 Hey guys, how are you today? So I am here to bring you another project My dear friends Indy Utter and I decided to get together and do something that we're calling a you and me challenge so the idea behind it is you get an envelope full of stuff together and You send it to your swap partner and when you get the envelope You have to make two postcards with whatever is in there one for you to keep and one for you to send back to them I'm going to go through the specific rules at the end of the video. So stay tuned for that If you are interested in doing it, but let's see what Cindy sent me. This is her envelope that she sent me I've actually had it for quite a while because this date on here is December 11 But you know Christmas craziness got in the way today is the 26th, and I'm just now I haven't even opened it yet I have no idea what's in here so Let's see what's in here. We'll go through it and then I'll speed through the creation of two postcards and I will be it back at the end. Let's see if I can get it open without slicing anything Hope you all had a very merry Christmas All right So have no idea what's in here So she sent me some extra things that aren't part of the challenge Evidently, this is the challenge envelope and your envelope is supposed to be about this size FYI She sent me a few extra things, which I love just some happy mail. Look at these little buttons and Some tags. I love these tags Cindy. These are great tags Fabulous and then I mentioned to her she sent me one of these pens and I love the way it writes In fact, I've got it on my Planner she sent me this one So she went and got me some more. Yay. Thank you. I love the way they write All right, so That's just happy mail Here is the you and me challenge envelope. So let's open this one. Just worried. I'm gonna tear something There we go. Oops something already fell out So now you're gonna send an envelope full of stuff to your spot partner And which is what this is and you know on the envelope. She's included this piece of tape So I'm not gonna throw this away because I may end up using this and wonder both postcards She sent me a piece of tool and Some painy papers Look at this one don't you just love the purple on there Some words a couple of these flower buttons with the shanks cut off the back some lace and some washy tape It's an interesting collection of things now you have to use what they sent you it doesn't mean you can't add other stuff But you have to use what they sent you so I'm gonna get out a couple pieces of card stock and I'm gonna make a couple Postcards I'm gonna speed through the process and we'll be right back Note on the back of it to my friend Cindy Etter and I'm going to send it back to her You saw me use this watercolor kit. It is part of The postcards. This is just an inexpensive small Windsor Newton watercolor pocket kit It's very inexpensive. I got it a hobby lobby 40% off and this is one that I don't really care too much about Contaminating it with acrylic paint. I'm not going to be super careful about using watercolor brushes with it In fact, I used an acrylic brush with this kit This is just strictly for mixed media play and not anything special But I can get some watercolor effects and not worry about Messing up my more expensive Watercolor paints when I'm doing it. So that's what I have this kit for a little kit for just FYI because I know somebody's gonna ask All right, here are the rules if you want to play Along with the you and me challenge the object is to build two index cards. So I use this small What is it three by five index card and? That's what you should use or something. That's the equivalent of You're going to send six items to your swap partner in a standard size Three and five eights by six and a half inch envelope. Just a standard letter envelope US letter envelope The items included should be as follows paper scrapbooking paper painted paper book texture something like that some kind of texture textured paper Burlap cardboard you saw Cindy sent me some tool and some of this lace Which was great? Embellishments buttons brads that sort of thing if you're gonna send something like a brad though You're gonna want to flatten it nothing too puffy or heavy because you wanted not have to pay a lot of extra postage for it You also don't want to get it have it get stuck in the mailing machines Fiber ribbons burlap twine string washi tape Words make sure to put words You saw me cut up the quotes that she sent me into individual words or groups of words And then rearrange them completely to come up with the two quotes that I did Once you receive these items from your swap partner You're gonna make two index cards one for you one for your partner and you can use any and all mediums You have on hand however, you need to use at least three items from the envelope that you receive the rest is for you to keep You're looking we're looking for a two-week turnaround So you want to do this right away and create the index card and send it back to your partner within two weeks of receiving your supplies We do have some swap rules. You should abide by them if you're gonna sign up for this They include the following don't join if you're not going to hold up your end of the deal Participation is optional and if you have joined, please don't back out of your half of the challenge. It's unfair to your partner You'll need to provide your name email and mailing address to the host of the swap Email this information to artsy endeavors at gmail.com that address and the link to Cindy's video will be in the description below This information will only be shared with the others in your swap group. We're not going to send it off to anybody else We never share or sell information or anything like that Participants will be matched with their partners as they come in you may be sending USA or international If you have an issue with funds, we'll do our best to provide USA only if available and requested So make sure you put that in your email No guarantees though Communications key so if you have an issue with timing or something else pops up Please, please, please let your swap partner and the swap coordinators Cindy And or somebody at the artsy endeavors email address know that you are having a partner a problem The challenge is open to all members Whether new or experienced artists be gracious to your partner if you receive something that you're not happy with Do not return it. We want everyone to enjoy the process and the challenge if you have any questions, please contact me at Cindy please contact Cindy at artsy endeavors at gmail.com And she'll do her best to make sure that this is a fun and happy challenge The most important rule is to have fun and Enjoy creating the little goodies that you with the little goodies that you get sent to you by your partner And don't forget to go out and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it This really is a lot of fun and it's it's an interesting challenge So go out there put your envelopes together with some thought Don't just randomly throw stuff in envelope, but just put a little thought into it and Yeah, make it a challenge, but don't make it too hard But it is a lot of fun, and I hope you guys enjoy it and I will see you next time. Bye