Two Birthday Cards

Here are two birthday cards I made last week:

Hop on over to Alison Manning's 5 Ways to Use Patterned Paper for the inspiration for these cards.

Still Copying My Older Sister

My sister, Dianne, sent me a card recently.  Isn't it beautiful?

I liked it so much that I made my own version:

Happy Easter!

Here are two Easter cards I made with the same stamp.  On the first I mounted a second bunny on foam tape, and on the second I cut out elements of the collage and made inchies from them.  One Stamp, Two Looks.
Happy Easter, everyone!

International ATC Exhibition

Last Saturday was the final day of the Vancouver International Artist Trading Card Exhibition, and Sunday was the day for trading.  Although I didn't clue into this exciting  Olympic event in time to enter my ATC's into the exhibition, the organizer was kind enough to let me swap ATC's.  So, I packed up a stack of ATC's and swamped them for these beauties:

 

 

These come from places far and wide, including Australia, Turkey, Germany, USA, England, and closer to home all over Canada.  They display talents in a variety of mediums  - watercolour, drawing, pencil crayon, lino printing,  acrylic, pen and ink, collage, and textiles.

Another Olympic Moment - an ATC Exhibition and Demonstration

I finally found my opportunity to participate in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, instead of just walking around gawking at stuff.  As part of the Cultural Olympiad, the City of Vancouver sponsored an International Artist Trading Card ("ATC") Exhibition.  More information about that can be found here.

As part of the Exhibition, the organizers held a demonstration down at one of my favourite art supply stores, RubyDog's Art House, and I popped in and made a couple of ATC's.

I also participated in an "ATC jam" or "Round Robin", and three of us collaborated on this series of cards:

I'm sorry that I didn't know more about the Exhibition earlier so that I could pass the word around ahead of time, but the organizers were kind enough to let me participate in the final swap.  I'll post the fantastic ATC's I received in another post.

My Sister Sends Me Things

My sister, Dianne, is wonderfully generous, and sends me all manner of stamping goodies. Sometimes she sends me stamped images. I coloured this one with pencil crayons and made this card for her. Thanks again, Dianne!

And thank you, Jeannie, for giving me this gorgeous paper. I think it is called Washi paper. What wonderful friends I have!

When a Design Works

The most challenging part of  making cards for me is the design or layout process.  So, when I find one I like I tend to use it a few times.  Here are a few cards I made recently with some new Inkadinkado stamps I bought at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts in Palm Desert.