Art Creations Friendship Page and ATC Artist Trading Card

Hi Everyone,

Just adding some pics of 2 art swaps I just completed.

A friendship page for the PDA Friendship pages group theme: May Flowers. This is being sent to my swap partner Rosie from Australia, I hope she will enjoy..

The other is an ATC/ACEO artist trading card swap for May theme: magic garden. Now waiting to know who my swap partner will be. Hah for once I am ahead of the deadlines for both projects.

If you would like to participate in swaps like these then come and join us on PDA aka Paper Digital Art

 

Thank-you for stopping by!

(((hugs)))

kim

Row Houses Theme: Home Tweet Home

Hi Everyone,
It has been a while since I posted some art projects. Here are some of the finished row houses I did for the latest swap and challenge on PDA Paper Digital Art and imagesbykim forum for the Row House Group.

The theme: Home Tweet Home

We created a minimum of 5 houses(1 set) or more if you chose, and then all were shipped to me and I then redistributed them and shipped back to everyone. If you would like to see everyone's houses that participated in the swap visit the PDA Row House Blog for a ton of inspiration and eye candy.

Here are some of my houses for you to see. All were done basically the same style just different colors and embellishments. I used design papers for the backgrounds, with textured papers for the roof and a wooden block for the perch and a variety of flowers and moss to embellish. Each house has 2 birds. You can click on the images for a closer look.

Thanks for looking!
kim

Book page 6 for altered book swap Interpretations Group

Page 6 Altered book page swap Theme: Stained for life

My Interpretation: Do not let a broken heart stain you for life

Message written on handmade scroll



Message on back scroll holds artist information

Tag book of tags

Hi Everyone,

Another swap on PDA in the Tag you are it Group.

The challenge was to make a tag book with tags.

So I took it literally and did both. I made the book from stained and distressed manilla shipping tags. Then inside I created little pockets using "used" tea bags.

After you drink your tea, allow the tea bag to dry thoroughly and then cut along one edge and remove tea leaves. Tea leaves can be added to your house plants for nutrients, and then you are left with these lovely little pockets to add to your art projects. Plus they are already vintage stained from the tea!

Once I added the pockets, I then added smaller tags inside. Each pocket holds 2 tags.
There are 6 inside pages for a total of 12 small assorted tags. I have shown a few pics of the little tags.
Each tag has fibre or ribbon ties, and the book closes with a twine that weaves through each manilla tag.

Ends of twine are knotted so they dont come out of the book (yet long enough for easy maneuver of opening the book) and then pulled tight to make a bow. I added a wire hanger to hang the book or attach to another art project.
Then through out the book I lightly embellished with paper flowers and small rhinestone bling.

What a fun project! I hope my swap partner will enjoy this little book of goodies!











Thanks for looking!
kim

Paint Chip Art Swap

This is an art swap I participated in called Paint Chip swap.

There are a total of 18 participants, so I had to make 18 original pieces using the cards. The cards were approx 5" x 6"
Each piece was created on the back of a paint chip card and the theme was based on the names of the paint colors.Unfortunately for me, when I took the photos of my pieces, I forgot to write down the theme names I used. I remember most of them but some might be a little bit off of what the actual titles are.

The completed pieces are sent to Jeri, aka An Artful Gathering, the Swap Host for sorting and assembly into bound art books, each participant will receive an art book of 18 assorted pieces from all the different artists involved.

Below are my creations for the swap. As always, very heavy embellished with found trinkets and objects. Lots of dimension.

I enjoyed making these little creations so I have decided I will create more for sale in the near future.
Thank-you for looking