Postcard Challenge 2012 week 18 - NewZealand

This challenge is hosted by Darcy.  You can read about it on her blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge Week 17 - Norway

Postcard Challenge Week 16 - Romania

Transylvania Region
Romania

I found an article on the Transylvania Region in Romania and it had so many pictures that I absolutely loved that I ended up using bits of several of them.  Would love to visit there someday!

Check what everyone else has created for their Romania postcard by checking out Darcy's blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - week 15 Iceland

Check out what everyone else made for Icelabd pcs by checking out Darcy's blog HERE.  Many thanks to Darcy for such a great challenge.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - week 14 Singapore

Declan was late mailing out his postcard for week 14 so I'm a little late posting.
(If I create imaginary characters I should be able to use said characters as excuses for when things get off track, don't you agree?)

:)

Postcard Challenge 2012 - week 13 Turkey

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 12 Israel

Check out what everyone has been making for their Israel postcards this week by checking out Darcy's blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 11 Netherlands

I actually received a postcard from The Netherlands this week so used the postage stamp off that.  Didn't even have to dig through my stash.  How cool is that?  

Darcy is the brilliant and creative mind that thought of this challenge.  You can check out what she and everyone else created this week for the Netherlands by going to her blog HERE.

You can see all of my postcards for the challenge so far my clicking HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 10 CANADA

Fine point pen makes card sort of hard to read so here's what it says:

Greetings Sabrina!

I'm in Ottawa this week meeting with government officials.

Politics is bollocks!

Perhaps next time I'm in North America we can arrange to meet?  Or when you are next in UK?

Regards, D

Check out what everyone else came up with for a Canada postcard by checking out Darcy's blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 9 Switzerland

I just want to thank Darcy again for hosting such a fun challenge!  Check out what she made this week as well as everyone else's cards by going to her blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 8 Cuba

Dance to the music at the
Casa de la Musica in Trinidad Cuba

I used Prismacolor Colored Pencils to draw this card.  Black India Ink stamp pad to stamp the letters and the stamp.  And black Micron pen for the writing.

Thanks again to Darcy for such an amazing challenge!  Check out what she made this week as well as everyone else's cards by going to her blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 7 Wales

Used Prismacolor Colored Pencils and a black Micron pen.

Birds and Butterflies

I've become obsessed with sewing on paper.  I have an old Singer my mom bought almost 50 years ago and it has a really nice zigzag stitch.  So I got out some scrapbook paper - mostly 7 Gypsies Conservatory 8x8 paper pad.  And I've been making little 4" x 6" collage postcards.  They are turning out great!  Here are some of them:

I just love the stitching on the cards.  It looks cool and adds really cool texture.  Just love it!
So, some of these I have mailed out, some I have kept for my bulletin board, some I'm sending to Dede to give away on her UStream shows (you can find her HERE, she streams early morn Wed and Thurs), and some of them are listed for sale on Etsy.  You can find my Etsy by clicking HERE.

Thanks for taking a look!

Have a creative weekend everyone! 

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 6 Belgium

 I used Derwent Inktense Pencils and Prismacolor Pencils.  Stamped letters with India Ink Black Ink Pad.

You can read all about the postcard challenge for this week on Darcy's blog HERE.

A Couple Cool Cats

I found a couple free info cards at a display at the grocery store for pet health insurance with these great cat images on them just beggin' to be fussy cut and used for something.  So I brought them home and made a couple postcards!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The backgrounds are K&Co Tim Coffey paper.  The butterflies were cut out of a gardening catalog.  I sewed a piece of cardstock to the back of the postcards to add stability.


I'm having so much fun sewing on paper!  I'll be sharing more postcards and some collages here soon!

Thanks for taking a look!

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 5 France

This postcard challenge is from the wonderfully creative mind of Darcy.  You can read all about it on her blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 4 China

In Taoism, the Red-crowned Crane is a symbol of longevity and immortality.

 

To make it easier to read the message:

Bind-It-All Binge

Okay, I admit it - I love most all art supplies.  But tools have a special place in my art supply heart!  And among the tools I currently have the Zutter Bind-It-All is one of my favorite.  You can check out their website by clicking HERE.  I have the older blue Bind-It-All (BIA).  Good thing I got it when it was blue as it is pink now.  I hate to admit I might not ever have got to know how much fun it is as I would probably have never bought a "pink" tool.  I'm just not too fond of pink. Anyway, I did get the blue BIA and I love it.  You can see it in the photo above. 
One of the things I like most is that you don't have to measure much.  For the book and covers you basically need the center of the side you are going to bind.  I use leftover paper from other projects in whatever sizes they happen to be and can go from there.  Once I decide on the book pages, I just make a cover using one of those as a guide and make it slightly larger.  Or, sometimes I have something I want to use as a cover, and go from there and cut pages slightly larger.
Recently I had my BIA and all kinds of paper out to make a Smash style scrapbook for my niece for her 12th birthday.  It is 8 x 10 and turned out great but I forgot to take photos of it so will have to share photos of it another time.
As long as I had all the stuff handy I got out some postcards to use as covers and made a whole bunch of books!  I even refilled a small book I had made awhile back and used up.  Most of my binding is 3/4" silver O-rings as I bought a huge box of them from an office supply store.  Alot (really ALOT) more reasonably 
priced than buying them in 2 or 6 packs.
The green "Nurture Nature" postcards are ones I had made from a collage of mine.  The rest are commercial post cards.  Here's a bunch of photos:

The backs are cardboard or chipboard I covered with paper on both sides.
The Nurture Nature books will be available for sale soon on my Etsy as mini sketch books or journals.  Great as a small journal to have with you, a good travel size!  I'll post a notice here and on Twitter when they are available.
Thanks for taking a look!
Have a CREATIVE week!

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 3 Brazil

I used Prismacolor Pencils and Derwent Inktense pencils for the postcard.  Wood laying on the jungle floor was shavings from sharpening my pencils.  They were just laying there and looked like they should be used!  Words are hand stamped with India Ink Black stamp pad (my very favorite black ink pad).

Learn all about Darcy's great Postcard Challenge by reading about it on her blog HERE.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 2 Spain

Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Artist rendering
At Dusk

Used watercolor paper
First layer of background and sky - watercolor
Finished with Prisma colored pencils and black Microm pen

To make the back a little easier to read:

Learn all about Darcy's great Postcard Challenge by reading about it on her blog HERE.