Flickr Trade With Artsy Fartsy Queen

I got permission from Melody to blog about our Flickr Trade. You can find Melody's art here.
I traded my Tea For Two Clone :

The scan is slightly blurry because of the bowl of the spoon. I scanned while holding the card with the lid of the scanner up. I have not yet gotten a box and painted the inside black to place over dimensional objects while scanning. This idea came from Marianne via my inkjet transfers yahoo group. I use an Epson Perfection 4490 scanner and Love It. Thanks for the tip, mk!

Now, just so you don't think everything looks good the first time, here is the first background I made for this card:

Stop laughing!!!! I used a gesso stamped background, too heavy of a hand embossing and a doily stamp that looks like poo when put all together. Luckily for Melody, I had one more postage stamp! I think I will salvage this and turn it into an Anti-Valentine. Something Dark and Maudlin, right up my alley!

Here is the awesome ATC I received from Melody:

It's TWO sided, how cool is that!!!!! Trading Rules!! Thanks again, Melody!

xoSusan

Flickr Trade

So, after napping I decided to cruise around flickr. OMG that site sucks you in big time. Well, one of my fav artists is doing a series of ATC's that is quite original. I flickr mailed her and we are gonna trade. Yeah!!! Way back in October, she wanted my Tea For Two ATC. But, alas, I made that ATC to gift the hostess of a Fatbook project I participated in. But lo and behold, Susan found another one of those spoons in her stash. So I dangled it in front of the other artist, and she took the bait!! Here is the original ATC she wanted:

I will give details about the other artist and post the Recreated ATC after the trade. xoSusan

Hand Over The Trade And Nobody Gets Hurt

Is it not a small world out there? I just started using my flickr account and exploring the photographers and mixed media artists represented there. I have had several artists leave very kind comments on my flickr page and have now traded with one of them! I discovered Matthew's work, aka skylerdragon at flickr, and fell in love with "Dancer" and "First Valentine".

Dancer is made with acrylic paint, craft paper and newsprint and Matthew's skills. Striking.

First Valentine uses felt tip marker, colored pencils and a COB book illustration, along with Matthew's amazing drawing talent! I think a COB book is used in teaching because, well, Matthew is a teacher!

And as far as the small world thing goes, I was checking in with my arttechniquesATCs yahoo group and found a post by none other that my new trade partner. Check out skylerdragon's art on flickr! Thanks again Matthew!

xoSusan