Sunday, February 26, 2006

Private swap with Kirstin



I love this card from Kristin in Sweden. You can see how it changed in the hands of the postal system by looking at her before sending scan. I like it then, but I like the fact that it changed along the way too.

The back is just as cool as the front. Kristin used a magazine photo for the back and the mail clerk postmarked a daffodil on the photo instead of the stamp.

Tag!? card from Brad in SD


The back of this card was different. Brad has his own postmark permit. How cool is that? I could tell it had been postmarked before the writing was added.

Friday, February 17, 2006

Another Heart Card for the Swap


The little boy is my great-uncle.

Another Heart for the Swap


I did blanket stitch all around this one. I was wishing I hadn't started it about halfway around.

For a postcard swap from one of my Yahoo groups


Water-soluable crayons and eraser stamps.

From the Ashes in Herculaneum


This photo of a man found in a cave in Herculaneum caught my attention. Archaelogy has always fascinated me.

Vintage Lady


I found a neat old book in German at my favorite thrift shop. It was in a box for a dollar, but I only wanted a couple of things from the box. The owner gave them to me for free. I'll be using the pages for collage fodder for years. The vintage sheet music came from the same store.

Postcrossing FI 7874


Wonderful oversized card of a vintage farm scene in Finland from Virdi.

Postcrossing Forum Tag en Espanol




From Undano. This card was full of interesting information on the back about her region in Spain.

Postcrossing PT 9490


Pretty viewcard from Ricardo in Portugal. I like these cards with the flowers around the edge of the photos.

NL 4253


My first card from the Netherlands came from Nele.

Postcrossing Forum Handmade Heart Tag


Made by Neen with sparkly stickers.

Postcrossing Tag


From Kelly in New Zealand. This was my first card from New Zealand. She put a neat sparkly flag sticker on the back.

Postcrossing ES 2707


From Spain.

Tag en Espanol from the Postcrossing Forum


View card from Denise in Portland, Oregon. The colors on this card are just awesome in person.

DE 10455


Great handmade collage card from Brigitte in Germany.

BE 745


Postcrossing card from Ann in Belgium. I was excited to get this card because my great-grandfather was from Belgium.

Outgoing Hearts



Valentine's Day got me in the mood to make hearts.

This one has a PhotoShopped picture of my grandma.

The French letter on the top of the heart on both of them is a photocopy of one my grandma had saved.

Saturday, February 04, 2006

One last can't remember where I sent it.


I'll try to chase down the info on these soon. I have several cards that arrived here in the past couple of weeks that I need to scan too.

Another can't remember

Oops, can't remember


Can't remember where this one went or why. Will try to find my record sheet.

Kitty Card US-13517


Official postcrossing card sent to the UK. Made with water-soluable crayons sealed with acrylic sealer.

Sent to Sweden


This was sent to tisdagsregn in Sweden for a private exchange.