Downton Abbey ATCs

Hello All!

Our Downton Abbey swap was a success and so fun!

I received 4 lovely ATCs.

This first one is from Jan at A Journey..

It features my favorite couple and is very romantic!

Jan created this wonderful bag for the ATC as well as a handmade tag.

Thank you so much Jan!

This colorful beauty is from Christine LeFever.

It so beautifully shows Carson's attitude...."we may have to have a maid in the dining room"....GASP!

I love it!

Thank you Christine!

This one is from Judith at Poppy Cottage.

I wish you could see it in person, the photo doesn't do it justice as it is embossed in gold and (I think, watercolored).  It is very feminine, just perfect!

Thank you Judith!

And here is Elaine's from The Craft Shed creative ATC book!

How cool is this???

The front is fab with the castle in the background and the beautiful fence in the foreground.

The inside features another favorite couple of mine from the series....

Tom and Sybil. 

The picture frame is embossed. I love the way she made this, it is like a little romantic keepsake!

Even the back is lovely with this Art Nouveau style design!

Thank you Elaine!

Thank you everyone who joined in this swap!

I would love to do another one in the future...

I haven't been around very much lately due to health challenges. 
I miss visiting you all!
I hope to be back in blogging form soon...
But will be hopping around when I can : )

Hugs,

Terri

Fun with Purples and Greens

At the Paperwhimsy Forum (a totally fun place to be!), we have just finished a fabulous swap. The theme was Sassy and we were to decorate a 81/2 x 11" envelope and then fill it with art supplies from our own stash. Then, send it to our secret Sassy Sister. Once everyone had there envelope of goodies, we were to create a Thank You ATC to send back to the sister who sent us the supplies. Totally fun!

Meet the "Sassy Sisters". There is Sassy One, Middle Sass and Lil' Sass. They are the cutest little girls....but my oh my are they sassy! I dyed the laces that Christine, my Secret Sassy sister sent me, and I used her green and gold paper background as well as her little girls for the ATCs. I decided they needed stitching in place and used gold, purple and green threads.

The papers she sent me worked so well together...even though she did not send me anything purple, that just kind of evolved.

Lil' Sass is really sweet looking....but watch out, her bite is much worse than her bark!

I had not made any ATCs for a while so this project was really enjoyable.

Here is the fantastic envelope that Christine created for me, along with some of the goodies she so generously sent too!

A close up of her decorated envelope. It was hard to capture the fab texture on the blue.

(My return gift to Christine, with the 3 ATCs)

Thank you so much Christine! I really appreciate what you sent me!
Thank you Paperwhimsy for yet another creative swap!

I hope you are all doing well this week. It has been a very busy week here.
I am working on a new venture and I will share about that soon!
Hugs,
Terri

Mixed Media ATC

Hello All,
Can you believe it is the last day of September already???
We have had rain for 3 days now, and it is so good!
I have been working in my art room a little and created this ATC.
I first used watercolor paper and dyed it with coffee.
I stamped on it with Stazon ink.
I made the wand out of a toothpick.
Coffee dyed the lace.
Mixed two colors of Stickles to get the gold and black edges.
(I do love Stickles!)
I used the page number (31) from a very old book.
I hope you like my little witchy card.
I am not huge into Halloween, but I do enjoy dressing up and eating CHOCOLATE!

I am showing this card for Theme Thursday.
Thanks so much for coming by.
Have a creative day!
Hugs,
Terri