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  Over at

Inspiration Avenue

this month...

I joined in with their POSTCARD SWAP.

where the challenge was to alter 5 postcards...

...and send them to 5 different (allocated) people

-oOo-

My postcards went out in the mail today.

...to the USA, The Netherlands, Canada and South Africa.

This was my first altered postcard swap...

I ended up making 6

5 to swap and 1 to keep :)

 I had fun altering them

...mixed media collage style

  sewing pattern paper backgrounds

and lots of ....

paints...

 ...fabric,

tape measure,

vintage style images...

...wings,

distressing inks,

lace and vintage buttons!!

Can't wait to receive my 'Happy Mail' art postcards now....

Thanks for peeking!

Jan x

Pay it Forward Yummyness!

A little while ago, Joanna from fiddlesnips had a post about

 Pay it Forward

Where, you have promise something handmade to the FIRST 5 people who leave a comment , However, to be eligible, you must repost the status, offering something handmade to 5 other people, and so on....

Well, I signed up to Jo's, but only managed to tempt 1 taker (Jen - Jenxo) on my post back in January  !!!

So what I decided to do, was to still send out My 5 PIF gifts... 1 to Jen,  and the other 4 has surprise RAK's (Jo being one of them)

-oOo-

 ..and this is the Brilliant and soooo Creative PIF gift from Jo that arrived on my doorstep last week...

A Gorgeous altered postcard ,beautifully collaged - I love Jo's creative style, and this is so Jo!

...and lookie at those sweet altered scrabble tiles and rack!

I love miniature art, so I absolutely adore these little cute tiles!

If you take a closer peek, Jo has cleverly personalised my scrabble rack

If you take the initial from each of the tiles words it spells out my full name!

How cool is that!

Jo

 THANK YOU again Soooo Much! x

Well, my 5 PIF gifts have now been made, packaged and posted,

All slightly different

 I can show you this, has Jo has received it now.

So, I made this one for Jo (fiddlesnips)

I altered a large size matchbox with papers, then collaged it with some sewing pattern and paint.

I used my new Tim Holtz die 'sewing room dress form'

cut from fabric and card

Added some lace

..and these adorable lace wings (which I really didn't want to part with) but hey, Jo is worth it after the lovelies that she sent to me  !!

...tied some vintage style binding ribbon around the dress

...and a cute (Tim) Trinket pin

The drawer pull I made from a button,cotton reel, wrapped with some measuring tape.

...and filled it with some goodies

-oOo-

If you don't already follow Jo's Blog

Check it out here

Not only is Joanna super duper creative 

her blog is always fun

 her posts often fill my bloggy time with Inspiration

 and lots of Giggles! :)

...and if you get there quick, she is also having a generous Blogiversary Giveaway

But you will have to be fast, 'cos  Jo is drawing a winner tommorrow (21st March)

Thanks again Jo, for my lovely PIF Gift :)

Thanks for Looking

Jan x