I will be posting more pictures soon. Right now I am experimenting with all kinds of ATCs and I have joined new yahoo groups and lost os swaps so I am creating a lot. I do have some ideas for a couple of ATC cottages. That will be lots of fun. I am looking forward to a long weekend to create.

Altered Starbucks Gift Box- Le Cirque

So, we got some coffee from Starbucks for Christmas as a gift. I coveted the box and altered it into a vintage circus themed dancing clown box. My inspiration came from the Clown music boxes that I had as a child, an example of these is here: https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=3280&aid=43720&lid=11384255 This is my interpretation:

Brand new art

I recently became enthralled with paper art, altered art and mixed media art. I am exploring and learning to create outside the so-called 'normal' box. I have had to let go of my perfectionist attitude and let the creativity flow from me. I'm not going to lie, that has been a huge challenge for me. As I continue to explore these art forms, I will post more pictures. These are my first ATCs This first ATC is larger than the regulation or standard size, but I had a piece of heavy cardborad this size and wanted to see how it would turn out.

The second and third ATC are the regulation size