VINTAGE SEWING and BLACK & WHITE PHOTO ATC SWAP...

This fun ATC swap was with my dearest friends from Germany Stefanie, Anja and Birgit...

Below is Stefanie's B&W Photo ATC.

This is Stefanie's Vintage Sewing ATC
with such a pretty needle folder!

Below are Anja's B&W photo and her Vintage Sewing ATC...Ohhhh La La... this is my VINTAGE SEWING ATC below that sent to them... I love how my B&W Photo ATC turned out...it is hard to stamp with photo image style stamps...but it finally turned out purrrrfect.

B&W Photo ATC from Birgit...

Birgit's Vintage Sewing ATC...This was a fun and creative challenge...thank you all so much for the ideas.

GREEN & SPRINGTIME ATC SWAP WITH MWS...

What speaks "SPRINGTIME" theme ATC swap with MWS
What is "GREEN" in color theme ATC swap with MWS...

Love this amazing fun layout ATC!

DELIGHTFUL CREATIVE THIS AND THAT

I just love this brass card tree I found at Goodwill for one dollar!! Rocks I painted at church retreat...

Love my new Michie handbag!

I can display my favorite ATC's in the pocket!

odd color theme Mingle ATC swap with MWS...I chose orange and purple

Tape transfer technique doggie face ATC I made for Lorian Baker...

Tape transfer ATC I got from Lorraine Layne...love this idea so much!!!

Beautiful iris folded anniversary card with a beloved lighthouse from my dear friend Anita Butler...we were married in a lighthouse and she remembers how I love them...

This is my FAVORITE cute ATC I got from Lorian Baker! I just love this eyelet wheels!

Twisted Sisters ATC club...theme comfort food

Love this simple and elegant couple ATC ready for a formal night on the town...

Pipe cleaner calico kitty pin I made for a special dear friend...

A peachy keen Easter card from Princess Dilly and her mommy...I love how Helena always puts my sweet Miss Peach's likeness on her amazing cards!

Well I hope you enjoyed my smoorgasboard of this and that...ART is what you make it!

MWS HOSTESS IMAGE CARD CHALLENGE

The curious case of the fainting lady...OR...I like to think of the lady in the image as a blissful dreamer. I have placed her in stamped scenes that I think she would feel comfortable in. This card swap was a challenge from Hostess Lorian Baker of MWS. I can not wait to see my returned cards to find out more about her adventures....

TWISTED SISTER ATC CLUB FUN..

Theme: YOU WEAR IT WELL A lovely mink coat...every womans dream at one time or another in her life. This ATC is stunning in its composition. It has just the right amount of blingy glitz dancing over the snowflakes...makes me long for winter. Theme: PERFECT PARTNERS So who else but Fred and Ginger! I love this rubber stamp. Thank you so much Lorian Baker!

Akiane Kramarik - Art - Inspired by GOD

FAIRY ATC SWAP...

My fairy ATC's are finally flying out over the big water to Germany. Stay tuned for the revealing soon!

ALPHABET TECHNIQUE ATC SWAP with MWS

The newest challenge ATC swap I am in with MWS is a technique according to a letter of the alphabet. You can click and enlarge the pictures to see the letter stamped on the ATC. See if you can guess the technique! The last one is letter E hidden by the vellum. This will go on all year until the ABC's are complete... Thank you Lorian Baker for Hosting such a fun swap!

APRIL MINGLE ATC SWAP

This month the theme was circles. Spring is here and when it is not too windy the bees are buzzing around in circles over the flowers....I hope my partner likes my creation.

MWS BACKGROUND AND EMBELLISHMENTS CARD SWAP

These are the autumn flavored cards I recieved back with the backgrounds and embellishments I sent in for this MWS swap. Clever and creative...now I look forward to autumn even more since it is my favorite season each year....

HOPE & COMFORT FOOD by LINDA BLACKBIRD

This ATC layout shows Linda Blackbird's comfort food ATC...cheese toast from cows and grain....very clever! Her HOPE is that a cure for cancer will be found. A touching and creative way to express this powerful statement. Thank you Linda...

TWISTED SISTER ATC Theme COMFORT FOOD

The theme for this ATC exchange was comfort food. Not just the food, but also where you might eat this food. So for my ATC I stamped a bee hive and embossed it in gold to look like honey was dripping out of it. As a child in Germany, my Oma's neighbor keep bees in his yard. When we used to walk our dog passed his house, he would invite us in. If he was working with the bee hives during honey harvest, we always went home with a jar of golden goodness for our breakfast rolls. I can close my eyes and still remember the sweet smell of honey surrounded by smoky overtones to keep the bees confused...memories are a good thing. My grandson Cole love to have honey in his afternoon tea...he always asks for a spoonful just to pop into his mouth! Honey is the only food that will never spoil...they found some in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians.

FAIRIES< VINTAGE SEWING and BLACK&WHITE PHOTO ATC

I made my FAIRY ATC into a little stage so it can stand on it's own. It has sides and a little overhang. The fairy is removable so you can try to se the MAGIC EYE image behind her. It is not easy to see it....not everyone can. You must focus your eyes on the image and hope that through the magic of believing in faires it will allow you to fall inside the layers of depth. I count at least four of them stacked up on top of one another like a stage set ready to change sceens between acts. The folding to get it to fit inside the sleve...

My BLACK&WHITE Photo ATC...

I love this stamp because the lady looks like my mother

and a kitty I used to have as a child at Oma's house in Bavaria.My Vintage Sewing ATC's

LORRAINES'S BUTTERFLY ATC'S

To welcome the renewal of spring, my friend Lorraine Layne sent me this trio of butterfly ATC's. There is so much detail to discover on each tiny card. The dry embossing, the punched border, the metal charm, the rolled paper butterfly (how enchanting is that!), the playing card as a back on one ATC and the black felt wing so perfectly created with scrolls...how ever did you do that Lorraine? Thank you for the beauty in there tiny masterpieces...

TWISTED COMFORT FOOD

My ATC Club The Twisted Sisters had the theme comfort food this quarter...Camille Sahm loves lamb chops, Suzanne Saupe loves cherries and Lorian Baker loves lobster, champagne, and chocolates served over lace by a white tie waiter...my kind of women to start off the year in a champagne glass!