ATC in Wonderland..?

I love American McGee's 'Alice' PC game. It suits the darker side of my nature and I thought made for an interesting twist on the tale. I love anything to do with Alice whether old or new! So here is my slightly darker contribution to the world of Alice ATC's.

"True Blood" is True Work!

Hello and welcome back to my blog! As promised in an earlier blog featuring Sookie Stackhouse ATC's, I present my completed set of character ATC's for the private swap I am in with my swap partner, kimmer.

I am posting the pics in groups as there are 11 of them and I can only post a maximum of 5 pictures per blog post. The first group are ATC's of Eric Northman, Bill Compton and Sookie Stackhouse, certainly three of the main players especially for Season 3!

The next set is of Jason Stackhouse, Sam Merlotte and Amy Burley, Jason's one time love interest on the show.

The third set shows Tara Thornton, LaFayette Reynolds and "Eggs" Benedict Talley.

And finally, the last is of my favorite "baby" vamp, Bill's child Jessica Hamby and the Queen herself, Sophie-Anne LeClerq.

These in all took about 26 hours to make, they were a lot of fun putting an actual 'set' together, but I was so proud (and a bit relieved) to have them finished. I hope my partner likes them as well!

Thank you all for stopping by and please have a "True" happy and crafty day!

Bryony House ATC...

This is the third ATC I have made to interpret the houses of The Court of Night Blooming Flowers from the Kushiel's Legacy novels by Jacqueline Carey. My group on Swap-bot, The Sangoire Cloak, host swaps where we create ATC's like these and many other crafts for swapping with each other. This is my interpretation for Bryony House, whose main focus is cupidity and wagering. I was really happy with the way it turned out! If you haven't read these delightful and intriguing novels yet, I highly recommend them. Have a lovely day!

French Themed Mondays!

Bonjour!

Yesterday I had a wonderful day, I went shopping at one of our antique malls and found three postcards I now treasure! I love them. They show two Paris landmarks as they were I am guessing around the turn of the last century or just before, as to when these postcards were printed I have no idea but it really doesn't matter too much as they just make me smile!

Then I I received two swaps in the mail, one was my Marie Antoinette ATC from my partner travelgirl, shown here. It's really over the top and so very Marie, ready for a night of revelry!

The other ATC shown is an extra sent with different ATC swap. My partner for this swap loriglen read over my profile and thought I would like it and I do very much! I had to post it here. I love the little breads for sale and it is so detailed even down to the cracks in the buildings! Thank you!!!

So, now I am inspired Mondays are no longer drab and boring! They will be French day for me! I will craft something with a French theme, cook a French inspired meal or learn a new word in French (or if budget allows buy something with a French theme), just a little something to look forward to on Mondays from now on starting next week!

So if any of you wish to join me let me know and maybe we can get a little group together of people who do something "French" every Monday, wouldn't that be fun! Leave comment and let me know if you do and I will follow you. Let's see what we can learn!

Au revoir!

Vintage Burlesque ATC's...

So, I guess this will be the place where I display my "Vintage" ATC series that I am currently in on Swap-bot. The next set I am displaying are these Vintage Burlesque ATC's I made last week for that swap. They are tasteful nudes and I do hope I do not offend anyone by posting them here, but I do not think they are lewd or vulgar, so I am fine with posting them.

Two completely different ideas but both turned out well. I did a variety of layering papers, stamping the backgrounds and some on the foreground as well, adding brads or letters where appropriate. I do hope these will spark creativity in all who view them!

Marie Antoinette ATC's...

I love anything French and I love Marie Antoinette. So, when an ATC swap of her was hosted on Swap-bot I couldn't resist joining! Here are the two ATC's I made for my partner, I do so hope they enjoy them!

The ATC with the oval picture, I wanted it to feel like a piece of confection, like a sweet pink bon-bon! All in chocolate and pink colours for the most part and a little gilding on the edges of the picture, some lace and few more accents, I thought it was tempting!


The other ATC is a hectic ransack of Marie's boudoir! Everything thrown everywhere trying to find that perfect accessory for tonight's fete. I love layering on my ATC's, I think it gives them depth and it makes it fun to view, each time hoping to see something new. I welcome comments and critiques so please feel free to do so!