more ATC's

Yet another attempt at the peeled paint process... I think I am improving.


This was one I did just for fun:

More Peeled Paint

Here's my second attempt at this peeled paint technique:

I think that my next try will be even better as I am learning how to layer the peeling colors.

Two New Techniques

Tonight, I tried a couple of new techniques... this first one is peeled paint:

(The card is a little odd, but it was just for practice.)

This second card is one of my favorites! I love the way it turned out. This is a transfer ink method where I used a solution to transfer a printed image to my paper (the eyes in the background):

(The colors didn't scan quite right... this card is more lavender-ish.)

Post Secrets Swap

This swap is based on the Post Secrets phenomenon: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/




(I love you, Amy, and I am so proud of your accomplishment!)








(disclaimer: the manager is a friend of mine and he lets me do this =)

Art Forms in Nature Swap

Written in Early Spring

I heard a thousand blended notes
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What Man has made of Man.

Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower,
The periwinkle trail’d its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopp'd and play'd,
Their thoughts I cannot measure,—
But the least motion which they made
It seem'd a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What Man has made of Man?

William Wordsworth














(All the words and shading on the front of the cards are metallic silver... some just turned out black in the scanner.)