PnS: Cut & Paste Round Postcard (9o96o #309871)

International. Please only sign up if your postal service is running well and delivery can be expected to take no more than about 20 days (both sending and receiving). Currently, postal service, for me is between 7 and 15 days--which includes domestic, USA and overseas.

Instructions:

Look through any magazines, catalogs, etc, and find a picture that will fit on a postcard.

This is not a collage, it's one picture that you find that's about the size of a postcard.

Here's the part that's a bit of a challenge, the postcard must be round.

Cut-n-paste the picture onto a round piece of postcard weight cardboard/chipboard/cardstock. Make the round postcard anywhere from 4-6" in diameter (5" is a nice size).

I like to cut out a round hole in a piece of cardboard (using an exacto knife to cut out the circle), then use the frame as a guide (see the swap's photo above), framing the magazine image to see if it's suitable.

If you don't have a compass to draw the circle, try this method with a thumbtack, string, and pencil. https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Perfect-Circle-Using-a-Pin

I don't expect the circle to be perfectly round since we'll be cutting it out by hand. Cut it out carefully, but a little bit of unevenness is OK.

You will be assigned one partner. Send the postcard with a short note on the back. I like to write where I got the cut-out picture from (as well as a short greeting). Include your swap-bot ID and name of the swap on the postcard.

Put the correct amount of postage on your postcard, some countries may charge more for a postcard that is not a standard 4x6 inch rectangle.

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Important administration stuff:

Nudge

I send out nudge 'please rate' messages around the one month mark after everyone has mailed their cards. It's not a job I enjoy doing, so please rate quickly. If I've had to nudge a member in previous swaps I've hosted I may "ban" for this swap.

If you haven't received a postcard around the 6-week mark, let your partner know and let me know.

No blank comments

When rating please comment on the card received. Let's make our partners feel like their postcard matters. Members who have left blank comments in previous swaps I've hosted may be "banned" from this swap.

Finished

I check to see that everyone is rated and will add a "Finished" stamp to the Discussion section when all postcards are sent, received, and rated.