A page in the zine art journal with Josefine Fouarge

Hi everyone, last time, I showed you how to put together a zine art journal and today I wanted to work on one of the pages. This time I made a video though (yay me :) ).

I stayed in a similar color scheme as the overall journal and played with some more stamps from plate 1512 - Tina Walker's designs. Check it out:

Aren't these sheep just so adorable? I totally fell in love with them!

Also, like the effect the embossing powder for the sentiment.

Here are the stamps I used:

- Plate 1512

- Plate 1455

- You Had the Power Glinda

- Writing Triangles

- I kept these stamps together as one: Six Staples, Staple, Three Staples

- Ethos Knots and Beads

- Ethos Sheep

- Smear/ Smudge

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my art journal page and the journal itself :)

Mail Art Monday with Majo

Good morning, Peeps!

Another Monday and some new Mail Art.

I'd like to show you an envelope with many of my favorite stamps, which I used on a master board I created with Distress Inks and stamps.

I prefer to use heavy paper or card stock adhered to the envelopes when I apply lots of colors or layers. Plain envelopes tend to coil up, I like mine to look tidy when I send them to my friends.

I started with Distress ink in four different colors:

 

I swiped the pads alternately over my panel until it had the color richness I desired. To soften this up a bit I spritzed some water on the panel.

I stamped different images randomly with the colors I had used before.

I cut the panel to my envelope size and stamped my main images: The little child, the stitches, the world map, the sentiment and the word. I adhered the panel to my envelope with Miracle Tape.

I added a piece of self adhesive paper for the address label and stamped the stitches on the edges.

These are the stamps I used:

Heart Pattern Circle

Striped Pattern Circle

Star

 Stars

Map of the World 

Banksy Child sitting 

Sawtooth Stitching lines

Six Staples

Special delivery

It's bigger on the inside

Miracle tape

 I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial! 

I wish you a happy week and happy crafting ♥

Whovian Mail Art Monday

Hello Again Everyone!

Happy Mail Art Monday!

Today, I want to share some Doctor Who scene stamping on an envelope. 

Stamps Used:
Moon
Blue Police Box (Tardis)
Line of Grass
Field of Wildflowers
Straggly pine trees
Staples X
Six Staples
Three staples

Other Items Used:
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Distress Inks (Oxides- Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Fossilized Amber), (Original- Blueprint sketch, Mermaid Lagoon )
Blick Markers, Sharpie, Gelly Roll pen, Prismacolor
Distress stains-picket fence

Ok, lets get started...

Start with a blank 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inch envelope. I stamped all of my base images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Next I masked off any areas that I didn't want to get ink on.

I used various distress inks to color my sky. To get the star effect, I flicked water and picket fence distress stain.

I used various alcohol based markers to color my police box, and moon. White gelly roll pen used to add detail. Grey zig marker used for added details as well.

Thank you for checking out this tutorial, I hope it inspires you to get inky!!!

Mail Art Monday!!

Hello Again....
and welcome back for another fabulous
Mail Art Monday!!!

Today I want to share a fun envelope that I made using my new distress oxide inks, distress layering stencils and some of my favorite Stamps from VLVS! 

(you know I love these art journal style stamps... 

so when trying any medium they are usually what I grab for 1st!  Especially the numbers!) 

Stamps Used:

Numbers Set

Double Coffee Rings

Squiggle Heart

Six Staples

Distress oxide inks:

Broken China

Wilted Violet

Cracked Pistachio

To start I used stencils to add some detail to my blank A2 envelope. when I felt I had enough pattern, I added some ink to me craft mat so that I could "smoosh" my envelope in to get a more distressed blotchy effect.  to finish the background I used my ink blending tools to edge around the envelope. 

(below you can see my envelope before I added any stamps or detail)

Next I stamped the Squiggle heart off of the left of the envelope. 

(remember to leave room for an address)

To add even more visual interest to the background I decided to stamp my numbers set randomly... 

(It tends to be one of my go to stamps for backgrounds.)

The next steps I forgot to photograph ... (Sorry, but I'll explain what I did)

I used a black pen and scribbled around the area that I wanted to be my address box. It still looked a tad plain, so I then stamped my staples around that. (which was exactly what it needed)

I also decided to stamp the coffee ring stains... 

(Love these... yes I know I used these a ton too!) 

The final steps to make everything pop, I used Pan pastels in Ultra soft course glitter black to edge my card (the glitter doesn't show in the scan, its very subtle)... I also used it to shadow my address space and heart.  To help the staples to pop I used a white gel pen to add highlights. 

Well, there you have it! Nice and easy and super fun to mail anyone!

(Also some of you may notice I went WAY outside my comfort zone here... I used PURPLE!!!! I know, i'm shocked too!!! 

I couldn't believe I was buying purple ink... let alone reaching for it for an envelope... )

At Home on Mail Art Monday

Hello Again! 

Today I am here to share some more fun and easy
Mail art Monday inspiration. 

This piece is actually a special one for me, because I was challenged by a friend (Freezeframe03)  to use my large chevron stamp on an envelope in a new way...
 So, I chose to go a sort of cart Journal-ish route... 

Stamps used:

Numbers Set

Writing Chevron

Doodle Frame

Three Staples

Six Staples

Staples X

Grunge Equal Sign

To start I stamped my writing chevron on a pre-painted piece of paper I had laying on my desk. I created a mask to mask of the chevron then stamped the numbers to create a sort of house like shape. To finish off the "house" shape, I stamped the equal sign as a door then used a pen to draw some scribble outlines. (Then I cut it out)

To create the Envelope base I began with a plain white A2 envelope. I stamped my doodle frame on the bottom to look like bushes. I used a scrap of cardstock to create a address block, then stamped the various staples.  I masked off my address block and doodle frames then used Tim Holtz Distress ink in salty ocean to add my base layer of color for the envelope. 

(I did not glue the house down until the end)

I used various green markers to color in the "bushes", then re-masked everything off. I used more of the salty ocean ink to stamp the numbers in the background as well as a touch of cracked pistachio. 

I also used punchinella waste as a stencil to ink layered dots to add extra depth to the background (using the same 2 colors as for the numbers). 

So, there you have it... 

Nice and Easy! 

If you have a bigger envelope this would be great to add a few Alice in wonderland characters...

(Or anything really, the sky is the limit!)

Happy Stamping!

Santa Mail Art

Have you all stopped by to play the December challenge yet? If not stop by because today I am here with a little challenge inspiration!

I wanted to have fun and try my hand at some Mail Art!!! 

I am not sure what to think about it all as I love it and it was my first try.

I started with a cover for where you would write the address. Then I stamped 19314 - Santa Smoking.

I stamped it again and created a mask for the santa. 

Then I used some washi tape to create my own stripes. 

Then I used some Fired Brick Distress Paint to paint on my stripes. 

This is what you get after you removed the mask and washi tape. 

I used a Pitt Pen to outline where the addresses would go. 

I added some additional stamping and thought to finish it off add some black splatter. 

Stamped Used:

19562 - Deliver To

19314 - Santa Smoking

19643 - Sawtooth Stitching Lines

19578 - Six Staples