puzzle postcards
Posted: Saturday, 09 February 2008 |
I finally finished the cards I started last autumn, as they were going to members of a group instead of cutting straight lines I cut them out as puzzle pieces so if we should ever get together as a group then we can make the whole which as a group we are,
I talked about the first stages , as I said then it needed something and I realized it was because the edges were a bit bare, so I did some more collage, paint and sprinkled glitter on the edges,
before cutting,
after cutting,
now the back,
I was going to leave the back white, then I thought I’d just paint some texture in a light coloured paint, then one day when I was clearing out the backroom where all my stuff was (it is now in the front while I hope to get the backroom sorted out) I found some newspaper that had been under some fabric I had painted and I like the colour too much to just chuck it out, also the paper is the local rag, I then remembered some extra collagraph prints done on newsprint, because I had used all the paper I had with me at the time and I loved the colour and thought they would be good to play with, so I thought ~ local rag + slice of island landscape = a more appropriate backing for the postcards, sorry I forgot to take photos before I cut the papers up and stuck them on the back,
the group initial is ad so I cut an AD stamp from strong card and printed it on each piece, the dark blob is a ‘F’ seal I put on each (my initial),
the stamp,
the seal.....it is the first time I have really used it, a group I belonged to when I lived in Bath had an 'auction' of things donated by members to raise funds, a couple who's surname began with F brought the seal set along and as the sealing wax is purple I decided to buy it, as the only other person in the group with an F in their initial I was the only bidder, I have never seen purple sealing wax before and had previously thought it only came in red, doing the sealing wax was ‘fun’ I found you had to actually set light to it before it would melt and drip!! I managed not burn myself or catch the house on fire….
I talked about the first stages , as I said then it needed something and I realized it was because the edges were a bit bare, so I did some more collage, paint and sprinkled glitter on the edges,
before cutting,
after cutting,
now the back,
I was going to leave the back white, then I thought I’d just paint some texture in a light coloured paint, then one day when I was clearing out the backroom where all my stuff was (it is now in the front while I hope to get the backroom sorted out) I found some newspaper that had been under some fabric I had painted and I like the colour too much to just chuck it out, also the paper is the local rag, I then remembered some extra collagraph prints done on newsprint, because I had used all the paper I had with me at the time and I loved the colour and thought they would be good to play with, so I thought ~ local rag + slice of island landscape = a more appropriate backing for the postcards, sorry I forgot to take photos before I cut the papers up and stuck them on the back,
the group initial is ad so I cut an AD stamp from strong card and printed it on each piece, the dark blob is a ‘F’ seal I put on each (my initial),
the stamp,
the seal.....it is the first time I have really used it, a group I belonged to when I lived in Bath had an 'auction' of things donated by members to raise funds, a couple who's surname began with F brought the seal set along and as the sealing wax is purple I decided to buy it, as the only other person in the group with an F in their initial I was the only bidder, I have never seen purple sealing wax before and had previously thought it only came in red, doing the sealing wax was ‘fun’ I found you had to actually set light to it before it would melt and drip!! I managed not burn myself or catch the house on fire….
Comments
What fun to read about you having fun, IT! I remember we used sealing wax on Christmas presents for the south, and the rather perilous sensation of dropping flaming wax onto brown string and paper.
Barney from Swithiod no sealing wax here
Beautiful puzzle. Horribly hard, by the looks of it. I'll send wife and younger daughter over to help (they are puzzle freaks). IT, they would need regular infusions of tea and breakfast plates to keep their brain cells firing. Personally, I would rather starve than tackle a puzzle.
mjc from NM,USA
Love the colors and sense of movement! And how clever to incorporate pieces of a local newspaper!
Conni from NJ
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