Something for Mary

Mary is a lady in my Paper Traders group who always manages to find great extras to use in altered art and collage work. She has an eBay store but offered some extras to our group members and has asked for an ATC in exchange. This is the card I made for her:



It's hard to tell from the scan, but the dragonfly and the letters on the background have a violet interference powder on them. I used VersaMark to stamp the background and I used a glue pad to stamp the dragonfly and then applied the PearlEx powder over all. The scrolls are rub-ons that I got from Archivers and I think they are awesome!

Something Green

Just another ATC... just for fun. I'm entering this one in the Paper Traders' September Winner-Take-All Lottery:

Haunted House Swap

I am hosting my first swap for my Paper Traders group. It's a haunted house theme, just in time for Halloween! Below are the four cards I made for the swap. I transferred the images from color photocopies onto old text (from a book published in 1884) using gel medium.


Old houses are inhabited by secrets of the past.


Old houses tell the stories of time and happenstance.


Old houses are not haunted by ghosts; but the spirit of those who once lived there still abides.


Old houses are not scary - the fear is only in you; have courage to discover its mystery.