Another Victorian postcard for a different swap on the same group!! I decided to use the image that I did not use for the last postcard for this one instead. I watercoloured it, cut it into an oval (Nestibilities) then cut another one just a bit larger from green cardstock and layered them over each other. While I was digging through my stash for some sort of trim to go across my postcard I ran across some brown fabric piping and decided it would very nicely frame my image so I applied double sided tape to the back of the layered image and applied my brown piping all the way around. I love the way it turned out!! Neat and clean yet with a bit of texture!! I did find the dark brown trim in the same bucket which is what I went looking for in the first place. I ironed this folded trim flat and applied a length of washi tape to the center of it then laid it on my 4" x 6" piece of fabric paper and stitched it into place. For this set of postcards we need to raise our letters so I decided to use these monogram brads for my "E". They were originally silver so I applied colour to them using my Sharpie markers which was just what they needed for this project. I installed the brads in the fabric paper layer and then adhered it with double sided tape to a plain cardstock backer to finish off my postcard. It still needed a "bit of something" so I added stitching around the edge. That was better!! I used hot glue to adhere my large 3D element to the front of the postcard!! Done!!!
It is off to my partner!!
Therese
