Mimmsical Creations

I am up to 8 out of my challenge of 30 ATCs made during this month!! I doodled while watching TV last night! These first two are in the mail on their way to my niece and nephew. Joy drew a picture for me about a month ago (I posted about it here), so I thought I would send her something in return. I included a card for her brother David, too.

Cards 6, 7, and 8 are just doodles! This is what I do best, and what I enjoy drawing the most! No rhyme or reason. I almost always like the outcome! These were very fun!! I will probably do more like them as I head toward my 30! The outline on the first card is a continuous line. There is an entry and an exit point for the line, but no other breaks!

No really! I know - my blog is called Mimmsical Creations... but I haven't been creating much lately!

However, I couldn't pass up the challenge of the Sharpie! My sharpie group did a challenge back in October of 2006 called SAC - Sharpie Art by the Card. We pledged to make a certain number of ATC cards during the month. I did 90 cards that month! Well, this month of May we're doing it again. I've pledged to make only 30 this time. (Challenge enough when I haven't made any art lately!) So far, I've made 6... not exactly on track for my 30, but we'll see! I have the first three scanned in to share with you!

I'm taking pens/paper with me on our trip (we leave on Saturday for Oregon! Yay!) And we'll see if I can create more while sitting by the ocean!!

I created some new Sharpie art over the weekend! Yay!

I'm participating in an ATC swap called "Art Not War". Each person (9 total) are assigned one letter from that statement. Then when returns are sent, we will each get ATCs that spell out Art Not War.

My letter was T. (the first T!) I decided to go for a "tie-dyed" look using sharpies. I tried something first that didn't work. I used white crayon to draw the peace signs on my cards. Then I colored over it with my sharpies. My hope was the sharpie would not stick where the crayon was, but that didn't work! So, I revised my plan!

I drew on my colors - tie-dye, and then drew on my Ts in a dark, matching color. On top of that, I used my metallic sharpies to draw in the peace signs.

I like how they turned out! And now, I can't wait to get back my full set!! These nine cards took me about an hour and a half to do - I was watching episodes of season three of Alias while drawing! :)

Well, we made it!! I've posted at least something every day this month!! I didn't think I'd make it when I got sick. It was hard to consider what to post when my brain was all fuzzy and cold-addled!

I did get some new art done this month (as promised, Vicki!) I procrastinated until the last possible minute... I know, I know - hard to believe I'd do something like that! :) I'm mailing these cards off today to make it under the wire for postmark by date!!

The swap is a Project Runway swap for my Sharpie group! ATCs based on the Bravo show Project Runway - which I had never seen until recently. One of my fellow Sharpie Scouts sent me a tape with the first two episodes of season 4! Boy, it is a fun show! I'm sorry I can't watch more as we don't have cable! I'll have to keep up online and watch clips I think.

I made three cards that were my take on some sketches from season 3, and one card based on the first challenge of season 4 - to show how I would be as a designer. A fashion designer I'm not, but these were fun! These first three are my take on the sketches.


This last one is my attempt at a design. I used real fabric for the skirt and top. The belt and embellishments are pieces of ribbon. And the background is silver sharpie. I think it's cute, but it certainly wouldn't win any fashion awards!

Don't know when I'll be back again... OK, so I do know when I'll be back! Mike and I leave tomorrow morning for a vacation!! We are heading south to North Carolina (does that even make sense!?) to the Raleigh area and surrounding places. Including the OCEAN!! WHOO-HOO!

We'll be back in a week, and I hope I'll have lots of fun trip stories and photos to share! If I owe you a swap package - it's in the mail! No, really! I got everything mailed out that was supposed to go out (I think and HOPE!) :)

I'll leave you with my newest ATCs (which have also gone postal!) for Halloween! Have a great week and I'll catch up with you when we return!

A little bit of art was produced this weekend... I've been feeling uninspired to make art, but I joined a swap (and it had to go postal today!) so I made up these three little ATCs! I like how they turned out!! And I had fun making them once I actually got going!

The swap theme is Sweet Things - done with Sharpies, of course!! I went with a simplistic style, lots of color! They are called:

Sweet Treats, You Scream, I Scream, and Fizziness. What better Sweet Things than a popsicle, ice cream, and soda!?