I joined a 'postcard' swap for St Patricks' Day, and the image had to be hand carved..... I went to work looking up free images on the internet, and ended up with a teddy bear holding a Shamrock.
I am posting lots of pictures here- my How to process : )
Image was stamped in Distress ink. I generally color using Copics, but for a postcard, we do not want color bleeding through... so, I stamped the image three more times and made 'stencils' from the cardstock and added color using Distress inks.
After stamping the image, I fussy cut it out. This is sticky on the entire image back.... so I could use it over and over again.
Adding the mask over the image, I colored the background using 4 Distress ink colors. When they overlap with blending, I get more colors. I used Red, Yellow, Blue and Purple. But, you can see where Red and yellow blend, I have a strip of orange, and where Yellow and blue overlap, there is a strip of green.......
This is the back of the postcard.
I added a sentiment using carved letters and Queens Gold Embossing powder.
I laminated the postcards. They are taking forever to arrive- some over 2 weeks!
But, I enjoyed the process very much! Today would have been dad's 97th Birthday. He was 100% Irish and I am about 2/3 Irish......
Shelly
