The second batch is! Rainbow cards with stars... Or whatever. This was actually the first batch I finished. And I've sent them all out yesterday! I hope they get to their destination soon and safely. I sent them out for my first Round Robin group ever. It's Handmade Cards RR for a group with the theme Abstract. I hope this is abstract enough, eep!



My personal favorite is the second card, look at this beautiful delicious details!



I got an idea to cover the whole surface of a spraypainted card with crackle candy, a clear crackle paint from ranger which I rarely use. And then when it dried I sprayed it again with Glimmer Mist and Maya Mist, leaving the pearls on top and the paint absorbed in the exposed space left by the crackle paint. I love the result.

The first has gone out to Russia, the second to Germany, and the third to The Netherlands. I hope the receivers loves them as much as I do :)

I have loved dried leaves since I was in elementary school. I remember trying to make them myself, asking my dad to take some Soursop leaves, which I then put in a big bowl of water for weeks. My mom hated it, because the longer you kept it, the bowl of water let out a bad scent to the whole room, lol. Not to mention mosquito started to lay eggs on the water. My mom never supports me for anything that I like anyway, but I remember being so happy and satisfied when the epidermis fell out and uncovered the beautiful, beautiful veins. Hmm. Now I wonder where they are, my old art masterpieces. I do remember making a bookmark using a colored bougainvillea flower petals, which in the end looking like leaves.

Nowadays, it's very easy and cheap to get them. Stationery stores have them for a very cheap price, about 40 - 80 cent for one pack of 8. When I started my postcrossing and mixed media journey back in July, I searched through my old stuff to find my old postcards. Among them, I also found a plastic package of colored dried leaves I've hadn't have the chance to incorporate in my art, and has been there for years. So then I started to explore. These are some of the somewhat successful attempts.

This was the first one I tried making. Distress stains on watercolor paper, dried leaves white glue for the coat plus some magazine punches and markers.



I made this for a lady in The Netherlands for official postcrossing card.



Now this, is a beautiful accident. I usually make very loud art, very messy, colorful and full, but this one is so gorgeous in it's simplicity I decided to leave it like this.



This was the latest one. For my THIRD art exchange with Kriss that I have sent out on the 12th. I couldn't decide what to send her, because I wanted to send different things than I have sent her before, so I made this with the leaves. I think it's beautiful and I had a hard time letting it go in the post collection box.

I made several postcards with washi tapes, they are very easy to work with and with small effort, I could get cute cards to send out to my friends! :)


I sent one to Chachic in Singapore and she asked me how many washi tapes I got. I actually never count them ... but here's a picture! I love the box, I got it from a 100 yen shop in Japan, but it no longer could fit all of my tapes, some has to sit on top of the others.

Two postcard-sized art for art exchange :)