ATC's - Scquilters Cheer Me Up Swap - April 08

This year's SCQUILTERS retreat is in Perth - WA and for those ladies not going there was an ATC "Cheer Me Up Swap" organised. I swapped three sets and have received these in todays post....and they are wonderful...check them out.


Del Rickard "Bright Blooms & Bees" - embroidered flower stems with button flowers and bee - wow!

Eleanor Fairbairn-Wilson - "Grand Design" White house with blue roof and red door - I love it!

Jane Rundle - Red background - multiple coloured stitching - again beautiful quilting.

Annemarie Smithers - Multicoloured fabric with purple stitching and a yellow smilie face - how could you not smile back!


Joy Vale - Happy Days - Gold background with Bear and Smile

Jennie Strachan - "Licorice Allsorts" -Black and White swirl with pinked batik and couched cord

Jane Rundle - peacock feathers - beautiful quilting

Joy Henderson - "Follow Me" - Red, Yellow Purple, Black with couched gold, purple, pink irridescent ribbon

Janet Welch - "Star" - Purple and gold Japanese Meshwork - wonderful!

Lindi Jarman - Green sheer fabric with beads, diamonties, silver paint and silver butterfly

Linda Robertus - "Summer Night" - purple/yellow with stitching and gold star

Shirley Mason - "I want to know ave you ever seen the rain" Garden landscape with raindrips and bead centres for flowers.

A huge thankyou to all you creative ladies - Wow Wow Wow - I am impressed. I only hope you enjoy mine in exchange!
Cheers :}

ATC's for Scquilters Cheer Me Up Swap 2008

These are my ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) for the Southern Cross Quilters "Cheer Me Up Swap" - April 2008 for those who are not going to Retreat. Three sets of four.

Can't wait to get all the lovely ATC's in return.

More Zentangles and other ATC's

Playing with perspective.











This is a portrait of my darling husband, James. I really like the pointillist art - which probably has a lot to do with growing up around Aboriginal art as well.


It is a good likeness of him - although the hat he usually wears is black!










This is supposed to be Russell Crowe - but I didn't quite get him right. Might have to have another go.









Batman aka George Clooney - this was fun to draw.













Here are some more zentangles that I have drawn - they are quite addictive.

Zentangles

Is this a new craze or something that I have only just discovered??? Well - I think we all Zentangle but have never called it that - maybe you know it as doodling. But it is a bit more I think - to give structure to a drawing with just a black fine tip pen and a piece of card stock is it's own little bit of paradise - a Zen state you could say!
This is a big 8x6inch piece and is my first "formal" Zentangle drawing.







These next two are 2.5 x 3.5 inch Artist Trading Card size Zentangles - they were drawn in a single sitting - about an hour or so for each one. It is very relaxing drawing in this small format - you can then put them into a little trading card plastic folder - put a little magnet in the back of the picture and put them on your fridge - works of art!












This is not a Zentangle - it is Shadow Daisy Monk having a stand off with Apples the Eastern Grey Kangaroo. Apples was hit by a car a year and a half ago - she couldn't stand up properly and suffered some damage to her brain - she is blind in one eye - so she lives with us and gets a bit of fruit or vegetables every other day - the rest of the time she eats what Kangaroos eat - my trees! Anyway - the cat and the kangaroo stare at each other through the flyscreen door - almost nose to nose sometimes.

More Art

I have been doing some more art in the evenings for the online Fine Art Artist Trading Card Group I belong to - It is a challenge to draw for a theme that you might not usually choose - I am enjoying the challenge of using different mediums - mostly my work is graphite and coloured pencils - but I have been using watercolours recently and combining ink, watercolour or watercolour and coloured pencils - I like the effect but need more practise.

ATC's

Back in October there was a ATC swap run by Diana in New Zealand - well I sent off my ATC's but incorrectly put N Zealand as the postal address country - ended up going to the USA and finally reached Diana two weeks after the swap ended. So she has gone to a lot of trouble to get my blocks swapped - and these are the results - fantastic 18 blocks.

Thank you to everyone for their beautiful ATC's.




The top two left hand side are two of mine that were not able to be swapped - "tracks"
Paper collage - db (Diana?)
Crane with Japanese fabric - Elizabeth Price
Moon and stars "Celestial 1" - Carol Dorrell
Black "Waves" - Andrea Carew
Black with white/green "Ice" - Andrea Carew
Painted swirl with twisted edge - Melissa Anderson
Cream flowers "Spring is here - Blown in the Wind" - Jan Cotton
Brown with gold painted paper collage "Alienation" - Jane Howie
Black Felt, beads and fibres - "Sea Currents" - Jane Howie
Red Lady "Magazine Ladies" - Amelia Ruscoe
Red "Lips" - Amelia Ruscoe
Pink Razzy Felt - Pam Gilfoyle
Cross Stitched Sheep "Sheep" - Lynette Mac
Purple / Pink Ribbon - Karen Dean
Japanese Leaves and Swirl with Beads - Karen Dean
Blue and Green Checkerboard - Erica Spinks
Yellow- Henri Matisse - Dorothy Faithfull
Masquerade - Dorothy Faithfull




These ATC's are from a previous swap around September - run by Leesa Lewis. I hadn't posted pics of them - so here they are:

Black/colour "Trees" = Andrea Carew
Purple/Green Ribbon - Sue McBratney
Blue/Yellow/Purple - Jenni Strachan
Funky thread "All that glitters is not gold" - Helen Howe
Red with Blue Flowers "Free Motion Fun" - Leesa Lewis
Pink Felt with Threads - Pam Gilfoyle
Silk Organza, pigment dyes, wax and thread - "Rosa" - Helen Ducker
Pink / Blue Fabric "Pink on Blue" - Mandy Collins

These are great ladies - I am very excited every time I receive ATC's and inchies in the post - to see everyone's creativity and the diversity is fascinating. Thanks so very much.