Royal Air Mail - Unruly PaperArts & Leaky Shed Mail Art!

This month Altered Pages is teaming up with Unruly PaperArts for some artsy fun!

This month Unruly PaperArts April theme is Mail Art & Moos.

Two of my favorite types of art to create so I was very excited.

Each month Unruly PaperArts shares Reader Art Quest Creative Prompts ~ to inspire and encourage you to create art ~ they then request you to share that art. This months Reader Art Quest prompts are "Teacups & Tiaras" along with the photo (shown below) - tea cups, tiara, peacock feathers, etc... Beautiful isn't it?

As I took inspiration from both the theme for April - Mail Art and the Reader Art Quest creative prompts I came up with today's contribution...

Royal Air Mail

I like to start out with used envelopes for my mail art but finding one using stamps is few and far between anymore.... but luckily I had this envelope stashed away for use one day. Just didn't know it was going to be for art! I started off by spritzing the envelop with several colors of Dylusions Ink which were way too bright for this color scheme but I knew that going in. I covered the spray with a layer of Pink Grapefruit Silks Acrylic Glaze which not only toned down the bright colors but added a beautiful luster to the entire envelope.

I then started layering on various elements...collage images from several different AP Collage Sheets, peacock pattern paper, die-cuts, vintage air mail labels and a couple crowns/tiara's from Leaky Shed that I colored with Guilders Paste. Basically, I just had lots of fun!

Altered Pages Supplies:

Collage Sheets: 701 Victorian Tea; 2096 Royalty In Action; 140 London; 3032 Tea Party

Gelatos

Silks Acrylic Glaze

Leaky Shed Crowns

Guilders Paste - Inca Gold, German Silver

Dylusions Spray Ink

Stickles Glitter Glue

Other Supplies:

Die-Cut

Pattern Paper

Vintage Air Mail Labels

Used Envelope

So there you go...my bit of Mail Art...

I encourage you to pull out an envelope (new or used) and give it a try...

Have a creative day ~

Ink Stained Roni

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DINA WAKLEY Featured Artist

We are SO Proud to present Dina Wakley with her ART and February Tip (oops, she says she is totally disorganized, so there is HOPE for all of us!) Dina Wakley is a mixed-media artist and teacher. She loves everything about art: creating it, thinking about it, looking at it, and teaching it. Dina is passionate about teaching art. She teaches both in-person and online workshops. She is a docent at the Phoenix Art Museum, where she gives tours to school groups and gets kids excited about art. As a Ranger Signature Designer, Dina designs a line of mixed-media art supplies that includes acrylic paints, mediums, brushes, rubber stamps, stencils, and more. Look for the Dina Wakley Media Line by Ranger at a store near you. Dina's books Art Journal Freedom and Art Journal Courage are available now. Also look for three new North Light DVDs starring Dina, available this month: "Art Journal Mark Making and Throwing Ink," Art Journal Color Courage," and &q

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