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.

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.

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:

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.

Postcard Challenge 2012 - Week 1 Austria

My first ever Coptic Stitch Book!

I finished my book for Darcy's Postcard Challenge 2012.
It's the first time I've ever done a Coptic Stitch binding and I really like how it turned out.
The pages are alot thicker at the bottom because of the pockets I added to each page to hold the postcards so to accommodate for that I used pretty thick thread for the stitching of the binding.

The binding is one inch strips of tyvek that I painted a copper color with acrylics.
I got the idea and instructions for making this"Coptic Stitch binding for individual pages" book from watching Barb on UStream.  You can see the recording of how to make the book HERE.  Thanks to Barb for always being such an inspiration!
Below are some pictures of the completed book:

I have my postcard started.  I think for me, the hardest part will be figuring what to write on the back.  This creative writing is pretty far out of the norm for me, but always a good idea to get out of one's own normal, right?

Thanks for taking a look!

Postcard Challenge 2012 - The story Begins...

As mentioned in my last post, I am taking part in a really fun challenge for 2012 that Darcy has created for us and explained on her blog.  You can read about it HERE.  The idea is based on Nick Bantock's Griffin and Sabine series of books where mysterious characters correspond.

One of the first things we need to do is create our own story and characters.

Here's what I've come up with so far:

The story begins…

The Characters

#1 is Sabrina.  She lives in a small town on the Oregon Coast but does not spend much time there.  Sabrina is a photo journalist and travels the world photographing interesting locations for the various travel magazines she freelances for.  But she uses a P O Box in Oregon as her mailing address and has friends manage her mail and forward it to her. 

Her address is:

Sabrina Harrison

P O Box 251

Rockaway Beach OR  93137

USA   

#2 is Declan.  It is thought that Declan lives in London.  However he is somewhat secretive.  As the saying goes – he could tell us where he lives and what he does but then he’d have to kill us as we’d know too much.  So, better not to know, don’t you agree?  His mailing address seems to indicate he works for the British Government.  Perhaps he is some sort of spy?  Is there a real life James Bond?  And is he it?  Wonder if we’ll ever know…

His address is:

Declan McCabe 73179

c/o The O.I.C.

Number 17 ½ Downing Street

London

IM2 YR1

UK

As the story begins, Sabrina has received a small package in the mail with a strange London address.  What the heck is “The O.I.C.???

Inside the package she finds a packet of photographs and negatives she had lost on her last adventure.  They were lost somewhere in South Africa.  She had been quite upset she had not been able to locate them as the negatives are irreplaceable.  Without them she would not be paid for her trip all over South Africa.  So you can imagine how relieved and grateful she was to find them in the mail!

A note inside the package states “Dear Ms Harrison,  I found this packet of photos under a bench near the Bull & Bush Pub in Gaborone, Botswana.  Inside was your business card with your information and address inside so am sending them to you.  Yours Faithfully, Mr. Declan McCabe”.

 

Sabrina feels compelled to respond to this Declan McCabe, wondering what is inspiring her to do that.  Perhaps the same feeling that compelled Declan to return the found photos to her in the first place.

 

So, the postcard correspondence begins…

Stay tuned, much more to follow as the year progresses and these characters communicate with one another from locations yet to be revealed.

Thanks for taking a look!

Have a creative week!