More mailart !

Hello everyone,


It's my turn to try and give you some inspiration for the new Challenge over at VivaLasVegaStamps! 
I have to say that I had a little trouble with this one as red is really not my colour. So this mailart piece you see here is actually my second attempt. The first one ended up being torn up and thrown away... So here it is:

It is based on this inspiration board:

Words to go with this board:  red, stripes, cream, white, christmas, mail, mail art, stamps, letters to santa, glitter, handmade, diy, santa, belts and belt buckles, wishlist, etc. 

I really like this inspiration board but as I said I don't really like using red and I hardly ever do in my crafting. But for this one I took a white envelope, masked off the address area and sponged the red stripes on it with Distress Inks and a blending tool... I used Barndoor and a bit of Fired Brick at the edges. Next I stamped the stitching around the address area and typed the address with my old typewriter. I then looked for a suitable postage stamp and found this one in my stash. Yes, I do collect stamps but only to use in my crafting ! Next I stamped the "Tis the season to be jolly!' around the edges (part of a stamp;  and yes, I cut it up; a full list of stamps used is at the bottom of this post), the deliver to and the staples on/off the postage stamp. The last think I did was stamp the little girl without her crown, drew the Christmas hat on her head, coloured her with Copic Markers, cut her out and adhered her to the envelope. 

I used the following stamps:

10571 - Tis the season

19578 - Six staples 

19562 - Deliver to

19642 - Stitching lines

19536 - Girl in princess costume  

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you will participate in our challenge this month! 

Jiving...

Hello fellow Crafters,

Well this is it, my first post as part of the Design Team of VivaLasVegaStamps! I can't tell you how excited I was when I was invited to join this group of very talented ladies. Anyway here is my first project. It is an Art Journal which is an inspiration piece for this month's Challenge.

I started with colouring a piece of white cardstock with Distress Ink and a blending tool, I used Faded jeans and a bit of Black Soot around the edges. Next I randomly stamped the background and also used some punchinella to create the polka dots. The circles were made using a set of dies and I used some Tim Holtz paper with music notes on it. I inked the edges and adhered them to the page. With different bottle tops I stamps white and black rings around the circles. The jiving couple was stamped with Memento Black tuxedo ink and coloured with markers. I cut them out and adhered them on top of one of the circles. Lastly I splattered some white ink on the page carefully avoiding the dancing couple. I used the following stamps:

Grungy 8 - 19459

Flower pot - 18923

Number Strip - 18924

Waybill/Invoice background - 19416

Jive Couple - 4838

Here is a reminder of the Inspiration board :

I used the following elements : Patterns, circles, dots, music notes, weeds, nature, sky, blue, tan, aged.

I hope I gave you some inspiration too ! Thank you for stopping by ! 

Corrie