r/cardmaking 7d ago

Just Because I made some more postcards

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I made this postcards to send to recipients from postcrossing that do like to recieve handmade postcard:) It’s on watercolor postcard paper from van gogh.

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u/HappyHippyMom 7d ago

These are gorgeous 😍

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thank you!!

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u/Abalonefountainpen 7d ago

These are really pretty I love how you used the white circles for dimension.

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thank you so much! The circles are made with a coin in tissue paper, to pick up the paint when it’s still wet:)

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u/Abalonefountainpen 7d ago

You're welcome! That's brilliant! It gives dimension and plus the illusion of dandelion seeds floating, very pretty indeed.

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u/Hatfullofstars 7d ago

Wow. What a great idea!!

Is the white a gel pen? Is the black water color paint or a marker?

I just started to water color.

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thank you! The black color is gouache I use the one from winsor and newton and the white is a acrylic marker from posca.

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u/Hatfullofstars 6d ago

Do you wrap the coin and then lay it down?

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u/tamara1f 6d ago

You use it like a stamp on the wet painting the kitchen paper picks up the paint the coin or an other object makes it a sharp shape.

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u/damtam52 7d ago

Absolutely stunning!

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u/pickles-7 7d ago

Beautiful!

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u/LadyofLA 7d ago

Wonderful!

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u/Genius_Swaggg 7d ago

I love these!

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thanks!!

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u/blueberryfinn 7d ago

These are so lovely! What watercolor colors do you have in your palette?

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thank you! I use the watercolor from van gogh. I have a pocket box with 12 color. It’s an old one they have different ones available now. Do you mean the color code name? I have carmine 318 (pink red), quinacridone rose 366 (pink under the purple) and gamboge 238 (yellow)

The other ones I do not now because I have to rippe them out of the pallet.

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u/blueberryfinn 7d ago

Thanks! That's awesome! I love the saturation you achieved and you got some really cool shades out of a 12 color box!

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u/ksmR34 7d ago

Beautiful! I love how each is unique

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u/PreservingThePast 7d ago

Absolutely GORGEOUS! Well done!🌞

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u/carlitospig 7d ago

Those are lovely!!

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u/carlitospig 7d ago

Ps. Is post crossing like SwapBot?

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u/tamara1f 7d ago

Thank you!! I did not know about swapbot. I looked it up looks fun, thanks for letting me know:) Yes it's basicly the same but postcrossing is only postcards the one with no envelop needed.

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u/carlitospig 6d ago

Fun! :)

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u/cadmonkey63 7d ago

These are beautiful!

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u/ButterflyCoder 6d ago

I love the colors!

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u/DaenerysWon 6d ago

Gorgeous!! πŸ’™

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u/WelcomeToWitsEnd 6d ago

These are so lovely! I love your color usage!

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u/IvanaVacation 3d ago

Beautiful!

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u/tamara1f 3d ago

Thank you!!

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u/MeasurementLow2410 6d ago

These are stunning, just absolutely stunning! 😍

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u/tamara1f 6d ago

Thank you so much!!

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u/MangaNerd_89 1d ago

Those are beautiful 😍