4x6 Chunky House Swap With A Twist ~Due Nov. 27th

[NiteOwl]

Due Date: Nov. 27, 2009
No. of houses: 3 for 3
No of participants: unlimited U.S. / 6 international
Medium: mostly collage with paint/drawing for detail
Size: 4x4 with 2" peak (no off set roofs please)

Make sure your user name is on the back of all your houses.
If you'd like to make an extra house for me, I'd be so happy but don't feel like you have to. Just having you in the swap is enough. :spinny:

The twist:

You will be attaching your pages together at the peak so we can embellish on all sides.

Two of the houses must look like the outside of a house or building. Example: glue a picture of a plain looking house and paint some windows, glue a face in the window, paint some window boxes...etc. or paint the house and cut out pictures of windows doors people and glue them on. Mixed mediums. Make these 2 how ever you'd like just so it looks like the outside of a building, or house Don't leave the backs plain at least swipe some paint on them and don't forget your user name. (example: the 2 chunky houses in my gallery that are the front of a house)

(This is the twist)One of the three houses must look like a room in a house or building (bathroom, office, craft room...etc). You can paint the walls but find pictures in magazines for the furniture. Please don't just cut out a big picture of a chair and stick it on the house. They need to be small enough and to look like a room. They won't be purfect or to scale for the house but I just want some effort put into the rooms.
The back of this house must look like the back of a house/building or backyard. Don't take a lot of time on the back and have a place or washed out place for your info (at least user name).

Oh yes, don't forget to embellish all 3. :D I will be doing that to the one below.
Mailing instructions: Please put your user name on the back of both envelopes.

International:
I will pay the postage but please send a self addressed paded envelope for me to send you swapped houses in.

United States:
Please send a self addressed, stamped paded envelope with the same amount of postage as it costs you to send your houses to me.

1. NiteOwl
2. Jean - Received
3. PrincessScarey - Lost in the mail
4. The Mad Catter - withdrew
5. Lucinda Stumped - withdrew
6. WendyK -withdrew
7. Leneas Paperdreams - Received
8. Janjo33 - Received
9. Smokeysmom - Received
10.Goatgoddess - Received
11.
12.

Front: A room .........Back: A backyard or back of building
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/small/1_2009-09-27_012431.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/small/1_2009-09-27_011704.jpg

[Jean]

Count me in! I was cutting 4x6 houses last night!

Ok do I have this right?
House 1 has a front side looking like, say, the front door of the house and the backside a bit decorated or painted with artist info...
House 2 front looks like a room...furnished and so on...back a bit decorated with artist info.
House 3 front looks like the back of the house, back door say, and the reverse decorated a bit with artist info...
And all of it mainly collage on a painted or papered background?

[PrincessScary]

thanks for the invite, would love to play!

[Lucinda Stumped]

lurking.... for now! but i will be back! i need to think up some ideas. :)

[The Mad Catter]

do you have an example of what this looks like? sorry, if that sounds like a goofy question but, I'm a 'visual' kind of person... :twitcy:

[NiteOwl]

Jean, 2 of the 3 houses just need to look like the outside of a house, school, high rise building...etc. One house must be a room inside a house or building (kitchen, school room, store...etc.)

The Mad Catter, I am too, and I'm working on the chunky that looks like a room as we speak. I hope to get it made and uploaded late tonight. If I can get my scanner to work.

[NiteOwl]

I'll go start the list with you Jean and you PrincessScary. Thanks for being the first 2 brave souls. ;)

[The Mad Catter]

awesome! I can't wait to see it! ;)

[NiteOwl]

Maybe I'm making this sound harder than it is. You make 3 Chunky House pages 4"x4" with a 2" peak. Make 2 houses look like the front of a building, any building (a school, store, house...etc.) Mixed Media/collage.

But one of your 3 houses must look like a room inside of a building (a school room, a craft room, a bathroom, a bedroom...etc.) Please don't just draw the furniture, find pictures and cut them out (carefully, neatly) and arange your room. That is the twist/challange. On the back of this chunky make it look like the back of a building/house or a backyard. Like my example in my swap thread post. I explain how I did it in my gallery.

[The Mad Catter]

yeah, yeah, I get it now!! I'm dyslexic and it really helps me if I can get a look at something sometimes! ;) Thanks for understanding NiteOwl!! Sign me up for this one!!

[NiteOwl]

Great! I'm glad you're in!

[Jean]

Love the examples, NiteOwl!

Warning re: rubber cement, though. I used it tons when I was teaching and had the kids collaging and so on. It can seep through to the front of mag pictures, making a nasty blot. It can discolour them, too, from creamy yellow to nasty browns. And its hold is not permanent; some of our work didn't last the year, while others lasted into the next school year. It's a real catch 22: put too much and you get ugliness, put too little and it falls off sooner.

I understand Modge Podge has problems of its own; never used it, but the threads about it make me steer clear.

I think I will use artists' gel medium. I have Liquitex and Golden. The excess won't roll off, but I'll cover the whole with a thin coat to seal the pieces in and that should do it. If I knew how to use wax, I imagine that would work as well.

[The Mad Catter]

wow, I've never had any trouble with mod podge...not that I am aware of anyway! :) Guess I better check into that... thanks for the info Jean!!

[NiteOwl]

I've never had trouble with rubber cement either. For a temperary hold you only put glue on one surface and position it down right away. But for a permenent hold you brush glue on both surfaces, let it get tacky then position it down. I love the stuff! I've been using it for years. If you don't want to use the magazine picture directly you could make a copy of it and use that. The magazine cut outs will wrinkle with mod podge...or it has for me. I'm just not crazy about the stuff. I think it's because I just don't like to have to cover the whole page with it. I like to be able to feel the different layers (I know I'm crazy lol ).

[The Mad Catter]

;) isn't cool how different we all are! see, I have always been so self-conscious about 'feeling' those different layers! LOL!!

[NiteOwl]

You're so right. Everyone has there likes and dislikes. It's just what works for you. That's what I love about this site and art. Everyones pieces look & feel different.
I don't like elmer's glue but I know a gal from the old site that does beautiful collages has sold some pieces and all she uses is watered down elmer's glue. She loves it.
I don't go into work until 5:30pm (only 6 hrs tonight :() but the good thing about it is I'm going to get started on another House Chunky(if I can get my eyes off this computer! LOL)

[Janjo33]

I'm lurking too. I may cut some houses and see what I have to use before committing. BUT THIS SOUNDS REALLY COOL!

[NiteOwl]

Thanks Janjo33. :D
Hey everybody, I'm thinking about extending the due date to.....Nov. 27th. So that gives us about 7 weeks to get our houses made. Does that sound long enough?

[The Mad Catter]

Oh yes, I like that date!! More time to create! :)

[Jean]

Works well for me, too! More time to hunt up fab pictures to make our rooms! I'm thinking of a library...but maybe not. lol

[Lucinda Stumped]

Oh yes, NiteOwl! That date is wonderful! Sign me up! :jiggy:

[WendyK]

As you have extended the date, please can I join. Really into houses at the moment

[NiteOwl]

Oh Jean, a library room sounds cool! After making my living room chunky I realized the searching for just the right pictures takes longer than I thought so the extended due date will help. My other 2 (the front of house or building) is going to be faster for me to make. I'm thinking of a dog house for one of them.

[NiteOwl]

Now I'm really glad I extended the due date! Thanks for joining! :wub: I'll go add you both right now.

[Lucinda Stumped]

thank you for letting me join! :)

[NiteOwl]

Everyone, please re-read my swap post. I added a line or two here and there. Nothing new just trying to make it sound less complicated.

[PrincessScary]

new date is fine with me :)

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Hello NiteOwl...
Since I joined AFA,I have been dreaming about a swap like this...Can I please play with you?:)

[Janjo33]

Leneas - Love the colors you use! Janet

[Janjo33]

NiteOwl - Okay - please sign me up! I have three house blanks cut out :D

[NiteOwl]

*CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!* Yeaaa! Two more players! I'm sure you'll have fun making these chunky's! ;) Thanks for joining Leneas Paperdreams & Janjo33!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Yay!!!

[NiteOwl]

Bumping this up, hoping more will join.

[smokeysmom]

Oh, wow, this sounds like a cool chunky book/page swap. Can I join?

[smokeysmom]

Question for NiteOwl, do you want us to bind the three house pages together before we send them to you? Or are we just providing the holes in the roof on our pages? "You will be attaching your pages..." ?

[goatgoddess]

sign me up please :)

[NiteOwl]

Question for NiteOwl, do you want us to bind the three house pages together before we send them to you? Or are we just providing the holes in the roof on our pages? "You will be attaching your pages..." ?

Good question! No don't bind them together because we will each get 3 houses from 3 different people, with one being an indoor room.
You can put the hole in the top of the peak if you want to or let the person that receives them.

I'm so glad you and goatgoddess has joined!

[NiteOwl]

I got my other 2 houses made tonight but it's almost 3am so I'll get them uploaded in the next day or two. I decided not to make a dog house. I made the front of a motorcycle garage shop instead and the other one a house with a couple kissing infront of the door. Oh but I still have to do something on the back of the motorcycle shop chunky.

[The Mad Catter]

they sound really cool, NiteOwl!! :)

[NiteOwl]

Here they are. I haven't embellished any of my houses yet but I have some ideas of what I might do. The room chunky I'm thinking of hanging some cropped down paint swatches, for the lovers infront of the house chunky I have a heart shaped lock and the motorcycle shop chunky I have some rusty bolts & washers. I'll probably hang a few other things on them too.

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/small/1_2009-10-04_120901.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/small/1_2009-10-04_121151.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/small/1_2009-10-04_120544.jpg

[Janjo33]

I have one side of one house done - except I will add some danglies after I do the back. I'm collecting outside of building images now, so I can do those next.

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/1430/small/1_House_Bathroom.jpg (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=105545)

[Leneas Paperdreams]

so pretty!♥

[NiteOwl]

I thought I posted about your chunky janjo33 but I guess it posted in your gallery.
Very nice! Thanks for showing us!

[Janjo33]

Thanks everyone for your comments. But let's see some more houses - I need some inspiration to keep going! :jiggy:

[NiteOwl]

I agree Janjo33......:wideeyed:where did everybody go?

[Leneas Paperdreams]

I will show my houses in couple of days here(if I really find out how)or in the gallery:v_spin:

[NiteOwl]

Leneas Paperdreams, this is how I do it:

After you've uploaded it to your gallery
click on your picture so it's bigger
right click on the big image
click on properties
highlight address URL
right click on the highlighted URL and click copy
Now to post your picture in thread:
click on the 'insert image' icon (between the world icon and smiley face icon
backspace (erase) the 'http://' that is in the box
make sure your curser is blinking in the box, right click and paste
click ok and you image should be in your post.

It seems like a lot of steps (write them down) but after you've done it a few times it's fast.

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Hi NiteOwl,
thank you,I will try that!:D(maybe I get it done on weekend)My pages still need the embellishments!
I love chunky house pages!!!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

ok my houses are ready,they are still only in the gallery,because here I am trying very hard
to get them here...what do you think?did I get the idea?
I dont know why two of the pics are smaller than the others...:wideeyed:
Anyway NiteOwl,can I get your addy,please?:)

[Leneas Paperdreams]

hmm...I think I have to wait that my son wakes up:)If he can help me:D

[Leneas Paperdreams]

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/4269/1_17.10.2009_9_08_03.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/4269/1_17.10.2009_9_07_57.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/4269/1_17.10.2009_9_07_51.jpg
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/4269/1_17.10.2009_9_07_41.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/4269/1_17.10.2009_9_07_29.jpg
hee!I did it!:)

[Leneas Paperdreams]

so BIG:embarrassed:sorry

[Janjo33]

They're fine Leneas - better to see them :D And they're also nicely chunked!

[NiteOwl]

Very nice! I like your imbellishments too! I sent you my address.

[The Mad Catter]

great chunkies, Leneas!! Yes, you sure did do it!! :)

[NiteOwl]

I'm going to have this thread moved to the Active Mail Art forums now because I don't think anyone else is going to sign up and it will make more room for the new Mail Art threads.

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Hello NiteOwl!
I will send my housepages tomorrow.Hope you will like them!:)

[NiteOwl]

They look great in here so I'm sure they'll look even better in person. I'll post when the arrive.

[Jean]

I'm working on this but boy this is a toughie! I'll post when I have finished one.

[WendyK]

As my mum is really ill, and I am spending a lot of time with her (200 miles away) I might have to withdraw from this swap. I will try to get them done when I next get home, but no guarantee, Sorry

[NiteOwl]

Wendy, I totally understand. Take care. (((hugs)))

Lenleas Paperdreams, they're here! :D Thanks for the extra goodies!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Yay!
Thank you for this lovely swap!♥

[The Mad Catter]

NiteOwl, I'm really very sorry, I have to withdraw. I apologize greatly. :(

[Janjo33]

Just want to say - I have one house done and the other two are at 80% Hope to post in the next couple of days.

[PrincessScary]

Can I have your address please - mine are ready to send

Thanks!

[NiteOwl]

The Mad Catter, I'm sorry too. :( But stuff happens.
PrincessScary, just sent you my address.

[smokeysmom]

I regretfully must withdraw from this swap. Too much happening right now in my personal life. Best regards.

[Janjo33]

I've posted one more house - hope the recipient likes it!
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/1430/small/1_Fun_House.jpg (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=111295)

[Janjo33]

And my third house done just before bedtime :D
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/1430/small/1_Old_Barn.jpg (http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/index.php?n=111303)

[Leneas Paperdreams]

I love your houses,Janjo♥

[Janjo33]

Okay - I'm trying to fit these chunkies in a 5X9 padded envelope - they fit, but then there's no room for an SASE. Anyone have suggestions for packaging?

[Jean]

Some of the hosts have said that they reuse envelopes. If we put in extra labels, NiteOwl, can you just put the new labels over the old ones and retape the envelope shut? From what I've seen of envelopes I've received, it looks as though the PO just scrawls through the old stamps and puts on new ones...??

[Janjo33]

Or I can put my padded return envelope inside a non padded envelope - I think that might work,

[NiteOwl]

Yes Janjo33, that's what I do. I put my chunky's inside the padded envelope that is for the returns, unsealed of course. Then put that inside the non-padded envelope that is sent to the host. :yes:

Love your last house! Sooo cute!

[Jean]

Well, I hope these meet swap requirements. Please let me know if not, NiteOwl... The leaves are holographic ones I clipped from an anniversary card. I'll add some fibers or whatnot if these are ok.

[Janjo33]

NiteOwl - my houses were picked up by the postman yesterday - let me know when they arrive and if they're intact!

[NiteOwl]

Jean, they are Great! Thanks for posting them.
Janjo33, I will let you know plus, that is when I give itraders too (when I recieve the swap envelopes).

[NiteOwl]

Yikes! People are dropping out like flies! :( I think I should have kept the first due date.

[Jean]

Thanks, NiteOwl! Mine are en route, as well! What a great stretch this was!

[Jean]

Or I can put my padded return envelope inside a non padded envelope - I think that might work,

Brilliant! That's just what I did - thanks for the great adv!

[Janjo33]

NiteOwl - it's been 7 days - any sign of my package?

[NiteOwl]

Oh Janjo33, I am sooo sorry! I recieved your pages. I was so sure I sent an itrader (just did now) but must have put it on someone elses. Did anyone get an itrader from me that hasn't sent your pages?

[NiteOwl]

I got your houses today, Jean. Very nice.

[smokeysmom]

NiteOwl, my little hamburger, I was able to do the Chunky House pages afterall. Could you please reinstate me? I even made two Zetti House pages for you:) (as a Hostess gift), so here they are:

[smokeysmom]

Of course, I still need to add the ribbons, fibers, charms, etc.

[smokeysmom]

Hey! What happened? Loading photos to the thread can be a real pain sometimes...

[smokeysmom]

and for our lovely Hostess:

Actually the other Hostess Gift page scanned in with all of the other pages I uploaded, sorry about that. But all of my Chunky House pages are uploaded here and below:)

[Janjo33]

LOL smokeysmom - I'm thinking - how many houses did she make?!? But they're all cool - fronts and backs and zetti!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

I ADORE your houses,smokeysmom!♥

[goatgoddess]

Smokeysmom - great houses!

my fronts are done and the backs are nearly done - need fibers and they will be on their way.

[smokeysmom]

Thank you Janjo33 (yes, I scanned the fronts and backs), Leneas Paperdreams and goatgoddess for your kind comments - not bad for someone who "dropped out" of this swap, and then came back! LOL!

[NiteOwl]

Great houses, smokeysmom! Yes! I'll go take the withdrew sign off. And thank for the extras!
I decided to make a different house/building to replace the motorcycle building. I got to thinking if you're not into motorcycles you may not like getting that chunky. So I'm keeping that one. I have to make the back and embellish it. I'll post it tomorrow.

[NiteOwl]

Has anyone heard from PrincessScary? She asked for my address Nov. 4th and I PM'd it to her Nov. 5th and sent a reminder about it being due but I haven't got the houses yet or got any response from my PM's.

[PrincessScary]

Hi Niteowl, I just responded to your PM, sorry I havent been on much recently - Ive been finishing up some contract work but tomorrow is my last day so more time for crafty stuff - woo! :)

[NiteOwl]

Aaaa, there you are. :D Got your PM, thanks!

[NiteOwl]

I finally got this chunky done! It's a store called Nutrition Place (made up by me). I look at Walmart last night after work for some food charms but all I could find was a kids charm bracelet with a cherry for $5.00. Today I went to Michael's but didn't find anything there either and I spent to much time there to go to Hobby Lobby. :eek: So I dug around here at home and did find some cool embelishments for it.
Front and back.

http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/large/1_2009-11-19_225624.jpg http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/gallery/images/318/large/1_2009-11-19_230200.jpg

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Your houses are BRILLIANT!!!♥

[Janjo33]

NiteOwl - very fun house!

[NiteOwl]

Update

I have everyone's houses except PrincessScary and Smokysmom. Neither came today. But there's still time. :yes:

[smokeysmom]

I mailed mine to you Nov. 17th, so they should arrive any time :) Damn Post Office!

[NiteOwl]

I suppose now there is more mail going & comming (Christmas cards & presents) too, to help slow it up.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I have to work 3pm-11pm but they are going to feed us turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans and apple, pumkin, blueberry & cherry pie. My son was suppose to work but they told him tonight that he won't have to but he has to work Sat. (he usually has Sat. off). My hubby is going to his parents and then out to eat.

[NiteOwl]

I now have SmokeysMom's houses. I'll wait until this weekend for PrincessScary's houses, then swap them out and get them in the mail. PrincessScary, if yours don't come by then I'll send them back when they do. I hope they get here!!
Thanks everyone for making such cool houses!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Yay!Thank you for this lovely sawp!:)

[PrincessScary]

Thanks NiteOwl, fingers crossed they make it in time!!

[NiteOwl]

I'm soooo sorry, PrincessScary but your chunky's haven't come yet. When they do I'll send them back.

I got the chunky's swapped and they are now in the mail. Thanks everyone!

[Janjo33]

Yippee! I can't wait. Of course I'll only have 3 houses in my collection, but hopefully it will grow later.

[Janjo33]

So what? I have the best mailman in the world?? My houses are here!!

Thank you Nite Owl for hosting and for the house - cool paint chips!
Thanks to Leneas Paperdreams - I got a beautiful pink house - can't believe the beading made it all the way from Finland!
Thanks to Goatgoddess - very cool doorway - doorways are one of my favorite things.

[smokeysmom]

I received three wonderful houses! Many thanks Jean, Goatgoddess and Janjo33, you're chunky houses are terrific! And many thanks to our wonderful swap host, NiteOwl:) I'm off to leave an iTrader and rep points. Great job everyone!

[Jean]

OMG, I got my chunky houses today! Whoohoo! And they are real gifts, too - many thanks to Goatgoddess, smokeysmom, and NiteOwl for my beautiful houses and to NiteOwl for the fabulous swap. It was a really good stretch for me.

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Yay!
i received my houses today,and I love them all!♥Thank you NiteOwl for hosting AND your
LOVELY house(Nutrition Place),Janjo for the Old Barn(cute!) and Jean for your artistic house!
I am waiting for MORE houseswaps:D

[Janjo33]

I agree - I need more houses!

[Leneas Paperdreams]

Hee...me too...I NEED more houses...I cant live without them!:)