Description of Coloring Page: text from scripture, "Consider the lilies of the field. How they grow; they toil not neither do they spin. And yet, I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Matthew 6: 28-29 quoted by Jesus in his Sermon on The Mount, greyscale of flowers, floral coloring page plus scripture
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Appliqué - A postcard that has some form of cloth, metal or other embellishment attached to it.
Art Déco - Artistic style of the 1920s, recognisable by its symmetrical designs and straight lines.
Art Nouveau - Artistic style of the turn of the century, characterised by flowing
lines and flowery symbols, yet often depicting impressionist more than
representational art.
Artist Signed - Postcards with artwork that has the artist's signature, and the art is often unique for postcards.
Bas Relief - Postcards with a heavily raised surface, giving a papier-mâché appearance.
Big Letter - A postcard that shows the name of a place in very big letters that do not have pictures inside each letter (see also Large Letter).
Composites - A number of individual cards, that when placed together in a group, form a larger picture. Also called "installment" cards.
Above, Example of a court card, postmarked 1899, showing Robert Burns
and his cottage and monument in Ayr.
Court Cards - The official size for British postcards between 1894–1899, measuring 115 mm × 89 mm (4.5 in × 3.5 in).
Deltiology - (from Greek δελτίον, deltion, diminutive of δέλτος, deltos, "writing tablet, letter"; and -λογία, -logia) is the study and collection of postcards.
Professor Randall Rhoades of Ashland, Ohio, coined a word in 1945 that
became the accepted description of the study of picture postcards. It took about 20 years for the name to appear in the dictionary the first time. Compared to philately,
the identification of a postcard's place and time of production can
often be an impossible task because postcards, unlike stamps, are
produced in a decentralised, unregulated manner. For this reason, some
collectors choose to limit their acquisitions to cards by specific
artists and publishers, or by time and location.
Divided Back - Postcards with a back divided into two sections, one for the
message, the other for the address. British cards were first divided in
1902 and American cards in 1907.
Django Fontina - A postcard written to a stranger, typically as a means of disseminating poetry.
Early - Any card issued before the Divided Back was introduced.
Embossed - Postcards with a raised surface.
Hand-tinted - Black-and-white images were tinted by hand using watercolours and stencils.
Hold-to-Light - Also referred to as ‘HTL’, postcards often of a night time scene with cut out areas to show the light.
Intermediate Size - The link between Court Cards and Standard Size, measuring 130 mm × 80 mm (5.1 in × 3.1 in).
Kaleidoscopes - Postcards with a rotating wheel that reveals a myriad of colours when turned.
Large Letter - A postcard that has the name of a place shown as a series of very
large letters, inside of each of which is a picture of that locale (see also Big Letter).
Midget Postcards - Novelty cards of the size 90 mm × 70 mm (3.54 in × 2.76 in).
Novelty - Any postcard that deviates in any way from the norm. Cards that do
something, or have articles attached to them, or are printed in an
unusual size or on strange materials. An example is cards made of
leather.
Oilette - A trade name used by Raphael Tuck & Sons for postcards reproduced from original paintings.
A postcard or post cardis a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope.
Postcardese - The style of writing used on postcards; short sentences, jumping from one subject to another.
Real Photographic - Abbreviated to "RP."" Postcards produced by a photographic, rather than a printing, process.
Reward Cards - Cards that were given away to school children for good work.
Standard Size - Introduced in Britain in November 1899, measuring 140 mm × 89 mm (5.5 in × 3.5 in
Topographical - Postcards showing street scenes and general views. Judges Postcards produced many British topographical views.
Undivided Back - Postcards with a plain back where all of this space was used for the address. This is usually in reference to Early cards, although undivided were still in common use up until 1907.
Vignette - Usually found on undivided back cards, consisting of a design that
does not occupy the whole of the picture side. Vignettes may be anything
from a small sketch in one corner of the card, to a design cover three
quarters of the card. The purpose is to leave some space for the message
to be written, as the entire reverse of the card could only be used for
the address.
Wood Postcards - made of thin wood have been produced and sold in the U.S. as keepsakes. Wooden postcards were sold for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair held in Forest Park.
Many included puns associated with wood: "Exposition is more than
oak-a", "it is ash-tonishing", I wood spruce up and come", "You walnut
regret it." and "Butternut delay". The Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905 and the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 included wooden postcard souvenirs.
The tradition of folksy puns continued in later wooden postcard lines.
Others feature images, cartoons, advertisements and event
commemorations.
Write-Away - A card with the opening line of a sentence, which the sender would then complete. Often found on early comic cards.
English Heritage Archive,
of nearly 5000 postcards collected by Nigel Temple. Use Advanced
Search/Collections/Nigel Temple Postcards to view. The main theme of
this collection is public parks and gardens. Coverage of the collection
is national, and the bulk of the postcards date between 1900 and 1910.
postaletrice A growing collection of select vintage photographic postcards from all over the world, classified by location and topic.
Teabag folding is a form of origami
the development of which is credited to Tiny (pronounced Teeny) van der
Plas, who as a practitioner of origami developed the technique in 1992
as a paper craft art for embellishing greeting cards. It uses small
square pieces of paper bearing symmetrical designs that are folded in
such a way that they interlock and produce a 3 Dimensional version of
the underlying design.
Origami (meaning literally "ori" folding "kami" paper) the Japanese art
of paper folding dates back to antiquity. The name Teabag folding was
coined after Mrs van der Plas first set about folding the greetings
cards. The wrappers were essentially square and of equal size, the two
main prerequisites for producing symmetrical and pleasing imagery.
Like many crafts or art forms the expression continues to be developed. The basic kite fold is used to produce rosettes that are a 3 dimensional version of the 2D
design. There are many other folds and designs in existence and they
are only limited by the imagination of the artist. Typical designs show
birds, butterflies, flowers and generally imitate some of the raw beauty
found in nature.
The basic rosette design requires eight matching squares to be folded into the 'kite' design. Maths teachers find the designs very useful as a practical way of demonstrating some of the basic properties of symmetry.
Iris folding is a paper craft technique that involves folding
strips of colored paper in such a way to form a design. The center of
the design forms an iris — a shape reminiscent of the iris diaphragm of a camera lens.
Iris folding originated in Holland, where early craft persons made their designs using patterned paper cut from the inside of envelopes. Today, crafters use any light weight paper, such as scrapbook paper, origami paper, wrapping paper, the inside of envelopes or pages of magazines. Ribbon is also used.
Iris folding is done with a pattern. The crafter uses the finished product to decorate the front of a greeting card, as a scrapbook embellishment, to decorate an altered book or a mixed media collage, or in various other ways.
Supplies for iris folding include a pattern, strips of colored paper,
permanent transparent tape, cutting tools and a temporary tape such as
painters tape. The temporary tape is used to hold the pattern in place
while the craftperson creates the design.
Iris folding patterns are available from booksellers or as
downloadable files made available on Internet web sites. Other craft
persons doing iris folding create their own patterns.
Iris folding is an attractive paper craft technique used in card making, scrapbooking and other projects. The craft person folds a variety of colored papers to form a shape. This video demonstrates making a Halloween card with iris folding.
Traditional quilling shapes and correct terminology for each.
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper
that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative
designs. The paper is rolled, looped, curled, twisted and otherwise
manipulated to create shapes which make up designs to decorate greetings
cards, pictures, boxes, eggs, and to make models, jewellery, mobiles
etc. The most popular and versatile technique is that of rolling. The
paper strip is rolled in fingers or using a tool. The coil is then
released and then glued at the tip and then shaped. These shaped coils
are arranged to form flowers, leaves, and various ornamental patterns
During the Renaissance, French and Italian
nuns and monks used quilling to decorate book covers and religious
items. The paper most commonly used was strips of paper trimmed from the
gilded edges of books. These gilded paper strips were then rolled to create the quilled shapes. Quilling often imitated the original ironwork of the day.
In the 18th century, quilling became popular in Europe where gentle
ladies of quality ("ladies of leisure") practiced the art. It was one of
the few things ladies could do that was thought not too taxing for
their minds or gentle dispositions. Quilling also spread to the Americas
and there are a few examples from Colonial times.
Many quilled art works can be found on cabinets and stands, cribbage
boards, ladies' purses, a wide range of both pictures and frames, work
baskets, tea caddies, coats of arms and wine coasters. Storage boxes,
larger than most jewelry boxes with drawers and/or tops that opened,
quilled lock boxes, and much more. Some items were specially designed
for quilling with recessed surfaces. Quilling was also combined or
married with other techniques such as embroidery and painting.
The craft has gone through many transformations and changes through
the ages using new techniques, styles and materials. Dimensional
quilling creates 3D items.
Today, quilling is seeing a resurgence in popularity with quillers
(people who practice the art of quilling) on every continent and in
every walk of life. No longer confined to the "upper classes", this is a
peoples art form and the beauty of the art is always expanding. The
craft has become increasingly popular due to the low cost of the
material. It is used to decorate wedding invitations, for Christmas,
birth announcements, greeting cards, scrapbook pages, and boxes.
Quilling can be found in art galleries in Europe and in the United
States and is an art that is practiced around the world.
