Making your own Cinderellas

Hey, Joan (cursus), since you are the first to offer a supportive comment, you are at the top of the list!

I haven't yet tried to print these out, but I may try some experiments today.  One thing I have learned in printing my own labels (COGH triangles) is that what looks best as an electronic image doesn't necessarily work the best for printing.  Some colors, despite looking perfect on the screen, tend to bleed and produce a label that looks as if it were over-inked, and the detail gets lost.

On the COGH triangle labels, the green and red colors seemed especially prone to this.  In those cases, I use the software to lighten the image for printing, which then brings the detail out.  This has been a learning process for me, but I have had a lot of fun playing around with making these labels from time to time.

So you are opening a printing shop in Oxford !! My late dad, the printer-publisher-newspaper owner would be happy and would have given free advice (at the time) 
René
btw, the latest are beautiful

I know one could make Cinderellas using repurposed -self-adhesive labels but what if someone had old style perforated sheet stock.

I am glad to see we have a new printer in the house   Beryllium Guy
Just having fun and your ciderella received on envelope (in the past) was super ++

René

Another Osney Island QV Cinderella

Thanks to Joan (cursus) for your post.... yes, I agree that a Euro-Israeli TSF Meeting would be great!  If Michael (Londonbus1) will be there, then I will need to bring some port!

All right, so I have been playing around with more images that I have found on the Forum, and I have now created this:



Those who are learned in the details of Chalon designs, like DK, gc, skid, murfz1, and others, will notice features lifted from different issues, combined with a couple of touches of my own.  Overall, I am happy with the concept, at least as an electronic image.  I still need to decide if I will attempt to print these out, and if I do, how that will go.

Anyway, it's just been fun playing around with the design elements, and I needed a break from other things.

Beryllium Guy - Chris - I guess making those Cinderellas is quite a chore ?

René

Thanks for your comments, Darrin (darkormex ), and I am happy to think that others may appreciate what I have been doing.

Question from René (renden ):
It's an excellent question, René!  I note that one of the dictionary definitions of chore is: "a tedious, but necessary task".  I understand that meaning, but it doesn't really apply to my creation of Cinderella labels, because for some odd reason, I find it to be fun!

That said, it is true that to do a nice job on these takes some time.  In most cases, I have spent hours putting the designs together.  I freely admit that my designs are not original.  I have taken elements from different stamps, both postal and Cinderella, and I have combined them in bits and pieces, and then added my own touches to suit my taste or particular purpose.  I use MS PowerPoint to put the images together.

The original Osney Island labels I did using the QV Postal Order design were pretty simple.  Subsequent examples have taken a bit more effort to pull together, but I do enjoy the creative process.  As a sidenote, I also use MS PowerPoint for putting together the composite images that I often put into my TSF Newsletter articles.  Below is another example of an Osney Island label that I designed on PowerPoint, but I never printed it until recently.  Michael (Londonbus1 ) got the first printed examples of these.


Osney Island QV Cinderella Local Post Triangle Label

One of the reasons I decided to do this particular design is because the image of Queen Victoria rarely appears on a triangle stamp or label, so I thought this would be distinctive.

René (renden ), I don't think that there is anything wrong with your use of the word "chore" in this case. I just wanted to be clear for everyone that as the definition indicates "tedious", it normally means things that we need to do, but that we don't enjoy.

Designing the Osney Cinderellas has taken up my time, for sure, but since I enjoy it, I will probably continue to do it, when time permits.

Thanks for posting that cover, Joan (cursus)!

I had a great deal of fun from 2019-2022 creating those DIY Cinderellas for Osney Island, where I was living at the time.  This item should probably be considered as one of my last new creations using Osney Island as the location.  Now that I am back in California, I am thinking about some new designs that will feature local themes here.

I was also thinking about trying to do something to connect Barcelona and Los Angeles.... perhaps something connected to their roles as summer Olympic Games host cities in 1992 and 1984, respectively?  I am looking for ideas, and I am feeling inspired by my latest visit to Barcelona!