"Thankful Thursday...(#18)..."

...Yet another week full of beautiful things landing at my door!

The six cards above were received several weeks ago

as part of the "Clean out your Closet" Swap

I participated in at Illustrated ATCs.

The artists are:

Top row...L-R: Sally from Texas, Joyce from Canada, and PB.

Bottom Row...L-R: Le Ann from New York, rkolig from Canada,

and Jen from Maine.

It constantly amazes me at the variety of art

which can be so beautifully showcased

on these tiny little cards!

(Click on any image to enlarge to see detail...)

Then a surprise package arrived from Shayna in Alabama.

We have traded several times now...

but this time

not only did Shayna send me the beautiful blue beaded card

shown above in the center...

but also she sent two of her hand carved cactus stamps!

What fun...

I can hardly wait to use them...

...Stay tuned...! :)

This last little gem is from Sally in Texas...

We made a private 1:1 trade through the iATC website.

You might have noticed that Sally

also sent the cherry blossom card shown in the 1st photo...

What a small world! :)

These cranes were inspired by the Illustration Friday

prompt "Skinny"

and also a very touching origami crane installation project

which Sally is spearheading

at her school district

in response to tragedy which occured at a neighboring high school.

Check out this unique project HERE.

It is amazing!

Thanks everyone for popping in for peeks today.

Art certainly makes one's day...

doesn't it!??? :)