Received another magnet swap!!

I just recently received my magnet swap from Sarah Whitmire's SoulJournaling group on Yahoo. I am so glad I participated in this one. Here's what I got:

This one is from Carol Z. and this tag was amazing. Bits of leather, bling, chipboard, glitter, charms...there was so much thought put into this! Here is her blog.

This magnet is really fun and kinda makes my mouth water! It was made by Mady and her blog is HERE.

This "fat free" cookie is adorable! This was made by Lisa and you can find her blog HERE.

One of the very cool perk's of being in a swap with Sarah is that she likes to send everyone who plays some goodies. This was Valentine themed, of course, and it was just wonderful. I especially love the card in the bottom right hand corner with the Lilies of the Valley. Lily of the Valley always reminds me of my Great Grandmother. Thank you Sarah!!

Here are the 3 magnets I sent in and then a small one for Sarah. I'm learning and loving the experience. Thanks ladies!!

One set of magnets received!

Here are the magnets I made. I shared about them in a previous post, but here's the picture again. These were made with mini Altoid tins. The top two are the closed view and the bottom one is open (obviously) =) . These were for my Altered_Start yahoo! group.
These are the three I received in exchange. I love that they are all three very different.

I really love red, black and ladybugs! This one is made by Resi.

The snowflake looks better in person - the glass kept catching the flash. It's made by Carol and the face magnet which I also love is made by Pam.
I had lots of fun with these and can't wait to get my next set from the other group. =)

Sweetheart Magnet Swap

I joined a magnet swap on my Yahoo! Soul Journaling group. I love these swaps because they challenge me to try something that I normally wouldn't do. I recently made a set of magnets for my Altered Art group also - they were made out of little Altoid tins were a lot of fun. You can see that post HERE.
The other reason I join these swaps is because it's always fun to see what you're going to get back. I will be sure to post what I get in return! I'm not gonna lie. There have been swaps where I've received things that weren't quite my style and that's okay. The only time is "bothers" me is when I receive work that is of a low quality, falling apart, sloppy, etc. That's only happened to me a few times and it was from an old scrapbooking message board I used to frequent. Anyway, because of that, I quit swapping altogether, but now I'm giving it a go again with these new groups.
Here are the magnets I made. I wanted them to have a homemade look because of the nature of the group. I have made adorable magnets with glass beads and such that actually look store bought - but the idea here is to look hand-made. =)

I cut hearts out of chipboard and then covered the front with quality printed scrapbook cardstock type paper.

I adhered the paper doily halves with gel medium, lined the edge with Aleene's craft glue and dipped it in vintage chunky glitter (I've had it since 3rd grade...that's vintage enough. LOL)

I then started layering on the embellishments like Prima flowers, vintage buttons (my great-grandmother's buttons), ribbon and then I added the stamped words.

The back is covered with book text from an old beat up copy of Pride and Prejudice. There was still glitter on the back when I took the picture, but I brushed it off before I sent them out. Of course with glitter, it will get everywhere no matter what. lol

Here is a little extra one that I made for the swap hostess. This was a wooden heart that I gesso'd and then painted.

The back is also covered in book text.
So, I had a good time with these. I will be posting some of my other magnets that I make for my Etsy shop - those are really great as gifts or for your own office. Have a great weekend!! - I'll be back with my 3 in 30, One Little Word Captured, and Simple Things updates through out the weekend. "See" you around. =)