3 - fold envelope

MAIL ART

comes in all shapes and sizes...  

Super fun to create. 

Stuffed each envelope pocket with collage elements, stickers, and paper goodness.

Enjoy an artful life! 

How about a little tea with your mail...??

mail art envelope- full of mixed media goodness!
theme tea cups & tiara's 
This month The Team from Altered Pages is promoting two incredible sites, 
I wish to share- unrulypaperarts.com and leakyshedstudio.com.
We were asked to create mail art with this theme. 
Exciting! 
Tea. Mail. Art. 
I'm in... now onto the art part. Enjoy. 

Layers of distressed inks, acrylic paint, stamping, charcoal pencil shading, watercolor, wash tape, and collage elements... these envelopes were up through the test. 

Held up well and made it through the entire process. 

FUN. FUN. FUN. 
I had an amazing time creating these mail art pieces.
Honestly... can you find ANYTHING more exciting than mail art?

~ In the end, throwing together some yummy layers of texture using paints, stamps, 
and of coarse my favorite collage sheets from alteredpages.com makes any day, a great day for tea!

enjoy

Mail-Art... send thoughtfulness

:: altered envelopes ::

I absolutely love altering anything... 

These envelopes were screaming, "COLOR ME!" 

materials:

envelope

collage papers

acrylic paints

ink pens

stencil ( personal design )

rubbed stamp - paperbagstudios.com

Thought I would share some of my altered envelopes with you. 

These are created for a swap I am hosting 

HERE

come play along with us!

Or, simply enjoy creating your own altered envelopes to send out.

Give to someone who would be delighted to receive.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. 

Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

** send some thoughtfulness **

Exchange of Talents...

:: mail art ::

one postage stamp at a time

 Beautiful collage tags created by

Karenann Young 

 Artful goodies collectively sent and crafted by

Debbie Combs 

A lovely postcard created by

Janet Briggs 

We all share a common interest.

We are passionate about our art!

We are not afraid to share it among friends.

To get excited and fully expose ourself.

Words just can not express, how powerful it is, to pass along...

our talents

 inspiration 

and 

the love that is involved in such a process.

It is there. 

I am absolutely delighted to be apart of it!!

THANK YOU 

xx

A Tale of Mail...

:: art journal cards ::

I am delighted to tell you about the art-mail I have received. 

 These talented artists' traded with me!

Such wonderful talent and what beautiful souls... let me introduce them to you. 

:: Debbie Combs ::

http://peculiarme71.blogspot.com

 :: Karenann Young ::

http://karenannyoung.blogspot.com

 :: Hanna ::

http://www.ihanna.nu

 :: Lorinda ::

http://victoriaveggie.blogspot.com

:: THANK YOU ::

For gifting me with your talents. ~xx 

 :: a peek :: 

what do I have going on at my table...? 

 crafting more collage pumpkins, into art journal cards! 

I created similar collage pumpkins last week, crafted them into tags.

You can read all about how to create your own HERE .

I just get so inspired over torn paper... silly me!

Journal Spread

:: "omne trium perfectum" ::

rule of three 

The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

I was gifted with this beautiful tag and a personalized envelope

created by Karenann Young .

I decided to celebrate our friendship, and create this art journal spread.

:: A gentle reminder :: 

we should be thankful for those, who touch our lives, in a special way! 

A Recap

Remove the clutter... defeat the hoarder.

Such a relief.

It was a great success...

I spent most of the weekend and Monday going through piles of paper.

I received a huge response, from all who were interested, 

in receiving some "stash from my studio".

I am delighted to share! 

Envelopes are being stuffed and sent out all this week. 

Thank you. 

There is nothing more exciting than receiving "artful" goodies in the mail. 

Long over-due... a BIG THANK YOU!

A Mail-Art applause.

I have been gifted by the talents of my "artsy" friends!

A thoughtful note...

 just because...

You are our friend, and thought of often.

~ oxox ~

Andria Kaskey

andria-drawingnear.blogspot.com

Karenann Young

karenannyoung.blogspot.com

Terrie Purkey

creative-explorer.blogspot.com

Frances Traina

wethree3.blogspot.com

Pauline 

legerillustrations.blogspot.com

Valerie

bastelmania-craftattack.blogspot.com

What is showing up in your mailbox?