ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day Seven: Flower Bunny

Happy Easter! 

This week is the holiest time in the Christian church. It’s also the Passover celebration in the Jewish faith. Jesus was in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and that is where our Christian communion celebration originates. It is during this week that he was crucified and rose from the dead. (Just a short little “reason for the season” note for you).

Celebrate holy week and the last week of Lent with me this week as I prepare the seven ATCs of Easter.  These cards are all assembled from the spring/Easter ATCs that I have made recently.  As you may have read, I am unable to escape the calling to create ATCs lately. I like to put the little 3.5” by 2.5” treasures to work after I make them so that’s why I mounted them all on cards. Some are removable and some are not—but they got their start as ATCs.   

Easter Sunday Bonus--A few more ATC cards:

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day Six: Bunny foo-foo

 

 

 

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day 5: Blissful Bunny

 

 

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day Four: Torn Paper Chickee

 

 

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day Three: The Curvy Chick

 

 

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

Day Two: Joy

 

 



ATC Cards for 7 Days of Holy Week

Day One--The Happy Bird

 

Tendinitis in my wrist, hand, and thumb that occurred after these were made prevents me from typing lots of detail and instructions. Post a question here if you want to know a product or technique. I invite you to just celebrate and enjoy.

ATC Cards for 7 days of Holy Week

This week is the holiest time in the Christian church. It’s also the Passover celebration in the Jewish faith. Jesus was in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover and that is where our Christian communion celebration originates. It is during this week that he was crucified and rose from the dead. (Just a short little “reason for the season” note for you).

This is not an ATC card but one I made from
the painted paper that my grand kids made I
just doodled and cut this big eyed bunny who
rests happily on a 5" by 7" card.

Celebrate holy week and the last week of Lent with me this week as I prepare the seven ATCs of Easter.  These cards are all assembled from the spring/Easter ATCs that I have made recently.  As you may have read, I am unable to escape the calling to create ATCs lately. I like to put the little 3.5” by 2.5” treasures to work after I make them so that’s why I mounted them all on cards. Some are removable and some are not—but they got their start as ATCs.   

Tendinitis in my wrist, hand, and thumb that occurred after these were made prevents me from typing lots of detail and instructions. Post a question below any day's design if you want to know a product or technique. I invite you to just celebrate and enjoy.

 

 

 

Direct from Dropbox--journal snippets

In March, I started some doodling projects
I've been working with a book Sir Henry
 got me for Christmas called Creative
doodling byStefannie Corfee. This is my
grand-daughter's little foot on paint day.

I am the first to admit that my blog photos are not high on the technique and quality scale. I don't use my blog to make money, I don't update on a regular schedule, and I'd rather make art than photograph art.

I have a new smart phone (apparently smarter than the last one) that takes photos on a 3gig camera. That's the same size as our first digital camers which weighed 6 pounds back in 2003. I figure it will do and as Lorretta Lynn says, "I have never been afraid to make do."

Today I am experimenting with taking photos directly from dropbox downloads off my cell phone and not editing them in any way. For a woman who loves her PhotoShop this is a tricky task.

So, here are a few more journal snippets from 2013:

I've been studying faces by other artists
to develop my own face skills with my
journal doodle dollies.

Party Skulls Mail Art

 

Most of my cards this year, as in previous ones, are part of the “flash card” collections that I love so much. My theory is that the more cards I make and send the more love and joy enters the world.

However, there are still those times when a new stamp calls to be styled for a particular loved one or I wake in the morning from a design dream that must be pursued. More often than not, these are the ones that get sent to my beloved Kate Chattin. She is my heart and making art for her nurtures my soul.

Kate has been in a skull and moustache phase for a while now. I could not resist picking up this stamp set from Dyan Reaveley’s Dylusions line. Even though at least 10 other manufacturers’ products were involved in creating this project—it only took about 15 minutes to make. When it comes together that easily, it’s got to have Kate involved. The day she was born I made the decision to have my heart beating, breathing, and running around outside of my body.

Long time no see journal pages

Used upcycled chip board for front and back covers.

I was asked the other day if I was still art journaling.  The art journal has become so much a part of me that I have neglected to mention it on the blog for some time now. So, here’s where I am this year:

·         I made my own spiral bound journal with the Zutter™

·         I adore using this journal with all the cool insert pages I put inside

·         I average 45 minutes daily writing, working, playing in my journal

·         I’m still more of a writer than an full page artwork kind of journal keeper

·         I have been experimenting more with original drawings and different mediums like Pan Pastels™

My only full page entry so far this year--
she is Naomi Jean.

Here are some recent pages from my “of course I’m still journaling” Journal.  Stay mighty-- arm yourselves with pens my fearless ones!

This is the bossy sitcom lady listing my pointless
complaints about the world, for example,
 knowing the difference between a butter knife
 and a table knife.

                                                                                                 

Yes--there is still time to register for the FREE wreath class in West Palm Beach.