Theme: PERFECT PARTNERS So who else but Fred and Ginger! I love this rubber stamp. Thank you so much Lorian Baker!
My fairy ATC's are finally flying out over the big water to Germany. Stay tuned for the revealing soon!
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!
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.
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....
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.
The folding to get it to fit inside the sleve...
My BLACK&WHITE Photo ATC...
My Vintage Sewing 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...
Here are all of our Valentine's ATC's grouped together in colors...
Stefanie's wonderful candies she collected to send to my heart....
Stefanie's Valentine ATC's...all vintage and perfect!
Stefanie's treasures wrapped with love in pink!
Anja's wonderful little album held all of her ATC's...now I had to go and get a label maker I was so inspired by her design!
Anja's Valentine ATC's look so lovely nested into my African violet plants...their colors match her cards...
Anja sent such sweet treasures along...an altered tin with sweet red rose petals inside. 
Birgit captured the spirit of Valentine's day with her stunning ATC's...
Birgit delighted the little man in my house with her thoughtful gift of Brause...a fizzy drink mix we used to love to dip our fingers into!
Birgit collected a treasure chest full of candies to send to my homesick heart...oh those teas are yummy! Marzipan hearts...I almost fainted they were so good!
No season delights me more than the season of LOVE in February...thank you my three dearest friends for wrapping me up in LOVE from the homeland...
I love the color combinations in Lorianna's wonderful Mad Hatter's Tea Party hat card. How creative and perfect for spring...And don't you know how mad I am about my handsome man who looks purrrrfect in his top hat in the Mad Hatters Hat Shop in Leavenworth.
Then I was inspired to design these four ATC's for my dear friends in Germany!
Blue and silver color theme
Purple and gold
Red and white..............Pink and creme
All the wonderful packages have arrived from Germany and I am having the most fun with all the beautiful Valentine ATC's and little treasure that were included in the envelopes. I can't wait to show you everything next post!!
Linda Blackbird has a weak spot for diamonds...
The backs of Linda's ATC's are works of art in themselves...
I love her 'Back When I Was A Kid' ATC and the story she shared about her precious mother's life...please click the photo to enlarge and read it...
'Down the Garden Path' themed ATC's from Linda Blackbird and Kendall Fegley (left)
'As Seen On TV?'
Camille Sahm made this clever Give Blood ATC...a good idea if it doesn't hurt.
