queen for a day swap and returns

No rules other than your person/place/thing needed to be wearing a crown. First mine, then the returns. Whoops, I see I forgot to turn one of the return cards the right way. I made a queenly Russian chocolate Lab, a lady with a weird hairdo and a hand drawn flower, and the same lady image on a painted stamped background with some scrap paper cutouts.  

abstract torn paperswap and returns

Just like it sounds - randomly torn paper on an ATC. First my three, then the ones I got back. I used some handmade Japanese papers my friend Pam gave me, wild colors that I normally don't work with, and they were fun. I couldn't resist sort of making them into a something, so the first one is Clouds over Ocean, the 2nd is Envy, and the 3rd is Mardi Gras Moment.

the tree next door

Every spring this little tree bursts forth in the most gorgeous blooms. It's between my garage and my neighbor's, in a neglected out-of-the-way spot, but it doesn't know or care. It blooms like it's in the center of Times Square and thank goodness. It's just spectacular.

brown paper bag swap cards (& returns)

The background for this swap had to be a brown paper bag, then you could do anything else on top of it. Here are my cards and those I received in return.

This has some painted paper bag pieces, then bubble wrap stamping, white insect stamps and a stamped FLY.

White gesso on this one with the printing from the bottom of the bag showing thru, then some postmark stamps in brown ink, and some collaged images.

On this one, I laid down pieces of bag from the center out, like piecing a crazy quilt block. Then I did each 'seam' in various markers to look like stitching. No idea if the person who received it appreciated all the detail work but it looked pretty cool.

Below are the cards I got back.

I have no idea what this is supposed to be...

This one is great - all the shading works really well and I like the colors. There's definitely something special about hand drawn cards.

This one is just a hoot.

handmade journal giveaway (not mine)

A Creative Dream ran thru her journal making process over the past several weeks, and now she's giving it away. Very cool doodles and images from an old cemetery. Way different that the stuff I create - lots of oranges and torn edges - so I'd love to win it. Go take a look...

something in a bowl swap returns

The theme was something - anything - in a bowl. My cards are here. Below are the cards I got back.



The first one is very cute - Doggie Bowl. Yuk-yuk...






Then dead fish. I love the x for an eye.











Then this amazing hand drawn card of a poor goldfish in a bowl on the counter watching this huge... thing... invade its kitchen. The detail in the card is excellent, lots of depth and shadow.

A very cool card.

book page background swap ( and returns)

For this one, the background of the ATC had to be a book page. You could do anything else on top of it but some of the page had to be visible.

The three cards I made are all very similar - the same rubber stamps, then one with an image, one with some doodling, one with postage stamps. The title of the book, Woman Without A Past, lent itself to those rubber stamps, I thought.

The cards I received were this nice Little Women one,

this hand drawn sail boat,

and these lovely peaches on a painted and stamped Italian background. Very nice.