Arabian Nights Wrapped Up

I am starting to love going to the mail box. Here are the 5 cards I received from artists around the world as part of this swap:

From left to right:

Belly Dancer by Elizabeth Mackie via Australia!

Arabian Nights by Nancy Allen

Pava (a real life belly dancer) by Judy Matheny

And Two Gothic Arches:

Left: Jan Myers

Right: Gillian McMurray via The UK!!

These are beautiful and I love the unique visions of each artist on the subject matter. Ladies, I would love to link to your blogs, comment me the addresses if you are bloggers. Thank you for a wonderful trading experience! xoSusan

Arabian Nights Swap Unveiled

So, Back to the Lovely Sunday, I am having:

Here are my remaining 3 ATC's for ArttechniquesAtc's yahoo swap. The first is the sample:

She's the sample cuz I don't like the silver sparkles versus the red I use later. I also used a piece of tulle on her that was not sparkly. I found the sparkly tulle later. I also glued her head down right to the card. It looks funny. For the swap cards, I used a little piece of foam tape which gives her head the needed height to not smoosh the tulle. Here are cards 3, 4, and 5 for the swap:


I used gel pens, red sparkle stickers, playing card (actually used at the Mirage Casino), sparkly tulle ribbon, portfolio oil pastels, words from an antique book. I cut little slits in the bottom of the card and fed the tulle through. Anchored it with tape:


I'm happy with the results and hope the other swappers are too. Now, I'm either going to work on the Tea for Two Clone or an ANTI-Valentine. Don't be scared if I choose the Anti-V. I'll try and keep myself reigned in. Stay tuned........xoSusan

Arabian Nights Swap

Although I have to get to work on the Tea for Two ATC clone, I can't until my Arabian Nights ATC's are complete. I won't let myself!! Mentally they were done, but the physical had to be addressed! This is the first one I did. I will be keeping this one, because it is not up to par. I don't know what I did, but the soft gel gloss medium got cloudy. I put it on with my fingers and I think I handled it too much before dry. So it is the sample! I just love the quote, but I think the card looks too crowded with all the words.
I have this wonderful book purchased in my Now Closed Favorite Antique Store. It's called "Leaves of Gold" and is chock full of wonderful quotes, poems, and essays. I especially loved this first quote.

So the next 2 are for the swap, for which I need to make a total of 5. Now, I don't want offend other swappers by my use of nudity. So I'm swapping 2 of these and making 3 other cards, without nudity. I will post those when I finish them. I'm hoping the hostess will be able to distribute the cards without offending anyone. Here they are:

These 2 I will trade on Flickr:
Here is a closeup of with sparkles and without. HINT: Use an exacto knife to lift these tiny stickers or you will go STARK RAVING MAD. I added them to the background and to her jewelry. Again, the words are all from that awesome book, rearranged a little here and there.

xoSusan