Show us your handmade postcards and Mail Art

It’s scary when just looking at the colours alone I know the pigment colours already… and have just learned another language for them :joy:

Are these Daniel Smith paints? On… Cold Press?

Great work! Your strawberries look an awful lot like the alpine variety I grow here (heirloom varieties do much better in my local conditions)… though as it’s winter mine aren’t growing flowers for a few more months :pensive:

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Thanks!
They all are Winsor and Newton except on Prussian Blue, which is Van Gogh’s. Half of them professional, half of them Cotman…

The strawberries are, indeed, a wild variety. I’ve seen them growing in some forests in Galicia, and we’ve been lucky that they’re growing properly in our hot, andalusian patio. The varieties on sale here are about four or more times bigger, but they are also quite sour. These little ones taste just like candy.

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Hi! I’m new to this forum) Write me, if you’re interested in direct swaps

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finally my olympic-related card got finished just the last day
of the olympic games in tokio!!! and also with another try
of handlettering!

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Coolnique

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Hi @lilibet, welcome to the Postcrossing forum community!

If you are interested in exchanging handmade postcards, there are various places in the forum for that.

There’s a directory of all topics about handmade cards and mail art, there you find all topics that are somehow about handmade cards.

If you want to offer your card, you could join the handmade offer tag for example, another really easy one is the Handmade Postcard Tag :scissors: simple - easy - fun or the Colourful handmade postcard - tag besides many other handmade cards tags you can find in the directory.
And then there’s the Handmade RR, where you send and receive 3 cards for each round. It’s good fun and the participants are really friendly and helpful!

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I like crayon painting, so I’m trying to make my own crayon postcard, that is, draw the picture I want to draw or the recipient likes directly on the blank Postcard paper. But it hasn’t started yet. I don’t know if anyone is willing to accept these postcards. (Sometimes there are some with mark strokes. )When I finish, I will post the picture here.

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I look forward to seeing it!

I think lots of people like to receive handmade artistic cards. Probably don’t send it to someone who specifies that they don’t like handmade cards but that’s just because it might be wasted on them!

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This official card expired today, i hope it reaches destination soon :four_leaf_clover:

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Wow! I hope you draw (ha ha… no pun intended) my profile one day! These are wonderful. I love homemade postcards.

These are beautiful! Any person would be so lucky to receive one of your postcards!!

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Thank you for such nice words! I really appreciate it!

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Hi, I’m curious to see your drawings! :sunflower:

Thank you!! I just had a holiday today, so I drew some at home. This is my first attempt to draw on a postcard card. It may not be very good and needs more practice. But I hope I can make really nice postcards, because handmade postcards are really meaningful!



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These are great! I love the blob faces and girl with a pearl earring :joy: I think lots of people would love to receive these!

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Thank you so much! I also saw your handmade postcard and It’s really a great idea!! I like them too!

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Some more cards that have been sent out :blush:

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Some more mail art!

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congrats!! the sheep with the wool is soooo cute!!!
love it!!

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Spent a few minutes at the craft table this morning. Any Pokémon fans? I’d drawn up this Lilligant a while back but wasn’t sure what to do with her, so now she’s a postcard.

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