Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 13

Apologies for my long absence here I had holidays and have been sick with the flu the last couple of weeks. But today exciting mail arrived so I had to share.

After being lost in the mail somewhere for over a month the missing package arrived today from Barbara and Julka with their beautiful ATC creations. It was really exciting to open the envelop to find all these beautiful cards.

Here they are in no particular order:

Barbara's cards

Barbara's cards are made with collage and pieced paper. I am not sure how well you can see the eye of the raven but it has a tiny red (evil) jewel glued to it. Barbara's cards have wonderful titles: "Quoth the Raven Nevermore", "There stepped a stately Raven", "In the Garden - Midnight Eerie", "The gloom of Death is on the Raven's Wing" and "Blackbird singing in the Dead of Night".

Julka's ATCs

Julka's cards also have such an eerie look to them that I just love. There are angels sitting in the garden and in the front are dogs that look like they might be just about to howl at the moon. Julka used Gesso, image transfers and heat embossing.
Thank you both for participating and your beautiful cards!

There's more to show and tell, tales from the holidays and projects which I will share as I get my energy back.

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 12

A new set of cards has arrived! This time they are from Pandora in the US.

Pandora created ingenious little cards so richly layered with card stock.

Pandora's ATCs

Thank you for taking part, Pandora! I am waiting just on a few more cards to arrive for this swap before they get traded and sent out into the big wide world.

I also received my cards from the Bluebird of Happiness swap organised by the lovely Mary who also included some lovely bird cut outs  which I suspect her magical Sizzix machine might have produced.

received from the Bluebird of Happiness ATC swap

The card on the left is made by Sonja and the card on the right is made by Trine. Both cards will be treasured additions to my ATC collection.

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 11

Here are the latest arrivals for our Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil swap (as always in no particular order):

The first lot are from Mary Montedonico in the US. I must apologise about the poor quality of the scan it does not do Mary's beautiful creations justice. Mary based her cards on "Bloody Rosie" and used black tulle, ribbons and stick on jewels to great effect to embellish her multi layered art work. Mary's cards are intriguing and I wonder just who this victorian looking "bloody Rosie" was and what her story is.

Mary Montedonico's ATCs

The second set of cards is from Dawna in Canada who created these beautiful and spooky creations with digital collage(?) Each card has a different quote that sets the mood for the artwork.

Dawna's cards closed

Dawna's cards opened

As you can see there is a wonderful variety of artwork from all the different participants.

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 9

Here are the latest arrivals for my ATC swap. The first lot came from Desi in the Netherlands. Desi created wonderfully dark dutch houses with a night garden.

Desi's ATCs

The second set is from Marilyn in Canada. When I was brave enough to pull on the little ribbon I made a grizzly discovery within these amazing cards!:-)

Marilyn's ATCs

The third set arrived from Sonja from Serbia. Sonja's cards have a beautiful vintage look to them.

Sonja's ATCs

Thank you Desi, Marilyn and Sonja for taking part. It is an absolute pleasure to see what everyone created!

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 8

Two more sets of cards have arrived today, and what stunning creations they all are! I am amazed at the different interpretations of the theme and the creativity of every participant.

The first set is by Mel-made from Australia who used inks, gel pens, ink pencils and liquid graphite for her deliciously creepy plants.

Mel-made's ATCs

The second set of cards arrived all the way from Canada from Anne Trudell.
Anne created five different and beautiful designs using black gesso, paper cutouts, acrylics and ink.

Anne Trudell's ATCs

Closeup of the card on the bottom left with the window opened

I feel very privileged to receive all these wonderful cards and being able to admire them in person before they get sent back out into the world.

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 6

Two more packages filled with amazing creations arrived today.

Here are the beautiful ATCs from Lorraine Rigby in England. I must admit my scanner is not doing these or any of the other cards received any justice. Lorraine has created such beautiful cards full of symbology that remind me of Tarot cards.

Lorraine Rigby's ATCs

And the second set arrived from Beth Gould in the US.
Now I must warn you Beth's cards are pretty scary... Beth mentioned that she had some crazy dreams and I am not surprised:-) But her cards are deliciously creepy and dark!

Beth Gould's cards

A big thank you to both Lorraine and Beth for taking part and your beautiful cards!

Until next time.. xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 5

When I got home today a beautiful package from Trine in Denmark was waiting for me. The package was decorated with beautiful stamps, postage stamps and even a poem by Mary Oliver.

I wonder what the postman thinks delivering all these beautiful artistic packages.

Trine's cards are very elegant in design featuring bats, ravens, girls with face paint on, full moons and stylised plants.

Trine's ATCs

Trine used Ink, Aquacolor, Paper Images and Gel medium.

Thank you Trine for taking part and your creations which I love!

Until next time... xoxo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 4

Two more sets of beautiful  ATC creations arrived for the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil swap, both from England.

The first set is from my good friend Mary Larner whose sepia coloured creations I just love! These little cards have such an eerie and spooky atmosphere with ghostly figures lurking behind trees or under the archway.
Mary used bleached vintage photos, vintage text and pictures from a 120 year old book, transparencies and distress inks.

Mary Larner's ATCs

The second set is by Lynn Kelman who created these beautiful cards with a different and wonderfully spooky atmosphere based on her stone angels. In Lynn's accompanying letter she says these beautiful words:

"AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT IN MY GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL,
JUST AS THE LAMBENT GLOW OF THE FULL MOON FLITS ACROSS THE FACE OF THE STONE ANGEL HER EYES SUDDENLY SNAP OPEN... 
WOE BETIDE THE FOOLISH ARACHNID MAKING THE FATAL MISTAKE OF USING HER SLEEPING FORM AS AN ANCHOR FOR A COBWEB!

Lynn Kelman's ATCs

Please click on the photos to see a bigger picture.

A big thank you to Mary and Lynn for taking part and your beautiful cards!

Have a great weekend!

Until next time...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATC swap part 3

Today another set of fabulous and SCARY cards arrived, this time from Lois in the USA.

Lois has used coloured markers and pen for her creations and the result is colourful and wonderfully detailed:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ATCs by Lois

I hope you'll click on the photo to enlarge as the longer you look at the cards the more detail you see.

Thank you Lois!

Until next time...