I swapped Goth Postcards with british artist, Gillian Allen. She sent me a wonderful stenciled card in return. The technique is really cool and the result is a hazy, almost mysterious and ghostly look. It’s definitely something I want to try in the future. She also sent a link to a tutorial she wrote about […]

These are postcards I am working on for a FaceBook swap I am in. The theme is ‘Goth’. (Not that I know much about Goth! *LOL*) Anyway, it’s been fun making these. I used an image I found on istock. Her top is a textured paper. I painted on her hair and used a white […]

I made these odd charms for a swap on the Zettiology Yahoo Groups list. It was a tough challenge and I spent quite a bit of time to get these to work. I found a stash of these tiny doll arms at a funky little shop in Half Moon Bay in CA. The clerk kind […]

Digital Collage for and Artist Trading Card swap I am in. I created this in Photoshop and it has multiple layers of graphics and text.

St Patrick’s Day Matchbox Swap – This was the matchbox I made for a swap hosted on Swap-Bot. I had fun with it. I found a bunck of St. Patrick’s Day swag at Michaels and made a zipper pull with a four leaf clover on it.If you haven’t made it over to Swap-Bot, I highly […]

Milagros Charm Swap – ArtErratica. These are charms I made for a swap over on the ArtErratica Yahoo Group. I got alot of practice with making my own wire eye pins and am getting pretty good at it. (After making 15 and then another 14 more for ANOTHER swap!) So, it goes to show practice […]

I’ve become obsessed with matchbox swaps. Over at swap-bot.com, there are always various themed swaps going which I can’t help but signs up for almost every one. I’m addicted. I’ve done all kinds of themes – holidays, color, sun and moon, sticker – almost anything you can think of has been done or is available. […]