yellow postcards part 3

 Eek - I'm falling asleep on the job here!  I uploaded these pictures last weekend, and forgot that I never actually wrote the blog post.  I also forgot I haven't actually swapped them and mailed them yet.
Do you ever complete tasks in your head and think you've also done it in reality?  I get sooo much accomplished in my head.
My task for the day - show you this final batch of postcards and get them all on their way to you.  For real.

First up - Two from Jean.
I'm a sucker for a rotary phone, and I love the way there's a phone message form as the background.

The texture on this giraffe card from Karen M. is fabulous.

The talented and prolific Katie submits four for this challenge:

Tina's lily practically jumps off the card:

Two beautiful and fabulously different cards from Tallie:

 

What should our next color swap be?

First commenter gets to pick it!

Yellow postcards - part 2

The joyful yellow parade continues!

Carroll sent these three stitched beauties:

This next one is from first time swapper, Colleen.

So glad you could join us!

I "met" Colleen because I sent her a card for the international postcard swap and she emailed me back.

and speaking of meeting people through swaps...

I met Amy because she sent me a postcard as part of that same swap last year.  I loved her card, and saw she was relatively local, and we started emailing and reading each other's blogs and eventually took a class in person together.  

See how mail brings us together?

Here are Amy's four postcards: 

And speaking of talented art bloggers I've had the privilege of meeting in person, here are two glittery hearts of joy from Corrine:

Now, enjoy some great collage and haiku from Ellen on the next four cards:

Judith "worked the grid" for her two postcards.

Leslie's backgrounds are torn from the yellow pages (naturally) and have some great stitched details.

Happy to see Marsie back with us.  Here are her two cards.

I love how totally different, but equally awesome, Shirley's cards are.

Mail makes friends.
Keep those cards coming!

Yellow postcards part 1

Vibrant rays of yellow sunshine have started arriving in my mailbox!

Here are two from Lynn:

 

And four from Terrie:

Three from Cynthia:

(look for the picture of her riding a yellow dinosaur!)

and two from Polly:

 

A blizzard is bearing down on my part of the world, and over two feet of snow is expected.

I might have to tape these cards to my windows for a little while!

Yellow Post Card Swap - February 11th

Everyone seems to be enjoying the monochromatic postcard themes, so let’s bring some warm glowing yellow to my dreary cold February.  You can paint, draw, cut, glue, and/or embellish.  It’s okay to include a bit of black or white, or a small accent of another color, but keep the dominant color yellow.

These postcards will be mailed without an envelope to your partner, so keep that in mind if you are gluing and embellishing.

SWAP DETAILS:

•  Create your postcard - any dimensions, just make sure you include the proper postage for the size.
• Include your name and contact information on the back (address and/or email and/or blog) so that you partner can thank you or find out more about you.
• Write a little note for your partner – a greeting, a quote, some info about you or where you live, or info about how you created your postcard.
• Write MMSA somewhere on the back of the card as well.  (I don't know about you, but I get a lot of mail, and it's sometimes hard to figure out if it's part of an organized swap or just personal mail.)
• leave the address section blank
• Stick it in an envelope with:
• a stamp (don't adhere to the postcard in case I need to send yours to someone out of the country).  Keep in mind the maximum size card you can send with the post card rate stamp is 4x6.25 inches.  If your card is bigger than this, or oddly shaped, or excessively rigid or lumpy, it will need more postage.
•  a mailing label with your name and address on it (I will stick it on the card I mail back to you.  This keeps me from having to decipher handwriting on the envelope you send me, and saves me time when swapping everything and mailing it back out) 
•  mail it to me no later than February 11th

             Karen Isaacson
             PO Box 532
             Shrewsbury, MA 01545
             United States

• Feel free to make more than one ( you can send them to me in the same envelope).  You'll get back the number of postcards you create.  Make sure to include a mailing label and stamp for each post card.
• If you live outside the US, don't include stamps, but send me $1 for postage via paypal.  email: iamrushmore@gmail.com
• I will post your work to the blog when I receive it.  If you would like your image linked to your blog, or flickr account, or facebook page, or etsy shop (or whatever) just send me a note telling me how you want it linked.  (this is a great way to meet other artists and make lots of new friends)