As an artist, I like to make art I feel is worthy of framing.  But let’s be honest…that doesn’t always happen!  Sometimes the colors don’t mix right, I miss a shadow, the proportions aren’t what I was going for.  There could be a whole list of reasons why, but it just doesn’t work.

I had a whole stash of these forgotten paintings and drawings tucked away.  Then I saw an article about turning these cast-aways into little treasures.  The idea is so simple I wondered why I hadn’t thought of it myself.  Trim the art down to fit blank greeting cards, and you’ve created one-of-kinda little treasures.  Since I have a collection of blank greeting cards in various colors and sizes, I made a template for each card.  I like to have the artwork be an inch smaller than the greeting card, so I cut the templates accordingly.  I just hold the templates over the artwork to find my crop, mark the size and cut.  Glue or double-sided tape can be used to mount the art to the cards.  I prefer to use double-sided tape as it holds the art securely and flat.  Sometimes a second piece of colored paper under the art adds a nice touch, but I always draw an outline around the art with an art pen in black, silver, or gold ink.

Enjoy…Erik