DIY Watercolored Post Cards!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! I hope your week is going well! Please join me in welcoming back the always awesome Kelly Rasmussen to our blog as a guest today! I’m excited to share this fun postcard idea Kelly had with you! Doesn’t everyone love happy mail? Kelly provides some fun and trendy ideas on how to make your own postcard(s)! Precision pens are awesome for addressing your postcard when you’re all done! Read on and enjoy!
Hello! I’m mixing things up a bit today and instead of a standard card, I’ve created a postcard! With a little planning you can create a completely flat card that requires no envelope and less postage. And think of all the people that will get to see it on the way to the recipient — it might unexpectedly brighten someones day!
I started out by taping a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of watercolor paper to a hard surface. Then I stamped the “hello” message from the Hero Arts Hello Spring by Lia set with black ink and clear heat embossed the image. Heat embossing is a great way to add some dimension and interest to a postcard without adding any bulk!
Next, I used Antique Linen Distress Ink to randomly stamp the hexagons and triangles from the Simon Says Stamp Perfect Shapes clear stamp set. This is my favorite ink for this technique because it is a very light shade of ink and it also reacts with water, so in the end you can hardly even see any lines left from the ink.
Then I added color to each shape using various colors of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush. I put a little color in each shape and then used the water brush to blend it out. I love these markers more and more each time I use them!
I searched online about the specifications for mailing a postcard to make sure I wasn’t putting text in areas where I shouldn’t be. And I even took it to my local post office and they said it would go through the mail just fine! You don’t have much room to write a message on a postcard, but when you just want to send a quick “hello” or “thinking of you” I think it’s a great option!
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What a wonderful idea your postcards are! Pretty, mail-friendly and guaranteed to brighten someone’s day…they’ve certainly done so for mine! Thank you for the inspiration!
~carol
ok I missed the embossing. More info please
Like the use of the geometric shapes for the watercoloring. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
What a neat idea!
“HELLO”
I have always been a big fan of post cards!
Thanks for sharing
How clever and fun! Thanks for the inspiration. :-)
Oh very nifty and simple
Cool graphic watercolors, very pretty!
So nice! :-D
lovely postcards, great use of supplies!!
What a brilliant idea! I would never have thought of postcards! Cheers.
Awesome postcards, great idea, thanks for sharing:-)
Fun geometric watercoloring and great postcard idea!
besides cards and tags ….. postcards are my favorite thing to stamp and create! thanks for sharing.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Awesome cards! thank you for sharing.
We tend to forget you can still send postcards… thanks for the fun reminder!
Kelly, what an adorable quick idea for a beautiful, colorful post card. Anyone would love to receive it in the mail. Thanks for the inspiration!
what a terrific idea for a quick way to let someone know you’re thinking of them. Thanks for the inspiration!
Simply but so effective with color and design.
Such a cool idea! And the backgrounds you created are really lovely! Love the colour combos.
Hi Kelly – congrats on Guest Spot – lovely watercoloring for the Postcard! TFS and have a blessed week!
Thanks for the inspiration.
What a fun way to brighten someone’s day.
The postcard is a great idea! Love the stamping tip using Antique Linen Distress ink!
Very cute! I have been thinking about getting this stamp set; this give me another idea how I could use them!
Lovely postcards… Who would have thought… I haven’t sent a postcard in years – good idea to just say HELLO. Quick, fast and ready to mail. Good job!
Postcard are a great idea! Yours really would brighten the day of so many as it went along to its destination :)
What a great idea to bring post cards back. I love it!!!! Nicely done!
great card and coloring, i wonder if you can use the zig markers directly to the stamp and spray them, like you would do with Distress inks/markers
CLEVER! I used to make postcards with clippings from magazines….DUH….how clever to make them with stampings. Thanks so much!!!!
Great idea! I love the geometric designs and beautiful colors you chose. One question though. Will these colors bleed if this card gets wet? Since it’s made with watercolor paper I’m just wondering if it would stand up to a rainy day in a mail carriers bag.
Fun technique!
Love how crisp and clean these look. I always wonder what would happen if the postman is delivering on a rainy day? Abstract art? Someone else might a pretty bill envelope for a change tho! Haha! I wonder if there’s a way to seal it. What about that Tim Holt’z glaze stuff?
Love, love, love your cheery, watercolored postcards, Kelly! Can’t wait to make some to share handmade kindness! ♡
What a cool idea!!
Really gorgeous! Sure to brighten up anybody’s day!
Fun postcards!
So simple, yet so eye-catching and cheerful!
What a fabulously fun idea – LOVE it!!!
What a great idea! This is definitely a quick way to brighten someone’s day.
Great idea for keeping in touch when things are so busy. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
My husband and I used to share postcards back and forth before we got married, and they became part of the centerpieces for our wedding. I love Postcards. They’re adorable. Love this idea!
LOVE this idea, and the top of using Antique Linen first as a marker (great way to keep your shapes hexagon and not a wonky blog)! So fun…
Great way of sending someone ‘happy’ mail:)
I’m loving those geometric shapes! One of my favorite sets that I don’t yet have, lol!! Thanks for the tips about the postcards!!
Cute postcards and great idea!!
Love the post card idea
Wow–your cards grabbed my attention–just beautiful! I’ve got all the supplies to do this, so thanks for the inspiration!
Love those geometric backgrounds!
Great idea!! Sooo Pretty!!