2014 Handmade Calendar Swap

Every year at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group, I host a handmade calendar swap. Here are photos from one of my calendars from this swap.  We had people drop out after the due date for the pages were past, so I created two months and Lin created pages for two months.  Enjoy!  Thanks for stopping by!

December Artist Choice ATC

The December swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group is an artist choice ATC swap.  This is my entry for the swap.  The images are from Tumble Fish Studio at the Deviant Scraps website.  The background paper is available at Collage Stuff - Vintage Chinese Dictionary Pages.  The dragonfly charm is also available at Collage Stuff.  Thanks for stopping by!

Five Christmas Tags

I'm hosting a Christmas tag swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  I decided to finish my tags last night.  They are just about finished.  I have to finish the back of two of the tags and add the ribbon trim..  These tags are about 4" x 8".  They are in stock at Collage Stuff.  The background papers are from the Basic Grey Aspen Frost 6x6 paper pack.  I love the 6x6 paper packs because the papers are already coordinated.  The Santa images are Victorian scraps that are available at Collage Stuff.  I just created a new Christmas collage sheet, "Christmas Past", and used images from this collage sheet on some of the tags.  The German scrap items used include the Merry Christmas Script, Red Medals, Red Renaissance Border and Tiny Red Border - all available at Collage Stuff.  The other images are from Tumble Fish Studios at the Deviant Scrap website.   I really like the Tim Holtz Mirror Stars, also available at Collage Stuff.  On some of the Santa images, I used Distress Picket Fence Stickles.  On some of the bells I used Mustard Seed Distress Stickles.  I had a lot of fun making these tags!  Which one is your favorite?  Thanks for stopping by!

Another Calendar Page

Here's another one of my calendar pages for the Handmade Calendar Swap I'm hosting at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  The images are from Rucola Studio at the Deviant Scrap website.  The bird charm and German scrap are from Collage Stuff.  This one has the calendar on a little tag.  Thanks for stopping by!

Handmade Calendar Page

I'm hosting a handmade calendar swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  This is one of my pages for April.  The images are from Crow About Studio B at the Deviant Scraps website.  I used The Crafter's Workshop Half-Tone Border Template to make the little dots.  I used Stabilio pencils to outline the images.  I  used a Ranger Opaque White Pen to make the white dots.  I sealed the page with a Krylon spray so the pencil outlines would stay where they are.  Each calendar page has to have the monthly calendar on the page.  I printed the calendar on my background paper incorporating the calendar as a background element.  Thanks for stopping by!

Found Poetry ATC's

I'm hosting a Found Poetry ATC swap at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  I read a lot of urban fantasy, horror, and mystery books.  I found an old urban fantasy book and pulled out about 8 pages.  I went through the pages cutting out snippets of sentences.  When I had made a phrase, I then had to design the art to "match" or illustrate the phrase. Which one is your favorite?  Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Tag

I'm hosting a Christmas tag swap in November at the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  I used a plethora of Collage Stuff products on this tag - Victorian scrap, Petaloo poinsettias, Basic Gray Nordic Holiday papers, red tiny dot borders German scrap, gold "A Merry Christmas" script German scrap and Tim Holtz Mirror Stars. And all of the ribbons/trims at the top are available at Collage Stuff. So if you'd like to participate in this swap, see the Collage Stuff Yahoo Group.  Thanks for stopping by!