Just as you thought we were

going to take a little break.....grin.....

Thought I'd do a Shout Out

post and a Quickie Giveaway

while I'm finishing up 

the last Fabulous ATC Swap

with Tracey from

Hidden Vintage Studios at DeviantScrap.com

and getting prepped 

for the next ATC Swap

that is coming up soon!

First off.....

Had a Great Mail Day today!

All the way from England....

This Fabulous Handmade 

Bird Watcher

came from a Great Artist I 

came across on Facebook

Jane Ryan OPI (Opiworks)

you can find her here

on Facebook and

here on Etsy and

here on Her Blog!

Being a Birdnut I'm thrilled

to have a piece of Jane's works

and it'll be next to my own 

Butterfly Garden Assemblage in

the Art Room.

Thanks Jane!! Love her!!

Then as if the mail day 

wasn't cool enough...

Goodies from 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Kristin Hubick at Retro 

brought in some of my fav goodies

Mr. Tim Holtz's New Tag Stencils 

and 

Dyan Reaveley's 

Dylusions Mini Journal!

Not easy to get yet, so having 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery 

bring in a few I immediately grabbed 2 of them! GRIN

These Mini Journals are the same as

Dyan's Fabulous Large Journals

right down to the storage envelope

inside the front cover, ( such a handy

thing for storing stencils and paper bits!)

The Mini Dylusions Journal is

8 3/8" x 5 5/8" a great size for some

quick or detailed journal art! 

And the paper inside it! Oh man

it's like silk to work with!

So I got to thinking as I sat drooling

over my new Mini Dylusions Journal

that to have 2 of them right now might

be a bit of overkill, as it's going to take

me some time to fill 1 up with all

the projects on my plate.....

So I'm putting up the 2nd 

Mini Dylusions Journal

(the one I didn't drool on......LOL)

as the Prize for a 

Quickie Giveaway!

That's right! 

Here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

I'll give this one away!

All you need to do to 

Enter to Win

is Leave a Comment

if you're a Follower of 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

on This Blog Post

If you aren't a Follower yet,

then there are two choices

on the Right Side Column 

to sign up as a 

New Follower

Google or NetworkBlogs

and Leave a Comment on this 

Blog Post and

let me Know you've sign up!

It's that easy!

On Friday, October 4th

I will Announce the Winner!!!

Woo Hoo! GRIN

In the meantime...I'll be busy

getting set up for the next

upcoming swap here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

Rumour has it that a certain

Nancy Baumiller 

(Ms.Fancy Pants) of 

Crowabout StudioB 

at DeviantScrap.com

could be

involved....grin

I've been playing with some 

4 x 6 art cards using some of Nancy's Fabulous Graphics

along with my own, a size that I haven't

played with before with all the ATC 

making I've been doing, so to get the 

hang of it ...

I love making up Nancy's Girlies

from all of her Fabulous Kits!

They always set the tone...

...even if the tone is a little odd....grin...

As you can see, 4 x 6 is a fun

size to be working with!

Hmm......maybe a 4 x 6 swap? grin....

So that is enough of a tease,

I'm off to pack ATC's and get them

out into the post to you....in the 

meantime, 

Leave a Comment 

to Be Entered

to Win!!!

And on a personal note

September 10th was our

Oliver Howard's

12th Birthday :)

He had a day full of treats

including a new sweatshirt

for rainy days....

the boy's in the hood....grin

Luv my boy 

Thanks All :)

Enjoy!

Greetings All 

We have a Winner!!

What a Fun Swap we've

had this last month

with

Hidden Vintage Studio's

at DeviantScrap.com!

So many Fabulous ATC's

arrived from You All from

all over the Globe!

I so much appreciate all of

You taking time and participating

in my Swaps here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

Wow!!!

But I have to tell you, 

a really Wonderful package 

arrived from Tracey herself!

She's made 20 different ATC's

for me to tuck in for each

one of you!!!

With a little 

Halloween Goodie

tucked in!

Thank you so much 

Tracey for participating making

so many ATC's for Everyone

on top of 

Donating the 

$25 Gift Certificate

for the Drawing!

to 

Hidden Vintage Studios!

Don't forget to check out

Hidden Vintage Studio's

DeviantScrap Shop

There's even more 

Brand New Halloween 

Graphics Kits!!!!

So here we are.....

About to 

Announce the

Winner 

of the 

$25 Gift Certificate

to 

Hidden Vintage Studios!!!

Using the Random Generator

I'm so please to announce that

the Winner is.....

Woo Hoo!!!

Virginia Smith!!!!

I was particularly jumping

up and down for Virginia

as she's one of 

Birdnuts Mixed Media's 

longest participating 

ATC Swap Artists and

I don't think she's ever

won before!

so there you go girl!

Your number came up!!!

Thanks so much for 

participating Virginia!

And Big Congrats!!

So Now that we've made

it to the Deadline, and the Drawing

I'd better get packing and mailing

all the Wonderful ATC's and

the Extra Goodies tucked in

to you all!!!

Big Mail out from here

in Victoria, B.C. Canada

on Saturday so with the Post

the way it is, should be about

10 working days to 2 weeks to arrive 

( I'd say sooner by what the heck,

it'll be a surprise if it does! LOL!)

Big Thank you's again to 

Tracey Parker

and 

Hidden Vintage Studios

at

Deviant Scrap.com

And a Huge THANK YOU

to All of You

Wonderful ATC Artists

for Entering the Swap!!!

And stay tuned!

Will be announcing another

Fabulous Swap coming up

very soon!

( Will announce both here and

on Facebook :)

After I catch up with the mail outs

and take a little breather!!!

Whew.... grin.

Enjoy!!!

Update!!!
due to the mail service being
it's usual late.....and more
than a handful of your
ATC's haven't arrived for
todays intended deadline,
I'm postponing the deadline to
Wednesday, September 18th,
with the Prize Drawing
for the $25 Gift Certificate
from 
Hidden Vintage Studios
Winner to be Announced
here on
Thursday, September 19th!
So sorry for the delay, again!
See you back here
on 
Thursday, September 19th!!!
Good Luck in the Drawing!!!


Are you ready? 

(tee hee)

Hey All You Fab ATC Artists...

are you ready for another

ATC Swap?

And another Fabulous Prize Drawing?????

(grin)

Well guess what!

You've got it, and....

a Newbie 

Co-Hosting 

with me this time round!

Hidden Vintage Studios!!!

Another Wonderful 

Graphics Company

with

DeviantScrap.com!!!

A Wonderful Selection

of Graphics at

Hidden Vintage Studio 

with a Brand New Kit

just released

'Teacup Tricksters'

There are some really 

Wonderful examples

of Assemblages made 

with this kit on their

Facebook Page

Hidden Vintage Studio

So please do go check

out their Facebook Page

and give them a 'Like'

as they were very kind

in donating a

$25 Gift Certificate

to

Hidden Vintage Studio

for the 

Prize Drawing

here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

for this Month's ATC Swap!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

See! I've already been playing!

The Graphics Kit

Teacup Tricksters

has some Deliciously

Halloween Graphics!

It's certainly put me

into the Spirit!

LOL!

So here we go!!!

Details on 

How to Enter! 

( If you dare....bwhaaaa!)

Thought you'd like to get a little

Art Going for the upcoming

Holiday 

and to 

Celebrate

Hidden Vintage Studio's 

New Kit

So this time round

the ATC Swap Theme is

Halloween!

Although if you'd like to 

use any of 

Hidden Vintage Studio's

Kits in making your ATC's

that would be Great too!!!

In this ATC Swap

you'll be making

3   ATC's

2 ATC's will be Traded with

2 other ATC Artists in the Swap.

And 1 ATC will be Traded with me!

Next

I will start a Photo Album

on my Facebook Page

Denise Phillips

to Highlight all of your ATC's

as I receive them so we all

can have a boo!!! (grin).

Deadline

As it is August 15th Today

I'll be running the ATC Swap

to the 

Deadline of 

Thursday September 12th, 2013

with the 

Announcement of

the Winner of the 

$25 Gift Certificate to

Hidden Vintage Studio

at

DeviantScrap.com

on

Friday, September 13th!!

LOL! How appropriate!

Friday the 13th!!! 

GRIN

To Enter in the ATC Swap

and Gift Certificate Drawing

Please send a 

$5.00 PayPal 'Gift' Invoice

for Return Postage and Handling

to

Birdnuts Mixed Media

Email  GIMPY@telus.net

I will be limiting to only

20 ATC Artists in this months

ATC Swap

so if you aren't able to participate

after Entering please let me know

asap so I may let another Artist

participate.

I will gladly refund your 

Return Postage and Handling 

within the first 2 weeks of the Swap

but after that there will not be

a refund.

( I have found some to want a refund after finding

out they were not the Winner for the Drawing

so this seems to be the best way to stop that issue).

Because I am up in Canada, and

many of you are Global

you need at least 2 weeks from the

time you mail your 3 sets of

Halloween ATC's to me to get them

to me in time for the Deadline...

All Entries no matter where you are

mailing from should be in the Post

by no later than 

September 2nd, 2013

And if possible please

try to make your ATC's

as easy to put into a Standard

Sized Envelope to save on

mailing costs, anything oversized

will cost twice as much in returning.

(Thanks to the Canadian Postal Service!)

Much appreciated.

So there you go!

So get your Entries in

while there's room with

only 20 Artists Playing!

And go forth and get those

Halloween ATC's Made!!!

And

Big Thanks to 

Hidden Vintage Studio!

at

Deviant Scrap.com!!!

Thanks All!!!

Enjoy!!!

And the Winner's are....

I have to tell you all that

this has been one of the 

most exciting and fun 

swaps I've hosted here on

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

First off the Art!!!

At first, when Nancy Baumiller

suggested a Triptych ATC

Swap, I hadn't done 

triptychs before, but I tell you

I'm hooked!

And you ALL did such a 

Fabulous Job of it with

all of your Entries!!!

And over this weekend

I will do a separate Blog Post

to Highlight your Triptychs 

for you All! 

So appreciate all of your efforts

and many of you are just as

hooked as I am now with this

style of ATC making so be

assured, there will be more

Triptych Swaps in the Future!!!

Nancy Baumiller my Co-Hostess 

of 

Crowabout StudioB

at 

www.Deviant Scrap.com

was so inspired that

she decided well into the Swap

that she would offer a 

2nd PlacePrize 

by making her 

Incredible Mail Art 

Envelope and a set of 

Triptychs done by her

for the 

2nd Place Runner Up!

How cool is that!!!

And I have to Thank Nancy

my Co-Hostess for the 

Treasured Art 

she made just for me too!!!

What a talent Nancy is!!!

So here we are, ready to 

Announce the Winner's!

so lets get on with it!!!

Using the Random Generator 

at the bottom of my blog page,

I'm pleased to announce, that

the 

2nd Place Runner Up Winner

of a 

Set of Triptych ATC's 

and 

Mail Art Envelope Art by

 Nancy Baumiller

of 

Crowabout StudioB 

at 

www.DeviantScrap.com

is......

(grin)

Camilla Olsson!!!!

Woo Hoo! Congrats Camilla!!!

I will pack up 

Nancy's 

Triptych ATC's 

into her own

Mail Art Envelope 

and mail

it out separately 

from your

Swap Envelope! 

So keep

and eye on your mail box

for 2 Mail Art Envelopes!!!

YAY!!!

so now....the 

WINNER 

of the 

$25 Gift Certificate 

to 

Crowabout StudioB

at

www.DeviantScrap.com

is.....

(drum roll please :)

Betti Zucker!!!!!

Woo Hoo!

Congrats Betti! 

Nancy will connect with 

you on Facebook to get the

Certificate to you!!!!

Yay!!! And Big Congrats

to the Winners!!!

But as some of you know

from my 

Timeline on Facebook

You All are getting Mail Art

done by me :)

(look at all that! And it isn't even all of it! LOL!)

With an extra goodie or so

tucked in :)..

...so there you go!

Over the Weekend I'll do another

Blog Post Highlighting all

of your Fabulous 

Triptych ATC's in this Swap

and 

I THANK YOU ALL

for participating in my First

ATC Swap hosted this year

after my long recovery period

since Christmas. 

All your

Well Wishes have been so

appreciated :) xoxo

And a HUGE

Hugs and Thank You's

to Ms. Fancy Pants 

(my nick name for Nancy:)

Nancy Baumiller!

ALWAYS

an

 Honour and Pleasure Nancy

to Co-Host with you!!!

So you all Stay Tuned 

as another post

over the weekend, and 

Another Swap coming up Soon!!!!

(Will be Announcing over the next Week!!)

So keep those 

Art Supplies Handy!!! LOL!!!

ENJOY!!