wrapping up: Love Gone Wild ATC Swap!!

Well! This was certainly a fun swap. Even though I only first announced this swap about 6 weeks ago, after arriving here in Florida, there were 29 sets of 4 ATCs that came in on time from around the world: Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and all over the USA too!
As promised, I have 3 prizes to award.

Prize Number 1:

Casie Metcalf of Vintage Image Madness has donated a free monthly subscription to her wonderful downloadable vintage images on her site, as a sponsor of this swap. She has also donated a free package of vintage goodies for each participant, which will be included in with your swaps. To randomly choose two of the prizes, I used the list I made of all the participants as they joined up, which was numbered  . . .

and then i used Random.org to randomly pick 2 different participants. For the Vintage Image Madness Monthly Subscription, #5 was chosen (see it in blue below) which = Barbara Roberts in Florida! Casie will be sending you all the details on your gift, Barbara : ) congratulations, great prize! 

Number 2 prize in this swap was for a collage I created, just for this swap . . .

The randomly picked second number was # 31 = Sarah Boblit from Iowa! See her number chosen in blue below. I will be sending this collage to you along with your swapped ATCs, Sarah. Congratulations!

The last prize is one that I chose myself for what I considered to be the most creative ATCs in the entire swap. The winner of this prize will receive Free registration to the next creative swap of their choice. All they have to do is email me and remind me! For this prize, I chose Donna Butcher for her very creative love letter-complete with envelope and love note ATCs! Such an awesome idea that I had never seen before.

Congratulations to Donna and thank you to all!
I have the ATCs swapped out on paper, and will work hard to get them packaged up and in the mail to you ASAP. I will be announcing another creative swap, but not until next week. I hope to see you sign up, I'm planning on hosting a 4" x 4" collage swap and still working out the final details.

Thank you for a wonderful swap with awesome participation! lenna young andrews - February 16th, 2010

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #29: Betty Lou Cassidy, New Jersey

From Betty Lou Cassidy in New Jersey, we have our last set of ATCs that I am expecting for this swap, as today is the due date and I have received my mail!

Betty Lou, I am so glad your ATCs made it as they are so beautiful with your beading, flowers & images. Thanks so much for participating in another creative swap!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #28: Joanie Hoffman, Maryland

From Joanie Hoffman in Maryland, 4 delicious Love gone Wild fabric ATCs have made it to my post office box in Florida, despite 26" of snow one day and another 10" of snow a few days later, where Joanie lives in Maryland!  (no, i do not miss the snow!) Thank goodness yesterday was a Holiday and we had an extra day for arrivals, as I love the beading and WILD colors on Joanie's ATCs! Thanks for playing in another one of my creative swaps, Joanie : 0 ) . . .  p.s. Joan wrote me these notes about creating her ATCs that i just found: The front & backs are made from fabric from Africa, and almost all of the beads are African Christmas beads (3 at each corner are Beadazzled beads).  The photo of Tarzan & Jane was printed on printable fabric (commercial) and then hand colored in places with my Inktense watercolor pencils, working directly from the pencil itself.
wow, thanks!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #27: Casie Metcalf, Maine

From Casie Metcalf in Maine we have our 27th set of ATCs. : ^ )
Casie is the proud owner of Vintage Image Madness and she is sponsoring our Love Gone Wild swap with a free vintage image "goody pack" for each participant (see below). Thank you so much for your generosity - and your wonderful ATCs, Casie!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #26: Kitty Mitchell, New York

From Kitty Mitchell in New York, we have received set #26! Kitty's ATCs are hand-colored transparencies, something I've never seen before - wow. So cool, thank you Kitty, for participating!
p.s. Kitty has added some instructions -just click on Comments!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #25: Lisa Robinson, Alabama

Set #25 in our Love Gone Wild ATC swap is from Lisa Robinson in Alabama. Lisa and I are in an Altered book group together, and in fact, I have her book to work in at the moment! For our swap, Lisa has sent in 4 ATCs with very strong romantic images, some are definitely from ARTchix Studio. I really like the backgrounds Lisa used, is it scrapbook paper? This background provides a lovely contrast to her images.
Thanks, Lisa!

Note! There are just two mail days left for me to receive ATCs for this swap; the deadline is Monday, February 15th.   My fingers are crossed as there are 6 sets I am still expecting to receive. On the 15th or 16th of February I will update and close the swap, announce all of the winners and get working on swapping these ATCs out to the participants! Prizes: there will be a random drawing for a 4" x 4" collage I created on the 'Love Gone WIld' theme, a random drawing for the lovely donated prize of a one month's subscription to free downloadable images from Vintage Image Madness and one deserving participant will receive a free registration to my next swap - for the most creative ATCs in this swap. (in my opinion!) 
I plan on announcing my next swap the week of Feb 22nd, so stay tuned . . . . .

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #24: Christy Laudig, Indiana

From Christy Laudig in Indiana we have another set of 4 wonderful ATCs for our Love Gone Wild swap. They are so romantic! Christy used an eyelet to attach double pink hearts to card stock that I believe she embossed first with a heart shape. Look for the picture of the back of her ATCs below to get a better idea. For more of Christy's artwork, go to her blog: Christine's Chronology.
Thanks so much for joining us, Christy!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #23: Donna Eck, California

Wow, it is like Christmas when I was a kid around here, opening all these wonderful packages of ATCs for our Love Gone Wild Swap. Donna Eck in California sent in some ATCs that are unusual and wild in their own way! look at the back of these . . .

Donna's ATCs are made on a Bingo board that has been cut to ATC size.

I love her "sensibilty" in how she put these together. Thanks, Donna. I so enjoyed receiving and studying these little works of art. Thank you for the special ephemera you enclosed for me too. : 0 )

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #22: Kate North, New Malden UK

oh my, I think things are growing wildly in Kate's English Garden!!
Truthfully, what a great idea Kate came up with for our swap. I love her fabric and paper ATCs. Thanks so much, Kate for participating in so many of my swaps.

Kate has a blog, Kate's Quilting and other fiber arts - go there to see and read a bit more!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #21: Lisa Mallette, Florida

Wow, some really gorgeous and rich looking ATCs from Lisa Mallette have arrived. Lisa made an extra one and sent it to me as a gift, so you will see five ATCs pictured here.
Lisa has a blog called Studio Rose and if you follow that link you will go to a post about these ATCs and some additional ones Lisa made. I always enjoy introducing you to new art blogs!

Check out all of Lisa's ATCs including the lovely stamp she used for the back below....

so beautiful!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #20: Sharon Walworth, Rhode Island

Set #20 has arrived, from Sharon Walworth in Rhode Island!

Sharon wrote to me and I quote,
"I had fun working out of my stash......the denim background is actually from a pair of worn size 10 shorts (I'll never see that size again!)  and the backing is fabric that has been with me since I started quilting in late 80's.  The image is Luna girl digital, and the saying.....well, remember the wonderful movie of that title? It was about a blind girl who jumped horses from tall diving platforms. Perfect for this image: don't you love it when everything comes together?" (yes!!! )

Thank you Sharon, I always love your contributions to my swaps!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #19: Donna Butcher, California

Donna Butcher has created ATCs with a definite creative twist that I don't think I've ever seen before. She made her ATCs into envelopes and enclosed love notes!!

This is one of those hidden benefits of hosting a swap. I think it makes any of the work worth it -seeing and holding all these great ideas and beautiful cards in my hands, and getting to share them all with you.
A closer look at Donna's way-cool idea is below - you can click on any scan for more detail.

Fabulous idea, Donna!! Thanks so much for participating! : 0  ) lenna

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #18 Sue Fujii, Nevada

Wow! I love these ATCs from Sue Fujii for our swap. Sue wrote me that this was the first time she made ATCs, even though she had purchased four books about them. Great job Sue, and definitely 'up to par'!
Very creative too, i love what you've done  : 0 )

Sue wrote that she had a great time coming up with a design for her ATCs on a Love Gone Wild theme . . . her friend Donna Eck had encouraged her to try one of my challenges/swaps. Sue freely admits that she is absolutely "in love" with the Il Divo (means Italian Divine male Performer) singing group and decided to put her make believe fantasies on paper with love letters to each of them : )  Sue said she tried to keep the ATCs in a dream-like state with the use of a sheer ribbon. 

Thanks so much Sue, i love hearing the thinking behind your design!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild - #17 Sharon Borsavage, Pennsylvania

- Oh my!
From my friend and altered book partner Sharon Borsavage:

i love the wild painted background Sharon has chosen to do. 

These are really wonderful, Sharon!
Please check out Livewire Jewelry for more of Sharon's diverse and beautiful art!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild - #16: Caroline Ouzts Hay, California

From Caroline Hay in California, 4 Love gone Wild ATCs based on the Silver Screen -yum!

I love the way Caroline did the backs, too! 

Please read more about how Caroline made these on her blog, Glitter Tart Designs.

ATC Swap: Love gone wild - #15 Barbara Roberts, Florida

Barbara Roberts has sent in 4 wonderful fabric ATCs for our swap!

Barbara wrote to me and told me she copied the images out of the PDF file I sent, pasted them into MS Word and resized them the best she could there, wow! She asked me if i knew a better way to do this and i did not. I assumed that some of the participants might simply print out the images I included, as is, onto paper or maybe fabric? I am impressed, Barbara!

Barbara says her set is Anne Taintor inspired!
Barbara also wrote that she changed fabrics several times before she found one she was happy with as far as printing the images. She used painted wonder-under as a base to give it a touch of Vintage. Thanks so much Barbara!

ATC Swap: Love gone wild set #14: Vicky Martindale, Michigan

From Vicky Martindale - a wonderful set of 4 Love Gone WILD ATCS:

Thank you so much, Vicky! (Vicky has been participating in art swaps with me since at least 2004!!!)
xo lenna young andrews - February 4, 2010

ATC Swap: Love gone wild sets #12 + #13: Sabine Schneider, Germany

oh my goodness! Two beautiful sets of fabric ATCs have flown in from Sabine Schneider in Germany. Set one is below -all photos are click-able for more detail:

a closer look:

very close!! (and beautiful)

Sabine's second set:

Sabine, i love your vintage photos, use of feathers, stitching and your fabrics! Sabine's blog is ColorFly, to see more on her ATCs plus more of her art.