EDITED - 4 Inch "Summer Loves" Chunky Book Page Sw

You will make 6 separate, individual pages for a 4" chunky fat book page swap. You will mail one 4" page to each of 6 partners. This means you in turn will receive 6 pages from your swap partners to bind together into your own Chunky Fat Book. You will make your own front and back covers and may bind the pages you receive in any way you desire.

The Theme of these pages: "Summer Loves" (document anything that you love about summer - the warm sunny weather, the flowers, vacation time, picnics, fishing, camping out, state fairs, gardening, fireflies on a star-lit night, etc. Because it is a "chunky" swap, it must have a minimum of at least one item of embellishment such as ephemera, fabric, felt, a trinket (button, bead or other dimensional item), a flap, pocket, pull-out tabs or moving parts like a spinning wheel, etc. Be creative!

Page size: 4" x 4"

Finish: Both sides, front and back

Page weight: Please use quality, substantial paper -like cardstock or thin cardboard- as a base to support the weight of the embellishments, decorative paper, painting, chipboard, stitching, etc that you will incorporate onto your page.

Embellish: Use any decorative elements you desire to express your theme. Be creative. This is more than just a stamped image or tacking on a few stickers with some writing. Make your pages artistic and creative. Put some effort into them for a delightful result. You may want to use: paint, decorative papers, fabric, buttons, chipboard, hand or machine stitched elements, sequins, beads, ribbons, charms, glitter, eyelets/rivets, brads, etc. etc.

DO NOT punch holes for binding! But allow for at least a 1/4" area as the left side of the page for the recipient to make their own holes for binding by their own methods. (You will not know ahead of time if the recipient will just use a hole punch with rings or ribbons, a Zutter or Cinch binding tool, spiral binding, or other method for binding). Just leave a 1/4" area/strip at the left edge un-adorned so not to interfere with the chosen binding method.

PLEASE DO SIGN your name and/or Swapbot name somewhere on your page so the receiver has a record who it is from and is able to rate you properly and acknowledge your creative work. Plus, this is your art that you should want to put your name to.

You must have a rating at least 4.89. I will check profiles for participants' current standings on ratings. I will ban anyone with recent 1's or 3's within last 6 months, and/or dependent if those issues have been resolved properly. If you have a compelling reason you think I should consider you even though you have 1's or 3's, send me a message, I'll do my best to be fair to you while protecting participants from likely flakers. Let's make this fun for everyone! I want to ensure that everyone not only sends their 6 pages, but also receives 6 pages in return. Newbies are welcome with a fully filled out profile page - I will check each one.

Your page is based upon the sender's preferences - what summer means to the sender and what the sender likes most about summer. All 6 of your pages may be the same if you like to make them assembly line style . . . or they can all be different if you get bored making repetitive things. The choice is up to you. Because it is sender's choice, you can work ahead of time on your pages and be able to send them out on time.

Postage: It is likely your page will require more than one stamp due to the extra weight of ribbons, beads, chipboard or other heavier embellishments. I purposefully kept the page size small - 4" x 4" - so the weight would not be excessive. If you can decorate your pages artistically and keep the weight down to one postage stamp that's great. However, there must be a minimum of at least one embellishment that is dimensional or the page has texture to it. Use your discretion (and a scale to measure the weight of various elements) as you are creating if you want to hold down the costs of postage.

Have fun creating!