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Date Joined: January 12, 2022
Last Online: October 30, 2024 Birthday: April 14 Country: United States My ATCs & Ink Box Cards My Christmas Ornaments My Deco Books USPS Service Performance Dashboard |
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Taking the time to understand someone’s profile or preferences before creating art for them is a thoughtful and considerate gesture. I very much appreciate it!
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I've been creating art since I can remember and actually had a painting of mine hang in the deYoung Museum in San Francisco for 3 years when I was 5 years old, thanks to my kindergarten teacher.
I'm an avid traveler ✈️ and have been to all 7 continents (Antarctica was the last in Jan. 2023), and 41 of the 50 USA states...still working on the final 9 (Carolinas, Dakotas and some other midwestern states), then I can check that item off my Bucket List.🪣
I absolutely love when people push themselves and explore outside their comfort zones! I'm always up for a challenge and seek out new artistic endeavors, so I look for those types of swaps and I try to host swaps that may be different or challenging for some but very rewarding once completed.
If you are in the USA and passionate about ATCs, come check out our very active group USA ATC SWAPS.
This is a photo of my craft room in our previous home in Oregon, cleaned up for house sale photo shoot. Now we're back in sunny California and I've set it up all over again (phew).... but I doubt it will ever look this tidy again!
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I've been painting abstracts and geometric art for many years with acrylics on canvas or wood. I started painting with watercolors a couple of years ago and absolutely adore it! I am very fond of using metallic paints in either acrylic or watercolor. My most recent exploration is using alcohol inks! 🎨
Creating ATCs is a favorite of mine and I create HD/HP, 3D, mixed media, collage, embossed, fussy-cut, or interactive ATCs mostly and spend a lot of time and energy on my creations and appreciate the same in return. Most of my ATC swaps require a non-machinable stamp because of their 3D nature, so it may take longer to get to you as USPS needs to hand cancel. ➡️➡️➡️ I'm not a fan of people ATCs (think: Tim Holtz vintage people and kids w/ butterfly wings) unless super quirky, so please don't send such cards to me! You can visit my ATCs folder if you'd like to see some of my ATCs (may be spoilers). I'm also into creating ink box cards, tags, inchies, and twinchies. If you're an ATC swapper, please come check out our USATC group at USA ATC SWAPS. 🖍️
Paper-crafting is another favorite. I prefer modern & colorful, but you do you! I have a "Spellbinders" die cutting machine and now have a healthy collection of dies. Each year I create my own holiday cards and send a homemade ornament or painting with each of the dozens of cards I send out. ✂️
Deco books are super fun and I love seeing creations from all over the world! Please visit My Deco Books website if you are interested in seeing some of these books. It took exactly 365 days for my first "homer" deco to be returned to me...it can take years from creation to coming home (if it ever does). I dislike bulky, heavy decos w/ big baubles. Please keep decos flat as possible when decorating/making as it keeps postage costs down. I seldom keep other's decos more than a month - I move decos pretty quickly and almost never "pass" on a theme. NO EXTRA DECOS, PLEASE. 📚
I've just started making/trading collaborative art postcards (i.e. pass and paste). I do NOT collect any store-bought postcards. 🎴
Homemade Christmas ornaments are a must-do each year. Please visit My Christmas Ornaments if you'd like to see a small sample of my 2023 creations.🎄
Past artistic endeavors were quilting, mosaics, soap making, jewelry making, beading, sewing, woodworking, silversmithing, leather tooling, stained glass, ceramics, and many more!
Smoke-free and pet-hair-free household (although I adore dogs). 🐕 🐾🐕🦺
Art was always my favorite subject in school. 😍
I will NEVER flake on a swap unless something serious happens to me. Please message me or send an email if you haven't received something from me in a timely manner.
I rate every swap. I give ❤️❤️❤️ for items that show maybe you read my profile or put a lot of thought, creative energy, and/or time into its creation, but not for extras. I really don't need any extras, so no need to include.
Thanks for swapping with me! ✌️
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Comments
Thanks so much for adding the pretty Art page to my A deco book!
Thanks for sending my Free Theme by Shelly home to me! Yes it was a surprise - and everyone's pages are really cool!
Thanks for sending my round deco home. I love it.
A much overdue THANKS for the RAK from the Mystery Supply #3 swap! Your ATC is gorgeous!
Sonya, thank you for your thoughtful gift of crafts and crafting goodies! The papers are so yummy, the stamp & die are so pretty. The stamped book of images is a great idea - I keep meaning to make those for swappers but I never pull out the stamps. I love the Matisse ATC from his collage period - that's going in the collection - but I am going to enjoy it on the bookshelf above my desk for a long while, first! Thank you for thinking of me.
Thanks so much for the wonderful RAK envie of goodies! I loved seeing your zine and ATC creations, and am also so excited to use the Halloween stamped images and fun other bits that will look great on deco books!!
Thank you so much for the fantastic envelope of goodies and for the mystery supply items. I look forward to the challenge.
Over the purple moon with the goodies your shared in your Random Act Of Kindness. What a fun surprise to see all your artistic creations and the ephemera I also love to use! The sequin waste is always fun to create something with!
Sonya, thank you so much for the surprise bag of goodies. Each and every piece is something special. It's hard to pick out my favorite, but I will say I really needed the Halloween themed items, and absolutely love the bird stamp. How very thoughtful and generous of you. I am a big fan of your art.
Hello and thanks for working on the collaboration card that had the yucca that my mom watercolored.... I love the gold foil paper you added and the forever ticket....... my lil mamma would be so proud at how pretty this card turned out.....Thanks and many hearts to YOU.....