Thursday 12 May 2011

Free as a Bird

Thought I'd have a play with some mail art for Crafty Individual's Monthly Challenge with the theme Free as a Bird.

The photos are not good for some reason - maybe the impending thunderstorm had something to do with it. Anyway I used Crafty Individuals bird CI 180 to make the postage stamp on shrink plastic - it's coloured with promarkers and then cut out with fancy scissors to give the perforations.

The envelope is coloured with Distress Inks and then overstamped with various stamps:
Crafty Individuals CI 207 - the grasses stamped in various greens
Tim Holtz - Birds on a wire
Oak House Studio - Hessian background
7gypsies - bird and butterfly from the Nottinghill Set.

Guess I'll have to take the stamp off to use the envelope - just got to wait for the next birthday and we'll see if Royal Mail like it!!

6 comments:

  1. Very pretty envelope Elaine, nice idea with the shrink plastic. Thanks for joining in. Jean

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  2. These are lovely.
    Wishes
    Lynne M

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  3. love it, it's a great idea, gives me inspirations ,

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  4. Wow, something I have never heard of! Mail Art, what a lovely idea. It is so clever.
    Sharon xx

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  5. found you again! this looks lovely congratulations.

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  6. How unusual the shrink plastic stamp. I like that.
    Thanks for playing this month
    isa

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