Snow King and Snow Queen ATC's

Hand drawn with sharpie pen, colored with Prismacolor pencils and Bic permanent markers.

Gustav Klimt Tall Cards

Open media swap using the style of Gustav Klimt.

I used photos of women in white dresses and put them on a lightly patterned scrapbook paper background.  I used Bic permanent marker to add designs to the dresses and background.  These tall cards measured 2.5" x 5".

Hand Drawn Bird ATC's

I used Sharpie pen to draw with and colored with Prismacolor  pencils.

Sunflowers ATC's

I drew with sharpie pen and colored with Bic permanent markers.

Little Houses - ATC's

For this swap the ATC's had to be shaped like houses.  This was an open media swap, artist's choice.

I decided to do the houses on the left hand side using patterned scrapbook papers, washi tape, Sharpie pen and Bic permanent markers.  For the houses on the right I used a peeled paint technique on watercolor paper for the background, washi tape, vintage images, pieces of ephemera and some mini staples.

TP Owls

Altered toilet paper rolls - swap at ATC's for All forum, open media. I used acrylic paint and paint markers for detailing and design work.

 front                                   back

 front                                       side

 front                                side

 front                           back

front                                  side

front                         side

Advent Envelope Calendar

This was created for a swap with swap-bot.  I made envelopes out of scrapbook paper and found the numbers in one of my Christmas paper packs.  Inside each envelope was a small surprise - stickers, gift tags, foam scatter like glittery stockings, miniature ornaments, and rubber stamps.

 I stung my envelope on a ribbon with mini wooden pinch style clothespins.

I found this cute cardboard box at the dollar store and packed the calendar inside for mailing.  

(The post master loved it.)

"E" Rolodex Card

 front of card

back of card

For this rolodex card I used patterned papers, cardstock, vintage images, washi tape, and chipboard letters. 

Christmas Junk Journal - Part 6

For my Christmas Junk Journal I used cereal box cardboard for the base of my pages.  I used the pages of an old dictionary to cover each page.  I cut up several old file folders to use in the book and used the scraps from the folders to create flip up tabs.  I took old wallpaper sample books and used my sewing machine to sew around the edges to create more pages.

Layout 12

Patterned paper, die cut border, security envelope with journaling papers, wallpaper page, and stickers - dimensional and pop up.

 layout 12 - envelope to the left

 layout 13

Wallpaper page, die cut borders, pop up stickers, file folder and patterned papers.

 layout 13 - file folder open

Patterned papers and more stickers.

Back cover

Christmas Junk Journal - Part 5

For my Christmas Junk Journal I used cereal box cardboard for the base of my pages.  I used the pages of an old dictionary to cover each page.  I cut up several old file folders to use in the book and used the scraps from the folders to create flip up tabs.  I took old wallpaper sample books and used my sewing machine to sew around the edges to create more pages.

 Layout 10

Patterned paper, file folder scrap flip up tab, die cut borders, wallpaper page, and pop up stickers.

 Layout 10 - flip up tab open

Layout 11

 Wallpaper page, die cut borders, resin sticker, file folder, and patterned paper.

Layout 11

File folder open - patterned papers and stickers.

Christmas Junk Journal - Part 4

For my Christmas Junk Journal I used cereal box cardboard for the base of my pages.  I used the pages of an old dictionary to cover each page.  I cut up several old file folders to use in the book and used the scraps from the folders to create flip up tabs.  I took old wallpaper sample books and used my sewing machine to sew around the edges to create more pages.

layout 7

Wallpaper page on the left, border die cut sticker, and pop up sticker.  Old folded brochure page covered with dictionary pages, then patterned papers.

 layout 7 - folded page on right open

 Layout 8

Patterned paper, security envelope with journaling papers inside, wallpaper page, die cut border sticker, and pop up sitckers.

 Layout 8 - envelope flipped over to the left

 layout 9

Wallpaper page, die cut border, pop up sticker, patterned paper, resin sticker and an old pocket folder I cut down to fit the page.

Layout 9

Pocket folder opened, patterned papers, and manila shipping tags with die cut borders.