2007 Postcard Swap - August

My "Green" postcards

These cards are for my "Green" swap with the FAPC group back in August. I didn't realised that I hadn't posted them here until just now. Sorry for being so slack...
I made them all the same, but then personalised each one by embroidering the receivers initial in the middle.

This one flew over toPaule Poole in North Yorkshire...

This one went flying over to Sue Page in Rockvale USA .
I know I have a funny idea of "Green"... I'm not a green person but do love the other shades, therefore I guess mine are a bit on the "Blue" side of green...

This found a home in Lauderdale Florida USA with Barbara Bunchuk.



And this one found it's home with Rose Anne in Winnipeg Canada.

2007 Postcard Swap - November

My "Altered Lace" postcard.


My Altered Lace postcards were very interesting to work on, but very hard to get started... I did start with an idea that was very different to the one that I eventually used, which I'm quite happy with. On this one, I have used 2 different pieces of lace, the white piece was a very wide lace and I cut it up between the 'zig-zag' shapes along the length. The purple piece in the middle, was 'pink' to start with from the front of a shirt. After I trimed and dyed it, it was then ready to use on all my cards. With a little bit more "altering" on each card. The owner of this one now is Lyn Drage in Perth WA Australia.




As you can see in this one I have used that purple piece again, also the 'zig-zag' piece but have dyed this piece light blue. I have also used another piece of lovely lave that was on an evening top that I purched from the "Opp-shop" in town. It had a beauitful piece os wide lace around the bottom of it. I have hand painted this one with Oze dyes. This one was sent to Ingrid Tiffe in Canada.



On this one I have used the full width of the lace from the evening top and have hand painted it as well with the Oze dyes. Also used the purple piece again but have "altered" it a little by painting the self-embroidered flowers with gold paint. This one was sent ot Jan Bartlett of Boulder City in USA.





I have made this one a little different again. Using the purple again with the gold painted flowers. Also the lace from the evening top, but leaving it crean coloured and only a small porition of it. Then I have hand painted a lace motif for the other corner. This motif has been cut from another piece of lace that had reverse motifs in it. This card flew over to Lorri Chambers also in the USA.

2007 Postcard Swap - October

My "Foiling on Fabric" Postcards

These postcards are my attempt at doing "Foiling". My technique was to use little snippets of fusing, then lightly pressing on the gold foil. After being satified that I had enough foil down I then covered that area with organisa and free-motion quilted around the pieces of gold foil. Then on the other corner I used foiling glue to make my squiggly lines, when they dried and became clear in colour I pressed on the 'rainbow' foiling.

2007 Postcard Swap - September

My "Glitz & Glamour" Postcards

Here are 2 of my "Glitz & Glamour" swap I have recently participated in... this one and another one very similar were sent to Maureen C. and Margaret P.

This one was sent to Andrea and another one like it was sent to Margaret G. (of course it had an "M" on it). It took me a while to get my inspirational juices going for this one.

2007 Postcard Swap - August.

My
"June Bride"
Postcards
These are my 4 cards I have made for the "June Bride" swap for August. I enjoyed doing these cards very much. I tried to make each one different so that they are then all unique. All four cards went overseas to the USA to members of the FAPC group. Now to get started on the next one which is "Green" .

2007 Postcard Swaps - July

My "Silhouette" Postcard Swap - July

This is one of my cards for the Silhouettes swap... I had a lot of fun making this one. The fabric I chose for the dimension look and the way it looks like it's reflecting. I have stenciled the little ducks one at a time, then did the reverse row to match. The top ones have been stamped twice to give the darker look, then I back stitched around each one of them.

2007 Postcards - July

"Express Yourself" Postcard Swap - July

I have made these cards on "Silk Fabric" I just love the rich colour of the silk...I have used some confetti scraps, Angelina Fibres and film for the leaves. I also used glittter fibres and then embelished with copper foiling.
This one was sent to Catherine.

This is the one which I sent to Canada to Rose Anne in Winnipeg.



Then last but not least is my third one, I sent to Japan to our new member, Hideko. This was her first postcard swap. I hope she enjoyed receiving our P/Cs in return for her lovely ones.

Postcard Swaps - May 2007

My "I've Got the Blues" Swap

These two cards are an example of my May swap "I've Got the Blues". I have used Angeline Fibre on a light blue back ground fabric, then place a multi coloured organza over the top. Quilted over the top of them to hold them together, then used my soldering iron the burn out parts of the organza to
reveal the glittering Angeline Fibres.
Unfortunately one of then turned out a little bit too green, but I still liked them very much anyway. Besides I really didn't have the "blues"....

Postcards - April 2007

Trapunto Swap

This postcard has been sent to Myla Chapman in the USA. I haven't done trapunto for years, so I did enjoy doing this swap. I have done it in the old traditional method of threading and filling in with needle and yarn. I believe there are a few different ways of doing Trapunto now, which I may have to investigate and try them out on more P/Cs.

This is another Trapunto P/C made for Rose Anne in Canada. Again I have used the old traditional technique for this one as well. Although on this one I didn't have any wadding between the front and the backing, I just filled in the sections I wanted to raise up.

The second picture shows the dense bead work in the middle.

2007 Postcards - February's Swap

My 'Down Under' Swap (things Australian)

This is a sample of my Down Under P/Cs, & below is what I wrote on the back, as an explanation of my interpretation;

"My card represents my country...

The 'red' depicts the desert, in the centre. Next the dry farming areas & stations. The 'green' represents the rain forests & coastal areas. The 'blues' resemble the ocean that surrounds our wonderful country."

I really had a lot of fun putting these P/Cs together, even though I took a lot longer than I had first planned.

2007 Postcards - February's Swap

My "Miss Angelina" Swap

Here is one of my 'Miss Angelina' P/Cs, for the Angelina Fibre Swap. To make this card I used a piece of my "tissue paper fabric", which I had made some time ago. The colours of this material is bright yellow with blues and greens added. Then I added the Angelina Fibre over the top, included some toning threads and clippings, then stitched all over it. Angelina Fibre is a great medium to work with, being very easy to create some lovely pieces of art.

The one on the left was greated in the same manner, using some blue tissue fabric I made. I 'raw edge' appliqued the butterflies onto the top to add a little something.

2007 Postcards - February's Swap

My 'Hearts' Swap

This one of my "Heart Postcards". I made 4 of these, all very similar. I have made them from one large piece of abstract print fabric with organza over the top, so therefore each one had a different pattern under the hearts. Using the reverse applique method, I place 3 hearts on the front, then cut away the shape of the hearts and finished the edged off with a fancy pattern stitch. The stitching accross the card has been done to hold the layers together before doing the hearts. I just removed the stitches through the hearts. Hope you like.

2007 Postcards - January's Swap

"My State" Swap.

This is one of the next swap I participated in... This is the info I wrote on the back of my Postcard;

"Our Sydney Opera House is one of the most recongisable images of the modern world, it has become to represent 'Australia'. Designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon, & was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, Oct 1973. The Opera House is situated on Bennelong point, the view of the skyline of the Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, is dramatic and unforgetable."

My Christmas Postcard - 2006

I have been extremely slack in my posting this year... This Postcard is my Christmas one, I sent to Maureen B. It was wonderful how she picked up on the fact that I had joined the group just too late to share in the Christmas P/C swap. So she offered to swap with me, at least minute, so I wouldn't feel left out.... ahhhh!!! how nice you'll think, but that is what Maureen is like... so giving. Thank you Maureen.

Christmas Postcard Swap

I have recently joined a new group (well, new to me) and they were just finishing off a Christmas Card swap. Unfortunately I was too late for the swap, and was very disappointed that I was missing out. Then one of the ladies asked me (personally) if I would like to swap with her, of course I said "Yes please!"
The lovely lady was Maureen B. and this is the Christmas card she has made for me. It has the most wonderful embroidered Santa Clause in the center and lovely little Christmas trees used in the seam treatment, some SRE and great little charms and sequins. The gold braid around the edge, just finishes it off wonderfully. Thank you Maureen for swapping with me, I enjoy your work so much.