APC RED 5s, butterfly stamp USA

RED, hearts and diamond 5s with a butterfly postage stamp.

This will be a series of APC, which are altered playing cards with postage stamps, and themes for each one will be assigned.

To give the International players a chance to also participate, every round the Black suites, clubs and spades will be an international swap.
Feel free to set up a private swap with others if INT swaps are out of your budget. Likewise I also encourage INT to set up private swaps to get any red cards.

Altered playing cards are the size of an atc card 2.5 wide and 3.5 in length. Please measure your cards, Some bridge cards, or ones sold at Michaels are not wide enough. If you send the wrong size you maybe be asked to resend. This is a key point in this swap. Size matters.

Another key point is that with APCs you leave at least the top left corner exposed so players can see the number and suit. Leaving the bottom or other parts exposed is artists choice.

Key point 3. Do not just add some paper and postage stamp. You need some heart in your art. Add other elements, inks, paints, words, fibers, embellishments. Something besides paper is a good rule.

Key point 4. Your info needs to go on the back of the card, either with a paper that you glue down or I use neon bold stickers to write on. You can also use a sticky Name tag, those fit. But the key is, it needs to be attached to the back. Slips of paper can fall out so easily. Swapbot user name, to get rated.

The image for the swap is not an APC, but just some butterfly cards I made once upon a time. Mainly to give you an example of butterfly postage stamps.

PS no one will have a cow if you use a postage stamp that is technically a moth, it can be really hard to tell the difference.

Senders choice, you can begin now. You have one week to sign up and 3 weeks to create and mail.

BTW the $1 store sells the correct size playing cards, but again measure!