MAN TO MAN ARTIST TRADING CARD CHALLENGE

Thank you for all of your good wishes that came my way during a bad time but I am back and back to deliver, I have missed this blog and all it's wonderful followers the lovely people I consider to be my blogland friends.

It will take some catching up but I will get back on track.

And so to start us off we have a fab challenge from a lovely friend and well known mixed media artist in both blogland and the craft world.... The lovely Heather and if you don't already know her you do not know what you are missing....go visit her gawjuss blog you will be glad that you did.

This is what Heather had to say about herself

Who knew that a rubber stamp of a Scottie dog would lead to a passion for mixed media art?

I'm Heather Robinson and I am a self-taught mixed media/altered art/collage artist with roots in rubber stamping.

Up until about 5 years ago, I was a stamping whirlwind making greeting cards by the hundreds.

A good friend convinced me (reluctantly at first) to try making artist trading cards and my world opened up from there.

I began dabbling in collage and it felt to me like “coming home”. I had always had an interest in altering books, likely spurred on by the fact that I’m a librarian and spend my days surrounded by books, but I had never really devoted much time to it.

That changed when I was invited to participate in a number of round robin journal projects.

Recent passions include beeswax collage, encaustic art and art journaling.

I have been published in “Rubber Stamper”, “Stampers' Sampler”, “Take Ten” and “Artful Blogging” magazines.

My blog can be found http://creativesolace.blogspot.com.

A big thank you to Linda who set our brilliant Tryptich challenge my word her Artist Trading Cards which she created were amazing.

Our MAN TO MAN challenge will run until the end of November...I know it's not long but I wish to catch up for Decembers challenge.

Our lovely guests ATC designers LYN, CHRIS AND KIMMIE will be with us in the new year... more incredible designs and challenges to look forward to.

For all those who asked of Marley and Mimi they are doing well thank you pics to be posted soon of them both.

I have to make a trip to the post office in the morning with all the back log of Artist Trading Cards...thank you for being so understanding. xxx

For new peeps out there who wish to join in please complete 5 Artist Trading Cards on the theme ....keeping one for yourself and sending 4 into be swapped.

Happy Sunday...Heather has been away from her blog for a little while however she will be blogging for us today Canada time x

NEWS UP DATE, Keys and Zetti ATC's

Hope that you have all had a Happy Sunday x

Here are some more Key ATC's and still a few more to come however the 1st ATC is one of my Zettiology ATC's that can be found over HERE



Key ATC's

Still another of Gini's to be shown next time. Get well soon Gini from all of us here.

Thanks to Sharon and Gini.

The blog candy winners for Hermines stamps should look out for them as they have been despatched to you...lucky you x

Thanks for looking

Chriss x

UPDATE,
KAREN OF SCRAPZ IS BACK IN TOWN WHY NOT POP OVER TO HER BLOG AND SAY HI, SHE HAS SOME NEWS, HER BLOG LINK IS ON THE RIGHT.

MONA, COFFEE and ATC's

Hello Happy Sunday,
Here we are again with some more of our Halloween ATC's but before I show you them I wanted to share with you some fab art which was sent to me this week by the lovely Karen G, thank you Karen x.

Mona is one of my fave stamps and use her allot.... time for a coffee break right now as you scroll down and check MONA out... enjoy.

Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!

Fantastic wouldn't you agree x

Hello Jeanie,

Well as you can see for 2 of Jeanies ATC's she was definitely thinking outside the box...lol,,, and must say love the contents too Jeanie.

Thanks Jeanie x

You will remember our Guest designer for the Halloween ATC swap, Martine... see below some of her swaps

Thank you Martine for being a wonderful Guest Artist, many thanks for your fantastic swaps and for posting on your blog.x

Hi Sheila,

I see you have been distressing your backgrounds with inks... love distressing.

Thankx Sheila for taking part x

Hello to me...lol... The gorgeous Audrey no matter how much we change her in our art she is still beautiful....don't you agree?

The next 2 are a definite size zero...lol The web stamp I purchased from Tanda and it was cheap as chips..could just eat some chips now.

The other Stamps purchased from Karen at Scrapz.

The 2 images below were from LAA... I coloured them in black to make them look like witches in training and made them a hat... think it worked.

Just a few more sets of Halloween ATC's to post and then we can start on the wonderful KEY ATC's.... thank you to everyone who took part.

The last of the swaps arrived on Saturday and should be in the post very soon...still have a few to photograph as not many of them could be scanned this time...not a complaint.... they need to be photographed to show you just how gorgeous they are.

We have some gorgeous Winters Day ATC already arriving and considering how busy everyone is with Christmas...a big thank you.

We already have Jan & Feb 2010 Guest Designers set up and boy am I gonna be challenged and pushed outside my comfort zone... do hope that you will join us and for some be challenged too.

love chriss x

PS hAPPY bIRThDAY To My SoN ALaN. xxx

ATC's ATC's ATC's

MORE fabulous ATC from the October challenge and still more to come before the end of the week.

We had a great response as you can see and I want to say a huge THANKYOU to everyone who takes part in the swaps each month...because without you there would be no club.

Do Hope that you can take on the December Challenge...'A WINTERS DAY' see post further down the page for more info or email me.

Hi Debbie,

Glad that you could join us once again, If anyone was lucky enough to get one of these to add to their collection can I just say I spent 3 days with Debbie crafting away and I actually watched her create these little babies.

Debbie always has a great use of texture...I love texture.

She is also brilliant with beads her creations are gorgeous, you can find Debbies online Bead Shop over HERE.

Thanks Debbie for a wonderful 3 days of crafting. x

Hello and welcome Melanie your first ATC's with us and hope that you can come and play again.

Pumpkins

Sinister

The Howling
Corset webs


Thank you Melanie x

Hello Sigrid and welcome thank you for joining in our ATC Halloween challenge for October your spider ATC is enough to frighten anyone...I don't remember who was lucky enough to get this one in the swap but I just hope that you were not afraid of spiders. lol.

You can find Sigrid over HERE on her blog OR over HERE at her online shop.

Thank you Sigrid. x

Hello Vonny and thanks for taking part once again in our challenge 'We Are WATCHING You!' lol.

Thank you Vonny. x

We already have our ATC designer guests lined up for you for Jan and Feb 2010

I am SOOOO excited and the 2 themes are brilliant they will reallt take me out of my comfort ZONE ....but we all love a challenge...don't we!!!

Luv Chriss x

Halloween Show case ATC's

A big HELLO and apologies for the delay with sending out your Halloween swaps ....as you know we have had postal problems here in the UK which caused problems of a build up of Forces post arriving from Brunei however I am pleased to say the Paula's finally arrived after almost giving up hope ...they took 3+WEEKS.
SWAPS ARE READY TO GO
UP DATE....UK SWAPS HAVE BEEN POSTED, YOU SHOULD GET THEM ON MONDAY... ALL OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE POSTED TOMORROW AT THE POST OFFICE
We have had a fantastic response to this challenge although it has been taken on board that many of you do not celebrate Halloween and therefore didn't take part and so maybe we can look at Novembers challenge differently for 2010.

We Still Have more Halloween ATC's to show case.

and to start our show case we have mixed media artist Cheryl....

Hi Cheryl,
Thank you for your Halloween ATC's.... you love your mixed media ....I just had to do a close up of that spider and web that you have printed onto acetate... it's sooo real looking.

thank you Cheryl x

Hiya Jenny,

Thank you once again for joining in our challenge great use of stickers here and although the pics don't show the silver pen cobwebs too good they are fab in real life.

Still no blog for Jenny but maybe one day you will join us in blog land.

Thanks Jenny x

Hello Jan, Thanks for joining us again with your wonderful Halloween ATC's, fab backgrounds and loving the House shapes and your use of lace...very touchy feely.

See your little ghosts on Chris' ATC. See Jans blog listed on the right

Thank you. X

Now, how CUTE are these from our first timer Gez, welcome Gez, Patti over at Lisa's Altered Art will be pleased with these and just goes to show Halloween works just as well using pastel coloured backgrounds too.

Check out more from Gez over HERE.

Thanks Gez and the chocolate was yummy. x

Can you tell Chris loves to doodle and this is her fave stamp of Mona....I watched her create these fab ATC's. The little ghosts on the top one have been recycled as they came in Jan's Package of Halloween ATC's...big thanks from Chris they were just what she needed to complete this one.

You can find more of Chris' doodles over HERE.

Thank you Chris x

Carol you witch and scare crow look like they have been having one heck of a party drinking the pumpkin wine, love the glossy accents you used.

Thank you x

Welcome to Alexandra her first time with us, fabulous colours the backgrounds are brilliant.

You can find over HERE. Go see her fab work.

Thank you Alexa x

A thought for the weekend....

Friendship among Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house.

The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.

Friendship among Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house.

The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight confirmed that he had slept over, and two said he was still there.

LOL

Do remember to call back on Monday and meet our December Artist Trading Card Designer, this month from the UK.

Have a great weekend

love Chriss xxx

Still Time for the November ATC's to get here....I am thrilled with those that have arrived, you make this all so worth while...thank you. x