It's a BOY!

We welcomed our first grandchild into the world this afternoon!
Blake Matthew 8 pounds 0 ounces

He is so precious and a blessing!

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Sewing an ATC

This is an ATC I sent out a couple weeks age to a friend I am trading with.

It was the first ATC I used sewing on and I love the look.
I color copied a picture onto a transparency then sewed in onto
muslin, it was quick and easy.

I will have to try some more with sewing and distress them a bit
for a more vintage feel.

ZNE 2009 ATC Swap

Received a wonderful package in the mail today.......

containing wonderful ATC's from a swap
I did with some ZNE members.

The swap was based on the nursery rhyme:
One, Two buckle my shoe......

We each picked a number 1 - 10
and made 10 ATC's to be swapped out
so we would each have the complete
nursery rhyme in the end.

Carole started the swap, we all sent our ATC's to her;
then she sorted and sent them out to each of us.
She also made a box for each of us to hold the cards.

I had the number 8 for this swap,
my ATC is pictured above.
I used my computer to type the word
"Straight" out in several different fonts,
printed it out and cut to ATC size.
I used ink direct to paper
to give it some color.
I printed the number "8" onto
a transparency sheet,
then transferred the ink
from the transparency onto the ATC,
which is why you can see through the "8".