"From the Vault..."

...A repost of a serene little succulent

from my

"Midnight at the Oasis" ATC series.
Happy Cactus Monday all! :)

"Faith is an oasis in the heart

which can never be reached by the caravan

of thinking."

~Kahil Gibran

"The Rest of the Primordial Bunch...!"

#3^...
...#5^...
...and lastly #6^ which has already been taken! Whew! LOL :)
Remember to drop a line if you are interested in a trade...
The other three from this series
"Primordial Blooms"
were posted yesterday here in case you are interested. :)

“I think I did pretty well,
considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”
~Steve Martin

"...LOL!"
~Me

"Primordial Blooms...

First... #1 of 6^...
...and #2 of 6^...
...and #4 of 6^...
My newest collection...the last three to be posted tomorrow...
Enjoy...and drop a line to trade.
More ATCs can be viewed in my flickr set here.

"I am convinced
that it is of primordial importance
to learn more every year than the year before."
~Author Unknown

"Midnight Lace..."

...my newest ATC Series posted today at midnight...
Card # 1...below...

Card #2...below...

...and finally...Card #3...below...

Each
ATC is drawn "lead free" with black Pitt pen
on printed decorative paper.
For your viewing pleasure
three more "lacy ladies" will be posted tomorrow at midnight! :)
Anyone interested in trading??

"Tomorrow
is the most important thing in life.
Comes into us at midnight very clean.
It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes
we've learned something from yesterday."
~John Wayne

"Midnight At The Oasis..."

...Send your camel to bed.
Shadows paintin' our faces...

...Traces...of romance in our heads..."

~Written by David Nichtern 1974...sung by Maria Muldaur

(Format: 7" 45rpm ) LOL! :)

(Dang! I have been singing that song all day long! )

Okay...back to reality...I think...

...to present to you my Midnight Desert Mirage ATC Series...

Cards #1 & 2...of 6.

“The world, indeed, is like a dream

and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage!

Like the apparent distances in a picture,

things have no reality in themselves,

...they are like heat haze.”
~Buddha

"The Final Two..."

cards (#5 and #6) in my ancient Chinese floral design

ATC card set

are now completed...

..all "dragon stamped" and everything!

"Nothing is so fatiguing

as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."
~William James

"Layers and Threads..."

...Woven together by pen...then stamped with calligraphy..

...Cards #3 and #4

of my Chinese floral design ATC set.

“We all should know that diversity

makes for a rich tapestry,

and

we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry

are equal in value

no matter what their color.”
~Maya Angelou

"A Bit of LOVE..."

...written in Chinese calligraphy

on a little bitty ATC card...

...The first in the "China Bloom" series...:)

I cannot stop designing these little treasures...

My brain does not turn off...

It is playing full speed and overtime in Fantasyland!

The "plan", as it now stands, is to design several series of cards...

with six cards to a series.

After that...I don't quite know what I will do with them!

(Some may be sent to Zazzle and made into cards or stickers...???)

Several people have offered to trade...

and I see that to be a wonderful summer possibility!

So...Stay tuned, if interested...:)

You can see all of them all here on Flickr...

Or, as a series...with # of cards completed thus far below:

Sunlight Series...3/6 completed

Branching Out Series...6/6 completed

Ancient Floral Design...2/6 completed

Desert Whimsy...2/6 completed

Time Zones...1/6 completed

China Blooms...1/6 completed

Blooming Desert...4/6 completed...1 gifted

"I like nonsense,

it wakes up the brain cells.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,

It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

Which is what I do,

And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
~Dr. Seuss

"Resting Buddha..."

...inspired by Serena's statue in Australia

(see the actual photo here)

and reinterpreted here as the Illustration Friday challenge:

"Legendary."

“Look famous.

Be legendary.

Appear Complex. Act easy.

Radiate presence.

Travel light.

Seem a dream. Prove real.”

~Author Unknown

"Happy 50th Birthday Serena...You Go Girl!!..."

~Me :)

"Cactus ATC Fun..."

"Artists

are just children

who refuse to put down their crayons."

~Al Hirschfeld

Have a blissful Cactus Monday...use ALL your colors today!

"New ATCS..."

...inspired by ancient Chinese floral design

and stamped

with a red dragon for a bit of fiery punch.

"The man who fights too long against dragons

becomes a dragon himself."
~Friedrich Nietzsche