Handmade playing cards

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A fun way of making art is to alter. Nearly everyone has a deck of playing cards and this size of cards is somuch fun to use as a base for art. My friend Claudine is going to do project with these cards and you can play along and win prizes. Have a look here: http://claudinesartcorner.blogspot.nl/2014/08/altered-playing-card-challenge.html and you can find much information about it on internet. Here are some fun sampes I found online: I am inspired and will try to take part in this…

I love a craft that once you make one you want to make a whole bunch. Repetition can be so zen and I can pretty much always use more zen in my day. Pop on over to the blog Freshly Found for the tut…

A few weeks ago I promised I would do a tutorial on the playing card boxes I have posted to my blog recently. As I had friends over yesterday and we decided to make one of the boxes it was a perfect time to be able to take photos to help explain the construction of these .... they really are very easy to do ..... thanks to my friend Gai for being the model for the majority of the photo's ;) 1. To start you need to select 21 playing cards, keep in mind when you are selecting these what you…

Made by hand in Russian prison. These cards are multilayered and you can see newspaper through on the bottom right card. Pattern on the backs (top left) are the same for all cards in the deck and also made by hand. Suits are traditional prison suits that can be seen on other decks as well.