Laura Hummel: By the Sea ATC swap

A set of Lovely Sailboats and enchanting island cottages arrived in my mailbox on Friday, from Laura Hummel in Maryland! I'm not sure, but I think Laura used Tea Bag paper for her ATCs. She also added a bit of fabric and stitched it to her paper ATC. Wow, I just love the style of these! Thanks so much for the extra ATC for me, Laura. 

This is Laura's 13th creative swap! She told me in a note that she has kept everything from all the swaps she was in and treasures all of them. 💓so nice to hear. :o)

We are sailing towards June 24th! Send your swaps as soon as you can . . . 

Thank you! 

Laura Hummel: Stitchie Swap!

From Laura Hummel in MD, some fun mail art (love it!) and 3 wonderful stitchies. Laura wrote me a note saying it was so much fun to be in one of my swaps again. Wow! This is Laura's 12th Creative Swap!! She also said she felt a little out of her comfort zone with hand stitching & fabric, but she could have fooled me!!

awesome job!

Thank you Laura! 

Love the mail art, and I have always enjoyed having you in my art swaps! 

Ocean/Sunset ATCs: Laura Hummel

Today I received a beautiful envelope filled with Laura Hummel's ATCs for the swap!
Isn't it great? Very much enjoyed, Laura -thanks SO much!

Enclosed were Laura's 6 ATCs done in Sunset Colors: 

I love her backgrounds, yum! 

And here is a close-up of the front and back of one of her ATCs:

You can see there are various ways to handle the back -do try to add your info, please! 

Looking forward to seeing YOUR ATCs - DUE IN MY HANDS

SATURDAY, APRIL 23rd, 2016 -no exceptions! 

Let me know if you have any questions . . . lenna

Laura Hummel - Inspiration Collage

This is Laura's 10th Creative swap! Congratulations. I am so glad to hear you were happy to be part of this swap, Laura. I'm happy you participated! Laura's collages also had to fight storm Jonas to get here from MD, but they made it, hooray. Best wishes for the rest of the swap pieces that are on their way to get here by Saturday!

Laura wrote and said, "I used a lot of what you sent . . . 

but it is hidden under paint & houses."

I still spy a lot! 

Laura made an extra collage for me as a gift, thank you! 

Oh wait, her note says, "HELP . . . I can't stop doing these

houses!!" :0) I don't know Laura, I think that could be a good thing! 

They look great. Thanks so much for your art. 

Laura Hummel -Prayer Flag Swap!

Laura hand-dyed the fabric for her flags and I am very much in love with them! I also really like the words/prayers she paired with her flags. So glad you could participate, Laura!

Laura Hummel - August ATCs: I Am

From Laura in Maryland, four awesome ATCs on the August theme of "I am". Three are for the swap, with an extra one for me -thank you! I adore Laura's style so I am quite pleased there is an extra ; ^ ) Here are the fronts, followed by the backs which include her I am statement - so very clever!

Thank you Laura! 

This swap will be wrapping up soon. All "I am" August ATCs need to be delivered to me by September 3rd . . . can you believe that is a week from Saturday??!! wow. I will close registration for this swap at the end of the week. You can register for any swap on the Registration Page. 

I believe this is my 6th post today as I received a lot of swap mail yesterday and today -whoo hoo! Just go to the creative swaps blog and work backwards from the top if you have missed any!! ; ^ ) lenna

Laura Hummel -postcard mail art swap!

From Laura Hummel in Maryland, we have 3 postcards for the swap and an extra one for me. Thank you, Laura!!

Just beautiful, don't you agree?? Laura's images are from ARTchix Studio and Alpha Stamps and I love the turquoise German scrap border she's used. Lovely! 

Laura, you've done good and gotten them to me in plenty of time, thanks so much! 

Laura Hummel - July ATCs: Colour my world

From Laura Hummel in Maryland  . . . . a cool envelope, and . . .

 Cherry and Olive Green ATCs! 

click for more details!
Thanks so much for making an extra ATC for me.

:^ ) love your art, Laura! 

#14.Laura Hummel: Little Book swap!

Wow. I have 4 participants little books to share with you! There is so much beauty and creativity in this swap it is a little overwhelming at times . . .  I think we can handle it though. ; ^ ) Thank you all for putting in your best effort, it really shows. First up, I have a delightful assortment of books from Laura Hummel in Maryland. I know Laura a bit because she has participated in my swaps before; this is her 5th creative swap, as far as I can tell! We are also in a small Mail Art swap together, organized by Sue Emmerson. I love Laura's style! I have 5 books to share with you as Laura made 4 for the swap and one for me as a gift. Thank  you, Laura!!

Above are all the little books Laura made. Click on the photo for detail.

 Below is a sweet little accordion book.

 When you untie it and open it, the accordion comes out as a separate piece! 

Beautifully decorated.

Laura called the one below a "scrappy" book that was fun to do and good use for her never ending pile of papers that she is saving for whatever! Sounds good to me : ) It is the top left book with a ring binding in the first photo.

 Love this quote on the back! 

 Here is a different book - Laura made a variety. 

I love how she painted the feather! 

 Inside are 3 signatures with a number of recycled pages in each.

 beautiful!

 Look at this cute little book! 

 The coin tucked behind Mt. Fuji is for good luck.

It is an accordion book, attached. 

 I love this one below and will keep it for myself. Thank you, Laura!

 Inside . . . 

Thank you, Laura!

Such a delight to look at all of the books you made.

Here's hoping you join many more creative swaps! 

That reminds me, I placed a poll for upcoming swaps on the blog:

http://creativeswaps.blogspot.com/

In the sidebar, everyone please go vote. Thanks!!

Laura Hummel: Vintage Note card swap!

Laura Hummel in Maryland has sent in 3 wonderful vintage style note cards, inside an amazing mail ART envelope - shazaam! I love what Laura has done!! On a note inside Laura wrote, "As you can see I loved your folder idea and am now obsessed with mail art."  : ) There is a video at the bottom of this post that shows how to make theses types of envelopes, a great idea from artist Roben-Marie Smith!

Below is Laura's envelope that I found in my mailbox yesterday ; ^ D

the back -click for detail

I carefully cut it open where Laura sewed it to retrieve her note cards!

Laura's cards!

stamped envelopes 

back of one of the cards - a paper napkin!

Awesome, Laura! Thanks so much for sending early too. I never know what my mail man might bring these days, it is lovely! All note cards are due in my hands, february 26th. There are still a few spots and all the details are here. Looking forward to more!!!