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Challenge Hunt ATART on April 22-25
Here we go again! This will be the official thread for the Challenge Hunt (ATART) on April 22-25.
A list of special supplies you will need if you want to complete all the tasks:
rubber stamps
cancelled postage stamps
junk mail / magazine clippings
ink
decoupage supplies
crayons
a photo (can be printed to a normal paper)
needle & yarn
glitter
lace
a puzzle piece or two
playing cards (just few)
confetti
I don't list any obvious items as normal papers, pens, scissors etc. You can use mostly whatever you have but some tasks are more limited.
Sniisk is hosting and counting points. If you have questions, please put them in the thread. Answering PMs may take longer. Other members may answers to your question faster than me (because of the timezones).
Start and end times: When ever it is starting to be Thursday in NZ. It is Wednesday afternoon in Europe and Wednesday morning in the US. You can start when you see the tasks. This a-thon will end when it will look like Monday on the last timezone = when it is midnight in GMT -10. I will inform about the time in the thread. How ever, you cannot start officially before you see the tasks so no need to stress about it.
Here are some tips and "vocabulary" when checking the tasks: A creation means anything that you make. It does not need to be an ATC if not specified in the task. Anything handmade goes well and it doesn't need to be available for trade. Also, the media is free as long as not mentioned in the task. A card means an ATC, a chunky book page, an inchie or anything that can be called as a card.
Because we are creating different sizes and forms of art here, it may be useful to inform others if it is an ATC, inchie, chunky etc. so we know the size.
Very important: Mention the task (both the number and description so I won't miss it) you have completed when posting a picture. You can put max three tasks in one creation but remember to mention them all.
I will make marks in the thread to show you when I have counted points so far. When you see the mark, you know that I'm not going to look back anymore. If you change anything in your earlier posts, remember to send a message after that.
1 point per task if nothing else mentioned. Total 100 points. You can get points from one task once only.
If you do not understand a task, please ask. We all are happy to help. Don't take tasks too seriously. Everything goes as long as you can keep some kind of connection to the original task.
TASKS ARE IN THE NEXT POST
And remember, of course you can join this a-thon even if you don't join the hunt!
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General a-thon info (for all ATARTs)
What IS an ATART?
It’s an All Types of ART marathon where you can create art, made over the same time in each time zone. This thread is going to be our crafting room.
HOW IT WORKS:
Start creating art when it's time to start, then upload your lovely creations to your Athon gallery and post to the thread. Trading and chatting are going on all the time.
After all the trading is done move your creations OUT of the Athon Gallery and into their correct Galleries - 'Available ATCs' or 'Mail Art'
HOW TO ASK FOR A TRADE:
When you find a piece of art you would like to trade, please SEND A PERSONAL MESSAGE (PM) to that person asking for a trade. Please DO NOT post requests for trades to the thread. It can get way too confusing.
Note: If you do make a trade, please be sure to send to your trade partner within two weeks. If you’re running late, communicate!
WANT TO COMPLIMENT AN ARTIST:
And you will… remember you can click the You Rock button and leave it there or just simply click Like button.
HOW TO POST YOUR ART TO THE THREAD:
From your atcsforall.com gallery:
It’s easiest to have two windows open.
1) Go to your gallery and copy the image location
2) Go to your post and paste the copied text
3) and then you're done.
Remember that images from the gallery can be small, medium or large. Find the word in the address and change it to the size you want.
From your computer:
1. Click POST REPLY at the bottom of the messages screen. Above the message box, click the paperclip next to the smiley face. Then upload as usual. This will upload your picture as a thumbnail.
2. If you go into the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the messages screen, click GO ADVANCED and you will get the paperclip above the message box.
NEW TO A-THONS? If you have any questions at all, feel free to pm me or post your questions to the thread. We have a lot of experienced art-a-thoners who are more than willing to help those of you new to this craziness.
Last edited by sniisk; 04-16-2021 at 06:51 AM.
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TASKS:
1) every day you post a new creation in the thread (1p/day = max 4p)
2) make a trade (up to 3 trades, 1p/trade = max 3p, name the trader)
3) give reputation points to five people (remember to tell when you have done it)
4) invite someone to join the fun (tell us who did you invite)
5) theme: freedom
6) use at least three different (rubber) stamps when you make a card
7) theme: bee
8) make a background by useing cancelled postage stamps (1p/card, up to 3 cards = max 3p)
9) create a landscape from junk mail or magazine clippings or random paper scraps
10) theme: vintage children
11) create a serie of ATCs (up to 3 cards) so that the cards work separately but also forms a bigger picture together (1p/card = min 2p, max 3p)
12) show something from an African country in your card (1p/card, up to 5 different countries = max 5p)
13) theme: Frozen
14) make a chunky book page
15) include a reflection in your artwork
16) theme: yellow things
17) use ink but not a stamp
18) theme: eye
19) create a card that incorporates a location that is at least 7000 miles away from where you live (a landscape, a cityscape or something else)
20) use decoupage somehow in your creation (2p)
21) use mini inchies (0.5"x0.5") in a larger card (2p)
22) theme: bugs and beetles
23) include one letter (a, b, c etc.) somehow in your card (1p/card, up to 4 different letters = max 4p)
24) theme: feather
25) find a "how to" video from Youtube, follow instructions and make / create something (give also the link to the video)(3p)
26) theme: Italy
27) use mostly color pink only
28) illustrate something you have missed during the last year (1p/card, up to 5 things = max 5p)
29) use crayons only (can be an abstract)
30) theme: unicorn
31) illustrate a flag of a country (not your home country) as a part of your creation
32) incorporate a line (text) from a song to your card
33) theme: panda
34) make a dottee doll (fabric or paper, not a card, see examples in the gallery) (2p)
35) make a zentangle
36) make a card with a flower (up to 4 cards, different flower in every card, 1p/card = max 4p)
37) theme: Argentina
38) use text "life" somehow in your creation
39) illustrate the view out of the nearest window (open the curtains! 
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40) draw or paint, black and white only
41) theme: hat
42) make at least two similar cards but use different colors (1p / card, min 2p, max 4p)
43) use a rubber stamped image as the focal point of your creation
44) use a paper you hate & a paper you love in one card
45) theme: myths and mysteries
46) use a photo as a part of your creation (no all digital)
47) draw something that can fly
48) theme: dress
49) include stitching on your creation
50) theme: rainbow
51) use bling bling, glitter etc. in a creation
52) theme: your favorite book
53) illustrate your nationality
54) theme: tradition
55) use lace in your creation
56) share with us what kind of craft projects you have had lately (story or pictures)
57) use a puzzle piece in your creation (if you do not have extra pieces, you can use one as a shape and make a die cut from a paper)
58) make an APC (up to 4 different suits, 1p/card = max 4p)
59) make a tribute to a person or people affected by Covid (2p)
60) use one art movement in a card (1p/art movement, uo tp 4 different art movements = max 4p)
61) theme: remembrance
62) use confetti as a part of your creation
Last edited by sniisk; 04-21-2021 at 10:13 AM.
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Last edited by sniisk; 04-26-2021 at 03:00 AM.
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Bookmarking. I will be getting some new crafting items in the mail this week. I will be ready by then.
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We will have limited amount of craft supplies in use then. We have been lining in our summer cottage a lot during the last 13 months. Now it's getting warmer and spring is coming that means we'll spend even more time there. It's amazing how much we can get in 30 square meters that is basically just one room.
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Waiting...and hoping I get the start time right! 
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Originally Posted by
Lorna
Waiting...and hoping I get the start time right!
You can start when you see the tasks .
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I have sent some invitations. I noticed that many members have exceeded the maximum number of PMs and cannot receive them until some older messages would be deleted.
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Thank you for the invitation! I am signing in! I do hope to play
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Thank you for the invitation, lurking for now
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Received your invitation. Thanks for including me! Hoping to play along...
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Thank you for the invitation. I will be lurking and looking.
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Thanks for the invitation, Sanna. I hope to have some time to play. I had so much fun last time!
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Originally Posted by
sniisk
I have sent some invitations. I noticed that many members have exceeded the maximum number of PMs and cannot receive them until some older messages would be deleted.
I just had to clean out my messages. I think I was getting close to the maximum. 
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Thanks for thinking of me...lurking too
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I am very very excited. I love the task based art a thon.
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Thanks for the invite. I have been busy sewing and cutting backs.
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sniisk, I think you tried to invite me but my inbox was too full - I've deleted a lot of messages and hopefully there is now room for more. I am bookmarking this A-thon - not sure if I'll have time to participate, but will try.
There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen
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Originally Posted by
nanvan
sniisk, I think you tried to invite me but my inbox was too full - I've deleted a lot of messages and hopefully there is now room for more. I am bookmarking this A-thon - not sure if I'll have time to participate, but will try.
Yes, you are one of them whose inbox was full. Good to see you finding us anyway .
