First Christmas Card Batch

Blogi on ollut hiljaisena marraskuun lopusta lähtien. Itse asiassa suurin osa marraskuunkin postauksista oli ajastettuja. Mutta nyt viimeiset tentit ovat ohi ja aikaa löytyy taas kirjeille, korteille, käsitöille ja blogille. Ensimmäisenä siis kuvia viimeksi lähettämistäni joulukorteista. Tai oikeastaan ne lähtevät vasta maanantaina, mutta Eurooppaan korttien pitäisi ennättää 1. luokan merkeillä vielä ennen joulua.

Nämä ovat kaikki Postcrossing-kortteja, joten voin näyttää ne täällä ennen niiden saapumista vastaanottajille. Yllä oleva kortti lähtee yöllisistä kaupungeista pitävälle nuorelle naiselle Venäjälle. Kortti oli kaksiosainen, mutta leikkasin sen kahtia ja liimasin kuvaosan pahville, koska vastaanottaja haluaa korttinsa ilman kirjekuoria.

My blog has been quiet since the end of November but  finally the last exams are over and I have more time again. This post is of the last Christmas cards I sent (well, they won't go out till Monday actually). I'm starting with these because they're all Postcrossing cards so the receivers are not going to see them here before they arrive. 

The card above is traveling to Russia to a young woman who likes night city views. It was a two-piece card but I cut the picture part and glued it on cardboard to be able to send it without an envelope.

Tämä Lennart Heljen luminen kuusimaisema lähtee Chigagoon, Yhdysvaltoihin kuvittajalle. Kortti sapuu luultavasti Uuden Vuoden aikoihin, vaikka vähän jouluinen onkin.

This snowy landscape with spruces is going to an illustrator in Chigago. It's a bit Christmassy  but it will probably arrive at around New Years. The painting is by Lennart Helje.

Minna Immosen vesivärimaalauskortit Valko-Venäjälle ja Saksaan. Yksi lapselle ja toinen äidille ja tyttärelle. 

These watercolor illustration cards by Minna Immonen are going to a child in Belarus and mother and daughter in Germany. 

Luminen vintage-kortti teinitytölle Venäjälle ja vaaleanpunainen luistelukortti naiselle Britanniaan. 

A snowy vintage card to a teenage girl in Russia and pink ice-skating card to UK. 

Koristelin osoitepuolet tusseilla, tarroilla ja washi-teipeillä. Amaryllispostimerkkikin on muuten Minna Immosen töitä.

I decorated the backsides with markers, stickers, and washi tapes. The amaryllis stamp is also by Minna Immonen.


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  1. Mail AdventuresDecember 16, 2012 at 9:29 PM

    I really love the back of your postcards! :D

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    1. KatriDecember 18, 2012 at 12:41 PM

      Thank you! :)
      I usually make Christmas cards myself but this year I didn't have the time so I wanted to at least decorate the backsides.

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