it seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

So I'm making these atcs for a swap, yes?  

For some reason, it seemed particularly amusing

(at the time, anyway) to juxtapose the cheerful stamped

sentiments with the serious expressions on the photo faces.

You can kind of see the shine on this one.

It reminds me of the old saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover."

Yep, Gelli plate print backgrounds . . .
 

Lots of layers of colors . . .

Like I said, it seemed like a good idea at the time . . .

Anyway, in addition to a little spring-ish post for

Altered Arts Magazine (the spring issue is fixin' to come out!),

these are going away for an atc swap.  (Wait, I already said that!) 
But the point is, I liked the challenge of giving them the appearance of dimension,
without adding bulky, hard-to-mail embellishments. 

Well, yes, painting and coloring are flat out fun, 

that might have played into it, too . . . ;)

Oh, yes, thank you--I do feel like a challenge or two!
Simon Says Stamp Challenge--April showers or Spring flowers
Creative Inspirations Paint--Spring Colors
Scrappy Frogs--Think Spring
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges--Spring Colours
Word Art Wednesday--always anything goes, with an inspirational sentiment or quote