I finished my third.

A little off center? lol You could always do the bottoms or the stems.

four done..and its fun..trying different things..its going to be hard to send them off..let them go.. ..do you send them as you complete them..or all at once?
Kat

AWWWWWW!! a day late and a trading card short..jeanne this looks like a lovely trade..i am sorry i was a day late for the sign up and missed it..i shall pop in and check you all out..i see the prehistoric trade went well..you did a fine job amy. thank you all for my cards and i shall try to get them on soon.



regards and a hug to all
Kay

i am sorry some ppl have had an unpleasant trade experience, i personally have not..(yet) i have rec'd all of the cards in every trade. and i myself really do try to do a good job..i hope i have not disappointed anyone and if so please advise so i may try even harder..

Hi Frithy, you can look at these instructions for an online image resizer.
http://www.drawspace.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7056
Let me know if it works for you.

You can do it either way.

Oh Kay's back. Are you back for good? I missed you. I waited hoping you would start this trade but January was slowly fading away.

hey jeanne, i dont know just yet what is going on..i am so glad you guys are keeping the trade going, i wish i was a day sooner.. this looks like it is going to be a great trade too..i shall check it out from time to time..
i too have missed my DS friends..but i have connected with ppl and family i have not seen in many years..it has been an experience

regards to all
Kay

I have 5 done now. Hope to work on more today after some errands.

The tattoos have slowed down due to winter here ...it will pick back up I am sure ...I am picky as to what I will tattoo on a person so my business is very limited ...I will not tattoo something I feel is wrong or gang related or cartoon sexual ....its not my style ...no shop would ever hire me because I am so limited a big part of my business is dancers at the local clubs ..because I am a girl they feel better with me doing them .

I have watched some of those tattoo shows on tv. Interesting what you can put on skin. I really like the portraits that Kat does. I'm glad I don't have to see the needles as I am scared petrified by needles.


I have 6 done so far and scanned together. I may post them on my blog like Paulette does and if anyone wants to peek, they can. I will probably mail them all at once.

Hi Jeanne,

I have seen your blog, and your work is beautiful! I wish I could draw in colour as you do!

These last three days I've been working on my cards. I have done eight, so far. However, not all of them are usable. A couple of them were done twice using different media (ink versus graphite, or black versus brown ink) to try different effects, and two others are not so good. So may be I have four "sendable" cards.
I'll try to do at least four more good ones during the week end.
Have a nice day.

Claudio

Well, I've 'finished' 14. They look OK to me just now, but I'll leave them a couple of days and have another look - what looks fine today can look rubbish the next time I look. If they're OK, I'll scan them all and get the envelopes ready. As a matter of interest, how much does it cost to mail within US as I'll be there at the end of the month - I might be able to save!! - I don't come from Scotland without being mean!

mumwond stamps here are 42 cents I believe for 1 ounce. I mail my cards in semi hard plastic sleeves and just have to use one stamp.

Thanks Jeanne. It probably would be worth while waiting to post them over there - I'll see how I feel. That's about half the cost from here.

Three completed so far and I'm happy with the outcome. I'm trying some new mediums. I guess that's what this is all about. I think I need to do some man stuff now. All these flowers are bringing out my feminine side. I wonder if Oprah is on..................

Coach I am totally rolling in the floor!! hard to type from down here but just had to comment .. !!

I just had a good chuckle too. I really needed that. I have been "sketchcrawling all day. So nice to come in here and have a good chuckle.

I did the 21st Worldwide Sketchcrawl today from home. Five double pages in my Moleskine sketchbook. They are posted on my blog.

man stuff?

I'm so proud of me .. you all have no idea what a big deal this is for me .. I actually did Flowers !!! well a couple were Cacti had to think about the guys in the group ..I like flowers mind you but putting them to paper ? nuther story..
Got them scanned and envelopes addressed.. Question.. before I seal anything up,,,how do you send them package wise.. in a sleeve I saw someone say ?? is there a special envelope .. ??

In the past I've noticed some people put it into a protective plastic sleeve, like for baseball cards. I'm just improvising, making a sleeve from index cards to tuck it in so it doesn't get smudged in the envelope.
I'm also using this trade to experiment a lot with various mediums, so my cards all look totally different. Although I think I've determined watercolor pencils are best for "flowery" colors. I have 5 done, with only one casualty so far...

I agree with CoachKWL. Yesterday night I watched hokey on the TV, I had a whisky, eat peanuts, and spit on the floor.
I'm back in my macho mood by now....

Claudio

secretly guys .. I feel bad for you manly men .. think Cactus or tumble weeds ,,moss on bark or hey even a hangin' tree for the bad guys..put a Bug on a leave ??
Okay get back to your spittin' !!

Same here ! but replace the whisky by an ice-cold beer

Wow, I really started something here! The Sabres game last night and the NFL playoffs have brought me back to the proper frame of mind.
To be honest, I do some of my art at work. The guys I work with like the portraits I do, but if they see me doing flowers, I'm in for a lot of trouble around the old watercooler!
I should be okay for now but after I get to flowers 10-14, I might need counseling.

You "macho" guys should be a comedy team. I have been laughing all morning. Even gave my hubby a chuckle or twol I think he was having some sympathy pains.

Tommy is probably so glad of the company. He has been our lone mail thru most of the swaps. Nice to have some more men join. Just too bad you all picked the flower theme. lol Maybe we will have something more macho for the next trade.

Like canned beer and spitting on the floor ????
Trees

still laughing

me too.

I am working on some for the guys. Holding the estrogen in the flowers back a little.

So funny ..funny and i am reading and laughing and smiling and looking forward to see all the flowers you guy created.
Must be something different this time.
I just finished 4 cards so far.

lily

I just finished #12. Two more to go. One is already sketched on the card. I should be able to mail them in a day or two.

Week-end has been quite productive for me. I have been using pen and ink for the last months, but I found that it is not the best media for flowers. So I changed to graphite and I managed to draw four baobab trees and four flowers (that really seem like flowers!). So I have eight nice cards by now.

Unfortunately with all this activity, I wasn't able to go to the manicure to have my nails done or my hair dyed!!! .... Ohh that's terrible!!!

Claudio, ex latin macho

Well ladies and gentlemen I finished my last card about 3 am. They are in the mail going out today, Monday the 12th. So for the US start looking about Wednesday or Thursday for mail.

Congrats. Jeanne! You really worked hard!!
Looking forward to receive my first card ever

Claudio

Me too.. I'm so DONE!!! Mine will go out in the morning..
Claudio I too will be getting my first ever card.. I am so anxious to see them all.. Will have to get me one of those albums if we continue to do these..

just one ahead of you Coach..nine finished..looking foward to seeing everyones artwork

I got my first one ever today! I was so happy It was from Frithy and I got a poppy. I'm working on mine right now. Lucky me I don't have school on Tuesdays so i'll be able to work on them.

Post it .. we all wanna see it !!

Here it is from Frithy. Hopefully it worked to attach it because i've never attached any pictures on this site.

A wonderful Card .. !! I bet we see a lot of great ones .. Congrats on your first card to receive!! Love it !!

Nice job Gretchen. I like the way you designed it.

I've done 3 out of 14 the two last ones are better than the first one so if I have time i'll redo that one. I'm proud with the two I made and my boyfriend likes my bamboo so I told him after I was done that i'd make him one lol.

I got a lovely Zen Rose from Gretchen (Frithy) this morning. Thanks a lot. It's lovely and colourful. I'll post all my 'hoard' once I've got them all in. Mine are all in their envelopes ready to post when I go up to the village this morning. Hope you all like them.

Got 1 done, 2 on the way. But don't worry : I'm on vacation next week and will have all the time in the world to draw the rest of 'em.
Really looking forward to seeing what you guys did. Cheers !

Hi, everybody!
Well, I finally finished! I'm very happy: my flowers do look like flowers and the trees ... well they look like tall and quite robust flowers, but they all seem to belong to the vegetable kingdom ...
I fixed them yesterday (almost all done in graphite) and I will try to scan them on friday at the University (as my home scanner doesn't render good quality pictures).

Jeanne, a netiquette question: should I post an image of my cards, or should I wait untill everybody receive theirs?

Have a good day!

Claudio

Claudio you changed your face. It's up to you if you want to post them now or as they are received. Some people like to be surprised. But even if you post them, they won't know which one is theirs.

Thank you Jeanne and Gretchen for your roses,, I loved them .. Was so excited to open them up !! 2 in one day.. I too will post all of my cards received when they all come in ..

Today I have received my first card ever: Gretchen's sunflower!!

Thank you very much Gretchen, it is really lovely!!! I am really happy.

Jeanne, thank you for your answer. I'll wait till everybody reveive the card, and then I will put them in my gallery. And yes, I changed my photo to something more decontracted and more in line with the minus 20 C that we are having here. Brrr...

Claudio

I got my roses from Gretchen/Frithy. Very pretty. Thank you so much.