I have called this my "almost" vintage gluebook because I know I will be adding some non-vintage things!
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As an extra treat added to the Vintage GlueBook class I took online recently, instructor Mary Green is hosting an Artist Trading Card swap for those in the class.
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Helga Strauss gave us a new challenge: "Make a twinchie (2" square collage) with complimentary colors."
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Doing this ATC swap and pouring over the articles I had saved on Truda Kaschmann had me remembering my dance teacher and everything she gave me. I know it is partly because of her, that I am the creative person I am today.
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A photo and article from the Cortez Boat Festival was published in the Anna Maria Island Sun …
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I have held onto this ATC sized "Dream Box" (aka nicho) from ARTchix Studio for some time; I bought it before we moved to Florida. Yesterday, I was itching to do something different and thought an assemblage in this nicho illustrating my new life in Florida would be just the ticket!
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Steven, me and my dad were at the Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Festival today in Cortez, Florida. Last week, Steven decided to enter the Traditional Small Craft Festival Race with the Melonseed Sailboat my father made in 1995….
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I had a blast putting these postcards together. We were required to use 3 ARTchix sheets: Create ART, Passion for Pink and Green world. I love them.
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I must admit mail art is something I never can get enough of, both the sending of and the receiving!
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I had recently found an old fishing net while walking on the beach and had lots of ideas for the Ocean ATC swap…
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This will be the last ATC Lotto held on the ARTchix Studio Yahoo Group…
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While over at my mom & dad's celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary tonight, I spied this photo in a frame… Steven had taken it with my sister's camera and she did send me a copy, but I had forgotten about it.
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I used this section of my large fabric-paper collage with their engagement party photo, scanned and printed onto presentation paper to create this layered card above for my mom & dad.
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I cut out more sections to create a bunch of Vintage Spring ATCs for Frieda's Swap…
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For this fabric-paper collage I followed Frieda’s process of rubber stamping a background, layering collage papers, adding thin layers of paper napkins and tissue paper and lastly, adding color to the fabric with paint.
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The theme was pink & green, things you LOVE, and make six 2"x2" collages with ARTchix Studio
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A "Jam" ATC is started by one person. Other artists are asked to add something to complete the ATC and send it back to the originator…
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I am lucky to have the opportunity to make ATCs on a color combo theme every month. For February the color combo was Red and Black. Here is a step-by-step…
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I used a piece of silk satin as my base from Mirah's Crafts in their 'mint cooler' shades. I backed it with a piece of watercolor paper, 2.5 x 3.5"….
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My dad and my husband Steven worked together to restore the finish on the cedar strip canoe my dad made that has seen a lot of use…
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