Sunday, December 9. 2007
Postcards from the Edge of Crockett
Hi Everyone, Someone.....Anyone.Greetings from Crockett, Virginia. Not metropolitan Crockett (meaning I don't live beside the Post Office,) but from the Edge of Crockett (not to be confused with the long-running soap opera, though every evening we get The Edge of Night @ The Edge of Crockett.)
This postcard is one I made for the November swap at one of my Yahoo groups called BookArtz. It's a fun group. Check it out.
The postcard started out as a map of Firenze, Italy that I photocopied from a travel guide. I glued the map to a 6 in x 4 in piece of Bristol board. Following the instructions given, I glued rolled-up strips of paper towels for the main roads, then smaller string for other roads. After the string dried, I glued on a layer of tissue paper. Then I used Pearl Ex paints mixed in with a bit of gel medium to paint the card. After the paint dried, I finished off the postcard by wiping on some dark antiquing liquid, then quickly wiping it off. The hardest part of the project was waiting for the various layers to dry so that I could proceed to the next step!
Welcome, and I hope to see you back often.
