Frightfully Fun Mail Art Monday

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

It's almost time... and I've already got the Halloween itch. 

 The chill was in the air for a few days, and that's all it took. 

(Yes, I am one of those crazy fall people, and yes I love pumpkin everything.)

Ok, back on subject.

Today I want to share a super fun envelope for mail art monday. 

Stamps Used:

Typeset Scallop
Frightful Fun and Folly
Long Arrow
Skeleton Family

Below you can see all of my base stamping.
(I stamped the skeleton family first then, masked it off.)

Next, I used Blick alcohol markers to color my base boarder. 

Next, I inked my background with Tim Holtz Distress ink in- Mustard Seed, and Squeezed Lemonade.

Then, I added some stencil details with carved pumpkin Distress ink. 

(sorry the colors are a bit washed out in this photo)

After I finished this one, and loved it so much I decided to create a few more in other colors. 

(I have a few friends with different favorite colors)

Thank you for Joining me today!!! 

I hope you all enjoy this early fall inspiration!

Creepy Mixed Media Tag - Challenge Inspiration by Susanne

Hi there!

Susanne here today and I'd like give you a little bit of inspiration to join our October challenge! And what else could our theme be related to in October!? YES! It's all about spooky stuff!

I made a tag with the "Skull" as my focal image. I love creating tags, because I think they are super versatile! You can use them on cards, in your planner, in your art journals, junk journals or mini albums and they have the perfect size to experiment with new products or techniques!
Sometimes I transfer the process I used on a tag to a spread in my journal or even onto a canvas.

This tag looks like a lot of work, but in the end it is really easy to achieve that look.

1. Stamp the Skull with black Archival Ink and mask it with masking fluid.
2. Make a Distress Oxide background. I used also different stamps to add texture to it (Frightful Fun and Folly, Row Of Jack-O-Lanterns, Halloween Tree Silhouette)
3. Use gesso to prime defined areas. I picked a stripe on the left border and a smaller one on the right.
4. Apply acrylic paint when the gesso is dry. Pick some colours that are working with your background. Most of the time you will get a great effect when you use complementary colours.
5. Add texture with stamps onto the dried painted areas and some black splatters to the background.
6. Remove the masking fluid.
7. Cut the Tim Holtz "Thorne Edge" from black glitter cardstock and arranged it together with the sentiment. I used a Tim Holtz word block die together with a gelli print scrap. I used Miracle Tape to adhere my embellishments.

Thank you for stopping by today!
Join our challenge here!
xx Susanne.

Supplies:
Viva Las VegaStamps:
Measuring Tape Section
Skull
I Wish My Life
Dead Letter Office
Frightful Fun and Folly
Row Of Jack-O-Lanterns
Halloween Tree Silhouette
Miracle Tape
Others:
Sizzix: Tim Holtz dies (Word Blocks and )
Acrylic Paint
Gesso
Ranger Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz
Ranger Archival Ink
Masking Fluid

Dangerous Halloween Treat Box

Hi my dear Viva Las VegaStamps! Friends.

Three Days left until Halloween and I'd like to share a spooky treat box today. It's perfect for some goodies and it can be used as a little lantern where you add a LED light.
The box is cut with the Silhouette Cameo. I used kraft cardstock and covered it with gesso. I used the Gelatos on top together with the Tim Holtz Shatter stencil.

I removed the Gelatos color through the stencil using a wet baby wipe.

 
I added a little tag on which I stamped the "Danger Skeleton" and the "Row of Jack-O-Lanterns Silhouette". The edges are distressed with Distress Ink black soot. I used the Jack-O-Lanterns on the front of the bag, too.

I added the "Danger Skeleton" also to the vellum on the backside.

I stamped the "Frightful Fun and Folly", the "Halloween Tree Silhouette" and the "Row of Jack-O-Lanterns Silhouette" on the sides of the gift bag.

Stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps!
Row of Jack-O-Lanterns Silhouette
Halloween Tree Silhouette
Frightful Fun and Folly
Danger Skeleton
You'll find them also all on plate 951

Other supplies:
Pumpkin Patch (use code: susanne15 to save 15% in the Die-Namites dies online store)
Hanging Grapes
Archival Ink jet black
Faber-Castell Gelatos

I wish you all a Happy Halloween