I'm still in the middle of reorganizing my space but in the last few weeks, I have managed to sit down and create a few ATCs using scraps and bits and bobs uncovered while sorting, filing and storing my craft stash. There is no material list for these as I have no idea where any of the scraps came from! A sixth ATC was created fro a swap in a Facebook group I belong to. I mailed it in a card made "years" ago! And this is the card and ATC I received from my swap partner:
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I belong to a facebook group that is descended from an iVillage forum ages ago. Every Christmas we do a card swap where we send a handmade card to a member and another member sends one to us. This is my 2017 card, sent to Becky! I was experimenting with a new unmounted sheet of stamps set I purchased from RubberDance. I started by stamping two of the images, one above the other in Archival "Jet Black" ink and then watercoloring in the background using Distress Oxide inks, diluted with water: Next step was to color in the windows with a gold marker: and watercolor the houses using Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks. A little touch of glimmer in teh sky using gold and silver markers on the stars and "moons": Some snowflakes using a white gel pen and more gold marker: and a sentiment from Idea-ology clippings finish the card front. I trimmed it down a little and mounted the card front on a pre-folded navy card: Products used in the making of this card:
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AuthorBorn in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971). Archives
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