Blog > Fun Ways to Decorate a Postcard
Writing is great – but why not take advantage of postcards to express yourself in more creative ways? Sometimes a bit of colour or a funny sticker can really make a postcard stand out and bring a smile to the recipient’s face!
Here are some decorating tips that will take your postcard-making experience to the next level:
- The way you write out the words can create a striking effect. Try writing in a spiral, starting from the inner point and circling your sentences around each other… or just arrange the words in a recognisable form, shaped poetry style!
- Draw something on the postcard! Maybe try your hand at a portrait of yourself, the postbox where you’ll post your card or perhaps match it to the image on the front – even if you’re not a great artist, it will at least make for a good laugh!
- Pens, tapes or glue glitter also help make a colorful statement!
- Customize a rubber stamp that is unique to you, and use the cool design to sign off with instead of your name. Or choose from a variety of pre-made rubber stamps to add a bit of quirkiness to your message.
- Stickers! Stickers are fun, especially shiny, fuzzy, and smelly ones! Add a couple to your postcard for a pop of color, or turn your message into a deciphering exercise by using picture stickers to symbolize words instead of writing them out!
- And last but not least, choose the stamps carefully, since they’re an important element of your card! You can try to match them to the card, or just give them a bit of context, like the funny example below:



Got any more fun decorating tips? Do share them in the comments below!
Postcard photos by PostMuse, stamp photo by Donovan Beeson.
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74 comments so far
Also full of my words on the postcard: )
And I am equally happy when I find stickers and fun additions to the postcards I receive! :)
Greetings from Ohio, USA!
~ Marica
I am looking for swaps so fell free to email me :)
and also scarpbook supplies, stickytape stickyribbons ...
If somebody tells NOT to send anything self made, fine I´ve got plenty of "normal" cards. And if someone only has an address as a profile, then I just pick one of the tourist view cards, and go to the post office, where the post master knows what I mean by the "boring" stamps (1,10 one sticker). Wish people would concentrate on their profiles a bit more...
But on the other hand...SO many nice inspiring profiles, that I´m always thrilled to see what is next ♥ Love this!!!
I love all the effort others put in the cards to me!
Some wrote so much on it, that the adress was hard to make out. I love that. But I am always wary, that some of the cards who were so filled, might not be transported.
Keep the adress area visible. Mail will thank you by transporting the card.
That's so pleasant, when people who receive my cards thank me for these pictures :3 . You can see some of them here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/100124469253357874721/Chibishki
By the way, my sister is also keen on drawing, and, looking at me, she got used to draw on postcards too!
Long live Postcrossing! :)
But I hardly have enough space to write all I want about the card or give a link where the receiver can find more info, photo's or You Tube films about the theme of the card.
So I seldom use little stickers or drawings, only when I get a blank profile and don't know what to send or to write.
And also when it's a young person whom I think will like it, I'll try to fit in a little sticker.
I always buy special stamps, but unfortunately I can't always find matching ones or use more than two different ones, because of lack of space.
Most of the time I use the special Postcrossing stamps we have in the Netherlands.
But I wonder if they're very popular, because only a few people have mentioned them in their Hurray's.
For the longest time I sent out my cards with first-day postmarks, but few users noticed or if they did, they did not mention it, so I no longer bother. :-/
Those cupcake stickers (?) are totally „delicious“!
And don't forget to use beautifull stamps :-)
but not when I'm although getting one, it's normally a beautiful one!!!!! and I have a special album for!!! and it makes me happy!!
https://picasaweb.google.com/108502955991547123219/HANDMADECollection
and here are my own handmades, only a few untill now....
https://picasaweb.google.com/108502955991547123219/IPUESHandmadesGone
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