Show us your handmade postcards and Mail Art

A bit of Vermeer (the milkmaid) and a bit of me :blush: for a postcrossing friend.

Technic: Painting, collage, stamping and more

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Thank you @FantasyHouse :bouquet: :blush: I think everybody making a card puts a lot of her/himself into it: sun, warm hugs and greetings, luck… :heart_eyes: All of them are warm hugs in paper-form.

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:clap: Very inspiring dear @thetimp :slightly_smiling_face:

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What a work !!! Amazing ! I don’t ask how many time it needed :wink: I can imagine @andrea209

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Little reminder: make love - not war!
I originally printed this postcard as a poster. It was printed with a hand-carved linocut with wooden letters on a historical printing press. Later I scanned one of the posters and made this postcard (a digital print) from it.



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Some of my last handmades…

Collage made of our laboratory maps, so beautiful colours!!!

And here a foodpack card!

Of course I made Easter cards, too!

And since then every day I’m busy with my very first pop-op Card!!! Hopefully I can show it to you asap…

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You are very busy @ipuenktchen :smiley: Great ! I love the foodpack card and also the eggs card and :smiley: You make so various “things” :clap:

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A Tausendschön card for an “official” postcrosser :slightly_smiling_face:


Works begins :smiley: As I don’t like naked-white backs and because I love to play with colours… I go over with a crayon, here in green, then I wipe lightly over with a Tempo. I also go over the existing dots and lines with a crayon or Fineliner, add stickers…


Sometimes, when the card is already written, I get an idea and add something, like hearts, as here :slightly_smiling_face:

When I write a card I am convinced, that’s just the most joyful thing at postcrossing and then… when I open my mailbox… I think, no ! Receiving postcards is the most best :smiley: BOTH either :smiley:

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Cutting and pasting really relieve stress



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Really beautiful, the 3D effect make all even more beautiful. You used a “paste” !? What a paste ? @nomi44 very interesting !


In Germany it is not use to send 1st Mai postcards and/or giving a little bunch of lilly of the valley to dear friends as lucky-charm on 1st Mai but in France it is, so I have to make my own cards in my second mother-country :smiley: “bisous” = “kisses” :wink:
The lilly of the valley is a screen shot, printed as foto, cut out and glued on card. I also cut the corners “round” because I love round :smiley:

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:laughing:Thanks. I used glue stick. It is often used to paste stamps

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:rofl: OK :smiley: and then you went across with colour… and the glue-paste become dry and don’t “move” ??? Aha ! I will try @nomi44

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Lily of the valley is so beautiful. If you ever get my profile, please make such a postcard for me.:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Been in a drawing mood this week. I have no idea why Laika popped into my brain.


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Thank YOU @FantasyHouse Now I know ! Should I get your ID … I will make you a postcard, inspired by your profile :wink: BUT … if you like, just send me your address in a PM and … you will get these one :wink:

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Thank you, that’s so generous. And I read your profile…God, fantastic dollhouses, what a miracle. I have written to you personally, I will be very pleased to exchange beautiful postcards with you.:blush:

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I made this stamp art using duplicates from my Grandfather’s collection of stamps :blush:

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Quoth the Raven:
“Nevermore
shall I be an Easter bunny!
To be sure
it is not funny
and is not the Raven’s lore.”

:green_heart::fox_face:

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Guess what I found in my mailbox today - that card is really great :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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