Thank you kindly for your thoughtful response 
Please feel free to message me if anyone who reads my posts in this thread would like to swap with me
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Recently I did some sketched ATCs using my fountain pen and the ink that was given to me by a dear Postcrossing friend. Of course I also had to make something for her using that lovely ink, so here are the two postcards I made playing with my fountain pen (was just put into the mailbox, but my friend doesnât follow this topic, so I can already show).
Thatâs what I originally entered this topic for today 
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Finally got to try Clairefontaine Noir Mix Media paper. This horse is in a Gorodets folk art painting style but Iâve improvised with colors.
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Your handwriting looks like made for this style of pen, I think, it looks almost vintage art 
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Huh, a broken NATO emblem as a sign for peace? Well, we live in moving times I guessâŚ
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Wow, what kind of colours did you use that cover the black background that well? I first thought the image must have been cut from another paper and glued onto the black backgroung, because the red colour is so strong.
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Hi Christine,
It is gouache, but make it thick (i.e., several layers). 
I am surprised myself how red seems to be popping out of background nicely.
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Love the frogs 
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Dear postcrossers! Need your advice. I really want to start making postcards with my own hands, but I donât understand what you take as a basis. Do you use regular cardboard, or do you buy special paper? Please share
I use all kind of materials, cardboard from food package or from other articles or free ads postcards, my favorite, boring postcards, every piece of cardboard actually I cut into the size of a regular postcard. @Yaroslavnaa
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This is genius! Thank you very much for sharing. And the glued elements do not fall off along the way?
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Most of the time: no 
Some people use a paper cover with washi tape around to hold. It seems to work, I myself havenât done that yet, but yesterday I received one with such a cover and I just had to remove it.
Sometimes I use mod podge for a protection layer. Hope my answer will help you to start with your own handmade postcards.
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Iâve never heard of this washi tape and canât even imagine what it looks like 
in my understanding, the only way out is to send it in an envelope
I think @wurzelsofie can maybe help you by showing how a covered postcard looks like. An envelope can be okay, but many Postcrossers want a postcard written and stamped without an envelope.
Have a look through here and youâll find many threads that should answer your questions about how to get started.
I donât keep scans of my cover sheets. Basically you cut out a piece of paper the size of your postcard and attach it all the way round with washitape. This way the card can travel written and stamped without an envelope and the front side wonât get damaged by sorting machines, or rain etc.
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If the elements are flat and normal paper, they 100% wonât fall off, donât worry. Shiny paper, plastic⌠may not hold very well, but you would feel it. They would be sliding and peeling already in your hands. The only glued thing that I sent and didnât survive the post without an envelope was a dried leaf. I have also received mail with missing or broken wax seals. But those are both quite exotic materials
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