Ink Box Card Gallery

I received from @MamaRhi today. It was a good mail day!

The cards are for the themes creative quotes, library and Nancy Drew. The library card has a 3-D ladder! So fun and creative!

And look at the hand carved stamp on the envelope! :heart:

Thanks Rhiannon! (Now I have to go listen to Stevie Nicks!)

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Received AWESOME Cryptids cards from Jeanneleigh!!! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
She made them look like postage stamps!
Thank you so much!!

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I love the postage stamp idea! And your cards are great.

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I got cards from @gozer !!

These are wonderful! Great compositions!!!

“Song of My People” for black cat shenanigans
“Windy” for a windy day
“The Scene” for bikes

I grabbed these from the mailbox just before spraining my wrist again doing something mundane, so once I managed to wrangle the envelope open, this totally made my day!

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Now that I’m catching up on things, and seeing what everyone else has done. … I’m rather embarrassed by mine :frowning:

I really need to practice more.

Received from @jeanneleigh

First: the backs. Because she coordinated them.

Next, the fronts:

The backs remind me of candyland (one of my favorite games), and i love hearts.

Thank you! I love these so much

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Really nice @gozer! I love the black cat, hair blowing in the wind,
and the bike scene :heart_eyes:!

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I think most if not all of us have been there. I definitely have – some of the projects from my early swaps I try not to think about :sweat_smile:.

People tend to be their own harshest critics (especially in a supportive environment like LC). It’s great to recognize areas you want to improve, but please also give yourself some grace.

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@MamaRhi – I love your ravens/crows. The background and the “shiny things” work perfectly together. I wouldn’t want to tangle with them. Your spelling bee is clever too! Speaking of clever, using toothpicks for the ladder on the book card is great. The eyes are amazing. Your nanacy Drew card looks great. We can call that a Happy Accident.

@geekgirl – I was totally expecting collage from you. You shocked me with these amazing drawings. The ragdoll girl and flowers are fantastic. You know I love the ones you sent me - Chewy!!!

@jeanneleigh – The sugar skulls are so clean and precise. Love how unique, yet cohesive they are. The postage stamp idea is so inventive! I may have to try it on another round. I covet those Cryptids! Your hearts are so nicely shaded. I love how you used the colored papers (I am guessing) for all of your cards.

@Smmarrt – All your cards are great. I love the dog. It’s a cute dog, who wouldn’t? I also love that Create Art heart. The background is amazing. I love the little kitten hidden behind the flowers card too.

@WiccadWitch – The monster with the bear is absolutely adorable. I want to snuggle him right now. And the octopus and raven are phenomenal. Fantastic shading!

@megwell – Your Nancy Drew card is spot on. I love the birds too. Nice soothing colors.

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I receive some amazing cards!

From @gozer!

For my Richard Scarry theme - the orange cats were my second favorite characters after Lowly Worm!

Beautifully shaded mushrooms

And a cute monster painting himself in rainbow colors

And from @WiccadWitch

A gorgeous kitty peeking through torn paper


A cute shimmery monster

And some colorful mushrooms

Thanks!

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I mean, did you have to put my cards up with @WiccadWitch 's? LOL! Hers makes mine look bad.
That mushroom is captivating and the monster is adorable, but don’t get me started on that phenomenal cat! Wow!! Wow a hundred times. It’s gorgeous!

Gozer…are you serious!?! Your cards look like professional illustrations :heart_eyes:!!!

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Awe. You are so sweet. Truth is, yours do!

There’s room here for multiple amazing talents! You both do great work!

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I received a great set of cards yesterday from @EclecticDreamer!
Starting off with a layered dimensional card and a couple of extras



And the cards

I love the combination of collage, watercolor, pen&ink- they’re so cool! They follow my themes of bees, floral, and octopus. Thanks Shawna!!

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These were frustrating lol. I realized a moment too late that I’d grabbed the wrong color for the compas rose. In my mind i wanted it red. And the bee one… I had intended the entire time to use foreign language paper because I was working on it in NY while traveling. Not too happy how it turned out, but didn’t have a backup plan.

Thank you for being my partner!

These ended up traversing the states (coast to coast and stops in between) while working on them… then discovering I forgot some supplies.

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I think the dog came from a Collage Soup book or a My first Cut Out and Collage book from Amazon.

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This gallery is stellar!! So much beautiful work :heart_eyes:

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