Batraplume

SPOILER: I often upload my ATCs on my Flickr gallery before you receive them!

I'm French, I live in the middle of France, in a beautiful volcanic area. I've always been a crafty person since my childhood. I never get bored at home. So many things to try! .

I organized the very first French ATCs exhibition in Sept/Oct 2007, displaying 3200 cards (photos in my Flickr gallery) and then wrote a book about it that has been published in September 2009 in France!! What an adventure! I still can't believe it actually happened! :-)

I am an avid book reader, my favorite readings are thrillers, mystery & fiction. I love stories that take place in the USA, in Australia and Amazonia and tend to collect them. I like writing short stories for children too.

I love summertime, seashores, sunny days, sunsets, going for a walk in the countryside. Oh i'm a cat person too :) I miss my cat Fanfan who passed away in August 09 but now I have another cat called Louloute that I took out from a shelter (she's 13).

English is my second language so bear with me, please! Thanks!

NOTE : I'll never send you poor quality work. I've been making ATCs since 2006 so I'm not quite a newbie. I'll never put a sticker on a piece of cardstock and call it ATC so I expect the same from you in return. Thank you so much!

Also I will never reswap something I received. This is something I just can't do!

DISLIKES : I don't like religious things, girly, cutesy, kawai and Disney things. I'm sure you see what I mean :)

World music, jazz, pop/rock, electro, some classical music sometimes, and from 70's to nowadays. I love discovering new music on mixed CDs. I'm open-minded to many things except heavy metal or noisy things, and rap/hip-hop.

Action, thrillers, romance, musicals, 40s and 50s US movies, and Thelma & Louise, When Harry met Sally, Amadeus, Midnight Express, Blade Runner, Panic Room, Enemy of the State, Apollo 13, Batman begins, My Fair Lady, The Shawshank Redemption, Sea of Love, Into the wild, It's a wonderful life, Woody Allen's movies, and so on...

24, Alias, Lost, Sex & the city, Friends, House, Grey's Anatomy, Kyle XY, Damages, Desperate Housewives, X-Files, The Lost Room, Fringe, The Good Wife, The Pillars of the Earth...

ATCs, card making, chunky pages, inchies, Dotee dolls, Moleskine round robin, altered books, mini books... I'm always opened to new stuff!

My style and techniques: mixed-media, stamping, collaging and paper piecing most of the time.

My favorite themes in crafts :

• anything exotic/tropical/summery (palm trees, sunsets, parrots, toucans...etc.)
• owls
• cats
• garden/nature/botanical
• books/reading
• whimsical houses
• tea/coffee
• Halloween! we do not celebrate it here in France and it's frustrating!!

Actually I collect owls, cats and Halloween ATCs!

Don't hesitate to ask if you need some more informations!

Regarding some postcards swaps I'm currently joining, especially Halloween ones, I would love to receive some store bought cards from you because it's very hard to find them over here in France as we don't celebrate Halloween. I would love to see what your store bought cards look like! (just being curious!) Not that I don't like handmade stuff but I already make and receive lots of Halloween themed ATCs. Thank you so much! :-)

@emayees on the "I Love Summer! ATCs" swap

@1000Valentines - swap coordinator of the "I Love Summer! ATCs" swap (said she would angel but did not communicate after that)

@ramona - Mythical creatures ATC swap

@salex - Mythical creatures ATC swap