excellent and great to have you..it closes soon, I need your address and lensters..

Great holograph look Carmen! I hope you will be able to join us in a swap in the future....I know that the cards and demands of everyday life get a little much but the more the merrier, so keep popping in if time allows to see what is happening in swap world!

Great to see you here Paulette.........and that is a fabulous chook in your avatar!

Wow 18 in this trade too.....another 17 cards to do! I am glad I have started, but I found more pictures I liked last night (I knew I shouldn't have looked at Flickr!!! ) I am so looking forward to all the things associated with birds that could come up in this swap!!

Thanks Sue!
Kay I sent my address.

Yeah - another big trade!!
i managed to do 5 cards this weekend, i'll scan them in tonight and post them up...
i'm quite enjoying this theme

Kay - i sent my address last week - just let me know if you didn't get it.

ok..trade closed at 18, thats awesome!! thanks to all of you for participating, I have sent the list out to all, please let me know if I overlooked someone, check the list to ensure correctness of your own addy, and lets have a ball!!

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I have four finished and got some really good photos today at my plein air outing. We went to the local living animal museum. They had the red-tailed haw and the Kestral out and being carried by a docent. Also got some of the roadrunner, a pelican, and a Canadian Goose.

Too bad I don't need one of a bear...or maybe I can put a bird on a bear...because I gor some good shots of the 2 bears. One was about 3 inches from him thru a window. He didn't like it and slapped the window where my camera was against it. I jumped. Noticed later that a couple feet away, the window was cracked on his side. Whew!

I've done six so far - here they are.
All of these birds are found in South Africa
Hope you like them...

Wonderful drawings Tania - very colorful! I'm also drawing birds that are commonly found in (not necessarily native to) North Carolina. I recently learned that the outer banks of NC are a stopover or wintering ground for migrating birds from Canada, and many species have been introduced here too. My collection to send out will hopefully also include a bald eagle - endangered throughout the US for years, but has come back so strongly that they are now removed from the endangered list - and living in NC! I saw one last week - I was so surprised I nearly drove off the road! They are beautiful!

I have finished 4 cards so far - I may pull one though, I am not happy with it at all. I'm not posting my drawings yet -don't want to scare anyone.

Thanks - LOL i doubt you will scare anyone away!!!
can't wait to see your cards...

You guys make me feel like a piker, I only have two done, and I thought I was doing good! I usually don't post them as I do them, but maybe I should...
Trish

those are lovely Tania, nice work

Jeanne .. The bird on a bear ,,Great idea.. I did a Zebra once with a little bird on his back.. How scary was that .. a cracked glass.. sounds like he meant business.. !!! I did the Red Tailed Hawk and the Pelican too..
Got all of mine done .. just need to sign the backs and I'll be done.. I sort of got a head start when I found out early on about the subject.. Just didn't know how many to do.. I was almost right .. I guessed 16 from the previous trades.. we all kind of hang together .. ..

P.S. Tania GREAT BIRDS !!

Very nice ones Tania. I like how you did the borders with color inside.

Kay - are we supposed to label the backs of our cards? In my case, I thought it would be correct to put the species of the bird or title, my name of course, and the date. Is anyone listing the medium or anything like that?

I Have done the same Sandy, on the back of mine i put this:
drawspace-(theme)
username
my name/year
state/country
title
medium

something to that effect

If you could also include your bank details, card numbers and security pin, that would help immensely.

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2? I'm still looking at the address list!

Bank details - coffee can buried in back yard
Cards - seized, chopped, shredded
Security Pin - I M Poor

Good ones.

Steve it wouldn't do you any good to have my bank, cards, pin number and a map or even a ticket to town, no money in there to get. I'm joining the I M POOR group.

What is it with artists and musicians? Allways flat broke! (Except Kay, I think she's got a few bucks stashed away)

Steve - i laughed so loud here at work at your message about the bank details.
But as you said - Creative people are normally broke (as is my case...)

Anyway, thanks to all for the compliments - i only managed to do six because i got the gap, because the last time i left them until the last week and didn't want to be rushed again.

I finished my sixth card tonight. If anyone wants a peek, 5 of them are posted on my blog.

jeanne your cards are always beautiful .

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Jeanne - yours cards are stunning!!! i really love them!!
as was the one i received in the previous trade can't wait to get mine this time!!

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Well, I haven't even started! I've found some old bird scribbles of mine - will post them here just for fun.

Thanks everyone. You may see more of that turqoise background. I really like it. Only problem is...it is Verithin brand and my pencil is only about 2 1/2 inches long and not able to buy more at this time. But I will use it again. The bluejay is on watercolor paper. That's why it looks rougher. But I love the poses the little bird gave me.

Sveta that peacock is great but I just love the long one of the emus or whatever they are. Emus and other similar birds have so much comical look to them

those 'scribbles' are very nice sveta.

Sveta, these are brilliant! I love the cormorant/witch parody. Just fantastic!

Guess what! I finished mine last night and, because I'll be away from home next week, I started putting them in envelopes to post this morning. Half way through, I realised I'd forgotten to scan them first. My grand daughter has blond moments and I'm afraid I had a senior moment. Anyhow, I'll go up to the village now to post them.

Thank you all for the kind words!

only two left to do..

off the bird subject, but if you want to see a cute fawn and her mom that was in my yard the other day go check out my blog

Hello (((hellllllooo)!! I am all alone here..

Me too.

Scary isn't it .............~~~~

Didn't mean to abandon you guys - had to take a break and install some vinyl flooring in my laundry room. I do know how to celebrate a long holiday weekend!

I have five done, two in the works, and two more in the "thought process" (whatever that is).

Time to go feed the cats, turn on the Christmas lights and get some sleep!

Wow Christmas lights up already, How prepared you are. LOL

How time flies!

Have to mend a fence today but will promise to get these in the mail by tomorrow as well as the pup I painted for you Steve..Wonderful fun to visit sites with some pretty amazing birds.. didn't really give too much thought as to how many different species there are til now. I enjoyed the Flight..
Merry Christmas !!!

absolutely beautiful cards carol.. very beautiful

texaslady those are beautiful! I've earned a new appreciation for birds too since joining this ATC trade. I didn't know how many different species were making their home in my back yard. I've added a few new bird feeders to the long fence to see what shows up. So far a bunch of cardinals and some really mean blue-jays.

Ok...so are you guys telling me it's not Christmas yet?

I just love you guys...you all make my day..

Of course it is. What have you got us?

Carol - your birds are gorgeous - wow!!

I know right - i kinda have this urge to book a safari and go bird watching - my mom actually has a bird on SA birds & at the back there is a section with all the names of each bird and the date it was sighted - what a great idea!!
Funnily enough my sister found a very tame parakeet this weekend which we have adopted as we presume it ran (or rather flew) away from home - my family is insistent i draw her

Anyway, i was very bad this weekend, i didn't do any cards... time just ran away with me and it's so cold here in SA - movies & hot chocolate was the order of the day - every day!!. i'm going to do a few more tonight

Some really nice bird drawings. And a SmartCar for everyone. Let me know what color you want.

Blue please.

Fantastic, as always, Carol! I feel like flying!

ncgirl - purple for me

Texaslady very nice. Can't wait to see one in person.