Flamingos

This is the 'F' ATC I received from Carol for the Altered Papers Alphabet ATC swap.

'F for Flamingo'.

'G' is next, mine is on it's way to Edilza.

Envelopes and Flowers

'F' for flowers ATC made for Carol(no blog) in The Altered Papers Alphabet ATC swap.

This was my first attempt at Paper Tole, fiddly but fun!

This is the E ATC I received from Laura - E for envelope, isn't it sweet!

Thank you Laura

Altered Art Swaps Keep Coming

This week I received two parcels, one from Ana for The Altered Papers Alphabet ATC swap, Letter D and the other from Diane for the Once a Month Tag Swap 'Christmas'.

Diane's tag has the cutest snowman on it, he looks vintage, love him! Thank-you Diane

I love Ana's packaging

And the ATC 'D for doll' is very clever

Plus Ana sent me some fantastic papers and a feather for future projects!

Thank-you Ana!

D for Dressform ATC

Here's my latest creation for The Altered Paper's ATC Alphabet swap

D for Dressform, made for Ana @ Scrap da Ana Caldatto
I used a chipboard precut dressform and made the stand from wire.

Letter C ATC

This is the Letter C ATC I made for Joanna @ Gracious Rabbit Bones in a monthly swap hosted by Tee @ The Altered Paper

Letter C ATC

ATC, TAG AND FLOWERS

I haven't dissappeared yet, Uni has been taking most of my craft time but it's nearly all behind me now. The last lecture is complete and only 2 assignments to go and I am done...Yippee!

I have squeezed in a little papercraft and even a bit of stitching but I can't show you the ATC and tag I made as my camera has been taken away to the west coast gggrr. I did however get some snaps of what I received....

ATC extra A

Tee from The Altered Paper asked if I could make another 'A' ATC for a new gal who wanted to join the monthly alphabet ATC swap. This is the card I created except just before I posted it I added the word 'wings' under angel

This went to Kamali (no blog) , I'll show you next time the gorgeous card Kamali made for me.

It's absolutely freezing in Tassie tonight, i wouldn't be surprised to see snow in our backyard in the morning. Perfect weather for locking myself away with my computer to do a uni assignment which is due next week, so no distractions please, don't go posting beautiful pictures, I need to focus!

....and even more altered goodies!

In an earlier post I mentioned I had joined The Altered Paper's Tag a Month Swap, my tag made for me by Mercedes @ All Things Pretty arrived and it's gorgeous.

The Theme was bathing beauties and I love Mercedes take on the theme, if you look closely there is a crab pinching the girls bottom! 

Her package also included other ephemera, some that I don't think I could ever cut into they're so pretty! 

Thank you Mercedes!

Mercedes creates many beautiful things and I spent ages on her blog looking at all the eye candy.

For those of you who are asking what I do with my tags and ATC's, some are just hanging around the place, some of my ATC collection are in folder sleeves, the kind that sportscards fit into and some are in boxes. They're a good size little project to work on and be creative.

If you're interested in monthly tag swaps just pop over to Tee's blog @ The Altered Paper and if you join in you could win a monthly prize like this one that I received for August. 6"x6" paper pad full of the prettiest papers and some of Tee's handmade goodies.

Thanks Tee!

More ATC Swapping

My partner in the The Altered Paper's Face Only ATC Swap was Olivia @ Olivia's Creative Quest. Here's the lovely card she created for me...

Olivia also included some extra pieces for crafting with and a gorgeous handmade thank-you card....

.... with the cutest little stamp on the back

Thank you Olivia for being a lovely swap partner.

And I have to mention another angel in my life and that's Kerri, she's so generous, look at the gorgeous bundle she sent for my birthday last month.

Kerri and I were introduced by blogging, what a wonderful tool this is for creating friendships.

Thank-you Kez!! Love ya lots!

Angels

This post is about angels, there's the angels we create.....

This is the ATC I've created for Amy @ The Crafty Book Nerd in the Alphabet ATC swap, I love that she's also holding an apple.

There's angels whose style and creativity we admire and whose blogs we follow like Lisa @ Olive Grove Primitives.

Lisa owns a bricks and mortar shop called Inn Country on the northside of Brisbane, far far away from me so the best place to look inside her shop is through facebook here or the Inn Country blog. I went window shopping and a few emails later this sweet little cage is in my house. Fabulous customer service and I also received the rose and the most divine wax melt!

 I'm going to make a little birdy to sit inside on a little swing!

...and then there's those angels we call our friends.

Fee is one of my angels, she's generous, warm, inspiring, thoughtful, caring, the list is endless.  I sometimes complain about issues in my life but they're so small in comparison to the challenges Fee and her family have faced over the last few years. Today Fee and  I managed to catch up at lunchtime and she gave me this birthday present, it's been a few weeks since we'd seen each other.

There's a lovely owl compendium, bunny pincushion kit and a lavendar sachet, oh and a little tube of hand cream that I left at work on my desk. Thank-you Fee, love you lots!

Those of you that know Fee, please say a prayer for her Mum tonight as she's recovering from major surgery.

Discover Yourself

This is not the post about the Alphabet ATC I made but about the Face Only ATC I made for Olivia @ Olivia's Creative Quest. I had forgotten to take a photo before I posted and Olivia has taken a lovely one in a beautiful setting so I can show you

I do enjoy working on these small scale projects. Each ATC is only 2 1/2" x 3 1/2 ".  

It's probably hard to tell from the photo but I made the flowers on her headband in 3D and added glossy accents to the beads, earrings, ribbon and those blue eyes to make them shine.

Tomorrow I WILL show you the Alphabet ATC I made for Amy.

The Joy of Sewing ATC

Remember this ATC card I recieved from Kimberly of Art Joy Stuff, weLl now I can reveal the card I made for her. The theme was "Joy of Sewing" and this was my interpretation...

...I even included a vintage Australian stamp, just to remind Kimberly of how far the card has travelled.

It's so much fun working on a small scale!

Please visit Art Joy Stuff to see the other terrific cards that Kimberly received.

Bad Blogger!

HHHmmm this isn't good blogging behaviour, more than two weeks since my last post. Well I have an excuse firstly I got very sick and spent a few days curled up in bed and I have been away the last few days. I visited my sister in Launceston. Of course a trip to north of the state must include a visit to Esmes and Calico Crossroads to catch up with stitching friends and see what's new. I bought a few things but my most special buy was some lovely new black boots and no they're not from a patchwork shop... they're so comfy!

Now the trip to my sister's had to include some crafty time and she wanted to learn how to make an art canvas, here's the results, this one is mine, it's called "If I Could Fly"

This one is my sisters, it's called "Dare to be Different"

We had lots of fun creating these and getting our hands dirty.

While I was away this ATC from Kimberly arrived, the theme for this swap was Sewing.

Thank-you Kimberly!

Kimberly hasn't received mine yet so I can't show you a photo, it must almost be there by now.

Also on my doorstep arrived a little box of chockies from my friend Rosie, Thank-you Rosie! (my hubby only ate one!)

Vintage Lace

Following on from the previous post about ATC swapping, Art Joy Stuff's swap arrived safely on my doorstep. I love how Kimberly presents things and I love those Marvel character stamps!

and here's Kimberly's Vintage Lace creation

"Live Life" is a great motto and one we should all live by!

Thank-you Kimberly, this has been a great swap, I enjoyed thinking on a small scale.

ATC swapping

Please bloghop your way to Art Joy Stuff to see the Vintage Lace ATC I made for Kimberly in her Tuesday Trading Card Swap. This was a fun challenge to do on a small scale and I hope to participate in a few more.