Bookworms Swap, open media, due November 15th, 2018

[Pikkis]

TSMarie, love that pile of books and the cute cat !

[CreativeSquirrel]

TSMarie, your card is adorable! Here are my first three...working on a fourth this week before I send them out!

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[Foxglove]

CreativeSquirrel....I'm not trying to be weird or anything, but I am loving your imagination! These are beautifully creative!

[TSMarie]

TSMarie, your card is adorable! Here are my first three...working on a fourth this week before I send them out!

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Those are just so incredible, CreativeSquirrel! Did you decide to part with your tree? I think I'd have trouble parting with any of them if I had those kind of drawing skills!

[TSMarie]

Ha! Just realized your tree is tree #2!

[CreativeSquirrel]

Thank you, TSMarie! I am having trouble parting with them (I've only made a half-dozen cards so far, and they're all my babies!), but I've seen some pretty cool cards that I couldn't have made, so I'm excited to see what everyone else makes for the swap!

It is tree #2! Different type of tree, and I painted the dragon and the book in different colors and gave the unicorn a better mane.

[Foxglove]

On most of my cards, I will make two - one for me and the better looking one is for the trade or swap. This allows for mistakes or experiments gone wonky, but it's also because I would never give up what I make if I didn't have two of them.

[plumhill2001]

Thank you, TSMarie! I am having trouble parting with them (I've only made a half-dozen cards so far, and they're all my babies!), but I've seen some pretty cool cards that I couldn't have made, so I'm excited to see what everyone else makes for the swap!

It is tree #2! Different type of tree, and I painted the dragon and the book in different colors and gave the unicorn a better mane.

I agree. A lot of cards are hard to part with! I sometimes stop and think, "Hey, I don't have any of my own art for my kids to keep! I've given it all away!!!" But I do have a few sketchbooks, and I put pics of all my cards on my blog, which I hope my kids will find later. LOVE those cards!

[TSMarie]

I do get attached to many of my cards, but it helps to let them go knowing that there are so many awesome cards out there to receive in exchange. Foxglove, I can't imagine trying to make two of each of my cards! I am terribly slow in my card-making, so I fear that if I tried to make duplicates, I'd hardly get anything done!

[Dragon597]

Lurking!!!

[TSMarie]

Welcome to the lurkers' couch, Dragon597! You have a wonderful gallery. Hope you decide to join!

[PaintedChairs]

May I join this, please?

[TSMarie]

Absolutely, PaintedChairs! Welcome to the swap!

[Nicky]

My first card is completed!

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Absolutely lovely, dear - with my love of books AND cats I sure hope to be lucky enough to find this in my returns. Too long to the deadline to be keeping my fingers crossed but otherwise I would have done

[TSMarie]

Thanks for all your kind comments on my kitty card! I have an idea for my next one....

[PaintedChairs]

Hi TSMarie, I just realized I have your address from the Coin Swap. If I don’t hear from you that your address has changed, I will be sending my Bookworm cards to that address sometime over the next day or two.

[TSMarie]

Sounds good, PaintedChairs. Same address!

[KiraCat]

I'd like to join, please

[Gypsy]

I love to read so I must sign up!

[TSMarie]

Welcome, KiraCat and Gypsy! So glad to have you both!