Rox's ATCs and other crafts

Moogie video 1

2010-12-27T15:17:00.001-08:00

moogie video 2

2010-12-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

Turtle ATCs

2010-02-17T10:31:00.001-08:00

I hosted a turtle atc swap- here are my atcs.

Spring Cards

2010-02-17T10:20:00.001-08:00

I hosted a spring themed handmade card swap, here are two I made.

Floral bookmark

2010-02-17T10:17:00.001-08:00

Here is a bookmark I made for a swap extra

Dad's B-day

2010-02-17T10:13:00.001-08:00

Dad's B-day card and handmade bookmark

Tea Wallets

2010-02-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

Here are more of my wallets

vintage valentine atcs

2010-01-24T21:58:00.000-08:00

tea wallets

2010-01-20T07:30:00.000-08:00

I have been making a few of these lately- they are fun and easy to make!

penguin

2010-01-20T07:28:00.000-08:00

HEre is my newest toy society drop- this is made from a pair of stretchy gloves

wallets

2009-12-16T20:02:00.001-08:00

2 duct tape wallets I made from scratch

Mom's rug

2009-12-16T19:56:00.000-08:00

This as a toothbrush wove rag rug I made out of remnant material

coasters

2009-12-16T07:42:00.000-08:00

I knit and felted these coasters for another holiday gift

blue scarf

2009-12-16T07:31:00.001-08:00

Here are 2 pics of a scarf I knit recently for myself.

Animal Dishcloths

2009-12-16T07:25:00.000-08:00

I knit these animal cloths for a gift for a friend for the holidays.

sock dog

2009-12-16T07:21:00.000-08:00

This puppy is made from a pair of socks!

jewelry gifts

2009-12-15T11:06:00.001-08:00

here are some earrings and bracelets I made for gifts for friends

pink and orange atc

2009-09-24T18:43:00.000-07:00

two odd colors to mix (pink and orange) was the theme to this atc swap

Flying Spaghetti Monster

2009-08-19T08:54:00.000-07:00

I am in a private atc swap with the theme "Flying Spaghetti Monster" If you are not familiar with this creatue you can read about it at link These are the atcs I made:

Huston tx Holocaust butterfly project

2009-08-12T10:25:00.001-07:00

The Huston Holocaust Museum- Over one and a half million innocent children perished in the Holocaust.
In an effort to remember them, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies. The butterflies will eventually comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2012, for all to remember. Here is their site address:

www.hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/index.html

I am sending several butterflies:

I learnt about this project on swap bot which is promoting a swap to send your butterfly to huston and a note about it to a partner. Here is the card my partner is receiving.

xmas in july atc swap

2009-07-20T16:02:00.001-07:00

My first attempt at knitting a mini sock turned out too big, so I sent it as an extra, with a lip balm stuffed inside.

I went a little overboard on this atc- the mantle is contructed of balsa wood and stirring sticks that I glued and stained. The sock is hand knit- 6 stitches done in the round! The fireplace has real soot and real wood logs. This sock is 1/3 of the size of the above sock.This is an abstract - part of a xmas tree.
I made a xmas card to send along with this swap.

bird swap

2009-07-20T15:59:00.001-07:00

the theme was a birds for this atc swap, and I made a bird relataed card to go along.

bday in Germany

2009-07-05T17:22:00.000-07:00

A person posted a request for bday cards for an elderly lady in germany who has little family, so I sent this.

monster swap

2009-07-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

I get to make another monster. This time it is for a regular swap, so I will get one back. This one will belong to a little boy in Chicago.. he said he liked squares and green so I did my best. His name is Silver and he also likes dogs so I made a card to go with the package.

angel atcs

2009-06-22T04:54:00.000-07:00

I volunteered to angel 2 women whose partners never sent their atcs. One liked clocks and ctenophores -jellyfish like critters amd the other liked penguin,sheep and rainbows , here is what I came up with for atcs and cards for them.

More cards

2009-06-18T15:18:00.001-07:00

Fathers day card and brothers bday card..

handmade cards

2009-06-14T18:07:00.001-07:00

Here are some cards I made recently

phone book atc

2009-06-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

In this swap you had to use some part of the phone book!

paris atcs

2009-06-14T17:59:00.001-07:00

The theme for these atc was Paris- I made a series by using the same paris stamp in each card.

Think pink swap

2009-06-07T22:08:00.001-07:00

The think pink swap was just compiling a bunch of pink items to send to your partner. I gathered a few store bought things and then made a corner bookmark, a pair of blank flower cards and pink earrings.

Dangle earrings

2009-06-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

In this swap you had 2 partners whom you send a pair of earrings to. One partner loves purple- so I made her 2 pair. The other had very few likes and dislikes on her profile, so she got a pair on orange paperclip earrings (aren't they cool paperclips) and left over hardware pieces jewelry.

I also made handmade cards to send along...

Hitchcock atcs

2009-06-07T22:00:00.000-07:00

I joined a Hitchcock atc swap and even though I only had to make one, I kept thinking of new ideas for atc's. I probably could have made more, but my partner would have thought I was crazy.

I was inspired by The Birds, Rear Window and also made a movie poster collage.

replacement fairy tale atc

2009-05-30T21:00:00.001-07:00

The fairy tale atc I did with the dove and tree never made it to my partner, so I am replacing it with a jack and the beanstalk atc.

vinatage storybook atc

2009-05-17T21:08:00.000-07:00

Here is a vintage painting from the story Rapunzel. I used a peeling paint technique on it.

Sophia Kinsella atc

2009-05-17T20:58:00.000-07:00

Sophia Kinsella wrote the shopaholic series of books- very humorous chik lit. I own the whole series. Here are 2 versions of the same atc I sent to my 2 partners.

Favorite muppet atc swap

2009-05-14T20:31:00.000-07:00

Miss Piggy is my fave -

My partner is a wiz of oz fan-so I made an image transfer card for her:

handmade card

2009-05-09T17:43:00.000-07:00

This is a stamped card I sent with my natural bath products swap items

Mothers Day

2009-05-09T17:40:00.000-07:00

This is an iris folding card I made for my Mom for mothers day.

Cows partner 3

2009-05-04T18:52:00.001-07:00

I sent my third partner a cow atc and a spare atc as well.

cows partner 2

2009-05-04T18:48:00.000-07:00

Here is Kim's card the atcs were enclosed in

This is her "extra atc" (not themed)

Here is her cow atc

Cow atc and extra atc and handmade card

2009-05-04T18:34:00.001-07:00

Here is the card I sent the atcs in:

The theme of the swap was cows-

My partner is a huge sudoku fan

Anything Atc

2009-04-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

My partner likes sport bikes and fleur de lis, it was a challenge to think of a theme. Plus, she is an art major and has sent me a beautifully made atc in a previous swap. She does like french stuff so I came up with a monet theme and a fleur de lis theme.

Butterfly Card

2009-04-25T21:52:00.000-07:00

I am in a sock swap, this is the handmade card I am enclosing with the socks. (click on card image to see blown up detail of the paper folding)

Patty's birthday fruit bouquet

2009-04-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

Instead of a cake, I made a fruit bouquet for my friend's bday

Fairy tale atc

2009-04-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

This atc is based on the not well known Grimms brothers fairy tal "The Little Old Woman"

second set Twice Stamped ATCs

2009-04-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

The theme of this swap was to use at least 2 rubber stamp images on your atc. I had 2 partners for this swap.

First set Twice Stamped ATCs

2009-04-18T23:00:00.000-07:00

The theme of this swap was to use at least 2 rubber stamp images on your atc. I had 2 partners for this swap.

frog atc extras

2009-04-12T15:33:00.000-07:00

Both my partners in the fat cat exchange like frogs, so since I usually throw in an "extra", I made them each a frog atc.

fat cat atc swap

2009-04-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

The theme of this atc swap was Fat Cat. I just learnt how to do Iris folding ( you fold paper in a circle to end up resembling the iris of a camera lens). So, I tried my hand at a few- the blue is my first attempt. Got better on the second try.

I have a die punch to create punched out cat images on a piece of paper- I harvested all the little punches and glued them on the cat outline to create this:

monster angel

2009-04-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

I was reading the swap bot forum and came across someone who had been flaked on in the Monster under the Bed swap. I decided to try my hand at monster manufacturing and sent her a larger monster and her 3 boys mini monsters.

Favorite movie ATCs

2009-04-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

The theme of this swap was to send an atc that represented your favorite movie. I have a few favorites but I picked Random Harvest and Wizard of Oz.

Mickey Mouse

2009-04-01T20:25:00.001-07:00

An upcoming ATC swap is featuring a Mickey theme, so here is my attempt.

Here is the atc I received from disneyrider

Raw food recipe swap

2009-04-01T20:22:00.000-07:00

Well, just sending recipes and ideas didn't seem like enough so I made a raw themed ATC to send to each of my partners.

stuff swap

2009-04-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

I'm in a few swaps that you send mostly store bought items- tea, cocoa, chocolate, notecards, candles, the like. I made a few pair of earrings to send to the girl I am swapping with in Australia.

handmade jewelry swap

2009-04-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

In this swap we had to make a piece of jewelry that we though our partner would like. My partner doesn't wear earrings and likes industrial jewelry. I went to the hardware store and bought nuts, washers, gaskets, drain plug chain and added some rabies tag holders and tags. I came up with these necklaces to send.

The next one's a bit funny- she can switch the tags to suit her style.

My partner also likes photography and odd trees so I sent a photo I took and developed by hand when I was doing b/w photography.

quick turnaround atc swap

2009-03-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

I joined this swap its has a short time frame- my partner diana62167 likes the color blue and also likes cats so I made a cat atc for her, and also made a spare atc to celebrate spring

I got interested in empty space- the cat is sitting in a hole I made in the card and the spring card stars are punched out and tissue paper sits behind the card for color.

Received my swap goodies today

2009-03-23T20:43:00.000-07:00

here are the pics of what lavenderlizard sent me for the spring cleaning dishcloth swap- 2 dishcloths, a bottle cap magnet and a pair of handmade earring's. I feel spoiled!

International Butterfly ATC swap

2009-03-22T19:49:00.001-07:00

I entered this swap- am mailing two cards to my partner- Emeraldcharm14 (Dottie)

I found out my partner likes cows as well so I made her an extra ATC

ATC exchange at work

2009-03-15T18:40:00.001-07:00

Tammy likes hummingbirds.
Neda is going to Florida on vacation this summer.

Penny loves lighthouses.

Patty has raised 13 seeing eye dogs!

Belinda has a rooster collection.

I've been blabbing about swap bot at work, and got the women I work with excited about ATC. We've promised to make one each to bring in on Monday. I've gotten addicted so I made each of them their own, based on something they collect or like to do.

my first batch of ATCs

2009-03-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of my first attempts at ATC's.

I was being wistful about summer ..

This was an experiment with fabric paint for a 3D effect.

"The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living"

Popcorn!

I had this really primitive leaf stamp and thought about prehistoric times and dinosaurs and how Barney now represents dinosaurs to little kids.

Rugs

2009-03-15T08:43:00.001-07:00

This is a large rag rug I made using the Toothbrush rug making technique. Yes, you actually use a toothbrush (that has been altered) as a needle.

This is a close up of the weave of the rug.

Here is a smaller rug, the first one I ever made.

These rugs are great, they are machine washable and very warm under foot.

Brandi's ATC

2009-03-14T14:47:00.000-07:00

I made an ATC to include with the baby bouquet.

baby bouquet

2009-03-14T14:24:00.000-07:00

My friend and co-worker just had a baby girl. This is the baby clothing bouquet I hand made for her shower. Its consists of 10 pair of socks, 5 bibs, 5 onesies, and 6 washcloths made into flowers.