Friday
Feb192010
The Great DIY Postcard Swap (Part 2)
Fri, February 19, 2010 at 10:00AM 
Just wanted to share some of the postcards from a Mail Art project; Hanna's DIY Postcard Swap! You can see the first phase of the cards at Part One. I started with sheets of bristol paper, painted them with a brayer and Speedball Water-Based Block Printing Inks, cut to ~ 4.5 x 6.5" cards. I made artist trading cards, several with hand sewing, with the remaining scrap paper. Stamped w/handmade eraser stamps, found stamps, added images + words, some neocolors, doodles, personal notes on the reverse, and off to the post office in envelopes (late, I might add).
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Reader Comments (9)
So pretty! I hope one of yours is on its way to me! I love your work!
Wow! Your postcards are so beautiful!!
I hope the one I sent you will get to you safe and sound...
Vishing you a great weekend!! :D
Very Marvelous. I received 2 more today for a total of 6 so far! So exciting!!
I so wish I had played in this swap!
These postcards are wonderful!
Love how layered they are, with the bubble wrap print on top of images etc. and those words peeking through, making my brain go: what? What's the message here? Thanks for sharing them Tammy!
Tammy, thank you so much for the beautiful postcard and ATC that arrived today!!! I really love them!!! This is the best swap ever :-)
Margriet
*Vickie, Thank you for your sweet words, you made me smile!
*scrowlscrowl, YES, I received your postcard! It was so much fun! Thank you!!!!
*Carol, I've received 6 thus far and each is more fun than the last! My first swap EVER and such a good experience.
*Jeannine, The swap was fun, but there is always, always, more art to be created.
*Hanna, Yes, they have multiple messages and the fun part is that you can really make them say whatever you wish. Thank you for coordinating the swap!!!
*Margriet, Yay! So happy that the postcard and atc arrived in good condition. It was such fun to create and swap.
~ Tammy
These are spectacular!! May I use a few of these images as examples of postcard swap items?? I'll include a link to this post to obviously give you credit for them. Please let me know asap. Thank you for the consideration!!
Nicole, I've sent you an email! ~ Tammy