thrinchie beauties from the mails

at long last i am posting the gorgeous 3x3 "thrinchie"creations i received as a part of a recent swap sponsored by unruly paper arts.  the theme was garden party.  unruly paper arts is a blogozine dedicated to discovering the messy and magnificent in your art.  i was lucky to receive 3 pieces each from 2 artists whose blogs i've long admired.  and now i have their scrumptious art in my own inky hands!

the talented shar briss from ill tempered ink was the co-mastermind (along with ali manning from vintage page designs) behind the gingersnap creations blog, (no longer active) and is the founder of unruly paper arts.  she is also the owner of a wonderful vintage-inspired rubber stamp company rogue redhead designs.  the three thrinchies above are her work and the stamp featured in the center creation is a rogue redhead designs stamp.  gorgeous, yes?  truly.  but wait, there's more...

these three beauties are the work of another wonderfully talented and inspiring artist and blogger, trisha too of easily amused hard to offend.  i just love the name of her blog!  she designs for numerous companies and constantly posts lovely art.  i implore you to visit both their blogs if you aren't already a follower-fan because either blog could give your mojo a serious boost.

whew!  company is gone, the house is almost back to its regularly messy state and i'm feeling okay.
enjoy; love to all.

got my twinchies in the mail!

joy joy!  my gingersnap creations twinchie swap treats arrived in the mail yesterday thanks to our US host ali manning who wonderfully coordinated everything.  here they are!

left to right, these beauties come from shelly schmidt, sabrina, and cathy peper.
but that's not all!

the second set came from artists nancy johnson, gerri herbst and "unknown" as the last one was sadly blank on the back.

as i've said before, swaps are great to do.  they make you stretch yourself and then in return you get wonderful art you can touch and feel and be inspired by.  i hope you'll visit the blogs of the fine artists posted here.  such beauty!

good stuff.
love to all.