Mail Art from the Great Unknown

Hello Crafty Friends! 

Happy Mail Art Monday
and Columbus Day if you are here in the USA.

Now, Time for some explorer themed mail art... (with a hint of steam punk)

Stamps Used:

numbers set

the great unknown

Waybill/invoice

steampunk balloon

men in balloon basket

punchinella/sequin waste

I started by using an A2 envelope. I stamped my 2 foreground stamps and traced my mini playing card (address label block).  

Next I created a "cloud" background with scarp paper and ink in weathered wood, hickory smoke,  and broken china distress ink. 

Next, I used my waybill/ledger stamp to add random texture and detail to the background with cornflower blue archival ink.

I also stamped my numbers randomly in watering can archival ink.  Across the top, I also added a bit of texture with my punchinella stamp. (below you can see a close up of some detail for the numbers, ledger, and texture)... you can also see I added a few flecks of black stain, and glitter spray.... I also added white dots with a white gel pen. 

Below you can see the whole picture, I added color detail, and bits of washi tape, and glitter. 

More detail...

And even more details... 

I hope you have all enjoyed this explorer themed envelope. 

Art Journal Page: "Time is an Abyss" by Jenn Engle

Hey Everyone! I have an art journal page for you today. It is a page that took me awhile and has a lot of steps, so rather than fail miserably at trying to explain it, you can just check out the process video included at the end of this post.

I ended up loving this spread. I mean, with the awesome images at VLVS, how could I not?!

 

These are the Viva Las VegaStamps! I used:

“Clockface”

"The Great Unknown"

“Into The Abyss”

"Whimsical Diver”

"Stitching Line”

 



You can check out my exact process Start to Finish here:

Thanks for looking,
Jenn

Dive In - A Card by Fiona

Hello VLVstampy friends! Fiona here with you today to share a little card I made.

"Dive Into the Great Unknown" is a card of encouragement. Sometimes we need a little bit of encouragement to try something new. I began this card by stamping the dictionary page on to some crumpled tissue paper to create some of my background.

I just love this Whimsical little divers mask. I gave it just a little touch of colour to match the background papers I used.

I finished the card off by adding the title. Personally I love the great unknown. I find there's no better way to know whether you can do something or not than to dive in and have a go!

Viva Las Vegastamps used:

The Great Unknown

Whimsical Diver

Dictionary Page

Catch you next time xxx

GDT : Shanna Shands x2

Hey everyone. Shanna here again. I am excited to share my last guest designer project with you that I created for Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

I am beyond excited to share with you a fun card I created. I got to play with a lot of mixed media products on this card. But the stamps just make it really come to life.

I used these two stamps from the plate numbered 1436. They were both stamped using Archival ink! I cut them out and mounted them to my card using some cardboard from a shipping box.

For my background I started with some twinkling h2o's, but once it was dry used a brick wall stencil and some light modeling paste. Once that dried I added some Distress Paint splatter to make the back funky and fun.

Also I couldn't help but to add flowers. I don't know why but it screamed at me add flowers!

I am so thankful DeeDee let me be a guest this month and I had fun sharing with you all and hope that you gained some inspiration! Have an awesome crafty day!