I’ve gotten quite lucky of late to receive Postcrossing names that are open to receiving handmade art postcards. It helps to satisfy my desire to make art on a small scale. Then send it out into the world.
This first postcard is a terrible blurry photo. I can’t believe I didn’t notice that. I have to post it at a small size in order not to damage anyone’s eyesight.
This next one was a request for a private swap. We decided on collage. My favorite art.
This next card started with this collage base of paper strips. This was my first time using Collage Medium. I definitely don’t get along well with this glue medium...yet. This is the only process photo I took.
But I was happy with my end result.
But I was happy with my end result.
Next, this postcard was quite fun to create. The Postcrosser said she liked postcards about postcards. So this was my design side. She’s been in Postcrossing for a lot of years and had already sent and received some 5,000+ postcards. I’m rather certain this will not be a duplicate.
This last postcard was an experiment with paint and stencils and a bit of Distress inks. The background got kind of busy on me but I didn’t totally dislike it so I continued to add stenciled numbers, washi tape and modeling paste through stencils.
These Tim Holtz paper dolls women seemed a good fit for this correspondence postcard. After being pen pals since they were young girls, they finally get to meet in person.
HAPPY ART MAIL DAY!
HAPPY ART MAIL DAY!