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I really liked my monochrome Alice ATCs ("Green Cheshire", "Yellow Drink" and "Pink Hatter"), and it tore my heart to send them away. So today, I made new ones, as well as a purple flamingo, and eventually I will make prints out of them. It does feel good to feel happy about your own creations - usually I´m my worst critic. Not that unusual, I think.

"Purple Flamingo"

New versions of the traded cards + flamingo.

2008-05-01 @ 15:17:12 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

green cheshire

I made another monochrom Alice ATC, for a trade over at ATCs for All. I´m actually so happy about my Alice monochromes, I´d like to make them into prints, but I don´t know if there is anyone here that does that. And I do need to send them any day. Well, I still have photos, even when they are gone, maybe I´ll make new ones later. I think I´ll do a blue flamingo next, and that may be the last one of the monochrome Alice´s.

2008-04-25 @ 11:05:48 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

it´s so much fun!

There were nothing on TV last night, so I did some ATCs instead, and ended up sitting there for 2½ hours. Time flies when you´re having fun! Then this morning, I made two more. So this is how they look:

The last two are for an ATC swap over at flickr, can you tell I love Alice in Wonderland?

I got a book too, yesterday, "Artist trading card workshop", and got some inspiration there, even though I´d like a more basic book - this felt like a book for the artist who has explored the more usual ways to make ATCs, and who want to take one step further with some more unusual techniques.

2008-04-19 @ 12:09:58 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

atc/aceo envelope album

I am in search of a good, nice looking ATC album, and was going to get one on etsy, but that has already been sold. So I made a little something last night, It doesn´t hold enough cards, but it´s a start. While I was making it, I thought it looked like crap, and I almost threw it away, but now I´m happy I didn´t!

2008-04-18 @ 13:46:07 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

I´m making cards!

Last night, I ran between the TV (yay for commercial breaks!) and my art cards, finishing the one I started the night before, and making another one, a die cut bunny. I am actually surpriced how well they turn out, since I´m really new at this, and I do find it harder to find inspiration when it comes to paper crafts (or dare I say it - art). But I get ideas when I work on them, so I guess it´s true what they say about inspiration. That it takes perspiration.

Our horse is a bit better, and bad things can bring good ones as well - my father and sister with boyfriend came to stay here while the horse is at the clinic, so we got a surprise visit, and a very welcome one.

Another good thing - my camera is fixed, and I´m getting it from the shop later today, whoohoo!

2008-04-17 @ 15:09:56 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

apparantly I like pretty and girly...

I do love etsy - where else can you find crafts and art from all over the world, reasonable priced, just a click away? It´s a bit dangerous, though, because it´s just a click away. I just bought a couple of ACEOs, one print and one original:

I´m also buying a book, maybe two, about ATCs and ACEOs, I do need some inspiration at hand at home, I´m so completely new to this whole collage thing, and I could use some hints on painting and drawing as well, and don´t even get me starting on printing! Deep water!

PS! Just before I went home, I had a last look at etsy, and bought this one too:

They have all been shipped, so hopefully I´ll have them next week!

And this somehow slipped into my shopping cart today (17/4):

2008-04-16 @ 13:24:32 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

busy little bee

When I got home yesterday (with some freshly bought paper and stuff), I got to work. First I finished the fabric ACEO I had begun cutting out (it became purple/black with a big piece of chocolate cake and a cream button on top, quite nice, actually), then I made one ATC in paper, I collaged some and wrote some, and then I got halfway done with another paper ATC. So 2½ in one night! That´s what I call creative! Especially since paper is definitely not my medium, I´m more in to fabric and yarn. But I did draw and paint some in my teens, I guess it´s about time to remember some old skills.

Front and back.

2008-04-16 @ 12:34:52 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (1) Trackbacks ()

atc and aceo goody bag

I hasn´t been happening much on the ACEO front lately, I have an idea for an ACEO, I have even cut out the fabric for the front, but I haven´t gotten around to it. I guess I just needed some inspiration - I´ve been cruising ACEOs/ATCs on the net, and I really want to get home and get to work. I also want to try making some in paper, I want to buy and swap, and I feel the need for an album to keep them in. You know I don´t do things half way! I found a very nice album on Etsy, I´m pretty sure I´ll end up buying that one. Making one myself would be great too!

Some artistic links:

Honey Girl Studio´s ATC tutorial

Artdoll´s Fabric ATC tutorial

Alaska Album (very nice travel journal, with ATCs inserted in the journal)

A whole lot of ATC links

Carmen Keys´ Watercolour ACEO tutorial and another one

Altered dreams´ How to make a trunk envelope book for ATC/ACEO

Big Cat Art´s Scratchboard and acrylic tutorial

Art Trader Magazine (PDF)

ATC envelope template

Inspire Me Thursday´s A little demonstration on creating an ATC

ATCQuarterly Sample (PDF)

Art E-Zine

And do go look at flickr and etsy for ATCs and ACEOs, thay are beautiful, and really inspiring!

2008-04-15 @ 13:18:30 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

I made another one!

I think this will be a series of tasty treats, my hommage to gluttony, one might say! This is titled "juicy", and cherries are definitely something that says juicy to me. I know what the next will be, but have no idea about the later ones - somehow it comes to me only after I have finished one, so there is no room for planning ahead.

Front and back!

2008-03-10 @ 11:44:46 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (2) Trackbacks ()

a new thing for me!

Since I bought my ACEO from blacklilypie (it came in the beginning of the week, looks very lovely, and the print too!), I´ve been looking around flickr and etsy for ACEO´s and ATC´s. I have seen ATC´s at flickr before, but I haven´t really gotten what they were all about, but now I´m hooked! I´ve been thinking about doing some myself, but I haven´t done any drawing or painting for loads of years, so inspiration escaped me. Until I remembered - they can be done in fabric as well! And fabric is definitely something I do. I couldn´t even sleep this morning, I had some ideas buzzing around in my mind, and first thing when I got up, I got to work. And now I´ve finished my first ACEO! I thought I´d put it up for sale on my etsy, if anybody likes it, it´s yours for the taking!

2008-03-07 @ 12:43:03 Permalink ATC, chunky books - mail art, that is! Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

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