Beaded ATC Swap

Hi, I am pretty excited. I love doing swaps with Katherine (dokis on PCMB Website). She always holds such fun swaps and everyone does fantastic work.

I think I have joined 4 or 5 of her swaps---one was for 4x4 collages, another one was vintage Valentine's....actually I cannot remember them all.

For her beaded swap---the only requirement was that there was beads on the atc. I did the flower lady with earrings....and it was so fun to see the variety.

Thanks again, Katherine!!! I will be looking out for more fun swaps to join. Maybe I will be on time one of these days.



PS....the self portrait swap isn't due until the end of June...so I am ahead on that one.

Self Portrait Swap

I joined a self portrait atc swap. :) I was under the false assumption that I could draw a picture of myself....LOL NOt to be. So instead I did a photo and made some changes in photoshop....it is easier to see in person than in the picture the changes.
She said we could a biography of ourselves...so instead of just doing it in the back...I made it into a little card.
Thanks for looking.

Shoe Toss

Hi,

Here are the ATC's that I am sending out for the PCMB Shoe Toss. I made 8 of them and they will be going out tomorrow. That is my last official swap that I am signed up for. YIKES.....all that is left to do is finish my cj's.....my goal is to do them by this weekend. (They look a little crooked...because I did black on black for the picture.)

Thanks for looking. Have a great day!!! Jennie

One Down!!!!

I won't even think of how many more to go. LOL A few! This was for a beaded ATC swap that I signed up for in February I think. I made one card then and just finished making earrings for it and doing the other 4 yesterday. It went into the mail this morning. Hopefully everyone likes them and they are worth being late.Thanks for looking!!!

My take on irony

I joined my friend Lori's Froggy ATC swap. We were supposed to take a frog and put him into a holiday. I decided to do Halloween...since that is her favorite holiday. Can you guess what the irony (or I guess...my joke)is???

TFL Jennie

What do you think????

Hi, I sometimes make jewelry (haven't made anything in a year) and sell it on eBay. Plus, I sell cards once in awhile. Do you think someone would buy something that was a combo like this ATC??? Thanks for your opinions. I really appreciate it.

I actually have made this one for a beaded ATC swap and I will probably do something similar for the Lady in the Hat Swap. Jennie

Stess & Relaxation

Hi....today has been a stressful day. I finally figured out my accounting. LOL It took me about a week and than about 3 hours to figure it out today. So I am a bit brain dead...as usual. After finishing my first section, I decided I would finish making ATC's for the SCS swap that I joined. It is due 4/1 but I figured I would finish it early.

My last two themes were Pieces of and Vintage Transportation. I wasn't quite sure what to do for either...but I had some collage paper and some vintage tags and decided to try to work them into my themes.

Plus in the process of all this...I lost half of my scallped rectangles..I know they have to be here somewhere...but where?? LOL Jennie

2 Down 2 To Go

Today, Sheld & I did lots of errands....and went to see Beowulf. I am glad we only spent a total of $3.00 to see it. It was pretty bad. Sorry if you like it.

After spending the day out, we came home and I started reading some of my library books....and then around 10 or so felt creative. So I started workinng on my first SCS swap.

I am pretty excited....I just joined my first (well actually 3 swaps) over at Split Coast Stampers. I am a bit nervous, but I hope everyone likes my work.

This first ATC is with the theme Circus.

This second ATC is with the theme Quilts. (Sheld doesn't think it looks like a quilt but I think it has the affect.)

Thanks for looking. Please leave me your opinion. The good, the bad, or the ugly. (I guess I am going to be Clint Eastwood tonight.) Have a great night. Jennie

A Whole lot of ATC's!

I joined an alphabet swap. I am not sure why I did it. LOL I loved the idea of seeing everyones ATC's...but wasn't looking forward to making 26.

Then on top of that I picked the letter T. There were tons of letters left at the time...and I have no idea why I picked this one. I first was going to do a time theme....with a cool collage background. But that lasted about 2 seconds.

Then I couldn't figure out what I was going to do. So when I went to HL the other day...they had CB embossing folders on sale. 30% off....I almost didn't see it...but they had the ty one there and to begin with it was $1.00 cheaper than the other ones.

So I bought that...then yesterday on SCS someone did a cool technique...and I asked her about it. She got it from someone else...Stamping Kub....and what it was doing...is inking the top part of the inside of the embossing folder...placing the paper in there...and embossing it.

I tried it....I like how it came out...very graphic and very messy. I have ink all over my leg...some on the cuttlebug that didn't come off...but it came off of the embossing folder with just a rinse. Next I used a SU stamp Thanks and dug through my letters and found that I had more than 26 T's...and used red/white paperclips to attach them.

Thanks for looking....I probably started on these around 11 last night and finshed at 1:30.

Jennie

Christmas TY's and swaps completed

I have been busy...staying up too late and crafting. I now need to spend some time sending it all out. LOL

Last night I made some quick TY cards. Jess sent me these cute penquins and I knew I had to use them. I need to make a couple more...but luckily for me I still have a couple.

Earlier in the day I completed my Happy Hearts ATC Swap. Yeah.....one more down. 7 more to go.

Christmas is over...

Well Christmas is over....so now what do I make? :) No more Christmas cards for awhile. I still have my New Years cards to finish and mail. However, I joined a bunch of swaps. Just don't let Sheldon know. LOL It is keeping me busy and semi out of trouble.


These calendar chick cards I made using SCS limited supply challenge. I think they turned out cute. They were supposed to be for a swap...however, I didn't pay close attention and I didn't sign up for any regular VD swaps. I signed up for an ATC swap and a 3x3 card swap. So I guess I will have to find some people to send these to.


This House Mouse card I made for the birthday swap that I joined. I also used SCS challenge LC156. It was a fun card to make...a little frustrating because I wanted to add ribbon at the bottom but the scallop was too big. I made 6 of these.

This last one, is an ATC (Artist Trading Card) that I made for a swap. It was supposed to be a shabby/grungy Valentine ATC. I thought this was kind of a fun layout and design. Since I am sending it to fellow crafters I liked the idea of it being funny and tongue in check instead of super mushy.

New Projects

I have been feeling pretty creative lately. :) Probably has something to do with wanting to procrastinate on school. But, I have been doing good so far this semester. Had my first test in Biology and made an A (with a 6 point curve). Been doing my workouts for Weight Training and Health & Fitness. So I am on track. Not only am I getting grades...but I am getting fit. I have done pretty good about keeping on track with my eating plan. Not perfect but a heck of a lot better than before.

So here are some projects I have made:

One I love the most....is this rendition of weedsgalore flower lady card. I put my spin on it. But overall everything is her idea. I just loved it and wanted to make the card.

Second is a card I made for Papercrafts contest...using products packaging. I used a sales tag from a stuffed animal. I think it is darling....and I have my oldy but goody Fat Cat Stamp.

Next, I made this fun Santa card. I used a pattern for a quilted tree runner in a Christmas decorating book.

Lastly, I have a few swap projects that I made.

Busy Night & Morning

Yesterday, Sheld and I went to a Gold Mine....(I will try to post some of the pics later.) We did this for my Geology class....EXTRA Credit. Geology is definitely not my strong point. I am in trouble since Sheldon is getting his degree in Geology.

When we came home...I decided to get busy and clean up my craft space. I found an over the door organizer and it is working great so far. (Less than 24 hours)

But, I have been creating...I made a little card for a friend and 2 sets of ATCs.