Stained Glass Windows

Does it show how vain you are if you hate to see your cards packaged in the mail going to someone whom you're sure won't appreciate as much as you do? This is a hypothetical situation, of course. I would never think such a thing. Ever. Ever...yeah.

Moving on! I had so much fun with this trade and I can't wait to sign up for another one!

Bubbles

I joined a "Bubbles" trade in one of my ATC groups so that I could get rid of the first black and white one that I made to send of and then the trade was canceled. So I saw this as an opportunity to give it a good home.

Go Wild

This was a jungle/forest themed trade called, "Go Wild!" for doodlerssketchpad. I have Spotted Owls in the first one, tiger stripes in the second and a Gorilla in the last.

Pink and Orange

I made these for a Doodlerssketchpad trade. The technique I used for the card on the left is one that I learned from a lady at camp. I'm not sure what it's called but you take your water color and make it really wet. Then you put a big glob on the top of your paper. You can shake your paper, tap it on the table, whatever you want to get the paint to drip down the page. You can try to make it change directions but that's really hard to do.

You get a really neat effect when the colors run together and you have two layers of color.

6 Circles 3 Lines

These I also made for a trade and my mom liked them so much that she keeps pressing me to put this in the Zentangle Flickr group. So here they are, why not put them on my blog first. My parents are trying to persuade me to keep these cards and send different ones instead cuz they like them so much hehe

Stars

This is what I made for the "Colorful Stars" trade. I think I like the one on the right the best. I called it "Stocking Star" because when I see red and black stripes it remind me of socks. :D

A-Z

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of "W, X, Y, &, Z" So this is only 4/5 of my Zendoodle Alphabet
When I sat down to make these cards, I thought I would stop trying to make a font and instead use the same pattern to make a letter. I really like all the cards from this bunch but "A" and "B" are my favorites.






This was my first attempt at using colored pencils in this way. I think the "G" turned out the best but I like the pattern of "H" better.









I like "N" and "O" best of this group. These were actually the first cards I made. The ATC trade went out of order so that made it interesting.








I think that my "S" and "T" worked out very nicely in this pod of cards. I hope whoever has them now enjoys them!

Sophie, the Magnificent Ball-Playing Spider

Sophie knew she was different as soon as she was exposed to the basketball court. Ever since then, her life has been contented by the hope and promise of another game after school's done.

She never has trouble with volunteers to be on her team but finding her opponents is a completely different story.

More times than not, this happens. The other team runs away at the sight of her. Poor Sophie...

Home of the Mousies

This is the Mousey residence. They just moved in this month and they love visitors so stop by anytime!

Teeny and Tiny

These two Elephants are Teeny and Tiny. Tiny has a little man resting on his trunk much to his surprise. When I drew his eyes, I realized he had to be looking down for some reason and that's where the little man comes in.

Teeny is walking away so the little man must have insulted him in some way...Elephants are very proud creatures you know.

Henry the Dragon

This is Mark Kistler style dragon. His name is Henry and he's enjoying the warmth of the sun in his high climate. He's a very easy-going dragon and the friendliest of his family. So I felt he deserved a picture of his very own.

Make Cupcakes Not War

This is also for my "Cupcake" trade. I found the saying somewhere and as soon as I saw it I cracked up! So I've been storing it in the back of my brain until the appropriet time arose for its use.

I really liked the cup part. I water colored the cup by wetting my brush and taking the color right off the WC pencil. For the lighter stripes I colored a white line with the WC pencil right on the drawing so it would stand out a little more.

Cupcake Love

When I signed up for my "Cupcake" ATC trade I knew I wanted to make little cartoon ones with faces and as I drew them, I decided to make them hold hands. Then I put a heart around them and loved it.

And for extra effect, I put a pattern to outline them (two dots, one line). So here it is! I think it's my favorite card that I've made so far!

Stick People Park

Another "Squiggle Trade" with my mom...

Vintage Boots

My mom and I were trying to decide what we wanted to draw yesterday when I told her we should both just draw a squiggle and trade cards and build on that squiggle.

When my mom handed my my card it reminded me of boots and then I just started adding things on it making "Vintage Boots"

Below, you can see I've whited-out the line that my mom origanally drew. If you go to her blog, you can see the line that I origanally drew on her card.

Elephant

Here's my watercolor elephant. It didn't turn out quite right but he's OK. I don't think it turned out like a total disaster, it's just not quite right....My mom likes him so I decided not to throw him away.

Trees by the Riverside

This turned out to be a lot lighter than the actual card I made but it'll do.

I was trying for an oriental look and this is what I got. But that's OK, pracctice makes perfect...

Gotta Start Somewhere

This is the very first Art Trading Card that I've made. It was so much fun to make because there is really no point to all this randomness and I usually have a point to everything.

So this was just for pure pleasure and I loved every minute of making it! I think my favorite part to draw was the farm and animals.