Two new swaps for ATC_Fun Yaoo group.

Fall Colors Swap 3 for 3

I joined another Yahoo ATC group that is very active with wonderful swaps. it is a hopping group. I want to join all of them but don't have the time to create them! This one looks simple but there was a lot of work behind it. I used pastels on Text book leaves cut by my Big Shot. The tedious task was the edging each contour of the leaf. Background is gold metallic paint with stamping. 

Fantastic Fish Swap 3 for 3

The second exciting swap I signed up for, back to back! Had lots of fun with this one. The little fish isdone with watercolor pastels and some turquoise colored BIC ball point pen(my sister found them for me!!!). The fish was then given a coat of glass bead gel medium by Golden. Background was tissue paper strips cut into wave-like motion with some more ball point wave action and stamping of fish and circles for bubbles.

Can't wait to get theirs in return!

All about what makes you happy!

Post Card to Karen Isaacson of Mail Me Some Art in MA.

Scrap paper background is from my sister's construction company. It is a time sheet of sorts in which the Carpenters document the hours they worked in different areas. I help my sister by tracking the hours for the Project. I used it as a 'catch all' page and then doodled on it.

I applied water soluble pastels then added some metallic gold pen to the hand doodled cross hatch grid. Die cut flowers were collaged on...Made me HAPPY!

I sealed it in gloss medium to keep the water soluble pastels from reactivating if they get wet in transit. This post card is being sent to her randomly...Love her website: http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.com/

My Happy Place

MY Happy Place Postcard #1

is on it's way to the State of Washington!

One discarded tracking sheet from a construction company used as a place mat...When it looked really yummy with all the different markings, paint, etc., I doodled on it with no direction or plan. Stopped and used watercolor pastels...added outlined sketches of a butterflies then added die-cut butterflies, collaged. Stamped leaf patterns in green all over the postcard. The pattern made the butterflies pop.But felt they needed something else so I out line them with watercolor markers, blended them slightly and blotted them. The green butterfly is painted with a gelli dimensional paint while the other outlined ones were glittered. Hand written letters in metallic paint:  'Happy Place'. 

 

Covered the postcard with glossy gel medium. After viewing a photo of it, I noted that the stems and leaves needed more color on the tulips. They were painted with a green glitter gel pen. Metallic gold paint pen was used over the doodled checkered pattern. 

 

This postcard was created without a game plan. I went with the flow without any stress...my happy place...

An ATC for Jenn of Mixed Media Jenn

ATC- Pink
Tissue paper, acrylic paint, Jelli paint, glitter glue and gemstones

Made another tissue paper collage. Each blade of grass and each flower petal are glued down individually. The back ground was painted with corrugated cardboard on a sheet of brown paper. I doodled with India Ink and White Copic paint using a fountain pen.  This one will be heading down to Pennsylvania to Jenn of Mixed Media Jenn. 

She posted a video of a cool  beach themed ATC being created. We connected and are trading with each other. Can't wait to get hers!

July's WTA winner...

Roselyn Pratt won July's WTA(Winner Take All). It is a challenge swap that members of Paper_Traders load up an ATC to be given to the lottery winner for the month. Roselyn won July 2013's. I sent her the one I had made especially for the challenge. This is the first time anyone has ever sent me a picture of them holding my ATC! I love it!! Had to share!!!

Since there has been a change in the Yahoo group format, this month's WTA has been extended a week longer. Who will be the lucky winner for August? I won May 2013's! It is so cool to get everyone's in the mail at separate times! It's like Christmas in my mailbox....

Sold at the Puerto Rican Festival 2013

The Magi(The Three Kings)...in Spanish:  Los Reyes Magos

14x17 Collage
Tissue paper, wall paper, and other fiber papers with a few embellishments

This framed work was purchased as a gift for their sibling that celebrates the holiday on January 6th. I did not expect to sell it. It was displayed as 'show and tell' in the cultural tent. Who knew?!?

Crazy Postcard for Terrie

Terrie doesn't know yet that she is getting a crazy postcard! It looks harmless enough, but how it got to be...was the crazy part! 
It all began with an recycled  insert from an art magazine..Innocent enough. A piece of wrapping tissue paper and some plain newsprint paper were sewn onto it...house paint was used to cover the back and then Duck tape over it...watercolor paper pieces for writing.
The front:  brown packing paper(recycled) for a heart, white copy paper hands.
The color applied is watercolor pastels, Sharpie lettering with silver paint pen outline and dots around the hands.All experimental but it worked out in the end!

The front