This swap is completely finished! Yeah! 
ONGOING ATC SWAP--MARCH 2011
A fantasmically fun swap designed to run all month long!
Welcome fellow Craftsterers!
Ah, yes. Here it comes again. Da-DUH. Da-DUH. DA DUH DA DUH DA DUH DA DUH! The inevitable, inescapable ongoing ATC swap!
You know you want to join; you can't resist! Give into the urges of your crafting genius!
So, everyone, come join the party as we make each other ATCs! You, too, can have "envelopes o' fun" in your mailbox! (giggle)
This is a simple and easy swap, with your level of participation determined entirely by you. People of all levels of ATC-making are welcome. 
Discussion Thread -Questions and discussion can be posted here.
This is a new thread for a new year, everyone, so update your bookmarks! 
Swap FAQs -Everything you need to know about swapping.
ATC FAQs -Everything you need to know about ATCs.
Gallery -Please post pictures of your cards here.
Very basic swap info:Swap name: Ongoing ATC Swap- March 2011
Craftster member who is organizing this swap: WideEyedLifeSign-up date range: 1/01/11-1/31/11
Date to send item by: 2 weeks after you claim
Limited to a certain number of people? (optional): NO
Additional Age requirement? NO
*International shipping is required*
*DC #s are not required but you will have to resend if the ATC is not received*Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:
- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES
- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES
- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES
- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: YES
- Is at least 18 years old: YESSwap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:- Has been a member for at least one month: YES
- Has posted at least 15 times: YES
- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: YES
- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: YES
- Does not have any negative feedback: YES
- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 18 years old: YES
QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER Please send to
WideEyedLife, and include the words "Ongoing March ATC swap--request to join" in the email title.
*Name of swap Ongoing ATC Swap-March 2011
*Craftster username
*Email address
*Your real name
*Mailing address including the country
*Would you be willing to ship to an address outside your own country?
*Confirm that are at least 16 years old or, if not, that you have moderator approval(YES/NO)
*Are you a Friend of Craftster?
*What is the exact size of an ATC?
*Do you have access to a camera or scanner so you can post pictures here of what you receive? (if not, you need to tell anyone who claims you, so that they are able to take pictures before sending)
*Have you read the entire swap information for this swap?
*When sending send/receive notifications to the swap organizer, there are four juicy pieces of information that must be included about each ATC. What are they? (Scroll down in the swap info under this questionnaire to the area "Once you have sent or received a card"; the answer is in red.
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*Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join this swap! Sign-ups are open all month--YAY! PM me the above questionnaire to get started, and please wait to be accepted into the swap before making any claims. Please make sure you are not late or flakey in any of your other swaps.* This is a super-uber-amazingly-stupendous swap, So Have Fun!
HOW THIS SWAP WORKS:Claims are made throughout the month. You have two weeks from the time you make a claim to send that claim.
You can make as many (or as few) claims as you want throughout the month as long as you never go over your allowed amount of outstanding claims. (An outstanding claim is a card that has not been received; when that card is received your number of outstanding claims goes down leaving you open to bring it back up to 7 or 10.)
Posting of received ATCs is required for this swap. 
CLAIMING 1. Claims are made using the following procedure:Person A (the swap organizer) will begin the swap by posting a list of themes in this swap thread.
Person B will choose a theme from one of A's themes and make a claim by posting his/her own list (see below for formatting of post).
Person C will make a claim on one of B's themes and post his/her own list.
Person D will make a claim on one of C's themes and post his/her own list etc...
This continues through the end of the month, when the swap organizer makes the final claim and closes out the claiming part of the swap.
2. How many claims can be made by each individual:The number of claims each person is allowed depends on the following criteria:
*Friends of Craftster: 10 claims
*Those who aren't Friends of Craftster: 7 claims
*First time swappers (whether Friends of Craftster or not): 1 claim. Once the initial claim has been sent,
and its new owner has reported it received, the first time swapper is free to make more claims, either 7 or 10 dependent on being an FOC or not.
3. How to make a claim:A claim post should include the following information:1. The theme you are choosing and who you’re sending it to.
2. Statistical info about your current swap claims status:
- Claims = Claims currently outstanding (ie., how many not yet received by their new owners.) (This number goes down each time a claim is received, and up each time you make a claim.)
- Sent = anything currently in the mail.
- Received = the cards received by the people you've sent them to.
3. Your location.
4. Your personal preferences.
5. Your list of themes
SAMPLE CLAIMS POST: I claim GenericFabulosaSwapper for heffalumps/weasels ATC.
3 claims, 2 sent, 1 received
I live in Massachusetts, USA. I would prefer not to receive anything violent, political, or religious.
My themes are:
1) sneezing
2) purple people eaters
3) wandering men of grief
4) jumping jehosophats
5) birds in hats
ONCE YOU HAVE MADE A CLAIM:1. Send a personal message to the person you have claimed and request their address
2. You have 2 weeks to complete each card, and have it in the mail to its new owner.
ONCE YOU HAVE SENT OR RECEIVED A CARD1. Please PM the organizer when you send or receive a card. (It's also good to notify the person you received from or are sending to.)
2. Label the message as
March ATC Swap--Sent or
March ATC Swap--Receieved (or some variant of that, lol) (I'm hosting the January swap as well, and this avoids confusion!
)
3. Be sure and include (1) the "send by" date, as well as (2) the theme and (3) who sent it to (4) whom, in each email to the ATC swap organizer, when you're referring to sent or received ATCs. (That's four juicy pieces of important information that make my life as a swap organizer OH so easy!
For example, you could use this format:
I sent some ATCs today!
Send by 12/16:
MeCraftsterMemberBloop ---> YowzaSwapper = fantasmic theme
Send by 12/17:
MeCraftsterMemberBloop ---> WowwieSwapper = stupendous theme
MeCraftsterMemberBloop --->WooHooYeeHawSwapper07 = yet another fascinating theme
This lets the organizer easily access the swap info, so it can be updated.
POSTING PIX OF ATCs RECEIVEDIt is OH so important to post pictures of the amazing cards you receive! This is the best way in the world to let it be known how special it is that you've received a wonderful treasure of someone else's creativity!
Please post pictures/scans of your received cards in the gallery (or make arrangements with your partner to do so).
FEEDBACKPositive feedback will be given when all of the cards you sent have been received. Good communication is always cool! And be sure and post those pictures in the gallery!
ANY QUESTIONS?If you have any questions please post them in the discussion thread or PM the organizer. This thread is specifically for claims only.
