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Sunday, August 14, 2016
August Freebie - Halloween preview
It's time for another freebie courtesy of your Paper Traders Moderators. A great big THANK YOU to Connie Holso for preparing this terrific offering for your personal use. Please use the link BELOW the photo to download the high resolution file. Enjoy!
Friday, August 5, 2016
New Swap - Tombstone Diorama
This project is for Paper Traders
members only but we would love to have you join us. Please click on the purple
Yahoo button in the sidebar for more information on how to join.
Hostess: Connie Holso
Sign Up by: September 20, 2016
One for one
Mail to partner by: September 30, 2016
Skill level: 2 - Budding**
I love Halloween - the silly, whimsical, kind of spooky,
stuff. When I saw these darling dioramas by Annette I just fell in love and
decided we should do a swap like this.
Each participant will make a diorama and post a picture in
the album on the PT Gallery site by September 20,2016 . I will randomize the
names on September 21, 2016 and only participants who have posted their images
will be swapped. Swappers will mail
directly to their partners by September 30, 2016. If you wish to swap more than one diorama,
please let me know via email and post the image of each in the album.
I made a pattern for the shadowbox, including a cutting file
for those who have Silhouette machines. There is even an advance copy of the
August Blog Freebie in the folder as I included some alternate tombstone shapes
in it. You can find it all, plus instructions at the link available in the swap
email.
You can, of
course. make your own tombstone shaped shadowbox. This is just to help you get
started and to help those who are less experienced with making structures.
Please try to keep your shadowboxes about the same size: approximately 3.5 to 4
inches x 4.5 to 5 inches when finished.
Please sign
up in the database and post your pictures in the album. See my Pinterest board for ideas.
**2) BUDDING - Participants will be open to
trying new ideas and materials, without necessarily being competent yet with
their applications
Monday, August 1, 2016
Speed Swap - Cubism
This project is for Paper Traders
members only but we would love to have you join us. Please click on the purple
Yahoo button in the sidebar for more information on how to join.
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Georges Braque
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2-for-2 Speed Swap
Skill: 2 - Budding
Sign up by: Aug 15th
Mail out by: Aug 31st
Swap details
This swap
covers the era of Cubism which was an art movement led by Pablo Picasso and
Georges Braque during the early 20th century.
The definition of Cubism is as follows:
In Cubist
artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted
form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the
subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater
context. (Wikipedia)
For this
swap, we want you to make two pieces of art
in the
Cubism style. Create a picture and cut
it into pieces and rearrange the pieces to represent a Cubist creation. Here
are couple of links, one is strictly Picasso’s work, the other is a Cubism
board in my Pinterest account:
We will be
swapping two pieces of art,
3.5”x5”size.
Notice the size change, a half inch wider.
Sign-up in
the database.
Post your
Speed Swap Artwork to the swap album.
Each month,
on the 1st, we will announce
a theme or
technique for your art.
Anyone
interested will have until the 15th to
sign up. The
list will be randomized,
announced on
the 16th,
and you will
mail one 3'x5” piece of art directly to each of
the next two
people on the list.
A total of
two pieces of art each month for the speed swaps.
You don't
have to sign up every month,
just when
you feel like it or like the theme
or have the
time.
We don't
anticipate this costing more to mail
as a 3.5”x5”
will still fit in a standard note card.
It's
approximately $1.20 to mail internationally for
one ATC in a
note card envelope. You must be able
to mail
internationally to participate in this swap.
New themes
will be announced on the 1st of each month.
Thanks!