Sunday Postcard Art have REALLY challenged us this week with Steam Punk. When I think of Steampunk, I think of the Wild Wild West movie, with Will Smith and Kevin Kline. Images of crazy, steam powered contraptions, gentlemen with manners and ladies in gorgeous dresses, full of spunk, are what comes to mind, along with [...]
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7 Mar
Sunday Postcard Art – Travel
Sunday Postcard Art has caught the travel bug this week. The ships of old were such a grand way to travel; check out my postcard!
8 Feb
Sunday Postcard Art – Cats
Sunday Postcard Art has presented us with the theme of Cats this week. I’ve gone for a simple layout this week. The cat and paw stamps are by All Night Media (remember them?) and were stamped in black Brilliance ink. They were then coloured with Faber-Castell pencils (I’ve got the BIG set!). Letters by Basic [...]
2 Feb
Sunday Postcard Art – Phrenology
What a challenge we had presented to us over at Sunday Postcard Art this week – Phrenology. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this particular branch of science, it is the branch that determines a person’s personality and characteristics by analysing the dimensions and topography of the skull. Background painted with acrylics over [...]
12 Jan
Sunday Postcard Art – Windows
Our theme is “Windows” for Sunday Postcard Art this week. Here is my postcard with “Our House”, filled with memories at each window. The background grass and clouds are done with sponged chalk inks, over grass and cloud templates, on semi-gloss ivory card. Window frame, background papers and embellishments nearly all from Collections (I do [...]
8 Jan
Sunday Postcard Art – Top Hat and Tails
This weeks theme is Top Hat and Tails for our Sunday Postcard Art. Background created by sponging Adirondack Pesto and Currant onto semi-gloss card and spraying lightly with water. Invitation and people image from Somerset Studios Image CD. Border and text stamps by Collections, stamped in Staz-On Saddle Brown. Text written in Word and printed [...]
30 Dec
Sunday Postcard Art – Open Theme
Today I have turned to a new challenge blog, Sunday Postcard Art, with their Open Theme for the week. This postcard was inspired by the book “Paris: Made by Hand” by the Australian Stylist Pia Jane Bijkerk, who featured in the current edition of Dumbo Feather, Pass It On. After reading about her in the [...]
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