Mail Art Monday... Nursery Rhyme Time

Hello again!!

Its's me Tera here... 

(coming to you from Myrtle beach today!!)

Today I'm here to share how I created this fun and easy envelope inspired by this months inspiration board

Don't forget to check it out and play along with us! 

(link up your project here)

I used the words mouse and numbers to inspire me... Then went a little wild with the story book rhyme "hickory dickory dock" ... Start by stamping out your mouse/rat critter, then masking him off. 

Next stamp the clock over that ... (Also masking it off)....  At this point you begin the background.  

I began with stamping the dot textures around the clock to add depth, and I added the chevrons to create an address label.  Next I inked the background green using various distress inks (crushed olive, mowed lawn, and hints of mustered seed)

For added depth I used black glittered pan pastels around the clock and mouse. I also decided to color in my chevrons with a black glitter wink of Stella pen (just because I wanted to play with it!!! lol) 

(the quote I printed from Microsoft word and used black pen around before gluing down)

Stamps used:

Clockface 3 3/4 x 3 3/4

Creepy Rat With Cheese 2 x 2 1/4

Row of Chevrons 3/4 x 3 1/4

Doodle Dots 2 3/4 x 2 3/4

Thank you for stopping to visit with us! I hope you found some inspiration to kick off a crafty day!!

August Challenge

Hello hello hello!! It's sweltering hot here in the desert and our August Prompt kind of speaks to that!

First please visit back to our July Challenge and check out what the talented entries have linked up.

Now for our challenge this month :

Please feel free to enter any type of project; altered art, ATCs, cards, layouts, journal pages and more! Also, be inspired by whatever you want; the rays, orange, grunge, black, bombs, Banksy, rats, chains, girls on swings, splatters, drips and drops. Just go for it :) Visit us this time next week for July's winner!


Don't forget the rules:
-Create a new project based on our inspiration board
-Use at least one (but certainly more if you want) Viva Las VegaStamps! rubber stamps
(We are now allowing competitors stamps to be on your work, but please make VLVS! the focus of the project, thank you.)
-Post it to your blog with a link back to us
-Upload to our linky using your direct blog post link (You may also upload via facebook, flickr or other gallery)

You could win a Project Spotlight post on our blog + some new rubber of course.

And visit us back here tomorrow for some inspiration from Amy Lassiter.

An InLinkz Link-up