This one was a postcard that I did a lot more to, but it didnt’ turn out as well. I took the time to cut this bird image off of a piece of art paper I have, and I pasted it down on the blue background, and then I embossed the image of the map …
Tag: collage
Oct 27
Postcard: Fish and Face postcard
I used as the base of this a beautiful piece of 12″ x12″ paper that I got from a big pack during my annual craft glut at Thanksgiving. I love this paper. It’s nicely heavy cardstock (not heavy enough for this, but not a bad start) that has a gorgeous design on both side. It’s …
Oct 27
Postcard: Fish Postcard
This isn’t much of a postcard, I mean, I didn’t do any of the art. The front looked that beautiful just because that’s how the paper looked, and all I did on the back was add the line of fleur-de-lis to demarcate the address side from the text side. But still, my goal in making …
Oct 24
Postcard: Steampunk Two
These images are unusually clear, because I used my flatbed scanner to copy them instead of photographing them. I had intended to do all of them this way, but it’s a horrid nuisance. It’s not fast AT ALL, and I had a big stack of postcards, so I gave up after these two.
Oct 19
Postcard: Steampunk Writing
In a way, this series of postcards is like a series of quick sketches. What do they call them, when you do sketches of one and two minutes poses? Can’t remember. Anyway, I decided I wanted to send more postcards to my friends, especially my sister-in-law, Beth, and my brother Rick. Postcards are expensive, so …