Back to school nostalgia

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Woefully behind, tonight I finally completed these (non-digital) chunky pages that celebrate back-to-school nostalgia.These are for a swap I hosted. In August. God bless the angels who keep playing every month! Retro images from 1960s and 70s advertisements.
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Halloween matchbox shrines

The outside of my matchbox shrines, closed:

A peek inside each one:

These were made for a swap, and the ones I received in return were just outstanding. So glad I tried my hand at this new altered art!

Eat, drink and be scary

Oh, I've been horrible at posting this month, and I feel awful about it. It's been a challenging month, dealing with layoffs, husband's surgery that sort of thing. I should know by now how healing and relaxing making art is, but at the same time, it's hard to find the muse when one is stressed out about other things.

Nonetheless, I did manage to create a few seasonally themed things, and that alone has started to break my stress barrier. I feel more creativity coming on!

This Halloween postcard was done mostly digitally for a LetterHeads swap.