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Greeting Card by Sarah Fishburn

My cool art friend, Sarah Fishburn, surprised me with a little bundle of art fun. When I opened her arted-up package, I found several goodies. Like this wonderful ATC with a mica covered vintage image along with a cute little "Happy Year of the Rat" mini postcard:

(Click on image for a larger view of this art by Sarah Fishburn.)

[Were any of you born in the Chinese Year of the Rat?]

The trouble with being in the rat race is that
even if you win, you're still a rat. ~Lily Tomlin

but I digress . . .

Sarah sent along even more incredible art. Look at these fantastic artful postcards:

(Postcard illustrations by Sarah Fishburn)

And the whole thing was inserted into this fantastic, way cool wrapper! I love this, Sarah.

(Artful Wrapper by Sarah Fishburn)

I noticed a detail about Sarah's envelope, too. You know, it's all in the details! She cleverly stamped my initial on a postage stamp and use it as an illuminated capital in the address on the envelope:

Isn't that a most clever tidbit? That creativity is like Sarah.

The fact is, Sarah, I love all your creative, edgy art. Send anything you want to me any time -- I'm a huge fan.

Be sure to check out Ragtags, Sarah's blog, where you will run into all kinds of entertaining bits and pieces and lots of luscious arty eye candy. Oh, and if you go there right away, you can check out the web site she has linked there for building your vocabulary while helping to get free rice for the United Nations World Food Program! But be careful, that site is addictive and fun!

Of course, I adore Sarah's art and all of her goings-on at her web sites. She is also an artist at the Art Pub Studios. And equally prolific and skillful is her writing! She and Angela Cartwright  have authored a beautiful, fun book, In This House. (I hear they are working on another one as we speak.) Then in their spare time, they publish a QUART -- Quality Art Zine --  Pasticcio -- which is maybe the most fun of all. Besides seeing REALLY quality art from all kinds of artists, known and unknown -- but also lots of really interesting articles, iinterviews, and fun and games - as well as some primo links for various sights of interest to artist. Go on over to Sarah or Angela's web site and find the link to get their latest issue.

They were sweet enough to show another piece of mine in issue 2:

(Overflow with Hope by me, Sallyt)

Now, if you are wondering why Sarah just sent me all that fantastic art -- just out of the clear blue sky... well, she admitted that she was trying to butter me up so she could win the offer for a copy of the Arte Ed Anima 2008 Art Calendar which I have posted about on my Art Pub Studios blog. Sarah, of course, went WAY beyond the requirements for getting her name in the hat for that calendar. (Sarah, maybe it will help - but I doubt it unless you have some good karma due you. LOL -- um-m-m, but just in case, you better send more art!!)) So a-a-anyway, all of you should jump on over to my Art Pub blog and see how easy it is to get in the running for that calendar give-away offer. And while you are there, check out the other goings-on in the blogs of all the fantastic artists at Art Pub Studios.

THIS JUST IN . . .

Somerset Bargain -- 2008 Art Calendar!!!

LOOKY  LOOKY  LOOKY

The Art Calendar by Arte Ed Anima is for sale at STAMPINGTON! And -- it's ON SALE for one week at 10% off!

Arte-Ed-Anima 2008 Art Calendar

Here is the back cover which gives you a peek at the contents but nothing can compare with the real thing:

Artists involved are Kim Logan, who headed up the calendar project and made it happen, as well as: Sue Berry, Susan Tuttle, Linda Koch, Lou McCulloch, Kathy Wasilewski, Charlotte Kemsley, Liz Smith, Evie Zaccardelli, Lynne Porter, and yours truly, Sally Turlington.

My assigned page was October:

So, you may get your own copy in one of several ways:

• Purchasing from Stampington
• Clicking on the icon  in the right sidebar of this blog (more info and images from the calendar there, too.) By clicking on the icon, you will go here.
• Purchasing from Sue Berry's etsy

Whatever you do, get one somewhere! You'll love the convenient size (8"x8") And the frameable artwork can be enjoyed for years to come. If you would like to read my original post about thsi calendar, it is here.

Happy New Year!

P.S. If you are interested in this calendar, check my Art Pub Studios blog.You might be in for a surprise. Who knows?

Just a Reminder

FREEBIES at ART PUB STUDIOS

Collage Sheets

Remember to check my blog at Art Pub Studios everyday for a new tip, tutorial, technique, or giveaway. I still have a couple more Days of Christmas gifts to give you.   

Also, you will want to check the blogs of the other artists at Art Pub Studios because many of them are giving away awesome things, too.

One of the Images from Deb Trotter
One of the Images from Deryn Mentock
Images from Sarah Fishburn

At the Art Pub Studios web site, all images will have higher resolutions for you to download.

 

And  a great technique tutorial for making foil wrapping paper: Foil Wrapping Paper Tutorial by Pilar Pollock

So, why not jump on over there to the Art Pub Studios web site and visit all the blogs there. Those artists are incredible and I'm honored to be in cahoots with them! (This time set the site as a favorite or a bookmark so you can return easily.) See ya there.