The mailing deadline is approaching for the house ATC swap I am hosting for Christian Paper Artists and for once, I have my own art done ahead of schedule. Being a last minute person, ie: procrastinator!, I normally use every one else's mailing time to START my own art. Bad hostess, bad hostess!
I used some fabulous rubber stamps I have been storing forever (Shrine looking stamp by Stampers Anonymous and Rococo facade by A Stamp in the Hand) and photos cut from books and phrases cut from a yellowed newspaper classifieds and vintage magazines. FUN! The bases are made from mostly Cheez-It boxes, because I like the warm color of the cardboard. I cover the Cheez-It graphics on the reverse with an ATC stamp I stamp on a sticker and fill out with my name, etc. I apologize for the cool, blue color of my photos. My digital camera is slowly degenerating, so even my sunlight pictures look cool.
I had asked the participants to not slather their cards with scripture, because then it becomes a card full of words and no graphic elements (I have seen in the past), but then I got carried away on a couple of my cards with a lot of words. Now I feel bad. Okay, my rational is, that my words ARE a graphic element and not just a body of copy glued down for it's content only. Having said that, now I feel just a little bad instead of a lot. For more house ACT art, check out Linda's (you will have to scroll down a little) and Anna's (also one post down on her blog) and Chris's.
I had asked the participants to not slather their cards with scripture, because then it becomes a card full of words and no graphic elements (I have seen in the past), but then I got carried away on a couple of my cards with a lot of words. Now I feel bad. Okay, my rational is, that my words ARE a graphic element and not just a body of copy glued down for it's content only. Having said that, now I feel just a little bad instead of a lot. For more house ACT art, check out Linda's (you will have to scroll down a little) and Anna's (also one post down on her blog) and Chris's.
3 comments:
You Always have the neatest things to show!! Really pretty sweetie!!hughugs
Love em, love em, love em!!!! Great swap...have mine arrived at your house yet?
they look great! I love your title too....."hosting a house party" - put mine in the mail yesterday - I'm not sure where my mind was? I thought I had like a whole other week to get them to you.... so thank you for the reminder. I love the useful books post too! That blog is awesome - I am thoroughly impressed and wish I know how to make book like that! I want to take a class sometime (one of my crafting goals) I really like her steamship book - I might have to nab that for father's day (father-in-law is a big boater..) Thanks for sharing, Anna
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