Another Teddy Bear card

I also made this cute little teddy bear card.

I ran the green background card stock through the Cuttlebug to create the brick effect.

Card Swappers Teddy Bear swap

This card was made using a Whiff of Joy stamp.  I fell in love with this stamp the second I saw it.

I popped up parts of the teddy bear to make it little like she was squeezing him.

March Sketch Swap

This is my take on the Just Cards March Sketch swap.

I can't believe it has been so long since I updated my blog.  I've made a few more swap cards, a couple of which I am really proud of.  One of my favorites is this shape card.

The pocket watch pulls all the way out and you can write your sentiment on it.

Something new

The next swap was to use something new.  For me EVERYTHING is new so this was an easy card!  I found a "new" to me technique by Valista's Fresh Folds on YouTube and knew I had to try my version.

You can find the video here.

Time to start posting some cards!

Here is my first "swap" card. 

"H" is for hound dawg!

Lion

This ostrich egg was carved for an "eggart" version of a card swap. There is nothing added to the surface of the egg ... it is a relief carving and the depth is an illusion.

This bloodhound egg is one of my favorites.  The dog in the carving was a K-9 officer that was killed in a fire.  A truly heartbreaking story.  His name was Teddy and I called this egg "Sweet Teddy."

The next few eggs are emu eggs.   With the exception of the butterfly (which has glitter), there is no paint on the eggs.  The colors are achieved by carving through the layers of the shell.

Here are some Christmas ornaments.  These are primarily goose eggs, but the smaller eggs are duck.

Carved Eggs

Since the title of my blog is Eggstraordinary Art, I suppose it is only fitting that I put pictures of my eggs on here well.

This ostrich egg took first place in the experienced filigree category, as well as Best in Show in an international eggshell carving contest  I couldn't begin to calculate how many hours this took.  

It is really hard to photograph, but if you look carefully, you can see that individual jigsaw puzzle pieces were drawn all around the egg and then cut out.  What is left is what would have been the lines of a jigsaw puzzle.  I'm afraid to move it. *grin*

Karen

My very first card

My boss's mother passed away a couple of weeks ago.  This is the sympathy card I made for him.  It's amazing the things you see in pictures that you don't see when you are looking at the actual card.

If you look at the upper left hand corner in the next picture you will see that this paper was actually for a football scrapbook page.  It is sort of an inside joke ... during football season whenever he would call her they would talk football, completely leaving their spouses out of the conversation.  So the football was intentional and, I hoped, almost not noticed.

Karen

This is my first attempt at a blog so please be patient.  I am an egg artist and the work I do is primarily carving.  As I get to know the world of blogging I will post updates.  If you have any questions about carving eggshells I will be happy to answer them and if I don't know the answer I will try to point you in the right direction.