Sunday Postcard Art - Circles

This week at Sunday Postcard Art its all about

 

Circles

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The wheels on these bicycles caught my attention for the theme.

 

 

They're much too intricate to cut out of fabric, so I decided to give an all papercraft postcard a try.

 

The card is a sandwich of decorated cardstock paper, plain cardstock and copy paper for the postcard back. 

 

 

The border is a regular weight scrapbook paper folded over the edges then stitched through all layers.

 

 

I have 3 postcard styles prepared on a single sheet of paper that I photocopy on 24lb weight copy paper, then cut apart to use individually.

 

The bicycles and birds are glued to the scrapbook paper with a glue stick.  I am not sure that's the best idea, but I'm not a glue expert, so I wanted to be sure a papercrafted card could survive a trip through the mail, so I gave it a coat of Mod Podge Matte finish.

 

 

This was a little scary because I did this after the card was completed. I wasn't sure that was the best idea either.  I've worked with Mod Podge before, but I really didn't know how the three layers would react.  Of course the top layer began to warp.  All I could do was hope it would flatten back out when it was dry.  Just like magic all was well in the end.

 

 

I could not be more pleased!  Well that was bunches of fun and I've been missing my daughter, so I set myself to making a postcard to send to her.

 

 

This one is just stamped and colored.  I can cut and paste and sew, but that's the extent of my artistic skills.  My coloring even needs help!   But I give it a go anyway.  No wonder I prefer fabric.

 

 One of my other postcard backs.

 

In any case, I'm having fun. 

 

xxx

Annie