Margriet van Schaik: By the Sea ATC swap

Yesterday, I recieved from Margriet in the Netherlands, 2 sets (total of 6 ATCs) plus, one extra for me. How lovely! It is so great to see these wonderful ATCs arrive in my mailbox. I like sharing them on the blog as an inspiration for all. 

Margriet told me she lives close to the sea and enjoys walking along the beach. Here are her ATCs, created with the theme "Treasures of the Ocean". This is Margriet's 6th creative swap!

Thanks so much Margriet! So great to have you participating. 

​​​ ​​lenna young andrews 

Art Swaps: https://creativeswaps.blogspot.com

Website: www.creativelenna.com

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each ​day as it goes by. 

~ E. S. Bouton

   

Ocean/Sunset ATCs: Margriet van Schaik

From the Netherlands, these ATCs have travelled all the way to Florida! Margriet van Schaik has done a number of swaps with me in the past and I have enjoyed her art in all of them. See some of her work right here on Creative Swaps - collage, paper/fabric beads. little books & vintage notecards (previous swaps). This post will appear first, when I tag this post with her name and the other posts will follow afterwards. If you are a participant you can find your own page of swap art by going to the blog and looking in the sidebar for your name under "Creative Swap Art Participants". It is under "Creative Swap Participants Blogs". Click on your name & it will take you to you art. You can share the link to it -just copy what is in the browser window at the top!!

I'd like to start with the beautiful thank you card Margriet made for me, 

I was very touched & impressed! 

Then her ATCs . . . all ocean colors

I just love the backgrounds Margriet made . . .

And the sayings! 

Keep Moving

Go with the flow

Refreshing! 

Thanks so very much Margriet.

It's wonderful to have you participating all the way from the Netherlands!

Margriet van Schaik - Inspiration Collage

Three collages from Margriet in the Netherlands have also come in! You will notice as it gets closer to the January 30th deadline of swaps in my hands, we will see quite a bit more activity & uploading on Creative Swaps, yippee!

It is so much fun to see what you all have done with the collage bits I sent. 

On this one, I did not recognize the Dove chocolate wrapper (gold) 

right away. So very clever, Margriet! 

simply beautiful 

And look at this envelope! I adore it.

So glad you were able to join in again, Margriet! 

Margriet van Schaik: Bead Swap

From the Netherlands we have a collection of 20 beautiful beads for our swap, both displayed and labeled so gorgeously!!

Isn't this presentation wonderful? And the back . . .

Margriet included a gift for me!

wrapped in dyed paper I can re-use - a necklace with paper beads! 

I feel very lucky.

Thank you Margriet!  The fusible film is great on your beads.

click for details . . .

happy day! 

ALL beads due one week from Saturday - march 24.

I look forward to receiving your lovlies! 

#6.Margriet van Schaik - Little Book Swap!

From the Netherlands, we have 2 gorgeous little books from Margriet van Schaik. Remember! You can send in 2, 3 or 4 little books and you will receive the same amount in return when I swap them out. Yippee!

I love these 2 books Margriet made! 

Margriet also kindly put in a package of old book pages in with her little books as a hostess gift for me! 

The tag she made with my name, makes me smile. I just used the name tag she made for me from another swap, by recycling it in an art journal spread the other day! (Lenna tag - music paper - right hand side!) 

Please note: sending any kind of hostess gift is absolutely optional. 

I appreciate anything extra you'd like to send me but this is definitely not a requirement. I know that sometimes just getting the swaps packaged up to be sent is all that is possible and I totally understand. Thank you, Margriet. It is a pleasure having you in any creative swap! 

Margriet van Schaik: vintage note card swap!

Wow, we have some beautiful note cards making their way to my mailbox already! These are from Margriet van Schaik and have traveled all the way from the Netherlands. Thanks soooooo much for joining us, Margriet! If you have a blog or a website please let me know and I will share it here.

A beautiful mix of paper and lace

I really like Margriet's handmade stamp
that she put on the back of each card

She decorated the envelopes and lined both
the envelope and the card

just gorgeous! the music page is such a great background.

I love all the buttons & lace

Thank you so much for the sweet goody pack,
not required, but very appreciated!

What a wonderful start to our Vintage note card swap. Between Susan, Marnie, Jo Ann, Donna, Nancy & Margriet we have a great variety of awesome cards already here and posted on the blog! Frieda & Joanna have sent theirs from the UK, but with the unusual amount of snow they are having, their parcels are still en route. Make sure to leave plenty of time for your cards to arrive BY February 26th!