Hello Again Crafty Friends!

Today, I will be sharing one of my favorite things...

Mail Art!!!

Stamps Used:
Banksy bolt cutter Rat
Banksy designated riot area
Born to be wild
Jagged chain link fence

I started by stamping the rat with bolt cutter on and A2 envelope in archival ink -Jet black.

I masked the rat off, then stamped my chain link fence in archival ink- watering can.

Next, I used a ruler to draw my grounding line, then stamped my designated riot area stamp.

(archival- Jet black)

I used distress ink in hickory smoke to shade the fenced area. I also used hickory smoke distress ink sprays to add some grunge/distressed flicks.

I used alcohol markers in red to color my base.

I also added my born to be wild stamp for added detail.

To finish everything off, I used distress oxide ink in black soot to edge everything.

I also added a few finishing flicks of dylusions black ink.

I hope you enjoy this bit of Banksy goodness.

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Mousey Monthly Challenge inspiration

Hello Every one!!

Tera here today with a little something to inspire you for this months

monthly inspiration challenge!!!

(Click HERE to Enter)

The words that inspired me were: weird, different, grey, tan, black, white, neutrals, mice, rays, critters, cheese, numbers, splatters, light bulb, bright ideas, light bulb moment, spritz, distressed and grungy

(Stamps used at bottom of post)

To start I used plain card stock to cut out a tag measuring 2 3/4" x 4 3/4"

Next I stamped my mouse/rat and the set of 3 triangles so that I would have the placement of my focal images..

(if you want to make masks this is the time to mask them off... this time I just glued cut outs on top of each of these after I did the background).

now I stamped all of my background images in a kind of randomness... The coffee ring was stamped in distress ink- pumice stone, I also used this to sponge ink onto the entire background. all of the other images were stamped in black ink. (archival and versafine were on my desk today). I also used the black ink to distress the edges of my tag

(same thing for the back of the tag)