Set #1 for @gozer
- Vintage Fischer Price Little People Doing Naughty Things
I laughed about this for days before I managed to stop long enough to draw this. Ink and colored pencil. - Flowers and Snakes
I turned a watercolor painting I wasn’t happy with into a masterboard for this one and then glued on some Lego snakes (because I have a dozen of them for some reason). - Cats
Paint, cats cut out of magazine ads, silver paint, ink, and then I just love this quote about cats so I added that too.
And then there’s the cat mishap:
The stamp I made turned out great but the ink was not playing nicely with anything else. In the end, this card still made it in the box headed out to Gozer.
Set #2 for @jeanneleigh
- Flowers
I used more of the old watercolor masterboard and then drew in some more flowers in ink. - Crows/Ravens
Scrapbook paper grass, a Sharpie crow silhouette, a little gang of handdrawn ravens, and of course some shiny sequins for them! (The sequins never did stay where I put them and I saw one had moved again in Jeanne’s pics. But they don’t fall OFF, which is weird. Raven magic, I guess.) - Bees
The background bee sat on my desk for quite a while before I decided what else to add… And then I remembered Akeelah and the Bee. Apidae is Latin for bees and that is Akeelah in a spelling bee. So, multiple bees!
Set #3 for @Smmarrt
- Library
Ink drawn shelves and books with colored pencil. Painted in spooky eyes. And then it just needed a ladder, so I made one out of toothpicks and painted it brown. (I was so worried this wasn’t going to make it safely but it did!!) - Nancy Drew
This one was originally all collage but then there was a tragic accident while trying to press it flat. I ended up painting it all back in with acrylic paint after spending a few days in a bit of a panic. Seems to have turned out ok though. - Quote About Creativity
The background is another old watercolor painting. I love this particular quote and I hope Smmarrt does too!
I really enjoyed the challenge of making tiny art for the Ink Box Card Swap. I hadn’t done an ATC or anything in ages. It’s a fun challenge!