The Colors of Fall

Hmm. Fall is about over here in New England. It feels more like Winter every day. The sky is bright some days, and on others it's a smoky white/grey.

It was nice enough yesterday to take a walk, although a chilly wind was blowing from time to time. With the way my hot flashes are behaving these days, it just cools me off!

Well, I just wanted to pop in and get that last post out of my sight. Don't really have the energy for a real update. Not much to say, anyway. Tired and busy these days. Quite busy.

"Colors of Fall" ATC made last month by little old me. I dig the owl!

Umbrella girl

It's been raining on and off here for 2 days. But it's not freezing, so it's okay. I can't blow my leaves to the curb for pickup, however. They are too soggy! And this year the leaves are EVERYWHERE! Bah.

I've been asked to have Brittany here overnight tonight. Her mother has to close at work, which I think is 2 a.m. I'm sure it will be fine. She's become very comfortable here with me and I enjoy her company. If I had a daughter, I would want her to be just like Britt.

"Umbrella Girl" ATC by Marsha of Stafford, TX. Sweet!

Bette Davis

Here's a scan of the black & white ATC I made. It was sent to my friend Liz, who hosted the swap over at Swap-bot. She's the creator of the group North East Creative Swappers. Black & white cards are somewhat of a challenge for me, but once I sit down and start playing, I come up with something!

ROY G. B...um...only five pics per post??

I may be nuts, but I can only post five .jpg files in this entry. Is there a limit? I don't know. I guess I'll go investigate! Anyway, here is part of my (Roy G. Biv) RAINBOW of ATCs I made a few weeks ago for Jenny in Fresno, CA! In the next post I'll show you the Indigo & Violet! What I think is really cool about these is - well, ok there are two cool things - the main images are printed from the computer onto thick cardstock weight VELLUM and then, to make them stand out without all the background showing thru, I WATERCOLORED with ink & a blender pen on white cardstock and mounted it behind the image. The colors show thru just a bit and the effect was exactly what I was going for! The other cool thing is the backgrounds themselves. I used black ink on them all to keep them cohesive, and just went a little nuts with stamps from 3 or 4 different sets - basically stamping collage all over with an old world paris-writing-postage stamp theme. These are some of my favorites! Thanks for looking!

Cash Register Receipt Artist Trading Cards

These receipt themed cards were made by me. Next post will be what I got in trade!

Sharing Art!

I have had this blog for almost 3 years now, and am a total failure at doing any serious writing here. Everything is changing; it's become ~ hopefully! ~ my new ART BLOG!

I've started scanning Artist Trading Cards from my collection (it will not be a speedy task!) to post here for sharing with you!

A little background ~ I joined Swap-bot a few years ago and discovered Artist Trading Cards. I made & traded a few, & I got totally hooked! ATC's are little gems, 3-1/2" x 2-1/2 " in size & made primarily from paper. Some talented folks create fabric cards, complete with machine sewing on them! However, there is no end to the sorts of embellishments you can use on them to make them special! Ink, markers, brads, eyelets, vellum, glitter, ribbon, embossing, old maps, pages from books ~ the possibilities are endless!

I plan to post things that I receive in swaps, and will give all due credit to the artist. When I make something new, I'll post it here also. I sometimes swap other items, but ATC's are my main focus right now. I am a paper crafting junkie!

These two cards were made by me in July 2008 for a swap themed "Newspaper ATC"