Birds of a feather

This is a chunky page for a swap I'm hosting in one of my art groups. The theme required a bird image. This particular bird was courtesy of The Toymaker -- lots of free downloadable goodies from her site! In my piece above, I made the bird's wing movable.
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The Color Purple

Two new pages for a purple-themed chunky swap with Lisa Vollrath. I painted the backgrounds using a variety of acrylic paints.

Spring ain't for sissies

An altered post card made entirely on Photoshop Elements.

South Pacific mermaid

For a BLUE-themed chunky swap.

It's about the journey

Anthropomorphic Larry

Images of Larry Gene morphed with various animals

for a swap called "Anthropomorphic animals."

Naturally, I had to use my son!

What is your heart's desire?

Sci-Fi postcard

The words say "Lost in the paranoia"

(I superimposed the woman at 50 percent opacity over a collage of funky sci-fi headlines)

Where the green is

A set of green-themed chunky
pages for a recent swap.

Free ART IMAGES for Easter, St. Patty's

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One of my favorite professional artists, Lisa Vollrath,

is offering free downloadable art images March 7-23.

Check it out at her site, Ten Two Studios.

Black and White

An ATC I made for a Lisa Vollrath swap. The theme was "black and white." This is one of my favorite cards. I've made something similar to this before. The woman and the bare, wintry tree look and feel so ethereal.

The woman is superimposed over a black and white image of tree using a transparency print. I attached it with small brads.

Winter Babies

A chunky page for a LetterHeads swap I hosted called "Winter Babies."
Of course, that's my Larry Gene.

Valentine's greetings XOXO

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A few Valentine ATCs I made for a trade with some local artists.

Orange you glad?

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A chunky book page for an ORANGE themed swap. This is an ongoing swap through an art group that will likely feature a new color every month.

My pages sort of turned out more "muted orange" than orange, but I think the color theme stands out nonetheless.

Incidentally, can you tell me something about this page, besides the color theme, that ties it altogether? It was serendipitous on my end.

Free sweetheART images!

Art pro Lisa Vollrath is offering free images on her Valentine countdown page at Ten Two Studios Feb. 1-14. Feel free to explore it and get some sweetheart images of your own!

Oh Baby, Baby!

A baby-themed Artist Trading Card swap featuring ... my son! [Gasp, Shock!]

Isn't Larry Gene just the cutest lil' thing? Am I Proud Mom or what?!

Sweet Heart

This Artist Trading Card is made with a vellum heart sandwiched between cardstock. Light can shine through this. This ATC is one of three I made for a heart-themed swap due next month.

Red is the color

These chunky book pages (4 1/2" x 4") are for a swap themed "Red". The idea is to bind them all into a (rather chunky) book, probably at the end of this year. The host is planning to swap a new color every month.

The chunky refers to the art and embellishments done right on the page, resulting in a page with depth rather than flatness.

Two of the pieces with bits of playing cards in them are moveable. The smaller one comes out of the pocket and the larger one rotates on the eyelet.