New ATC's

I've been doing alot of swaps lately,  here are two of the latest.  There has been a very popular "Book Pages" swap on www.swap-bot.com.  I've joined all three and hope the hostess posts another. 

I'm going to start a "Feathers" swap.  The card to the right is very simple, I used handmade and Nepalese papers a bird card from the 50's I believe, a book page from the 40's and a feather that I think someone sent me in a previous swap. 

Images

Photo from the 60's enhanced with a micron, collaged over another landscape photo and added doodads.  Mrs. Casey was a 1940's word game.  All on  a 4x4 wood block which you can get from Cheap Joe's.

Getting ready to hang the show tomorrow

I've been busily working preparing for the show - hopefully the snow tomorrow is not a major event.  Here is one of my pieces. Picture from the 40's, images from a See Spot Run book, a spelling book from the 1900's, embossed background, water color paper I paper pasted on and some type of a color film I got at a garage sale.  See you at the reception this Saturday 2-4 !!

Travel ATC

I created a new swap based on vacations and travel.  I used a postcard posted in 1909 as the background. I think I'll do a tent on the back so the recipient can enjoy the nostalgia.   Stay tuned I'll post one of my landscapes (as requested) very soon.

I've been doing a series of baby shoes, using some of my old still life props. Ive also been trading with postcardcrossing.com and getting really cool cards from all over the world, you should check it out for yourself.

Free theme

My latest swap is a free theme, I saw a Christmas card at work that I really liked, so I used it as a background for 2 of the cards. Some of the material was given to me by wonderful swappers

Here are my latest ATC's the theme is Vintage Christmas, I chose to use the same image, enjoy.

I've been doing chunkies (4" x 4") lately, Cheap Joe's carries wonderful wood painting panels in a variety of sizes and the pricing is good. I like having a larger work area than the ATC and it's not so daunting that you feel you can never fill the space. Try it out.

More images to follow.

Bad girls

At least this bad girl is wearing an apron!

Another one of my bad girls.