Ongoing ATC Swap - January 2013 Gallery!

[leather and lace]

I looked it up, there is a way to do it but not on the phone itself. . . you have to do it manually on the computer, so I just skip that step and use the computer to download the pics. That is definitely an issue Apple needs to address, I think.

[Mountains and Clouds]

I agree! Thanks, leather and lace!  I gotta go find my little laptop!

[KittyHerman]

I received a wonderful card from blupaisan....
First the vintage postcard...love it.

And then this cute little guy...

I'm saving all the elephants to put them in a frame for my 8yr old, she's going to love it.

 Thanks

[Homerof2]

Wow, I love that elephant!!

[La Chapa]

Wow! I feel like the gallery exploded over the weekend! 
javaanie I love that Raccoon gent!  He is super sophisticated! Lol!
blupaisan, I was totally thinking of doing VanGogh for that theme! You did a lovely interpretation.
jillybeans, I am in love with that whale!  Oh the texture!
leather & lace, so glad you liked your card!  I really liked the ripped edge too (thanks!) & I am planning to use it more

AND, here is my gorgeous ATC from cabaute for my skullls theme!



I love it so much!  I may have to put "greyscale drawings" on my themes list and make a framed collage!  This is one of my favorite looks.  Thanks so much cabaute!

[cabaute]

Yay!  The first 2 cards I sent made it!!    So happy that they arrived safely and ya'll like them.

Last night when I checked the mail it was like my birthday had come early (my birthday is today) - I got three incredible cards!!

The first two, amazing watercolors (with a super cute card!!) from jillybeans:


These came in little plastic slips, which was super nice (hey... I need to get some of those!).  They feature a ribbon with the animal name.  I really love the one with the giraffes - in addition to having AMAZING coloring, they are slightly 3-d - the giraffes are separate papers mounted on top of the background.  I love the rays of blue coming from the two Canada geese.  We see those as they migrate through each fall.  Hm... I'm going to go back and get better closeups and post thumbnail links to them as an edit in a minute.  You can't see all the details from this shot.  (Stand by!)
Here we go:
 


The third card is a sweet creation by fancybutch!

I had NO idea that a group of flies was called a "business" - I love that!  That's part of why I love learning about interesting animal group names; some of them are so funny and unique.  Robin drew in each tiny suitcase and put them on a very executive blue and grey striped background.

Thank you SO much, jillybeans and fancybutch!  I LOVE what you created!!

[Mountains and Clouds]

aaaaaaaaaaand...... here's the "moon on a string" card I received from SunnyDawn!



Amazing how many ideas you all have come up with for this theme!  Thank you so much, SunnyDawn!

[javaannie]

I received from michelleandbean yesterday for my woodland theme.



I really like the owl silhouette and you can't go wrong with a red & white mushroom! Thanks!

[javaannie]

First, a question: do we need to pay Blupaisan rent? Because she is OWNING this swap! I also want one of her vintage postcards. Everyone's cards are outstanding but my faves so far are the smoking monkey, the fancy frog, the animal groupings and the medicine cabinet. Fantastic!

[SunnyDawn]

Mountains and Clouds, glad you liked the moon on a string, I can't stop thinking about more ideas!