Leigh

I love making ATCs, small canvases, 4x4s, tags, art journal pages; just creating in general. I often want to try something new but lack the confidence to do so. shrug

My favorite themes are:

• art nouveau
• Asian
• books
• celestial (sun, moon, stars)
• fruit themes
• nature (especially leaves and trees)
• shoes
• steampunk
• tattoo art
• the color green
• wicca
• zodiac (Taurus in particular)

**I am a married mother of 2 fantastic adult children. My husband is amazing and I would be lost without him.

**Both of my children are in the military. One is a Marine, one is in the Navy. Americana, red/white/blue, anything patriotic....these will always be welcome to me.

** I LOVE Broadway showtunes. I firmly believe that I should have gone into musical theatre, not that I can sing or anything. :-)

**I have pets. I try to keep them out of my studio. (2 newfoundland dogs (both female) and 1 white cat with black spots. I have pics of them on Flickr)

**I am a non-smoker.

**I am an online gamer as well as a mixed media artist. I'm currently back to playing World of Warcraft and Diablo 3 while waiting for EverQuest Next to finally get around to being. I have played Rift, Runes of Magic, Star Wars The Old Republic, Elder Scrolls Online, and a handful of others.

**I watch a lot of YouTube artists. I wish I had the courage to do process videos but I don't. I'm just thankful that other people DO!

Likes:

• americana
• anime
• astrology
• cats
• color (bright colors, muted colors, earthy colors)
• fairies
• leaves
• mythology
• Newfoundland dogs
• paganism
• reading
• roses (most flowers actually)
• shoes
• snowflakes
• steampunk
• tarot
• tea
• teacups
• the moon, the sun, stars

Artists I like:

• Erte
• Luis Royo
• Dana Driscoll
• John William Waterhouse
• Salvador Dali
• Daniel Merriam
• Micheal Parkes
• Alphonse Mucha

Dislikes:

• coffee
• mornings
• Christian symbolism
• vanilla scent
• rainy days
• cold
• sports
• beige
• beer

Artists I dislike:

• Jackson Pollack
• Frida Kahlo

Favorite.....

Book: Brave New World by Aldus Huxley
Author: Tanith Lee & Patricia McKillip
Song: Dream Come True by Frozen Ghost
Band: Pink Martini
Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Color: lime green (or dark, blackish greens. NOT Kelly green)
Day: Saturday
Flower: roses & lily of the valley
Month: August
Drink: Margarita
Comfort food: mashed potatoes and gravy
Food: pepperoni pizza

I will always Rate. I tend to rate in batches so don't panic if I haven't rated you immediately. Sometimes it takes me weeks to rate. If you're concerned if I got the swap, please message me.

If I'm going to be late in sending, I will let you know. I personally don't get fussed if someone sends a day or so late.

Please understand that I try very hard to make my cards nice. No globs of glue showing, edges trimmed neatly or covered completely, embellishments secure. I expect the same in return. I think it's SAD that swap coordinators (myself included) have to write "Don't slap a sticker on a piece of cardstock and call it an ATC". I have nothing against scrapbook stickers and I think they are handy. But use them creatively please.

I don't normally give a shout out to things that I want, but if you happen to have extra bits of Graphic 45 paper you'd like to share, I would definitely be interested. I like most all G45 collections but I'm looking specifically for Bird Song & Steampunk Debutante papers. Also anything from the christmas and halloween lines with the exception of An Eerie Tale. I do have a paper pad of the By The Sea collection so don't really need that one. :-) "Need"....I guess I don't really "need" any of it. LOL

Regardless if I put these in my hosted swaps or not, these rules will ALWAYS apply to any swaps I host:

**No sticker slapping

**Do your best work; send something you'd like to recieve

**I will always angel for flakey senders. If I have to angel for a flakey sender, said flakey sender will be permanently banned from any of my future swaps and I will name them on this page

**If you receive something that meets the swap requirements, please rate a 5. We do not all have the same level of artistic ability. However, random doodles and a sticker do not count as "meeting the swap requirements"

**If you have any questions, send me a message. It will get a faster response as I don't check Swap-Bot on a daily basis