Vicki Z
11-04-2022, 07:23 AM
Swap Due Date: January 13, 2023
Signup/Withdraw Date: January 13, 2023
Number of ATCs: 3 for 3 or 6 for 6
Number of Participants: Unlimited
Medium: Any and all media and techniques are welcome
RETURNS MAILED
Plants and Flowers By Any Other Name, Due January 13, 2023, FRIDAY THE 13TH
Our "Lost" Apothecary
Plants and Flowers By Any Other Name, plus other odd, assorted, trees, shrubs, herbs, weeds, fruits, or vegetables.
….Common names, odd facts, also their Magical, Mystical, and Fantasy properties, plus Strange Lore and Legends
Native Americans once knew all their local plants and how to use them for health, happiness, and well being. Some Native Americans remember, and are teaching others this knowledge. "Ojibwe Aspirin" and "Water Oats" are still around today.
During the Civil War, doctors used "Soldier's Wound Wort" to staunch bleeding.
As the country moved West, pioneers taught each new generation about pepper weed, summer pot herb,
dandelion root "coffee", as well as the names and uses of other plant allies.
Today much of this knowledge has been lost or simply forgotten. In early Spring, dandelion greens, nettles, purslane, and lambs quarter were used in salads to "kick start" the human body after a vitamin deprived winter. This time of year, there are edible weeds to build up immunities as we move into shorter days, less sun, and more sedentary lives.
Did you know that tomatoes were once called "Love Apples", and were considered HIGHLY POISONOUS for many years. Now we are aware of their vitamin and mineral content and eat tomatoes plain and in soups and sauces, not to mention on pizza.
Did you know that the Catnip your cat so loves, also makes a Power Drink that rehydrates and energizes the body and is very healthy (in general) for humans.
Did you know that in Medieval times "Bat Wing" was the common name for "Holly", and later "Bat Wing" referred to Purple Basil. In lean years, farm fields were still cleaned and plowed so that dandelion weed and wild nettles could grow. At least the populace would not starve.
The list goes on: Corpse Flowers, Zombie Plant, Wolfbane, Witch Repellent.
This swap is about
Real plants/fruit/flowers with interesting properties, in addition to eating them, such as use of Marigold flowers as a mosquito repellent, or Witch Hazel Leaves as "Bo-Bo Patches"
Real plants/fruit/flowers with odd folk names, such as the Frost Explosion Plant or Egyptian Walking Onions.
You can create ATCs with real plants, herbs, flowers, fruits, or vegetables that actually exist. Then depict or reveal the strange, magical, or mystical, common plant names, plus lore, legends and oddities about your plants, the more obscure or little known the details, the better.
You can be whimsical (A butterfly bush growing butterfly buds and real butterflies) or realistic (A butterfly bush, also known as the Buddleia, a pretty flowered plant that is promoted as attractive to pollinators, but nevertheless an invasive species).
You can make up pun plants, such as a humorous barking DOG wood tree or DOG wood flowers, or CAT kins on a willow tree, or crazy bachelor BUTTONS growing on a button plant, or real bachelor button flowers.
Since your ATCs may include less well-known plants or flowers, or different plant names, please write the name of the herb, plant, or flower on the front, or on the back, of the ATC, and please include some documentary details, or legend or lore, about the plant or flower you show.
DISCLAIMER: This swap is for card making research only. Any information found should be used as fun facts presenting a new way to look at the weeds/plants growing in your yard, garden, or sidewalk.
* This is a 3 for 3 or 6 for 6 card trade. Make 3 or 6 cards and receive the same number back.
* ALL mediums and techniques are welcome. Please make sure you add some depth to your cards, whatever style you choose. Your mediums can include, but are not limited to: paper, tissue paper, crayon, acrylic, watercolor, gel pens, colored pencil, rubber stamping, ink, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, etc. Please do not take an image, cut it out, glue it to a card, and call it done. Color the background. Add some texture. Add more than one image. Make the ATC YOUR CREATION! Please send in your best work. Something you would not be disappointed in receiving if it was sent to you.
* Please sign up by posting to this thread.
* ONLY ATCs allowed. No APCs accepted.
* All cards need to be sent each in their own plastic sleeve.
* All cards need to be standard ATC size: 2.5” x 3.5”
* All cards need to be sturdy enough to earn the name “card” (no floppy or flimsy paper). If it is created on a single sheet of paper, and "flimsy", please back your ATC with something stiffer, or more firm, such as a cereal box.
* Just as important, check for cards that are too thick. Each card must still be capable of fitting into the standard ATC sleeve. If your ATC will not fit into an ATC sleeve, it is too bulky.
* Please put the Swap name and your Username on the back of all cards. And please write clearly on everything!
.....We can't give you itrades and/or You Rock! points if we don't know who you are.
* Please confirm there is enough postage on both the envelope you send to me, and the envelope I need to send back to you.
* If you are unsure about mailing ATCs, or just may want to pick up some good tips for shipping, here is a great link. http://atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=909
* If you are inside the U.S., please include a Self Addressed Stamped (Business Size) Envelope 4 by 9 1/2 inches, with one "Forever" stamp or current First Class Postage, if trading 3 cards; or one "Forever" and one additional ounce postage stamp if trading 6 cards, OR if your cards are extra heavy or extra bulky (or 2 forever stamps if that is easier).
* International participants, if you have U.S. funds, or U.S. postage, it is greatly appreciated. However, since many of you do not have access to U.S. stamps/money, I will cover your postage. Please include a self addressed envelope 4 by 9 1/2 inches (10 x 28 cm), or if you do not have the correct size envelope, please include a large mailing label with your address and I will provide the envelope.
* I apologize for being so demanding about the envelope size, but the postal rates in the US charge extra for thickness. When cards are stacked, or overlapped, in (a smaller) envelope, it almost always costs more to mail. If you send me a small envy, the cards get stacked. When I use the 4 inch by 9 1/2 inch business size envelopes, I can spread the cards over the area, making a THIN package, and only pay for basic (minimum) postage.
* Cards are due IN MY HANDS by January 13, 2023. Please allow sufficient lead time for cards to get to me, particularly if you are an International participant. Returns will be mailed promptly. Please leave iTrader for your host ONLY (me) when you receive your returns, and please take the time to leave Reputation/You Rock points for your fellow players from whom you receive cards.
* A hostie card in this theme is appreciated but not at all expected!
Current Participants
Plants and /flowers By Any Other Name
Due January 13, 2023
1. Allegrae -- Cards Received
*2. leydab -- Cards Received
3. DocJ29 -- Cards Received * GERMANY
*4. Makitso -- Cards Received
*/. Maxtastic -- WITHDREW
5. dnewton972 -- Cards Received
*/. katiea707 -- WITHDREW
*6. Boots -- Cards Received
*7. Vicki Z -- Cards Received
* INTERNATIONAL
Signup/Withdraw Date: January 13, 2023
Number of ATCs: 3 for 3 or 6 for 6
Number of Participants: Unlimited
Medium: Any and all media and techniques are welcome
RETURNS MAILED
Plants and Flowers By Any Other Name, Due January 13, 2023, FRIDAY THE 13TH
Our "Lost" Apothecary
Plants and Flowers By Any Other Name, plus other odd, assorted, trees, shrubs, herbs, weeds, fruits, or vegetables.
….Common names, odd facts, also their Magical, Mystical, and Fantasy properties, plus Strange Lore and Legends
Native Americans once knew all their local plants and how to use them for health, happiness, and well being. Some Native Americans remember, and are teaching others this knowledge. "Ojibwe Aspirin" and "Water Oats" are still around today.
During the Civil War, doctors used "Soldier's Wound Wort" to staunch bleeding.
As the country moved West, pioneers taught each new generation about pepper weed, summer pot herb,
dandelion root "coffee", as well as the names and uses of other plant allies.
Today much of this knowledge has been lost or simply forgotten. In early Spring, dandelion greens, nettles, purslane, and lambs quarter were used in salads to "kick start" the human body after a vitamin deprived winter. This time of year, there are edible weeds to build up immunities as we move into shorter days, less sun, and more sedentary lives.
Did you know that tomatoes were once called "Love Apples", and were considered HIGHLY POISONOUS for many years. Now we are aware of their vitamin and mineral content and eat tomatoes plain and in soups and sauces, not to mention on pizza.
Did you know that the Catnip your cat so loves, also makes a Power Drink that rehydrates and energizes the body and is very healthy (in general) for humans.
Did you know that in Medieval times "Bat Wing" was the common name for "Holly", and later "Bat Wing" referred to Purple Basil. In lean years, farm fields were still cleaned and plowed so that dandelion weed and wild nettles could grow. At least the populace would not starve.
The list goes on: Corpse Flowers, Zombie Plant, Wolfbane, Witch Repellent.
This swap is about
Real plants/fruit/flowers with interesting properties, in addition to eating them, such as use of Marigold flowers as a mosquito repellent, or Witch Hazel Leaves as "Bo-Bo Patches"
Real plants/fruit/flowers with odd folk names, such as the Frost Explosion Plant or Egyptian Walking Onions.
You can create ATCs with real plants, herbs, flowers, fruits, or vegetables that actually exist. Then depict or reveal the strange, magical, or mystical, common plant names, plus lore, legends and oddities about your plants, the more obscure or little known the details, the better.
You can be whimsical (A butterfly bush growing butterfly buds and real butterflies) or realistic (A butterfly bush, also known as the Buddleia, a pretty flowered plant that is promoted as attractive to pollinators, but nevertheless an invasive species).
You can make up pun plants, such as a humorous barking DOG wood tree or DOG wood flowers, or CAT kins on a willow tree, or crazy bachelor BUTTONS growing on a button plant, or real bachelor button flowers.
Since your ATCs may include less well-known plants or flowers, or different plant names, please write the name of the herb, plant, or flower on the front, or on the back, of the ATC, and please include some documentary details, or legend or lore, about the plant or flower you show.
DISCLAIMER: This swap is for card making research only. Any information found should be used as fun facts presenting a new way to look at the weeds/plants growing in your yard, garden, or sidewalk.
* This is a 3 for 3 or 6 for 6 card trade. Make 3 or 6 cards and receive the same number back.
* ALL mediums and techniques are welcome. Please make sure you add some depth to your cards, whatever style you choose. Your mediums can include, but are not limited to: paper, tissue paper, crayon, acrylic, watercolor, gel pens, colored pencil, rubber stamping, ink, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, etc. Please do not take an image, cut it out, glue it to a card, and call it done. Color the background. Add some texture. Add more than one image. Make the ATC YOUR CREATION! Please send in your best work. Something you would not be disappointed in receiving if it was sent to you.
* Please sign up by posting to this thread.
* ONLY ATCs allowed. No APCs accepted.
* All cards need to be sent each in their own plastic sleeve.
* All cards need to be standard ATC size: 2.5” x 3.5”
* All cards need to be sturdy enough to earn the name “card” (no floppy or flimsy paper). If it is created on a single sheet of paper, and "flimsy", please back your ATC with something stiffer, or more firm, such as a cereal box.
* Just as important, check for cards that are too thick. Each card must still be capable of fitting into the standard ATC sleeve. If your ATC will not fit into an ATC sleeve, it is too bulky.
* Please put the Swap name and your Username on the back of all cards. And please write clearly on everything!
.....We can't give you itrades and/or You Rock! points if we don't know who you are.
* Please confirm there is enough postage on both the envelope you send to me, and the envelope I need to send back to you.
* If you are unsure about mailing ATCs, or just may want to pick up some good tips for shipping, here is a great link. http://atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?t=909
* If you are inside the U.S., please include a Self Addressed Stamped (Business Size) Envelope 4 by 9 1/2 inches, with one "Forever" stamp or current First Class Postage, if trading 3 cards; or one "Forever" and one additional ounce postage stamp if trading 6 cards, OR if your cards are extra heavy or extra bulky (or 2 forever stamps if that is easier).
* International participants, if you have U.S. funds, or U.S. postage, it is greatly appreciated. However, since many of you do not have access to U.S. stamps/money, I will cover your postage. Please include a self addressed envelope 4 by 9 1/2 inches (10 x 28 cm), or if you do not have the correct size envelope, please include a large mailing label with your address and I will provide the envelope.
* I apologize for being so demanding about the envelope size, but the postal rates in the US charge extra for thickness. When cards are stacked, or overlapped, in (a smaller) envelope, it almost always costs more to mail. If you send me a small envy, the cards get stacked. When I use the 4 inch by 9 1/2 inch business size envelopes, I can spread the cards over the area, making a THIN package, and only pay for basic (minimum) postage.
* Cards are due IN MY HANDS by January 13, 2023. Please allow sufficient lead time for cards to get to me, particularly if you are an International participant. Returns will be mailed promptly. Please leave iTrader for your host ONLY (me) when you receive your returns, and please take the time to leave Reputation/You Rock points for your fellow players from whom you receive cards.
* A hostie card in this theme is appreciated but not at all expected!
Current Participants
Plants and /flowers By Any Other Name
Due January 13, 2023
1. Allegrae -- Cards Received
*2. leydab -- Cards Received
3. DocJ29 -- Cards Received * GERMANY
*4. Makitso -- Cards Received
*/. Maxtastic -- WITHDREW
5. dnewton972 -- Cards Received
*/. katiea707 -- WITHDREW
*6. Boots -- Cards Received
*7. Vicki Z -- Cards Received
* INTERNATIONAL