Late Night Musings

I've been strolling through my day, surfing the web, creating art and generally enjoying this lazy moment in my life. It's so nice not to have a demand on me by work or anyone. I'm on holiday break at my job at the university and I am relaxing into it.

I am feeling the creative muse percolating in my brain, bursting out with little dots of brilliance. My goal for this week is to recreate my self esteem by publishing my bits of artwork and creativity.

Here's an ATC I created this morning. I gave no thought on what it was to become, I just let it create itself. The technique I used is called Iris Folding. I found the free pattern at this website. " http://www.irisfolding.circleofcrafters.com/irisfoldingcat.html" They have a lot of free patterns and very good instructions on how to make an Iris Fold card. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Here's one of the pictures I've uploaded to my "ATCs for All" account. I had so much fun making this one. I used a canceled stamp and "air mail" stamp from one of my received swap envelopes. The background is orgami paper, and ribbon. There is a vintage collage "beauty Post" image and a dragonfly button.

When I create I rarely have a picture in my mind of what I am going to make. It comes to me, almost in a meditative state. Sometimes I have a theme to work with, especially if it is for a swap.