Do you have a cardboard box & some craft paint? Here's a simple creative project.
I ripped a cardboard shipping box lid into the rough size of a postcard, and tore part of the outer surface of the cardboard off to reveal the corrugations.
The next step was to paint it with Cadmium Red Hue and Vermilion acrylic paint. You can scrape the paint over the cardboard with an old credit card and then scratch back into the wet paint to get interesting textures.
Once the yellow-orange layer was dry, I added Ultramarine and Cerulean Blue splotches and scraped them over the underlying texture with an old credit card. If you use color complements -- or colors opposite of each other on the color wheel -- you'll get gorgeous contrasts. Bold & eye-catching!
You might choose alternating layers of red & green or yellow & purple paints. Just make sure that the first layer is dry before you start applying the next layer, or your colors will get muddy & murky.
A final touch of gold paint added sparkle. Glitter would be good, too!
I glued on collage bits, including hieroglyphics I copied onto tracing paper from this sarcophagus in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Painting the back side of the card with white gesso makes it easier to write a message, add a stamp and an address. You can glue on collage bits, too.
Imagine how it would feel to receive an adventurous, hand-made postcard in your mail. That's how your recipient will feel when they receive your creation.
Happy creating!
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