HAND MADE PAPER & 2 MORE POST CARDS

I seen on a blog a technique on making paper using wax paper and napkins and tissue paper. So thought I would try my hand at it. I only had a few napkins with graphics on them mainly roses and flowers. But had a bunch of tissue paper. What you do is glue the napkins and tissue paper to the wax paper. Firs covering the wax paper with glue or mod podge, then gluing down the papers. Covering every thing with a layer of mod podge at least that is what I used.

I really like the way they turned out and plan on using this technique with other medium. What I don't know yet but I am sure there other ideas some where in my artistic brain . LOL I have used one piece of it in my junk journal, when I get the page done I will show you.

Got two more post cards this week, this first one is from Carol in NY. She has several layers on it looks like some stamping with the bubble wrap, some stickers, and the butter fly is cut from a picture she took of a quilt she made. How cool is that! Very colorful rick rack is some sewing done on the card. Thanks for the great card Carol! I do not see a blog for her.

This card is from Sam, and she lives in Australia! Several layers here also with some textured painting, and cut outs. Some stamping with what looks like punchanella. A very interesting post card. Thanks for the great card. I see no blog for her either. Very hot here in Melbourne FL today. I went to yard sales with Pearl this AM but have been inside all afternoon. I will be posting yard sale finds on my other blog be sure and check it out.

Thanks for looking

Donna

GETTING MY POST CARDS! & MY ALTERED PICTURE

POST CARD FROM THE UK : This first post card is from http://www.lillyicity.blogspot.com/ in the UK. She has several layers , I think she described how on her blog. Love it. Like the pic in the middle taken with her iPhone. Thanks Sandra for the great card!

SWEET LITTLE GIRL: on a thousand mile trip. I am not sure where this one came from. But she sure is sweet! Thanks Anita for the wonderful post card.

A DOVE & BUTTERFLY'S : This card is a unique post card in the the fact that it opens up! Made and sent to me from Rachel at http://raeisravenous.blogspot.com/ Cool post card thanks Rachel!

RACHEL'S POST CARD OPEN

WHAT I STARTED WITH: I posed about this several days ago and I thought I would show you the finished project.

FINISHED: I think! I wish that the color would show up better. I guess if I had a better camera it would. The frame is painted black with regular craft paint, with some fashion yarn around it.I told you about the coloring of the girls in the other post. I added an old key tied with yarn. Stamped around the girls with one of my new jelly stamps. At the bottom is circle cut outs from and old paper doily. And put a lavender rhinestone button on the doily. I named it Forever Sisters. Cut the forever from magazine, and painted the word sisters with a Sharpie Paint Pen. It is very faint going down the right side.

CLOSE UP OF THE TOP: In this pic you can see the stamped pocket watches. I was thinking of putting the word "in" before the watches, making the title Forever in (time) the (watches) Sisters. What do you think any comments ?

CLOSE UP OF BOTTOM WEATHER IN MELBOURNE FL.: HOT HOT AND HOT! In the 90's last few days, and wall to wall sun. Cool down to the 80's tomorrow. lol

I have started to weed out and pack up the Florida room. It will be to hot and muggy this summer to leave stuff in there. Especially when I cant keep my eye on it. So I am going to take with me a few things to work on and pack up the rest in totes. I ask dad if his friend Ron might be able to put an AC in there. We have a window one just sitting on the back patio. I plugged it in and it works, so I am hoping he can fix it up for me.

Well that's all for now thanks for looking and please feel free to leave a comment.

Blessings

Donna

CARD SWAP & JOURNAL PAGE

LEARNING JOURNAL PAGE: Did this one a couple weeks ago. Named page Nature Inspires, to create new styles and ideas. Hand painted back ground punched out flowers with old buttons. Cut out butterfly on old sheet music, vintage pearl and few beads embellishments. Other flowers were cut from a garden magazine.

CLOSE UP OF FLOWERS: They were punched out of some of my hand painted paper. They embellish a piece of old world atlas. All the words were found and cut from magazines. I really like doing these pages.

POST CARD SWAP: Well I did it, joined my first swap! I got them all done this weekend even tho I don't need them till April. I cant show them to you yet, because someone in the swap just might read my blog and see them. They are much more fun with the element of surprise. So here is a couple of pic's, just the corner of 3 post cards. Sorry the first one is so blurry, flowers with cut butterfly colored with chalk pencils.

CORNERS OF TWO POST CARDS. The one on the left is victorian, and the one on the right is sea/beachy, that is a mermaid in the corner. I had so much fun doing these post cards, that I am making more! I can tell you I made them by altering vintage post cards I already had. I will show you pic of them after I send out minHere is a link to swap.

http://www.ihanna.nu/blog/

That's all for now thanks for looking! Make any comments you like!

blessings

Donna