A Royal Invitation Mail Art

Hello everyone, Barbara here with my first post for April. This month, Altered Pages is cross-promoting with Unruly Paper Arts, an inspirational and informative blogozine. This month's theme is mail art, using their creative prompt with the theme Teacups and Tiaras. We are also cross-promoting with Leaky Shed, a company that makes the most fabulous laser cut chipboard pieces, to show off our mail art using their chipboard tiaras and teacups.

You will see a lot of beautiful artwork by the Altered Pages design team this month using this theme. Here is the creative prompt for April.

So, in keeping with this theme, here is my mail art project, which can also be viewed on their blog e-zine by clicking here:

Postcard Tag Side 1

Postcard Tag Side 2

Supplies used:

Altered Pages Collage Sheets: AP-701 Victorian Tea; AP-3032 Tea Party Flowers; AP-2096 Royalty in Action; (printed onto Ivory Astroparche paper)

Tags International Postcards

German Scrap Border

Leaky Shed chipboard: Crown set

Electric Blue, Winter Pine spray mists (Tattered Angels)

Distress Inks: Pumice Stone; Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick (marker)

Eyelet edge punch (Martha Stewart)

Brilliance Pigment ink: Platinum Planet, Galaxy Gold

Silhouette cutting machine and file: Tile Border

I have a complete tutorial on my blog, if you are interested in how my Mail Art piece came to be. You can click here to see more.

I hope you enjoyed my little piece of mail art, and I hope you will visit Unruly Paper Arts and the Altered Pages blog for more RAQ submissions throughout the month. Our design team will be playing along all month.

As always, you can get all of your art supplies at Altered Pages.com.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, creative week!!!

Barbara
Black Hole Art Studio

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