postcard challenge

here's my entry for the sunday postcard challenge. this week's theme was flowers.

busy as a bee

today was a great day for creating art. it rained outside all day which made me skip running errands. i hung out out at the art desk for most of the day. i managed to get my recipe cards done for a swap i'm hosting, a rolodex card, and a couple of postcards. here's one of the postcards i did using my new unity stamps i got in the mail the other day.

wednesday creations

i had time to work on a few things this afternoon. the mermaid is a postcard for a themed postcard trade on mail art world site. the theme was "school". i knew most of the people would probably do something around teachers and/or students so i wanted to do something a little different. the little houses is also a postcard. it was fun to dig out my watercolors and splash around a bit.

believe it or not

contrary to popular belief i actually do make other things besides postcards. i originally started out in rubber stamping, which i still LOVE doing today, so i use to make tons of cards. since today is my dad's birthday and i always try to make a special card for him. i actually think my mom, who is an artist as well, looks forward to when holidays and birthdays roll around because she knows she'll get a special handmade card. so today i worked on this birthday card for my dad.

uh oh....

does this rolo look familiar to any one? it wasn't made by me but by lisa (aka electablue) a fellow artist friend on mail art world. there is quite the story behind this postcard. i will shorten the story quite a bit and just get to the part that i actually was the lucky recipient of receiving it. so, to all of you who tried to trick it away from me, this flag's for you!

it's time again

i can't believe it's time again for the sunday postcard challenge. i missed last week's challenge. i just didn't have time to get anything ready so i didn't want miss this week. this week's theme was "wings and crowns". i decided to take a little uncoventional route.

a challenge

i belong to a group on flikr that does weekly challenges with collage images. you can make what ever you wish out of the images provided. this week it seemed pretty challenging when i printed out the sheet but a few of the collage items just spoke "rooster" to me. so that idea provided a springboard for this postcard.

changing things up

it's been quite a long time since i've actually done art that has been in a form other than a postcard. someone asked me to exchange a rolodex card with them. it was a nice change of pace to do this plus i got to dig out these stamps to use. i bought them at the rubber stamp convention in april. when i saw them they made me smile. i have so many rolodex cards now that they no longer fit into my rolodex holder and i had to move them into a photgraph box until i figure something else out for storage. i didn't want to spend more money to get another rolodex holder and have them divided. eventually something will turn up that is just the perfect solution.

mail art world challenge

there is an 8 week postcard challenge being hosted at mail art world. the host supplies a collage sheet and you need to use at least 1/2 of the images supplied. here is my submission for this week (week 2).

cutting up

i've been busy in the art room today cutting out collage images. i love to cut out tiny things. the smaller and more intricate the better. it seems like it is a kind of therapy for me. i get mezmerized and lose track of time. after i cut quite a few things out i decided to use them to make another piece of art. it's no surprise it's a postcard.