Fairys, Sprites, Fey and other Spirits Swap - Due May 20th

[adriayna]

This swap is for any sort of fey or fairy creature--forest spirits, spirits, spriggans, fairies, and other small winged people! Let your whimsical and imagination delve into the realm of fantasy for this swap.

Swap is for 3 for 3 or 6 for 6 cards.

Swap is limited to 20 players. US participants should send a SASE. International participants--I will pay for your return postage; goodies or extra cards are appreciated but never required! All participants should include their real name, user id, and swap name on the cards and send their cards in a protective sleeve.

This is an open media swap, but I hope that your work includes at least some drawn/painted elements.

Thanks for your interest!

1) Adriayna
2) WITHDREW
3) Tablynn
4) Anonevyl
5) rocketwoman
6) canuckdesz
7) moonfairy
8) princessgene
9) Summer5
10) WITHDREW
11) Mizbelle
12) Catsavannah
13) Liverson - in transit
14) Debbie914
15) Eraserqueen
16) Merricat
17) LeahFelicity
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20)

[WhiteMoth]

Wonderful idea for a swap....
I would love to join
:D

How many cards?

[TabLynn]

Sign me up too please!

[Anonevyl]

Yeah - I'm in....:)

Is mixed media ok?

[adriayna]

Anything goes! I'll put that in the swap description, anonevyl!

[rocketwoman]

i'd like in, i've never tried any fairy people and think it will be fun to try.
thanks,

[adriayna]

Welcome rocketwoman! :)

[canuckdesz]

I'd like to join in. :)

[adriayna]

Welcome canuckdesz! :)

[Moonfairy]

Ooooh, how can I resist this :eek:

Please sign me up Adriayna :)

[adriayna]

Welcome Moonfairy! :)

[princessgene]

It would be totally stupid of me not to sign up since this is what I collect the most of! LOL Add me to your list! Thanks

[adriayna]

Welcome princessgene! :)

[Summer5]

Me too please, love those fairies.

[Judithian]

I'd like to give this a try. I'm a fey collector myself.

[adriayna]

Welcome Summer5 and Judithann!

[mizbelle]

I'd like to join! I love drawing fairy type things. :D

[adriayna]

Welcome mizbelle! And welcome to the site too :)

[catsavannah]

I need to add to my collection too! May I join?:D

[adriayna]

Certainly! Welcome :)

[liverson]

Can't pass up a faire swap. One has been landing on my window sil lately I'll leave a note and see if she will pose for me!!!

[TabLynn]

Well I finally got one done! I tried to make it a bit different from previous ones I've done.

[TabLynn]

and number two...

[debbie914]

Please sign me up too!

[adriayna]

Welcome Liverson and Debbie914!

And Tablynn, those are wonderful! I'm still trying to figure out what I will do for the swap...hehe!

[adriayna]

Also, whitemoth has asked to be removed from the swap.

[adriayna]

EQ asked to join. Welcome annie! :)

[EraserQueen]

Yay! I've got my lil' Fae already to go! :D

[catsavannah]

I have to ask this question just because I have been...so sheltered! :twitcy:

What is the difference between a fairy (faery) and a fae (fey)?

Thanks for everyone's help!!!

[EraserQueen]

Maybe it's a plural singular thing?

[adriayna]

A fairy is a type of fey. Fey describe all fairy-like creatures, including fairies, spriggans, grigs, forest spirits, and so forth. That answer, by the way, is straight from standard fanatasy mythos :P

[EraserQueen]

Cool! I did not know that! I am uploading my babies into the gallery...

[catsavannah]

Thanks Adriayna!

EQ, your cards are great!

[catsavannah]

Hey, Dana, I Googled "standard fanatasy mythos" and couldn't find it. Is it a book or a game or what? Just curious! :wub:


[Dana's reply: "Quit asking so many silly questions!" :wub:]

[EraserQueen]

It's the book Dana keeps in her head Cat, basically it's something fantasy experts already know ;)

[catsavannah]

It's the book Dana keeps in her head Cat, basically it's something fantasy experts already know ;)



lol - I bow to the expert! :notworthy:

[TabLynn]

Here are two more.

[TabLynn]

And this is my final card. I should be mailing these off tomorrow or Friday.

[TabLynn]

They flew off today and I forgot to mention that one is for the host to choose. My daughter also threw in a little surprise, totally unsolicited by me. I guess she was inspired by all the fairies:)

[rkolig]

OMG, I wanna do this SOOOOO bad. I'm going to try to get some things caught up this weekend and if I succeed, I'll be back!!

[adriayna]

Yeah, its sorta a compilation of all the books on fantsty, games, etc. that I play. A good amount comes from D&D, but not all of it.

Tablynn, your cards look amazing!
Mary! I hope you will join us :)

[adriayna]

Tablynn, your awesome cards are here! Wowo! Thanks for the extra!

Ok, now the rest of us slackers need to get painting!

[catsavannah]

So I here is one of my latest offerings to this swap. Someone asked me to post my reference photo so here it is, next to my drawing. I really don't look at the photo once I have the basic figure the way I want it. I wanted it to be a little boy instead of a petite little girl so I just played with it. It takes me a while to get things the way I want. But seeing as I don't have kids, and considering a child model is too inappropriate now-a-days, I went with a photo.

[liverson]

Mine are finished... I send in this weekend. LeAnne

[liverson]

Wow that's awesome... i asked you about a reference and It really works well. Thanks.

[adriayna]

Wonderful!!!

[Moonfairy]

I finished my cards yesterday so I will upload them later today :)

Love love love all the cards here so far..... maybe I will make another set of elfs (only made three + one host card)

[Moonfairy]

Okay, so here`s my cards. The elf shoe is for you Adriayna.

[adriayna]

Cute! Thank you :)

[rocketwoman]

i've gotten a couple done and thought i'd post them. i think i'm going to work on a couple more since there is a little time left.

[leahfelicity]

I'd love to join, if it's not too late!

[catsavannah]

My faries have flown off to you today, Dana. Do keep an eye out for them, as they think they are so strong, but they are actually quite fragile little beings!

[catsavannah]

Just checking to see if you got my cards today, Adrianya.

[Merricat]

Can I join? My cards are all done and ready to go! :)

[adriayna]

Yep, they were here yesterday but I was out campaigning for Obama!

Lots of cards are here!

Catsavannah - lovely work! These are wonderful!

Moonfairy - beautiful! Great!

Canucdresz - Awesome! What variety!

Mizbelle - Excellent!

And thank you everyone for the extras :)



Merricat - you are welcome to join us!

[adriayna]

Just checking in everyone. I've been out of town for a week and have a big stack of mail...unfortunately, I won't have time to open it till Sunday as I'm leaving for a wedding here in about 2 hours!

If you are still "in" for the swap, please get your cards in the mail ASAP. Thank you!

[leahfelicity]

Mine are off today!

[Merricat]

Hopefully mine are in your big stack of mail!! :)

[Anonevyl]

Mine are on the way.

I don't think all of them fit into the little winged people, I kinda took liberties with the whole fey and forest spirit theme. If they aren't acceptable - send them back. I can understand if participants are expecting something more along the lines of delicate winged creatures.

http://www.illustratedatcs.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=6373&w=o
http://www.illustratedatcs.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=6374&w=o
http://www.illustratedatcs.com/forum/gallery/file.php?n=6375&w=o

[adriayna]

No, I think that these fit the theme just fine :). Great!

[princessgene]

I need to get your address adriayna. Please let me know by Sunday night and I will have these in the mail on Monday. Thanks.

[adriayna]

Sure! I need yours too for the fav artist PAT, haha! Will PM you now.

[adriayna]

Two more sets of fairies/sprites/pixies have arrived!

Summer5 - such colorful, lovely work! Nicely done! Thanks for the extra card too :)

Merricat - wonderful pixies--so whimsical. Great! Thanks for the extras too! :)

[adriayna]

Just checking in everyone. I'm waiting for a few more sets of cards, and I hope they come today! It is my goal to have these out to you by the weekend. I'll keep you updated.

[Anonevyl]

Oooh, I sent mine Priority mail on Sat. - they haven't made it yet?

It's not like they were going to Alaska....

Sorry, Dana, I would have thought they'd be there by now.

[EraserQueen]

I hope you get mine today!

[artyiagirl]

Hey Dana & Rocketwoman,
I just wanted to let you guys know that i rec'd Lisa's cards for this swap -- I think that Lisa accidentally sent them to me -artyiagirl - adriayna - I bet we're close together in her address book and she just finished a swap with me :err:. I might have rec'd them a day or two ago - but I'm just going through the mail pile today - they were postmarked May 17 - i didn't want Lisa to be penalized for my slothful ways. I'll happily forward these right on to Dana tomorrow morning. It shouldn't take more than 2 days from Iowa to Indiana.

[rocketwoman]

i'm soooooooooooo sorry. i feel like an idiot. thanks artyiagirl for sending them on for me. i owe you. i can't even believe i did that. again, sorry and thanks.

[adriayna]

Lol, well that explains that! And anonevyl, yours did arrive today! I just didn't get a chance to open them or post till now :).

[adriayna]

Today I received many of our lovely sprites and fairies!

Anonevyl - Yours arrived yesterday. But I forgot to thank you for the extra card--so thank you! :)

Debbie914 - Lovely work! Thanks!

Leahfelicity - Colorful and fun as always :). Thank you too for the extra card!

Eraserqueen - I love the variations on the jumping naked fairy! Yay! He's very cool. Thank you for the crow cards too--I just love them!!!!!

[adriayna]

Ok,I'm still waiting for three more sets, Liverson, Rocketwoman, and PrincessGene. I hope they arrive tomorrow :)

[princessgene]

I certainly hope you get them by tomorrow! I sent them on Monday! I didn't think you were that far from me that it would take a whole week. I hope they aren't lost.

[EraserQueen]

Yay! And I'm glad you like the Crow cards, they were part of the Christmas gift I made and didn't get around to sending :eek: My Bad... And I actually got your Angels today haha.

[adriayna]

Princessgene, my mail takes a long time always. I think I have a crappy post office. I wouldn't be too worried.

[adriayna]

Princessgene and Rocketwoman, your cards have arrived. Thank both so much for the extras! :)

We are still waiting on Liversson's cards. Liverson, when did you send them?

[rocketwoman]

thanks guys for being patient. thanks again artyiagirl for mailing them on for me!

[adriayna]

Ok. I can't wait for Liverson's cards any more because I am going out of town for a week and this swap is already a week due. Liverson, I hope that your cards do arrive--and when they do, I will return them to you.

[Merricat]

Woot! I received my AWESOME fairies today!! Yay!!! Thank you so much Dana for an awesome swap! And thanks to Eraserqueen, Mizbelle (my first card from you! :)), and LeahFelicity for awesome cards!!

[catsavannah]

Received my very lovely fairies today! Fairy Warrior /Princessgene, Red Sprite/Canuckdez, and Faerie IV/EQ. All fantastic!

Thank a bunch to Dana for a great fun swap!

[TabLynn]

I received my cards yesterday. Thanks so much to adriayna for hosting and the card and to EraserQueen, anonevyl, and canuckdesz. What an all star group of cards. You guys all rock!

[liverson]

I dont know what happened to them... Or I wonder if you got them. I think I have to get things out earlier. So sorry that you had to wait though.

[Anonevyl]

Got a Grig from Adriayna, a Gnome from canuckdesz, and a Faerie from Tablynn. All excellent! Thanks loads for hosting, Adriayna!

[EraserQueen]

I got my beauties from Canuckdesz, Tablynn, Leahfelicty, Merricat, Mizbelle, and Princessgene! YAY! Great swap, and an excellent hostess!!

[Moonfairy]

Got wonderful fairies from Debbie914, LeahFelicity and Rocketwoman today :)
Thank you so much for my wonderful new cards, and a big thank you to our great hostess Adriayna :)

[princessgene]

Received cards from canuckdesz, EraserQueen, and Catsavannah. Lovely cards! And thanks to hostess Adriayna!

[adriayna]

Glad everyone likes them. I'm behind on feedback b/c of my trip--that will come tomorrow.

Liverson, I have a huge stack of mail from being gone a week. If yours are there, I'll return them to you.

[leahfelicity]

I just got mine (been away on vacation)! Thanks to Merricat, EQ, Moonfairy and our bodacious hostess! :)