NEW ATCs

I've been mainly creating 1-up originals for the various WTAs (Winner Takes All) that I've been playing in. It's a blast to win one of these art lotteries but losing isn't so bad. You just have to send one card to each winner.



Inspired by all the sea monster images I researched for my art retreat Artfest, I started with an acrylic painted bkgd then layered with rubberstamps and drew in the octopus with colored pencil and oil pastels.




Most of my ATCs are mixed media collages using various techniques which include gesso stenciling, paint textures, 3-D elements, staples, dimensional stickers and image transfers.



These are a series of bird ATCs created using stencils and rubberstamps.

Luv me those cat lips

"I want to hold him and squish him and squeeze him. He's my friend."
(those of you old enough to remember the Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny cartoons will recognize this quote)



This is Tommy, aka L'il Man, aka Lester "L'il Man" Mumps (his blues name). He's two years old and such a cuddler.

SWAPBOT Stuffie

I had so much fun doing this swap. I made a 5-inch stuffie based on the SwapBot logo. I've never learned to properly embroider so was this definitely a challenge but very fun. I wanted it to be a "real" envelope so I cut another piece of felt to cover all the thread work on the back and made a template using a real envelope to figure out the flaps.

















I asked my swap partner to send me a picture of him in his new home in England. I'll post if I ever I receive one.