These four postcards used the woven paper leftover from my "Spring Rabbits", placed on a 'graffiti' background.
I created the background first by placing several washes of fluid acrylic onto watercolour paper, spraying the wet acrylics with rubbing alcohol to add more texture and interest. I placed a layer of gel medium over the top, and then wrote, scribbled and drew over the top with crayons and oil pastels in contrasting colours. I scraped back the colour with a spatula in some places, and then added splatters of watered down black and white paint.
I antiqued the rabbit layers, with a sepia and then some black ink. Then, I sewed around the rabbit shape to attach the two layers together (except in Music-Bunny#1). Then i added the additional cardboard to the back, and sewed around it as well, securing all three layers together.
I then gel mediumed both front and back to provide a good seal and waterproofing.
I have an eggcellent series of postcards in the works right now...cant wait to share those next!
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