Word Poetry Postcards

I got a good start with my postcard this year, totally in the flow while painting my big papers, as you can see in the postcard video I made. When my papers where covered in paint and dry, I added lots of patterned tissue paper, and glitter!

When the postcards where cut to size (four postcards from one sheet of paper) I was contemplating using canceled postal stamps as decoration for the front (and finished one in that way), but then decided I wanted words!

Luckily a nice blogger friend (Katie!) once sent me pages from different fairy tale books, and from these few pages I managed to find words for all the postcards I made. Magical words that I strung together into new poetry, new meaning. I have been posting a few to instagram, because each one makes me smile.

Thought I could scan all my postcards this year, but it didn’t work. As much as I adore that lovely acrylic paint in neon, it is not what my scanner love. Neon pink shows up as a bleak version of pink, and then you wouldn’t know how these cards sparkle and shine. So instead I took the time to photograph each postcard individually.

I need to have a digital copy of these for reference and safekeeping. I document my postcards as much for myself, as it is for your guys. But I like sharing them so here they are, my 10 lovely postcards, already on the way:

Which of the cut out word poems I made do you like best?

I made a pink backside (on the computer as usual) this year. Printed it, cut it out, glued it to the back and then pressed the finished postcards under a stack of big books to make them flat. Then it was time to add postal stamps, write and send!

If you want to join the DIY Postcard Swap next time (this autumn) I suggest you join my Newsletter and I’ll let you know. And if you want to get even more postcard inspiration there are lots of new links to visit in my post Creative Process & DIY Postcards!

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