Inchies : )

I'm hosting an inchie swap on ATCsforAll.com, and finally got around to making my own inchies for it. I cut out images from an American history textbook, put them on some inchie blanks that I had made when cutting out something else, and then stuck on inked up words and did the edges with a silver marker.

While I was doing them, I spread out the finished ones and noticed that some of the words kinda made interesting phrases. Maybe that will turn into an idea for another swap -- sentence inchies :)

Chunky Madness

Just what I needed -- another addiction! As if ATCs and inchies and rolos weren't enough, now I've got myself hooked on chunky pages, too! They're 4 inches by 4 inches and super fun! Here are a few a made for trades on ATCSforAll with nursery rhyme themes:



And here is a bound book. I got these pages from different trades, then made covers and bound them on metal rings. I love how all the fibers and charms and beads and whatnot look when they stick out all over the place. My kind of madness :)

Fun Link

Here is a link to a site that will spell out your name with photos from flickr: http://metaatem.net/words/. Thanks to Goatgoddess from ATCsforAll.com for the tip!

Altered Rolo

I've been trading altered rolodex cards with friends from ATCsforAll. When I trade with someone that I don't have a rolo for, I cut out the return address portion of their envelope, paste it to a blank rolo card, and file it. I thought my rolo holder looked a little boring, so I added some stripes with white electrical tape.

Make It Mondays - April 14, 2008

Lisa Vollrath is putting up a new challenge every Monday on Go Make Something. This week's challenge was music. I did a 4x4 page based on REM's song "Night Swimming." I glued on some background papers, smeared on acrylic paint, then drew on top and colored with markers and colored pencils. This song always reminds me of a fun time I had with some friends in Saratov on the Volga river, so I drew the bridge that crosses the Volga there, and one of the pretty lampposts that are on the embankment.

Inspirational site

Yesterday I spent a lot of time on Lisa Vollrath's site Go Make Something. Lisa Vollrath is a member of ATCsforAll and I've seen links to some of her pages in the past, but never explored the site much before yesterday. Wow is there a lot of great stuff there!! Fun articles, great templates, lots of how-to's with excellent photographs. I loved the videos she had posted, especially the ones on organization. Very neat to see and hear the person who's been giving you instructions. It makes it so much more personal. Will definitely spend some more time on that site during my vacation (which starts this Friday, woooooooooot!).

Tunes

I'm not sure why, but I haven't been listening to much music lately. Maybe it's because my iPod broke, but maybe I've just been in a funk. I signed up for a fun 'Mixtape' swap on ATCsforAll.com and had a blast going through my CDs and putting the music up loud to pick the songs for my cards. Here's what I ended up with:



These cards were really fun - for the backgrounds I used some of the paper that I cover my table with and draw/paint/whatever on that collects lots of colors.

Today I signed up for Amie Street - my BFF sent me an invite about a year ago!! It's lots of fun to hear new music. I'm glad I finally registered.