Spring Swapping

This year, for iHanna's spring DIY Postcard Swap, I decided to make each card individually, rather than cutting up one big piece of art, as I had for the last two swaps.  This was fun because I had the opportunity to do something different for each card.  Each one is inspired by the colors in the butterfly illustration that is the focal point on the card.  The techniques and materials were similar to those I used in the last couple swaps, starting with collage--I used magazine images, scrapbook papers, wrapping papers, ephemera, and tissue paper with some foil accents.  Then marks and blobs of acrylic paint, and some scribbles and doodles with various media (pastels, pencils, markers).  Finally, I added a foil circle and a butterfly illustration (for spring!), and finished them off with doodling (Pitt pen, gel pen, Sharpie, Whiteout pen).  I made 20 cards even though the swap only calls for 10, but I love having a stash of handmade mail art to send out during the rest of the year...so now I always make extra cards.  For once I was finished with my cards before I even got the addresses...that's how excited I was about this swap!

Thank you, Hanna, for hosting another fun international swap!

Here are some of the cards I sent out (you can see all of them here on my flickr account):

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Hello and Happy Spring to my fellow swappers!

XO

Sarah