Make it with a map swap.

The only one I scanned. And didn't want to give up. Made it's way to Australia. For swapbot. AGAIN.

Dragonfly swap.

Dragonfly swap for swapbot again. Some were made with Crayola's "Color Explosions". I LOVE this stuff!

Punk rock Dotee doll

A swap for Swapbot http://www.swap-bot.com/.

Something new.

I thought I'd try my hand at Dotee dolls. This is my first try. I may or may not make more. This one gave me a headache.

For a private Swap-Bot swap.

Non-Paper ATC

For a Swapbot swap.

ATC had to be made out of anything but paper. I made them out of reclaimed leather (toss off scraps) and reclaimed "jewels" (pulled off of old clothing).

I bought the metal studs. Squares, tiger, and stars.

Shake it up swap

Shaker cards again. I LOVE making shaker cards! I can't scan them on the scanner so I had to shoot them with the digital camera. Sorry if they are fuzzy.

The tiny buttons (2 holed) and the black Celtic objects are shrink plastic. (Shrinky Dinks)

Butterfly swap~ Swap Bot

Did these for a Butterfly swap on Swap-bot. http://www.swap-bot.com/

The butterflies are stickers back to back with a metallic thread so they can "twirl" in the open part of the card. This was my first shot using the "hole" technique . I think I like it.

Cuppa Joe swap

The Stok ones are the packaging from some black coffee shots I got from Grocery outlet. All the Starbucks ones are made from stuff I swiped from their shop. I don't drink coffee so I went with the sole purpose of swiping stuff for the ATC swap. Some fliers a coffee sleeve and a "Coffee Passport" whatever the heck that is, but there were cool pictures to be had in it. One is an ad from the Tucson Weekly and another is a label off an instant coffee with Milk can. All but 2 of them were made at work between phone calls. And the Java Pop is actual coffee soda I picked up at Big Lots. It says it's Hazelnut but the stuff tasted like Halloween candy corn...ICK!

June ATC's-Paint Chips

So they aren't due until August. BUT I did get them done in June! The challenge was using paint chips, swiped from Home Depot. Yes I did it and they helped!

I made 4 of the one with the pottery. Call me lazy but I made the quota of 6 cards!

Hand of Fatima swap. Just so you know, I STILL hate to draw. And this was my first shot at metal embossing.

Light As A Feather swap Jan 2008

The theme was use feathers as a focal point. Real feathers or otherwise. The card with the white background was embossed with clear embossing powders then "cracked". Which wasn't hard to do because the darn card curled and I had to crack it to have it lay flat. Ah yes the "happy accidents" that always work out in the end.

Geisha swap. Jan. 2008

Yet another long break. My New Years resolution was to do at least 1 swap a month. This is the first one. The first card is a shaker card. It's hard to see but there is a Geisha stamped on the transparent part of the card. Like a ghost image. Let's just say it's not my favorite.