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.

Just foolin' around

My try at faux stained glass. Leading is fabric paint. "Glass" part is a combination of glass paint and/or diamond glaze with Pearl-ex.

Anything but paper swap

You were required to make ATC's out of anything but paper. 3 are fun foam (lizards, Gecko, I love ATC's) 2 out of 35 mm negatives, the humming bird was make on a piece of plastic from packaging from something I bought. Hey it was the right size and it worked!

Wallpaper swap

After a long break from ATC's, no thanks to Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs (just kidding) my first swap. Wallpaper.

And now for the "& Stuff" part of my blog. I threw caution to the wind and sent 2 shirts and a "Thank You" to Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" (Discovery Channel). I also sent one of my Devil's Claw dream catchers. I just hope to the powers that be, that I don't get tagged as a stalker or a fanatic. I was just given an idea and ran with it. The symbol is the Greek letter Mu which is also the symbol for micro. Get it? Micro=Mike Rowe. HEY IT WAS ALL STEVE'S IDEA!!! It was my idea to put it inside the Superman diamond. The worst that could happen is he hates it. Oh well. I gave it a shot.

Simply Charming take 2

Simply Charming swap

At least 1 charm per card required......This is what I came up with. Oh by the way, if you plan on using a wood burning tool on leather...it works very well. BUT it stinks like...yuck.

Pink and Green Swap

Pink and Green swap 4 x 4 ATC Disco Tiki

& flowers