ATCs Received: Roy G. Biv

Yup, apparently I do have a five picture limit. Okay, we will work with it. These fab ATCs are made by Carolyn in Silverdale, WA!! She said these are some of her favorite cards she's ever made and she found it hard to part with them! I told her I'd give them a very good home. They are happy :) ~ I love that she put a little pointy HAT on each lady, except for one, who's regal enough to be wearing a CROWN! I love love love them! They are still on page one in my binder! Next post: of course, Carolyn's indigo & violet cards!

Indigo & Violet complete the rainbow!

The rest of my rainbow. The indigo one says 'Remember' - it's a little hard to read since it's black ink on the very dark blue. I really like these and can't even choose a favorite! Next post will be the rainbow cards I received~!!

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!

Received: Cash Register Receipt ATCs

#1 made by Patti in Oregon. I love how she cut the image in three pieces!

#2 made by Candy in Oregon. This whole card is just very cute!

#3 made by Debbie, also from Oregon. I like how she stamped right on the receipt!

These were all received in July 2008.

Cash Register Receipt Artist Trading Cards

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

It's all about the PURPLE!

The theme was "Purple" and how cute are these?!?




Made by Ria in New Mexico!!

Wings

I joined a swap a bit ago that had the theme "Things with Wings". I used this adorable little cherub of a girl who is riding on a stork! I know, it's hard to see what the heck she is sitting on, and even harder to see its 'wings' but they are there. Made by me, August 2008.

"August Sender's Choice"

"Altered Text" ATC made by Jenny! (agonysdecay) in Fresno, CA. I've attempted altered text and found my results to be just disasterous! I hated every phrase or line I came up with. Need more practice (or need better book pages)! I like the screaming woman stamp Jenny used here, she says it's one of her favorites. Jenny has a very successful ETSY shop that's deliciously goth & spooky, you should check it out!



"Happiness - Flowers" ATC was made by camkin, from Forestville, MD. I think it's muted colors are pretty and the overall design is soothing. Love the brads as flower centers!

That's it for now, just a quickie - I'm not feeling all that great today.

~Cindy
Wednesday afternoon

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"

When I was 23

So I mentioned to Noelle that I had my journal open and was trying to think of something to write about. She says to write about a memory from when I was her age.

I said hmmmm...When I was your age, I was drunk.

I was out of college and working a full-time job, dating, hanging out with friends - but most nights were spent out drinking. Drinking, dancing, eating every meal out, spending all of my money. I saved absolutely nothing. I thought my life was great, except for the fact that one of my best friends had been killed in a car crash, which totally broke my heart. I had cheated on my long time boyfriend, too, and he dumped me, so I was out doing - let's just say - whatever I felt like doing.

Looking back on those days, I would do so many things differently. So many things, I couldn't begin to list them all. Just imagine a list like that~! There are some things that are so humiliating that I don't think I could even write them on a paper and see them with my own eyes. Yikes.

Well, there you go. When I was 23 ~ ~ eeeek.

The (rather long) Meme

A (rather long) meme I found out on the interwebs for your enjoyment! A learning experience...play along if you want to!

The 'Last' Meme

last cigarette: Last official day of smoking: my quit date, June 25, 2000. Last cig I bummed & smoked: one afternoon about 4-1/2 years ago, sitting on my front porch watching my eldest stepson being taken away in handcuffs by the police.

last car ride: Just this morning at 7:20, zoomed my kid to his bus stop; the bus was coming up the road with it's yellow flashers already on!

last good cry: Good cry...can't remember my last sad, messy, let-it-all-out cry. I'm quite sure it was in the shower. That said, I was a tearful mess at the end of last week's (so good!) episode of LOST. Desmond & Penny, ahhhgh!

last library book checked out: Starcross, by Philip Reeve. I won't read it, though, because I discovered that I don't care for the 1st book in the series, Larklight. Last books I checked out that I LOVED: Magyk, Flyte, & Physik by Angie Sage. And the 4th, Queste, will be out soon.

last movie seen: Stargate. And the day before that, The Spiderwick Chronicles, at the theater. The night before that, Stardust. Do I see a star pattern here?

last cuss word uttered: Probably shit. Sometimes I just mutter it under my breath.

last beverage drank: Orange juice

last food consumed: Eggs & toast

last crush: Last...meaning it's over? Brad Pitt. I know! but I'm pretty much done.

last phone call: my son's school guidance counselor, to tell me she chatted with him today, and all is well. She is very nice.

last tv show watched: A rerun of Gene Simmons Family Jewels, late last night on A&E. Love them, can't wait for the new season!

last time showered: Yesterday afternoon, after I cleaned the fish tank.

last shoes worn: My old, beat, brown clogs

last cd played: Evanescence 'The Open Door', yesterday afternoon while cleaning the fish tank!

last item bought: Medicine

last downloaded: A new picture & audio clip of Sophie off the cell phone.

last annoyance: One of the cats using the living room rug as her scratching post. This is a daily annoyance!

last disappointment: When I sent my kid off onto the school bus, forgetting to give him kleenex for his pocket, knowing he has an awful runny nose. Bad mother, I felt horrible for half an hour!

last soda drank: Pepsi, yesterday

last thing written: A quote about Peace

last key used: Car key

last word spoken: "Bye" (End of phone conversation) I'm home alone!

last sleep: Around midnight to 6 am when the lovely/awful alarm started to sing.

last im: Had to be my mother. Last night sometime.

last weird encounter: Last night, seeing someone for the first time in over a year. Very awkward & I was quite uncomfortable.

last ice cream eaten: Vanilla with sprinkles.

last time amused: A few days ago, watching son play Guitar Hero.

last time hugged: Last night at bedtime.

last time scolded: Oh, I don't know. I'm sure it was in the last few days, over something I forgot to do.

last time resentful: Today. Yesterday. The day before. For the last several years...

last chair sat in: My comfy computer chair.

last lipstick used: Brand new Loreal I bought recently. Turns out it's the exact same shade as my natural lip color.

last time dancing: Last fall at a teenager's birthday party.

last poster looked at: A framed poster that says READ and has cats on it.

last webpage visited: RFamily Vacations, because they sent me an email about a summer cruise. Like I could ever afford a summer cruise.

well hot diggity, doesn't this blog get a ton of action?!?

Just finished telling Aunt Nub how bored I am with myself, and decided to come here and count the crickets. So empty in here, even the crickets are gone.

I don't know my way around here, never experimented. Have nothing in my sidebar, don't know how to put in a photo...or graphic - although I could try if I gave a fart!

Oh! Well, there it is. Groovy!

Now, what in the hell is a widget? and a blogroll? and what's a label used for? And should I even care? Nobody will come here!