Travel Postcard
By: Chris M. Herrmann, Artistic Guide

Finished card size: 3.75" x  5"

Supplies:
Stamps:
Post card (River City)
Script (Hero Arts)
Lily Pad Postage Stamp (Another Stamp Company)
Canceled postage lines (Stampa Rosa) 
Assorted postage marks (unknown)
Paper:
1 piece matt card stock 
Ink:
Sepia Ink Pad (Ranger Industries)
Distress ink pads - (Ranger Industries) 
   Vintage Photo
   Tea Dye
Nick Bantock Collection - (Ranger Industries)
   Sapmoss Green
   Vandyke Brown
   Vermillion
    Damson Plum
    Cerulean Azure
Jet Black Archival Ink Pad (Ranger Industries)
Other: 
Adirondack pens: Pesto, Butterscotch, and Stonewashed (Ranger Industries)
Paper cutter of choice
Small sponge cut into several pieces 

Directions:

1. Stamp Post Card image onto card stock with Sepia Ink Pad.



2. In the upper right corner, stamp large postage stamp in black ink. Stamp over image with canceled postage lines in Sepia. Add color with pens. 



3. Stamp script to left with Cerulean Azure.



4. Add assorted postage randomly on page moving stamp a bit while stamping, to give a double stamped or blurred look.
5. Starting with Tea Dye ink on a sponge and eventually changing to Vintage photo, add color starting at the edges, working towards center.



6. Wasn't that easy? I make these and use them as book marks. Don't forget to sign your work.