Garden ATC Swap - Joanie Hoffman, MD

WOW! The LAST arrival for our summer Garden ATC swap came in from Joanie Hoffman in North Beach, Maryland. Joanie's ATCs are really different. When I picked the package up, they made a noise like there were seeds inside the ATCs! I later discovered they were small, clear, hole-less beads that she somehow got in-between the base and the outside clear layer. Very ingenious!! : ) You can see them a bit when you click on the scan for more detail.

Garden ATC Swap - Linda Schultz, PA

Linda Scultz sent in 3 wonderful garden ATCs. She was also thinking of the same song that Cynthia Weed was when she created her ATCs. It's a great song & a perfect fit for this theme. Click on any photo for more detail.

Lovely! Thank you, Linda.

Garden ATC Swap - MAry Goodrow, MA

Mary Goodrow, a student of mine : ^ ) -sent in 6 ATCs and an extra one for me, thanks Mary! I love your take on a summer garden and that you tried more than one way to approach it. Thanks for playing!!

Garden ATC Swap - Mary Zimany, CT

My friend and student, Mary Zimany's ATCs got here just in time, yay!! Tomorrow is the last day for swap arrivals - after that, I willl be busy swapping all these gorgeous Fabric ATCs on a summer Garden theme and packing them up to mail. WOW! Keep me in your thoughts! I will have to count & give you a total of the number of ATCs that were sent in to swap.

Mary always does wonderful creative work and these fabric ATCs are no exception to that rule. Click on the scan for a closer look - they are all different, and I love how she added the info on the back!

At this point I have 34 sets in and hope for 4 more sets tomorrow. Thanks to those of you who let me know youu could not make the deadline; it helps me keep the swap organized. STAY TUNED for 2 new swaps that will be announced next week! : ^ ) - Lenna

Garden ATC Swap - Norma Aquilar, OR

I love these soft, sweet ATCs Norma sent us from Oregon! Theu almost tell a story when lined up like this! Really lovely job, Norma . . . click on the scan to see her work close up!

Garden ATC Swap - Vickie Trancho, NY

From Vickie Trancho in New York, we have a summer garden theme a la "sculls & roses" or 'day of the dead' -- click on the scan for a closer look! Vickie's ATCs are very dimensional with flowers attached as well. She calls them: Goth Garden, I love it!! : ^ ) Thanks, Vickie!

Garden ATC Swap - Vicky Martindale, MI

Gorgeous ATCs from Vicky Martindale! I believe she used actual Baseball Trading cards as the base of her Artist Trading cards. Thank you for the extra ATC, Vicky! Not a requirement in this swap - but oh so nice : ^ )

Garden ATC Swap - Rena Matus, CT

9 beautiful ATCs have made it to my mailbox from Rena Matus in East Hartford, CT - hooray! Click on the scan for more detail on these lovely Artist Trading cards.

Garden ATC swap - Cynthia May, California

Here are Cynthia May's bright summer Garden ATCs. They are created all from fabric & they are very soft and touchable. Cynthia's ATCs are the 29th set to arrive! I hope to find 10 more sets in my mailbox in the next 2 days . . . and then I have my work cut out for me swapping these beauties out. I will be sure to keep you posted!

Garden ATC Swap - Barbara Roberts, FL

Barbara Roberts sent in some great ATCs she made following a technique she learned in a book I recently got and was reading on vacation: Artist Trading Card Workshop by Bernie Berlin. This is simply a fabulous book! I bought it because there were so many techniques inside that I wanted to try! Barbara tried out the technique where you fuse fibers together with a bit of fusible wonder under or pellon- one of the techniques that really caught my eye! If you click on the scan of Barbara's ATCs you will get a larger, much more detailed view. I flipped one of Barbara's ATCs over so you could see the cool way she did the back. Thanks so much Barbara!

Garden ATC Swap - Vicci Henderson, California

Vicci took photos of her garden flowers and transfered them to fabric for our Garden ATC swap . . . such a wonderful idea & looks great!

Garden ATC Swap - Cat Dodt Ellis, Idaho

Lots of fragrant poppies from Cat Dodt-Ellis in Idaho! I love how Cat did the backs of her ATCs . . . . .

Garden ATC Swap - Susan Metcalfe, TX

I love Susan's quotes and how she did all her ATCs different . . . click on any photo for more detail.

Garden ATC Swap - Linda Garcia, NM

We get the treat of a Southwestern garden from Linda Garcia!!

Garden ATC Swap - Victoria Talcott Wormell, CT

Even though Victoria was recovering from shoulder surgery . . . and she told me that since she had her 3rd child, the children in her family out-number the adults (!!) Still, Victoria managed to participate in this swap most beautifully :^ D - lucky us! Victoria used her shade garden for inspiration.

Garden ATC Swap - Cynthia Weed, Wyoming

From the creative miz weed in wyoming, "we are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden . . . " Thank you, cynthia!!

Garden ATC swap - Melissa Woolsey, Oregon

Melissa Woolsey sent in some wonderful hand stamped, completely made of fabric, Garden ATCs!

Backs of Lenna's Garden ATCs

As promised, here's a photo of the back of my Garden ATCs that shows the back of the floral beauty cards!

Garden ATC swap - Maggie Hannigan, Canada

Here is a close-up photo of the ATCs you see me holding in my hands in an earlier post - Maggie Hannigan came over to Wolfe Island and delivered these Garden ATCs to me in person, while we were visiting Canada! Aren't they just lovely??

Garden ATCs - Lenna Andrews, CT!

Below, Lenna's garden ATCs, created with the ARTchix Studio Floral Beauties cards in the middle of them. The floral beauties cards were designed by members of the ARTchix Studio yahoo group - some of you who designed them are in this swap!! Click on any photo below for more detail. I created these ATCs so you can still read the back of the floral beauty card . . . I will have to take a photo later to show you. My scanner is out of commission at the moment ever since since my hard drive died -- but because of my smart hubby who does this sort of thing for a living, everything on my computer was saved and is recovered. I have a new hard drive too! Steven thinks we will have to change the operating system (he tried a server version) & then the scanner should hook up again!

I created these for this swap (and a couple extra) while we were away in Canada. There were a couple of stormy, rainy days that made it a good day to sit at the table, gaze at the river & do artwork. We had a wonderful vacation, and used the good sunny days for lots of boating & sailing on the river. Because we were away, and then I lost my hard drive, it feels like forever since I have posted anything here on the swaps blog. I have some catching up to do too. I have also received ATCs from Melissa Woolsey, Victoria Talcott Wormell, Cat Dodt-Ellis, Susan Metcalfe and Maggie Hannigan -- as well as a package of 20 beautiful Circle Book pages from Frieda Oxenham in Scotland!! Tomorrow I will get out my camera & share them with you.

While I was on Wolfe Island, one of the Thousand islands (the largest one) I had a special treat of meeting one of our swap participants in person and receiving her Garden ATCs - HAND DELIVERED to me! Maggie Hannigan was across the river in Kingston, Ontario for a surface design course at one of the colleges and made arrangements to meet with me the last night of our vacation. She took the ferry over, we had a lovely visit and Steven took some photos of us and Maggies ATCs. I will take some close up shots tomorrow & share them with you soon!