Lots and Lots of Catching Up!

This post brings me all the way back to March! At least I am still in 2015 :) My tag swap partner was Tracy and our theme was International Women's Day. The first photos are from the envelope and card I made and sent along with the tags. The card was on heavy card stock, almost like watercolor paper. It has a mix of water colors, stamps geli prints and oil pastels and the envelope is sharpie and water color markers.

This is the front and back of an extra goodie, an ATC card embossed and painted with the same theme. Front and back.

Pictured below is the tag, front and back. I used sprays, stamps, deli paper, oil pastels, gel pen, beads and an extra bit of card stock to make the book that dangles from the bottom.

 A close up view of the book's front and back.

The inside pages of the book relay a quote from Malafa Yousafzai, the young lady that is pictured on the front of the tag. The taliban attempted an assassination on her just for attending school. She is now an activist for women's education.

My daughter spent a couple weeks in the hospital in April. She is doing much better now :) During that time she had several visitors who were very thoughtful and brought gifts for her. There were also a couple birthdays that she missed so I got busy making all the thank you and birthday cards while staying with her in the hospital.

At this point, I was really starting to miss the google + community that has kept me inspired to keep creating. I made some time to make some art cards and send them out to some of the ladies...I need to make some more to send out to the rest of them :)

Some stamp carvings for my sister....

I also attended a Fairy Tale Themed ATC workshop where we made our ATC's and then we were able to trade them with each other. Below are my Frog Prince themed cards.

I couldn't resist making this next piece for one of my daughter's friends. She loves to make art and she is one huge supporter of mine :) It started as an ivory wallpaper sample so it is very flexible. The paint, modeling paste, glue and deli paper stuck to it just fine! I have a few more samples that I can't wait to get started on.

Next up...June tag swap tags!