Sunny Disposition

Sunny Disposition

An ATC for trade on FIneArtsATC(Yahoo group) . Done in the Prismacolor Markers my husband found in a small flea market and surprised me. He had no idea what he brought me...they were brand new and juicy! A set of 24!!! What stumped him was that the seller told him they were worth over $100 for a set of 24...I had to show him the online stores...

I also used white paint maker and a touch of graphite.

February 2014 ATC's on ATC_Fun

 Evelyn's 02/03/2014

 

 

 Lucie's 02/07/2014

Mary's 02/17/2014

February was strictly ATC's for the members that joined the Birthday group on ATC_Fun on Yahoo. I hope Mary does not see this as hers had not gone in the mail yet...

January 2014 Birthday Greetings on ATC_Fun

 A Birthday Postcard for Pauline 01/09/2014

A Birthday ATC for Jan C 01/18/2014

I have joined the Birthday group on ATC_Fun on Yahoo. The purpose is to send some type of Birthday Greeting, regular birthday card or something handmade. Pauline received a birthday postcard in England from me while Jan in West Virginia  received a collaged ATC...

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is the Season 

The Reason...

Santa 

ATC_Fun Swap 3 for 3...

With all the hustle and bustle, we forget the true meaning of CHRISTmas. Although it is not His real birth date, it is the day given to celebrate it with good tidings. It reminds us to celebrate love. Love entwined with many colors, gold and bling as gifts that were given to Baby Jesus by the Three Kings. 

Santa kneeling before the Christ Child is one of my favorite images for Christmas. May all your celebrations during this Christmas season be filled with joy, laughter and love...

Let It Snow...noooo...Not really!

ATC - 'Let It SNOW'

Just an Artist Trading Card for a Yahoo Group Swap: ATC_Fun. It is a 3 for 3 card trade. Had lots of fun with this one. I started on recycled cardboard. Background is a course acrylic medium with a little bit of blue acrylic(forgot which one-Cobalt?) ..(I don't want any real snow!)

 

After it dried, I worked red, blue and pink into the corners. I fussy-cut five snowflakes, courtesy of Kelly Donovan of:   http://knittingandthings.com/ ...The snowflakes were decorated with gel pens.

The snowflake in the top right hand corner is a punch cut out from wallpaper with glitter glue.

Bird Postcard Swap on MMSA(Mail Me Some ART)

Bird Postcard Swap

Each postcard has a different character/style to it, although the bird is the same. Each bird is created on my son's old MATH schoolwork paper from last year. I used water based pastels. Love how they allow transparency. I drew them with a thin black sharpie.

The fence is wall paper, The background of the one with the washy tape is stamped with a homemade foam stamper with paint.

I enjoy working with mixed mediums.

http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.com/2013/11/bird-postcards-part-1.html

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!