Swap Items for Rackycoo.

Here are the items I made for Rackycoo for the Invite Your Partner Swap on Craftster.

The Essence of a Woman

This was made for a challenge on Craftster's paper craft board. The only rules were that it had to be made mostly of paper and the theme was "Woman/The Female Form."

I decided to take some very simple elements that make up a woman and make a 4x4 chunky book. The covers are chipboard and I used my super awesome Bind-It-All machine to bind it.

Triptych for GingerQuilts

Round 3 of houses

Houses for Craftster's Round 2 of the Chunky House swap.

"True" book box

This was made using some clip art from an old Somerset magazine.

Little fairy house

I made this for a swap on Craftster. Its about a 4 inch cube. There is a battery operated tea light in the bottom so it glows from inside.

I wish I had done something else with the inside of the front wall so the cut edge of the fairy panel wasn't so obvious when it was light. Ah well...something to remember for next time.

How many mixed-media artists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Five. One to scour flea markets for the perfect vintage light bulb, one to collage over it with found papers, one to age it further with walnut crystals, one to give it nice highlights with Treasure Gold rub-ons and one to stick it in the socket with E6000 heavy-duty adhesive. It doesn't work but it looks wonderful and sells on Etsy.com for $45.

(I didn't write it, I saw it in a book and it cracked me up. It could be the Benadryl's fault, though)

2009

This past year (since we moved into the new house in December of 2007) has not been the best year for me, craft-wise. My goal for this year is to really get back into the thick of things and create some really awesome work.

I'm not going to say its a resolution. I never keep those.

12 Day of Christmas

This is what I made my sis for Christmas. Each block is one of the 12 days of Christmas. I couldn't get a good picture that shows the colors correctly.

These are some chunky houses made for some swaps on Craftster (of course)
#5 is my favorite, I think.

Triptych

I think this is the piece that I am most proud of. The clowns are hanging by threads in niches that are about 3/4" deep. I think the over all size is about 9 inches tall.
I know the niches on the sides are 2" by 4".

It was made for a swap so I didn't get to keep it. I think I'm going to make a similar piece to keep.

Halloween ATC Swap

These are the ATCs I made for the Halloween ATC swap on Craftster.

Trick or Treat Tin

This is the tin I made for Crafty_Dame for a swap on Craftster. She wanted "Victorian Goth." The special bits are the weasel bones & beetle wings.