Saturday, October 23, 2010

Trending Now: Postcards

I find it interesting to follow new trends in the scrapbooking and papercrafting field.  One format that I've seen popping up recently is the post card: 4x6 and mailable.  The current challenge at the Creative Therapy art journaling site is to create a post card.  There's also a challenge blog called "Sunday postcards" which has all  kinds of interesting challenges.  I know I saw a postcard challenge somewhere but can't remember where.  In any event, I made some postcards using the Tim Holtz dabber resist technique to fulfill the current Compendium of Curiosities challenge over at Linda's Studio L3 blog.  I used three stamps from the Tim Holtz "Urban Chic" set for the background and two other Tim phrase stamps.  The cut outs are from a 12x12 pad of paper I bought (maybe from Kaiser Craft, but I don't remember for sure).
One of these postcards will be going into a pocket in an altered book layout I'm working on.  The theme of the altered book is "Road Trip," and I'm going to jot a message to my art friend about how art is definitely a journey, and I'm glad that it's a road trip we're taking together.
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7 comments:

  1. laurieOctober 23, 2010 at 9:36 PM

    any of these would be such a treat to receive in the mail! i like the idea of making something 'functional' like a postcard.

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  2. SianOctober 24, 2010 at 6:30 AM

    I have just picked out a book about mailing things for next months Pass The Book! but ssh! don't tell lol. I'll be checking out that challenge site too. Your cards are fabulous.

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  3. humelOctober 24, 2010 at 9:23 AM

    These are gorgeous! I love that background, I shall have to try the technique myself :-)

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  4. Tammy Lee BradleyOctober 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM

    Gorgeous!!! I love snail mail. Items like these would be treasured.

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  5. YelowflowerOctober 24, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    beautiful cards!!

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  6. TerryOctober 24, 2010 at 3:52 PM

    Love your postcards which are very cool! The images and colors are fabulous together.

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  7. Linda LedbetterOctober 24, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    Well, you've take a trend and made it fabulously yours, Rinda! These postcards are sensational, and you utilized the CCC technique beautifully. What a gorgeous set these make-- I'd be hesitant to mail them and and more inclined to hang them as a group on a prominent living room wall!

    Great job!

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