Birthday Flowers from Mark

flowers 1 from mark

flowers 2 from mark

flowers 3 from mark

flowers 4 from mark

flowers 1 from mark

flowers 2 from mark

flowers 3 from mark

flowers 4 from mark

flowers from greg

flowers 2 from greg

flowers 3 from greg

flowers 4 from greg
“See what my life is like!” “Are you expecting jolly?”

Gordon
“Do you really think I am going to try to fly? I am thinking nap time.”

Gordon
Some one asked me to post a sample of a calendar ATC. I will be making my ATCs slightly different as I don’t have enough of any one item. The one shown needs to get the Stickles applied before it is finished. I choose to make them portrait style to fit the embellishments I am using. The card stock is the same front and back, just looks different because of the lighting on the embellished side when scanned.

The front side.

The back side.
I thought this was ever so clever. It is a regular tag folded with a slot at the top to tuck in the front and close it. The inside has a message.

If you are not familiar with Artist Trading Cards. They are referred to as ATCs. Each one is a work of art and can be done in any medium. The only hard rule is that they are consistent in size to the baseball card size of 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
Here are scans of our December ATCs.







My studio tables waiting for the ATC traders.

I love the decorations – who could guess? It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I have 3 regular trees this year and 3 smaller trees. Plus if it is flat or I can hold it in place with an electrical tie – it gets an arrangement.

white poinsettia

living room tree

red tree

studio tree

buffet arrangement

dining room table
There is a small tree like these in the hall too.

coffee table arrangement

bookcase arrangement

studio door
and I have not taken the time to post anything. Today’s post will be the start of the Christmas season. I have most of my decorating completed and will take photos to share soon. Three very organized individuals have sent me cards and ATCs.
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