Felted ATCs

I've been needle-felting lately, and have made some ATCs just for fun. Some of them are gone already, but I'm just getting around to posting. They are tough to scan because of the thickness, but the colors are much nicer IRL- this gives you an idea though- I've been up to something :)

Blog under construction

Well, here is another inchie ATC for you to look at while my blog is under a bit of construction. I upgraded my template to the easier to use kind, and I lost my links in the process. I am too tired to go putting them all back now, so it will have to wait a bit. I'll post some inchie art as I inch along in getting the blog back in shape. This one is a bit blurry due to the flowers, but it's up for trade- any ATC traders out in blog-land want to swap for some buzzing bees?? Thanks for stopping by!

All you need is love

I love this Beatles song, and I must be in a lovey-dovey mood I guess. A simple card for a simple sentiment- just some black paper, white ink, and heart stickers. Muchas smooches ;)

A daisy a day

I had made a bunch of distress ink backgrounds, and was in the coloring mood. I colored dozens of these daisy faces by Catslife Press to use in future projects, this is one of my favorite stamps. I'm going to make a whole garden of these cuties, and a baby card or two :)

Summertime

I do not like summer...not one bit. If you are a fan of the heat you can have my share any day- I'll trade you for your snow. This June hit us with a dry spell and a heat wave, and I'm such a summer scrooge that I didn't even get a couple pots of petunias. This ATC is the most love I've ever shown to this season!

Smoochie Inchie ATCs

Well, I was in a 3:3 swap where the theme was inchies on ATCs- I made this set of kissy-face and huggy-bear cards. I had printed these pictures of a couple kissing on the subway, and had planned to use them on Valentines the year. They either got lost or I scrapped the idea all together, but they worked out well here. The scan is a bit blurry due to the dimensional hearts- but the definition on the first card is "glow" and the definition on the third card is "make-out" I love cutting up this old dictionary! XOXOXO

Seven Things About Me

Ok, make that old western movie sound where the tumble-weeds blow across the screen... I'm back baby! ;) Tracy tagged me on her blog ages and ages ago- and I'm just getting this posted now. Drum roll please... here are seven things about me! (ps- this started out more light-hearted and took a bit of a turn- I'll post some fun crafty stuff to look at soon, I promise! :) )

1. I love to play cards and I’m always up for a friendly game. I didn’t have regular games as a child- no Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land for me- I played gin rummy. My parents showed no mercy either- they kicked my butt again and again. I would have liked to have won more, but Mom and Dad being hard on me made me a better card player.

2. I go in spurts- I would like to follow a daily or weekly routine, but I tend to get motivated to do a certain thing and stick to it until the motivation runs out. Like this blog for example- I go from daily updates to a weeks of silence. I do the same with my school work- two weeks of study and research, then two weeks of slacking off… usually the slacking off leads to blog updates- funny how that works…

3. I seldom sit down to craft something and finish it in the same day. When I get in the mood to make backgrounds I sit down and make dozens of sheets. I may make embellishments, whip out the knitting, paint like crazy, and then I come to a screeching halt. Later, when I’m in the mood to actually finish something, I have all the pieces ready. I wish I could get an idea and see it through from start to finish, but that’s just not me I guess.

4. I have to make things- I have no choice. I’m compelled to make stuff (for lack of a better word) and I don’t need a reason why. Even when I was a broke college student- every extra penny went toward craft supplies. Part of the problem with making so much stuff is that you can get buried under all of it very easily. I think this is partly the reason I started making greeting cards- they are easy to get rid of! So these creations need to leave my home in the form of cards or gifts- or something! Once I have given something away it is the recipient’s choice what happens to it from then on- give it away, throw it away, keep it forever- whatever! I need to room to make more stuff!!

5. I’m terrible about responding to email- I read the email… then I ponder my reply…but I may never type and send a reply. My family teases me and one other brother about our lack of electronic communication, they nearly faint dead away when a message from either of us graces the old in-box. BUT, I do send actual paper letters and cards by snail-mail, and I like those better anyhow. So there!

6. I don’t like to borrow trouble, but I have to remind myself that worry gets you nowhere, I could spend all day playing “what-if…” and that is a waste of time. I work every day not to be a worry-wart. I’ll deal with what actually happens when it happens, I have wasted enough hours in worry and wonder, and I’m done with that. I don’t watch sad movies, I don’t read tear-jerker books- or even the short little email stories. I don’t watch the news or read the paper- not even for the weather- I’d rather be surprised by a rainstorm than depressed over some bad news I have no control over.

7. I loooooooove Christmas- it is my favorite season. I love the smell of the winter air, the snow, the cold- to heck with summer. I like the time of giving and reflecting on the year, and the way people behave when they are thinking of others instead of themselves. I wish that feeling lasted all year long. The funny thing about the golden rule is that we rarely truly follow it. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you- the DOING must come first. It is not “Do unto others as they have done to you.” There is no tit for tat, was it Gandhi who said that an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind? I guess what I’m saying is that I want to always be the kind of person I am when I have that Christmas feeling in my heart. I try to keep it all year long.

THE END!!

Now do I still get to tag other people even if I took soooo long to do mine?? I tag Kerilou and Sue! :)

Bunnies by the Inch

I like to make tiny little things, and maybe that's why I love ATCs so much, but could I go even smaller?? Inchies are one-inch collage pieces which have been around a while, but are new to me. These are my first attempt at inchies- I may have gotten a bit carried away, there are a lot of flowers and brads on there! I've made some ATCs using inchies, but you'll have to wait a while to see those ;)

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms :) This is the card I made this year, there's a little glitter on it, and the inside and the envelope matched as well- lots of love for Mom and MIL!

Check out the Scribbler

This is so fun, check out The Scribbler and make a rough drawing. Start the scribbler and watch it appear- my little snail and flowers is just one of a dozen I made- it's addicting!

ATCs made with the same image

Just for fun, I really like this lady, and wanted to add a pattern to her dress and get some use from this stamp. The last one is an April fool's day card- red roses for a blue lady ;)

Piet Mondrian

This ATC was inspired by Mondiran, I didn't directly copy one of his designs, but used a sharpie and a ruler to draw the lines. This is a big change from what i usually do, and I really had fun with it.

You Rock

This is just a thank you card for the person I interviewed for a school project. I'm sending a starbucks card too since I didn't interview him in person. I conducted several interviews and always met them somewhere for coffee or a snack. I was just itching to use this new Purple Onion Designs alphabet. The base card is black, not sure it will show up on this black background blog.

What a cool idea!

I found this video clip today and I love the idea. Artists really do see the world in a different way, this is so clever.

There's No Place Like Home

I made these pages for a circle journal with a home theme. My house is my favorite place to be in the world. I love to travel, but there is nothing like coming back to my own home and sleeping in my own bed. I like how this turned out, I might have to make something similar for me to keep. I love working in circle journals, and doing swaps. I like the challenge of a theme, and usually end up doing something I'd never have come up with on my own. I'm a bit bummed this CJ project is over, but it also means that I get my journal back next month!

Lucky Me

I am a bit Irish, about 1/4, my paternal Grandmother came to America in 1913. So, I tend to make something for St. Patrick's Day, and this is what I came up with this year. The scan of the ATC is a bit blurry due to the thickness of the flowers, but you get the idea. I already know what I want to send next year- I found a rubber stamp of a prayer that my grandmother had hanging on the wall. I remember it was right inside the door, embroidered and framed. It said: May those who love us, love us; and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.

I have an extra one of these- since I've been absent soooo long, the first person who wants the extra card- leave a comment saying so. It's up for grabs :)

It's ALIVE!!!!!

I'm so very lazy, and I have ignored this blog... I've ignored it so much that I cannot even claim that school is keeping it from me. I'm lazy folks. Lazy. It made me think of this Shel Silverstein poem that I loved as a kid. In case you can't read the text it says: Lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy Jane. She wants a drink of water so she waits and waits and waits and waits and waits for it to rain. It still suits me today, I guess some things never change! :)

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North   You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
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Philadelphia
The South
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Boston
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A cute little survey I saw on Tracy's blog and had to try out for myself. It' has me pegged!!!

Dymphie's ATC Challenge

Dymphie posted a challenge on her blog to use this cool picture of the old car. The challenge ran through November first, and although I was a little late finishing I thought I'd post it anyhow! :) The policeman is from a picture I found on the web and saved to my computer.

Backgrounds

A few backgrounds I made today with distress inks. Really fun, These are actually posted in reverse order- the top one being the last one I made as the ink was running out. :) The colors are Broken China, Dusty Concord, Worn Lipstick. Smeared on a craft sheet and sprayed with water, then soaked up with paper. I saw this link on Dymphie's Blog and gave it a try.