Tis The Season To Be Swappin'

It's snowing outside!!!...and I'm painting inside. Today was the perfect day to knock out all the swaps I signed up for! This batch of ATCs is for a ATC Swap on Toletown.

This was a good opportunity for me to sketch a doodle, and use my H20 watercolor paints. Each ATC took approximately 15 minutes.

Valentines Day

Easter

Independence Day

Christmas Throughout The Year

The Brush Bunch group on YAHOO, hosts a year round exchange, called CTTY or Christmas Throughout The Year.

I just finished these quick paint snowfaces on canvas coasters...and in the mail they

All She Ever Wanted To Do Was Sing....

This is my Mother. All I ever remember her ever wanting to do, was sing. Even today - she's teaching music, singing in musicals at the local theatre...singing in church.

Tiare's Tuesday Technique Challenge over at Classy Scrappers, was creating a ROUND layout. I told Tiare, by the time I'm finished doing all her challenges - I'll have done almost EVERYTHING!!!

...guess that's the point, huh?....well it works for this newbie to scrapbooking.

Valentine's Day Cards...Who Knew?

Okay, I'm doing a swap and I text a pic to my sister, to show her my first batch of cards!!! now, I've made cards in the past - but they are normally trial by error and all of them always different. This time, for the swap I had to make them all the same.

Well anyway ... I text my sister to ask her if they need something else...and within minutes she is texting me back that she has an order for me...for 24 cards!!!

Whaaaaat? Who wants to buy my cards?

My sister texts me again and says - what do you mean?? I LOVE THEM!!! HOW MUCH??

Now I must admit, for a SPLIT second I was like...FUGGEDABOUT THOSE SWAP GALS!!!LOL...tee hee ..

I told my sister I can't sell them - and she texts back - Oh I know...but make up 24 more and my co-worker wants to buy them!!

Holy Moly - who knew?

here I was fretting about not being good enough to enter this swap with this talented bunch of ladies on Tiare's Scraps Of Color site ... PRAYING that my cards don't seem too "plain Jane"...and in Brooklyn, there is someone who wants to buy my stuff!!

So, this weekend, I will be whipping up some more cards - not exactly like the ones I did for the swap ... but with the same theme...and off they go!!

Who Knew?

DAIC Trading Card (DTC) Swap From Jeanie

This is my DTC swap from Jeanie - and it's already framed and sitting here on my desk at work. Isn't it beautiful?? Jeanie painted this wonderful scene on a 4x6 piece of canvas.

The DAIC DTC swaps are a wonderful exchange run on the Decorative Artists in Canada yahoo group. Its a wonderful way to expand your painting horizons, and also receive an original piece of artwork from a painting friend.

Weekend Crafting Marathon

My diningroom table was a mess this past weekend - filled with papers, paint, stencils, brushes...you name it - I had it and was trying to work it.

Though I am a decorative artist, I've really tried to stretch this year by trying different things, which in turn inspires my painting.

There is a Yahoo Group, Art For The Creative Mind, where its no holds barred swapping of mixed media, ATCs, cards...they have even swapped dominoes! While not everything appeals to me, I do try and do things that are out of my comfort zone ... and this weekend I managed to complete some things.

An ongoing Altered Journal Pages swap. Each person in a small group must complete 2 6x6 pages with a different theme.


These page are almost done...need to add more elements. I had a ton of fun doing the background on this one.

Also, there was another swap that was a Valentine's Theme postcard. I love doing the postcards...and here's my swap for that one:

This last little postcard isn't finished yet...but as you can see, I used the wrapper to the stamp book..LOL

ALl of these I incorporated things I already had. Manilla folders for the 6x6 pages, watered down acrylic paint in spray bottles, even the postage stamp book cover!

What Type Are You Quiz

These types of quizzes are always fun - and this one is interactive! Thanks to the How About Orange site for sharing this - it was interesting. After a short series of questions, you are "diagnosed" - and he reveals your type and tells you a little about font history. It's fun!!

What Type Are You Quiz
The password is character.

And my type is DOT MATRIX.