Handmade greeting cards for Europe!

Handmade greeting cards for Europe!

Belgian students of the third form in social and educational science designed greetings cards for their European partners.They worked with carbon paper, water, colouring pencils and pastels.

Here is how you can proceed:

1. Do a drawing on a sheet of thin paper or tracing paper,

2. Transfer it on drawing paper by inserting coloured carbon paper (purple, pink or green) between them,

3. You can rub some areas with paraffin wax to create 'spare areas' (areas that would remain light-coloured),

4. Pour water on it in order to dilute the colour. Let it dry on newspaper. Be careful for stains: use gloves and an apron,

5. You can put some finishing touches to your drawing with pastels or coloured pencils (animation, contrasts, readability),

6. Rub your work once again with wax to protect it and make it shine,

7. Centre your drawing with a card. Cut and paste it on any support, a greetings card for example. All you have to do then is find some nice words, write them down on your card, take an envelope and a stamp and let them travel around Europe!