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Here are some book pages for my local swap with two friends. First, two Paris pages for Renee:
This is the front of the page. Renee's favorite color is pink. Here is the back page:
On both sides, I used a lot of rubber stamps and rubons, too, along with some washi tape.
Here are the two Halloween pages for Maureen.
The front:
And, the back:
Pretty spooky, if I do say so myself. I had a lot of ArtChix Studio items that I used on these pages. I am not a fan of Halloween, but Maureen is, in a big way. She always has her house, yard and barn decked out for the whole month and culminates it with a huge Halloween bash every year.
For the Paper Traders Yahoo group monthly lottery, I made this ATC:
Sprayed with Dylusions ink, sponged through a stencil and then stamped. If I am lucky, I may win some fabulous ATC's from the other gals this month.
Have a great day!
This month, Magenta sponsored an ATC swap. We were given a swap partner and were to make four ATC's using Magenta stamps to send to our partner. Here are the ones I sent to Mariette in The Netherlands:
I used several different stamps on each ATC. Most of them were older stamps but I did use a few new stamps that I recently won from Magenta. I enjoyed making these very much and hope there will be more swaps in the future.
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The Paper Traders Yahoo group had a swap your stuff swap, one on one. I received a great assortment of things from Krisha in California. We were to make two ATC's with some of the items we received and send back to our partner. Here are the two I made for Krisha:
The background paper, images and black sparkly ribbon were sent by Krisha. I added some rubber stamping, orange and black gems and some orange glitter glue. She has let me know that she received these, so I am posting them now. I will post the ones she sends to me when they arrive.
Each month the Paper Traders Yahoo group sponsors an ATC lottery. Submit an ATC and one person from those who submitted will win all of the cards for that month. Here is mine for September:
I decided to do a Halloween one. Most of the images were cut from ArtChix Studio collage sheets or faux postage sheets. I cut the numbers with a Memory Box die. The tiny hat on the crow was cut from orange paper and Stickles glitter was added in some places.
Enjoy your day!
The Paper Traders Yahoo group sponsored a one for one manila envelope journal swap. My partner is Lillian in Canada. Here is the journal I sent to her:
I used gesso to cover the whole envelope and then added some torn paper strips and pieces of doilies to add texture. Then I used paints, inks, stencils, bubble wrap and rubber stamps randomly until I liked the results.
Here is the inside front cover:
And the inside back cover:
And the back:
Vintage seam binding was tied around the whole journal - a generous length to allow for expansion. Five sheets of Bristol board paper were folded in half to make the signature which was sewn into the cover with waxed thread.
Since this is the first ever journal I have made in this fashion, it was an interesting process and one that I will do again sometime.
If you are interested in joining the Paper Traders Yahoo group, click on the button on my sidebar to learn more.
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Hello! Inspiration Avenue sponsored an altered postcard swap and I just finished mine. We were to use actual postcards, old or new, to alter in any way we wanted. Here are mine:
I will be sending these three postcards to three separate people and I will received three back from three other people. Can't wait to see them!
Here is a photo of the backs, which we were to alter also.
I really had fun doing these and like the way they turned out. The beach scene is my favorite one!
Have a great day!
The theme for this 6-for-6 ATC swap is "Wings & Things".
I decided to use a butterfly with this clipart image to, in a subtle way, reference the metamorphosis of a blossoming young lady transitioning into womanhood. The background was made by misting water over an ATC cut from watercolor paper. Then I brushed distress inks over the paper until I was happy with the blended colors. After the inks had dried, I used a Magenta crackle stamp to add some more texture to the background. Strips of text were torn from an old book (1925), distressed along the edges and added to the bottom. The images were also distressed with ink before adhering them. A Martha Stewart punch was used for the butterflies. Two tiny gems were added to each of them. The words were computer generated.
It will be fun to receive some more tiny ATC treasures in my mailbox!
