a while to find Herman hiding with the other gnomes.

Crystal, it took me a while to find the rep points, too. It sure is nice when people leave you all those comments, isn't it?

[artsygemini]

hi everyone...............I thought I would show you my covers I made for my book, with the gnome pages. I took the copy of some of the pages that was included with our swap pages. I used them to piece together the covers inside and out and one the front I put a title box and then added a black pigment ink drawing of a gnome I did. then I used pigment ink pen to do my doodle and swirl drawing stuff on the images front and back, inside and outside to make it unique and my style too. I hope you all like what I did with those images that show your pages......I really was pleased with it. my other swap covers have always just been printed paper with some of my doodle swirls etc. , but this is better I think.:jiggy:
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11393 this is the back and front - outside of the covers

[JoyFlower]

What a great idea, Sandy! That looks great. :yes:

[Gezza]

Hey Sandy, those covers look good!!!!!!

[ElectaBlue]

Sandy, those cover DO look great! Most of my books just have a page from the swap as the cover. In this swap I have a great cover made for me by Goodmorningstarshine as a gift for me which is really cute.

[MissKoolAid]

Yay! I got my pages this morning! Fun gnomes from Vickie, Goodmorningstarshine, TheRoseCottage and ElectaBlue! Me so happy!

[ElectaBlue]

Thanks for letting us know they arrived! I think most people's pages must have arrived by now.

[artsygemini]

ty everyone for the compliments on the cover I made. it is my favorite cover for any of my books. think I will try it again for my bling chunky that my girlfriend diane (glittercrow) talked me into. , honest I woulda went begging to be in it, just don't tell her that.:)

[stormarela]

I got GNOMES! weee, they are so gardenlicious! Thanks Electablue for a GREAT swap! Thanks also to: MyNameisJenn, The Rose Cottage, GEZZA, Lise Bu, JoyFlower, Bodecia Arietty, Goodmorningstarshine, and AndreaAndrea!

I love them all.

[mynameisJenn]

Awesome pages!

Thank you to Electablue for hosting and to:
Adriayna, TheRoseCottage, Stormarela, and Lise Bu for the cool gnomes! :)

[ElectaBlue]

I am so glad that everyone's pages seem to have made it. Is there anyone who hasn't received their pages yet?

[Batraplume]

I still have no news of 3 of my pages. I don't know who received them apart from Electa, Gezza, Goodmorningstarshine, Artsygemini, and Andreananda. Please let me know! Thanks

[goodmorningstarshine]

You know, three of my gnomes are awol, too. I wonder if they've run off somewhere exotic together. Maybe they've gone to Paris? Do you think Paris is romantic, Batraplume, or do you think your gnomes would prefer somewhere else? Maybe we could track them down...

[Batraplume]

Yours too have disapeared?? But where are they?? I don't think they're in Paris, there are some much more exotic places like Seychelles or Hawai or Tahiti!
And I'm sorry if I break everyone's dream here but I don't consider Paris as a romantic place! I go there for work from time to time, it's smelly (the subway has a particular bad smell), everyone is pulling a face, you are always running to catch your train (and miss it!), well that's not my definition of romanticism!! I would prefer Florenza or Venice in Italy (even if Venice is smelly too!) by far!
I think we should have equipped our gnomes with a microchip (under their caps?) to trail them!!

[ElectaBlue]

I think somewhere far from home is always exotic and romantic, isn't it?

I am sorry I can't help anyone know where there gnomes went. All I know is that I divided them up and sent them out, and then they were on their own. I think there were several people who reported receiving their pages, but didn't say who's they received. It seems like it is that way in every swap and I have no idea where half of my pages showed up.