Thursday 1 March 2018

Country View Crafts Challenges - Postcards

Happy St. David's Day for all those who celebrate it - I have been working in London for the last couple of days and so am hoping I can find somewhere selling Welsh Cakes likes the ones back home.

This month's topic over at Country View Crafts Challenges is Postcards.

Here is my first project for the challenge:


If you are a regular follower of my blog you will know that I use ALOT of PaperArtsy products - what this means is that I have quite a few of the postcards that they send with their products.


I started by gessoing the postcard and then scraped Fresco Finish Chalk Paints in Amethyst, Moonlight and Cherry Blossom.


Next, I used one of the new Kay Carley stencils and stencilled over the postcard using Grunge Paste .


I added glitter to the wet Grunge Paste and left this to dry thoroughly.

Once dry, I stamped images from one of the new PaperArtsy Kay Carley stamp sets  using Archival ink.


I highlighted some of the stamping using a white gel pen.

I stamped the quote from the set onto tissue paper and used Matte Medium to adhere it to the postcard.

To finish, I drew a border with a black fine liner pen.

I was really pleased with the results of this.  Unfortunately, you can't see how lovely the glitter was on the Grunge Paste.  I also love being able to see a little bit of the original postcard underneath - this was an idea I saw used by DarcyUK a few years ago - awesome idea!

Thanks for joining me today.  Make sure you pop over to the blog and see the inspiration for the rest if the design team.

I hope that I have inspired you to join in with the challenge.  Do share your projects over on the Country View Crafts Challenge blog to be in the chance to win a gift voucher.

Thanks for joining me....

9 comments:

  1. great postcard (I have ..one or two... as well!) hope the weather in (our) capital is kind to you!!

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  2. What a great way to upcycle Miriam! Keep warm and happy St. David's day xxx

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  3. Fabulous postcard Miriam - love that stencil. Hope you get your welshcakes! Hugs rachel x

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  4. Beautiful card and I do see the sparkly glitters on your card!!! Fabulous!!! xx

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  5. Love your postcard Miriam! The new stencil and stamps are beautiful.
    Hugs Evelyn

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  6. Beautiful card Miriam! One way to use up these Paper Artsy postcards I can't bear to throw away...

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  7. This is wonderful Miriam, and how clever to incorporate a PA postcard! I'm sure I have one or two of these also ;-) Have a very happy March, Sue xx

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  8. What a beautiful transformation! I love the soft purples and grunge look that you created 😁. Thanks for the inspiration and wishing you a Happy Weekend! J 😊

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