blueskysunburn

4/13/14 UPDATE: Took me a little longer than I thought to get set up and out on my own again. Thank you to those waiting on me for your patience! In the next week or two I will be making atcs for those I still owe things so I can get in good standing (hopefully) and get back to swapping. :-)

2/28/14 PLEASE READ: I'm in the middle of a nasty divorce and trying to move out pronto. Might be a week or two late on a few swaps but I WILL get things out to those I owe.

I'm a 30 something, Fort Worth, TX native. I love to dance (burlesque, tap, aerial silks), draw and paint, workout, read, cook and go out with girlfriends. I'm a huge fan of nature and the arts and try to incorporate both into as much as possible.

I create tons of ATCs, art journals, larger scale paintings and postcards. You will occasionally catch me doing the odd chunky book or deco. I've recently decided to try my hand at inchies and twinchies.

Be it drawing, painting, crafting, you name it, I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. You'll usually see me produce either hand drawn/hand painted or mixed media artwork. The practice of getting my hands covered in glue and paint is very therapeutic to me.

I am still a newbie on this site and only have a few ratings. However, I am an avid trader on atcsforall.com with 500+ positive swap ratings and no neutrals or negatives. You can view that here: http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/itrader.php?u=196

I rate each and every swap I do. If you do not get a rating from me, it's because I haven't received your package.

Also, while we are on the subject of ratings...If I make a mistake or you are unhappy with a swap I have done, please contact me prior to leaving a poor rating. I would be happy to try my best to correct any errors.

I am currently collecting ATC's for the following themes:

• Female Comic Book Characters (particularly Wonder Woman)
• 80's cartoons (particularly Strawberry Shortcake, SheRa and Jem)
• Pigs (with or without wings)
• Marie Antoinette
• Queen of Hearts
• Mixed Media Hearts
• Mixed Media Birds
• Pinup/Burlesque (no nudity please)
• Vintage Paris
• Off Beat and Quirky

I enjoy collecting most mediums but usually gravitate toward hand drawn/painted cards and those with tons of mixed media. I'm not a fan of digitals/prints, the current trend of APCs with the number sticking out or cards that just have one image or sticker slapped on it and called done.

Most of my artwork consists of mainly second hand items. I scour thrift stores and garage sales to find things unique to use as well as saving used boxes, wrappers, tags, etc.

• Foreign Text
• Old book pages with cursive writing on them
• Tissue Paper/Used Dress Patterns
• Vintage Maps
• Color vintage robin (American) images
• Butterflies (color or black and white)
• Used Foreign postage stamps
• Handmade/dyed/marbled paper
• Your own drawings or sketches (with permission to use in my future artworks)
• Hearts (punches, stamps, cut outs, etc. but please no cutesy)
• Collaged paper
• Copic Markers
• Spray Inks and Dyes
• Used restaurant ticket forms/checks, ticket stubs, time sheet punch cards, beer carton cardboard (but only if a unique design)
• Washi Tape (especially especially nature - birds, foliage, floral, animals)

I love a variety of themes but these tend to stick out to me.

• Pinup/Burlesque
• American Birds - Robins (American) in particular
• Funky Cats
• Hearts (Mixed media or grungy. Not cutesy)
• Anything 80's
• Bold and bright or earth tone colors
• 50's kitsch
• Tim Burton (nothing gory please)
• Red poppies
• Polka dots
• Magnolia Blossoms

• Anything heavily perfumed or fragranced (especially vanilla) as it can trigger migraines
• Religious items (I am agnostic)
• Scrapbooking die-cuts or manufactured page accents
• Holiday themed anything
• Disney, kid, teacher, cutesy stuff