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iHannas spring postcard swap 2013

2013-03-18T00:22:00.000+01:00

For the last three years I have been a part of iHannas spring postcard swap. This year I am joining the iHanna postcard swap again. I have gotten some really nice card, some still hang on display in my studio, not to mention all the fun I had making the cards I sent.

It is so nice "meeting" people from around the world and getting a glimpse of there life through there creativity and art. I am so looking forward to the cards that will be delivered to my mail box. I'll post them up here as I get them.

Here are the cards I have made in the past

2012

2011

2010

The rules are simple.

Join the swap by paying the 6 dollar fee via paypal. The small fee will make people that are joining more serious and they will send out there cards.

The last sign up date is 24th of March 2013.

Make 10 handmade postcards any style – your choice of postcard size. Bought postcards are beautiful – but those are not welcome in this swap. Instead try to be artistic with your cards! DIY actually means “Do It Yourself.

The cards need to mailed no later than March 30!

Would love to see your cards in the swap!

67/365:2013 ATC Happy Women's Day

2013-03-08T01:08:00.000+01:00

The idea behind the International Women's Day was to make a strategy to promote equal rights, including suffrage, for women. Sadly after more than 100 years being a women does not give you equal rights, nor equal worth as a man.

when the music stops...

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Medium used: button, ribbons, permanent marker, acrylic paint and gel pen.

66/365:2013 ATC promise of spring

2013-03-07T01:08:00.000+01:00

The sun heats so lovely, it's still cold in the shadows, but the sun promise that spring is on coming.

The card is a recycled test ATC I made back in 2008 for the artist group ZNE.

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Medium used: iridescent, alcohol based ink, gel pen, watercolour, stamp.

Norwegian: Solen varmer så deilig, det er fortsatt kaldt i skyggene, men løfte om at våren er på tur.
Kortet er et resirkulert test ATC jeg laget tilbake i 2008 for kunstnergruppen ZNE.

65/365:2013 ATC migratory bird

2013-03-06T02:40:00.000+01:00

The first migratory birds are here. It is the Great Cormorant and the Northern Lapwing.

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Medium used: felt bird,colouring pencil, distress stains and gloss medium for the eye.

64/365:2013 ATC traa

2013-03-05T01:08:00.000+01:00

The Norwegian word for thread is "trå". Made a little spool from some left over thread, about 1 meter of each colour.

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Medium used: thread, pattern paper, stamp and ink pad.

63/365:2013 ATC Miss Beatnik

2013-03-04T01:07:00.000+01:00

Just a little beatnik girl, trying on her more colourful jumper, in contrast to her sold black turtle-neck.

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Medium used: gesso, watercolour, and gel pen for a glossy heart.

62/365:2013 ATC button card

2013-03-03T01:07:00.000+01:00

Was inspired by the old button cards, so I made a tag and sewed on buttons.

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Medium used: buttons, paper and a bit ribbon.

61/365:2013 ATC Collage R

2013-03-02T01:07:00.000+01:00

Collaging book paper, yellow and green scraps.

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Medium used: vintage paper, pattern paper and acrylic paint.

60/365:2013 ATC brown haired freckled girl

2013-03-01T03:15:00.000+01:00

I like the quote from India Arie "When I look into the mirror and the only one there is me, every freckle on my face is where it's supposed to be." I find freckles charming don't you?

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Medium used: permanent marker and watercolour.

59/365:2013 ATC conversation b

2013-02-28T02:52:00.000+01:00

Conversations follow rules of etiquette because conversations are social interactions, and therefore depend on social convention. Failure to adhere to these rules devolves, and eventually dissolves the conversation.

The Norwegian alphabets has an additional 3 letter to the English alphabet, we have the letters
æ—ø—å

This card is connected to card 58. The translation on the card would be: -"ABCDEFG" -"oh"

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Medium used: self made stamp, ink pad, acrylic paint and gel pen.

58/365:2013 ATC conversation a

2013-02-27T02:50:00.000+01:00

Conversations are interactive, because contributions to a conversation are response reactions to what has previously been said.

The Norwegian alphabets has an additional 3 letter to the English alphabet, we have the letters
æ—ø—å

This card is connected to card 59. The translation on the card would be: -"abcdefghi" -"what"

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Medium used: self made stamp, ink pad, acrylic paint and gel pen.

57/365:2013 ATC with heart in throat

2013-02-26T01:06:00.000+01:00

Norwegian proverb saying "med hjertet i halsen" meaning "with my heart in my throat"

That choking feeling in the throat when you feel nervous or frightened. It refers to the way you can sometimes feel tightness in the throat when you are terrified for something. It is different from having a lump in the throat which is a positive way of being almost moved to the point of tears.

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Medium used: acrylic paint and white pastel.

56/365:2013 ATC violets are blue

2013-02-25T01:06:00.000+01:00

Come to think of the rhyme about roses and violets.

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Medium used: vinyl paint and pastel chalk.

55/365:2013 ATC Jon

2013-02-24T01:39:00.000+01:00

Happy birthday, darling Jon! :D

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Medium used: watercolour.

54/365:2013 ATC redhead freckled girl

2013-02-23T01:23:00.000+01:00

I came across the proverb “A girl without freckles is like a night without stars” it may be “A face without freckles is like a night without stars”.

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Medium used: permanent marker and watercolour.

53/365:2013 ATC woven heart

2013-02-22T01:11:00.000+01:00

The tradition of making woven harts accumulates at Christmas time, but I do find them charming all year.

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Medium used: alcohol based ink, paper, stamp, embossing powder and ink.

52/365:2013 ATC the astronomer

2013-02-21T01:50:00.000+01:00

An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as moons, planets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies); the physics, chemistry, and evolution of such objects; and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth (such as supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, and cosmic background radiation). A related but distinct subject, cosmology, is concerned with studying the universe as a whole.

-source Wikipedia

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Medium used: Distress Crackle Paint, alcohol ink and gel pen

51/365:2013 ATC winter is coming

2013-02-20T11:58:00.000+01:00

Although the phrase winter is coming is made popular by George R.R. Martin amazing books, my thoughts goes to the still to come two months of winter that is still ahead. With over a meter of snow out side and more on the way I made a paper snowflake.

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Medium used: Paper, blue corrugated cardboard, stamp and staples.

50/365:2013 ATC Liv

2013-02-19T02:44:00.000+01:00

I do not have many heroes / heroines. But one of the really big one is Liv Kyllingstad Godin.

I was lucky to have Liv working in the church where I grew up. She was there for a couple of years. One of the many stories she told me was how she met her husband. To be precise how he saw her for the first time. She was a missionary in Congo. She had been given the vaccine and was quite sick, but was driving home on a motorcycle. She was wearing a yellow blouse and yellow trousers. She did not feel well, yellow and green as she said. She remembered the day because she was sick, he remembered her as a yellow lightning bolt that came in full speed along the road.

Every time I see a young lady in yellow garments I think of Liv.

The girl is my self made stamp, original made for the 2011 diary project.

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Norwegian:
Jeg har ikke mange helter/heltinner. Men en av de virkelig store i mitt liv er Liv Kyllingstad Godin.

Jeg var heldig å få ha Liv et par år i menigheten der jeg vokste opp. En av de mange historiene hun fortalte meg var om hvordan hun møtte sin mann. For å være helt presis hvordan han så henne for første gang. Hun var misjonær i Kongo. Hun hadde vært å fått vaksine og var ganske dårlig, men skulle kjøre hjem på en motorsykkel. Hun hadde på seg gul bluse og gul bukse. Hun følte seg ikke vel, gul og grønn som hun sa. Hun husket dagen fordi hun var dårlig, han husket henne som et gult lyn som kom i full fart lags veien.

Hver gang jeg ser en ung dame i gule gavanter tenker jeg på Liv.

Jenta er et selv laget stempel fra 2011 dagbok prosjekt.

Medium used: stamp, ink pad, colouring pencil and green watercolours.

49/365:2013 ATC may the luck grow

2013-02-18T23:01:00.000+01:00

Not sure what would be the correct translation for the saying "måtte lykke gro som gresset bak do" but loosely translated would be "may the luck grow like the grass behind the loo".

In my old memory books(you know the book friends write nice things to each other when they are kids). I know we got this saying on a card for our wedding ours. Although most people no longer have an out door loo, there is still many who have out door loo at the cottage.

Illustration drawn with pastel over vinyl paint. Do you like my artwork? Would you like to swap? Read here how: http://ewian.blogspot.no/2012/12/atc-artist-trading-cards.html

Norwegian:
Ikke sikker på hva som vil være den rette oversettelsen til engelsk for ordtaket "måtte lykke gro som gresset bak do". I mine gamle minne bøker så fant jeg dette ordtaket vet også at vi fikk det på et kort til bryllupet vårt. Nå har de fleste i vårt land innlagt do, men der er fortsatt mange som har utedo på hytta.

Illustrasjon er tegnet med pastell over vinyl maling. Liker du mine illustrasjoner? Har du lyst å bytte? Les her hvordan: http://ewian.blogspot.no/2012/12/atc-artist-trading-cards.html

48/365:2013 ATC Pierette

2013-02-17T22:54:00.000+01:00

In my childhood my mother sang about Pierrot, he would like to marry Pierette, but used so long time to find the right words.

The first verse is roughly translated as follows:
Pierrot said to the moon: "Light now white and clear, until I am finish writing this letter. It is Pierette I am writing to, she will be my wife if she wants"

Here you can listen to the melody: http://www.erlingmusic.dk/upl/26998/AuClairDe.mp3

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Medium used: White, black and a touch of red acrylic paint.

47/365:2013 ATC chrysanthemums

2013-02-16T22:59:00.000+01:00

Chrysanthemums, are often called mums. The flowers are perennial flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae, which are native to Asia and north-eastern Europe. Chrysanthemums are a genus of about 30 species of perennials that have become common in Norway.

Earlier consisted genus of even more species, but many have now been transferred to other plant genera.

The resist technique is similar to card nr.20 snowflake . But this time I drew random lines that were painted with red watercolour paint. Some areas were covered with gloss medium. After when they were dry, I put on several layers of distress ink.

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Medium used: distress ink(ink pad), watercolour, permanent marker and gloss medium.

46/365:2013 ATC shh baby is sleeping

2013-02-15T22:45:00.000+01:00

Parents have been tiptoeing around their sleeping infants since time began. Whispering: “Shh, baby is sleeping''.

But it only works with the first-born, when it is simpler to control domestic noise levels.

A radio playing or household appliances humming away can actually help the baby sleep. Interestingly, the concept of generating noise for the sake of making infant sleep is the latest in nursery gadgetry.

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Medium used: watercolour, pencil and a gel pen.

45/365:2013 ATC happy Valentine's Day

2013-02-14T22:33:00.000+01:00

According to Legend from the 5th or 6th century, Saint Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. St.Valentine is said to have performed clandestine Christian weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. The Roman Emperor Claudius II supposedly forbade this in order to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers.

In Norway, the day is not yet an established tradition. In recent years, commercial operators, retailers and postal service has invested millions to promote the day and make it important in Norway.

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Medium used: acrylic paint, promarkers(alcohol based ink markers) and colouring pencil.

44/365:2013 ATC yearning

2013-02-13T23:00:00.000+01:00

yearn·ing, [yur-ning]
noun
1. deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a young lady yearning to be loved.

2. an instance of such longing.

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Medium used: acrylic paint, gloss medium and a non permanent marker.