She wants four "originals."
I sent her a screen shot of the proposed design. She said it would do.
My plan was to print out four 5 x 7 cards and then hand paint/color them individually. I spent yesterday morning cleaning up the artwork and trying to get the image to print correctly on a 5 x 7 folding card. What appeared to be a perfect layout in the print preview was NOT how it printed on the card. About lunch time, I gave up in frustration. By mid-afternoon, my niece had changed her mind and wanted 4 x 6 postcards, instead. This size proved easier to place the image correctly. But this morning she changed her mind again and wants folded cards instead of postcards, thinking that cards in envelopes might be more likely to survive the postal service than would a postcard.
But printing the design has other issues. The ink is not waterproof and will bleed if I touch it with watercolor paint. And watercolor paper won't go through the printer, anyway. This morning, I traced the outlines on 4 x 6 watercolor paper, using waterproof ink and will try painting the cards. But the design includes text, which I'd rather not do by hand. So I've also printed the design on 4 x 6" mixed media paper and will see how it looks done with colored pencils.
Time to do some experimenting.
The quilts are on hold for a day or two.
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