Purple swap

The July swap for A Swap for All Seasons, was to "Share a Smile" and purple. Here is what I sent to my partner, Joyce:

The card and tag:

 I liked the bright colors, the tag says "Thanks for being you". The front of the card is a person standing behind a bunch of desserts, inside it says "Remember, stressed spelled backwards is desserts".
And my destash:

 papers, some purple fiber, the envelope at the bottom is filled with purple butterfly punches, a tiny purple notebook,

 fabrics, some clip art pieces, misc pieces,

buttons and beads. I also wrapped it all up in some purple fabric.
Joyce said I spoiled her with destash. I admit I do go a little overboard with the destash, I just love sending it to someone else, plus I'm trying to downsize, so this helps.

My partner sending to me was Jayne, but I'm still waiting on her package. I emailed her last week, but still haven't heard anything back from her.

True Blue Sweetheart Returns

Last week, I received my returns for the True Blue Sweetheart swap. I had forgotten about it, so when I saw the envelope in my mailbox, I wasn't sure what it was. When I opened it, I found this nicely wrapped package inside:

And inside that package were these packages:

And inside those, the cards:

This one is from Kelly:

This one is from Sylvia:

And this one is from Michelle:

Thank you ladies for the beautiful cards and thank you Kimberly for hosting.. If you want to see what I send, go here.

My birthday is next Wednesday, I'm going to be turning 31. I meant to post this earlier, but I'm asking people if they would help me with a card shower. A card shower is where lots of people send me cards for my birthday. If you'd like to help, just leave me a comment.

True Blue Sweetheart Swap

I joined ArtJoyStuff's True Blue Sweetheart swap and finally put something together and sent it off last week.

 It took me forever to figure out what to make, everytime I put something together it didn't look right. I started out with a blue background and added some vintage pictures. I thought they all kinda looked like they were in love. I had everything laid out on the background, and it just didn't look blue enough, so I pulled out some blue vellum and adjusted my layering. The trim at the bottom is vintage.

And, since I've noticed some people package their cards so beautifully, I thought I'd try out some packaging.

I took some blue sparkly mesh and sewed it into a pocket. I learned mesh is not the easiest to sew. I don't usually use a sewing machine, but I figured it'd be a better pocket if I did, and I had a hard time sewing a straight line.

 

I can't wait to see what I get in return.

June Black/Grey Swap

So last month's theme for A Swap for All Seasons was Guy and black/grey. My partner sending to me was Elizabeth, she was really on the ball and got her package out early, I received it May 16th. Here's what I saw when I opened the package:

 I love how she packaged everything, it's so cute. And here's what was in the packages:

 some tool images, buttons, washi tape, trim, tiny bags, tags and some flowers. Here are the tag and card she sent me:

 Very cute! She said she didn't have a lot of guy stuff, but I love what she came up with.

I don't do much guy crafting either, but I found a lot of cowboy stuff in my craft stash, so I ran with it. My partner to send to was Pam, here's what I sent her:

Like I said, I ran with the cowboy theme. The tag, I used a paint chip for the background, and I found this picture of the two weightlifters and added that, along with some guy colored ribbon.

I found the stamped pocket and thought it would be a great idea to make a card kinda like a pair of pants with the pocket as a real pocket. I used the cowboy hat, cowboy and cowboy boots charm to make an ATC to put in the pocket. The "Stud" is from a playing card. I really liked how this card turned out.
Here's what I sent for destash:

Some vintage car stickers, a bunch of black tiny folders, some black and white fabric, some beads, some punches, a vintage photo,

Another pocket, some "guy" book pages and a black and white canvas frame.

 

This month's theme is Purple, Send a smile, there's still some time if you want to sign up, just click here.

 

If you're interested in getting some artwork from me, go here.

It's a party

I am joining in on the Pay It Forward Art-making Project for 2014. I tried to do this last year, but it didn't work out so well, let's hope it does better this year. This year I signed up through kluless.

What I will do:   Make a small work of art for the first five people who comment on this post and say "YES, I want in!"  

What you will do:  Swap a piece of art with me, post the rules on your blog or any other social media AND make something for the first five who comment on YOUR post...you in return will get 5 pieces of original art.

The rules are simple:

– It has to be your work, made by you, and the recipient must receive it before 2014 ends.

- Doesn't matter where you live in the world. 

- Copy & Paste this as your latest entry on your favorite social website (your blog is fine).

– It can be anything art-based: a drawing/illustration, a photograph, digital, jewelry, a knitted item, cross-stitch, paper maché – or anything in-between.

- It doesn't matter if you aren't an artist...the sky's the limit...

Okay - who is in??

no such luck. I need music, pop, comfort food and surprises in the mail

May White Swap

I joined up with Linda at A Swap for All Seasons again, this month the theme was weddings and white. I sent my package to Marti of Artful Curiosities, here's what I made:

I had a hard time with this one, I don't have a lot of wedding stuff. I did find the cute vintage picture, I thought the background paper was very cute.
And here's my destash:

the two bigger photos, I scanned and printed out. The large one is a tintype I bought for $3, I thought it was great, I'd love to print it on photo paper sometime. The round one, was in a frame, and when enlarged came out as kinda blurry, I hope Marti doesn't mind. Here's some more I sent her:

Some shiny fabric, a couple wedding/love pieces, some ribbon, pearly trim, gem trim, some pearl pieces, tiny doves, two white hearts, a couple flowers.

Francie from The Scented Cottage sent to me:

There's a cute lavender sachet there, a vintage hanky and some flowers along with the card and tag she made for me.

some pictures, heart doilies, some more flowers, pearls, and a few buttons.