Mixed media postcards

It's time to make postcards, don't you agree? Here I'm making a postcard from Scratch - Part 1: Getting started. Making postcards is not difficult. Anyone can do it, and with a bit of effort, I think you'll love the postcards you make yourself even more than store bought ones. They are more personal, more

Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend! A big thank you to everyone who commented on my SSS Falling For You Blog Hop post on Friday. I had fun reading all the comments. It is Monday and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge. This week anything goes! I often find the anything goes challenges a little hard, this week, I decided to use Tim Holtz new Envelope die, and just sat down to create something, without much of a plan. It ended up being lots of fun and I made three mixed media…

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Mixed Media Postcards by Mary C. Nasser with StencilGirl Stencils

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Inspired by iHanna's postcard swap, I set up my own postcard swap in Israel. The turnout was fantastic, and we were each supposed to make 5 postcards. However, I decided to make 70, to thank all the participants, and I wanted to share the process of making all those cards here, because I just had so much fun making them! This was my first batch: And this is how I made them: I took a huge piece of white cardstock, and sprayed it. I love how unexpected the results are, and I tried spraying…

Since I can only work in bits and pieces during the summer I have started making a ton of backgrounds. They have a twofold purpose...use up some of the vast amount of "stuff" I have, and two I then have a huge supply to draw from for later. The other day I created this background. I started with a 12x12 sheet of cardstock (of which I think I shall never run out of I have so much) and began adding acrylic paint colors. Lots of stamping, collaging of scrap papers, doodling, splattering etc and…

In today's blog post I am sharing with you one hundred mixed media ideas for creating awesome DIY Postcards! Enjoy! Video: 100 DIY Postcard Ideas Watch this video for all those ideas! It moves quickly but you can paus or re-watch as many times as you like. let me know in the comments if you

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I have painted mostly Happy Girl Postcards as you will see in this part of Making a postcard from Scratch. It is Part 3: Adding details, a focal point or words to your DIY Postcards. The Finishing Touches that is. In part 1 we got started and in part 2 we picked some background colors.