An Army of Valentines!

This year, I sent out a small fleet of Valentine's cards.  I was inspired by a collection of commercial pop-up cards I saw in the grocery store. I researched how to make box cards, and created a prototype based on the beauty of bare tree limbs branching.

I sketched the first card, and cut out the spaces between branches with an X-Acto knife.

I painted the branches with watercolors.  When the paint had dried, I painted the interior of the card a mix of Permanent Rose, Alizarin Crimson, and Pyrrol Red.

Once I had one card complete, I traced more copies, then cut & painted them as I had done for the first.

Then, I used double-stick tape to close up each box.  You can see the overlap in the photo below on the bottom right of the picture.

The end result was a collection of Valentines, each with their own quirks, but all quite similar.

What would you like to create a series of?

Happy Creating!