The Land of Lost Luggage

Mail Call Mail Call!

Look at this beauty that arrived today! I was getting so worried because this exchange gave the term "snail mail" new meaning. Kept the faith though and what a surprise! It's FANTASTIC Kathy! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Christmas in April!

It started a couple of weeks ago with this HUGE care package I won on Randi's blog. When I first saw this package, my immediate thought was "Did I buy this?" It is such an awesome collection of altering and collage supplies!! Thank you Randi!!!

Then I won candy from Tina's blog. Another AMAZING package!! And look at the art she threw in! Wow wow wow!

And this GORGEOUS envelope arrived from Lise today! Look at that coral! I've never seen anything so fantastic!!

Thanks for the "mail high" girls! Back to reality for me....

More quick projects... (& the famous transfer tutorial)

 

fronts: gel medium and/or acrylic ground for pastels transfers embellished with paint. backs: hand cut stencil + spray paint, acrylic, pen

Several of you asked for transfer tips yesterday convincing me that I could really host a 24 hour cable access television show regarding the subject! Behold, the most requested Lost Luggage tutorial of all time- Transfer How to - over on my "old" blog. Look around while you're over there...I divulge all of my most favorite tips and tricks. There are two "old blogs"...one for reviews and tutorials and one for art before Typepad.

If you have questions regarding the transfer process, please post them in the comments here. That way, I can answer for everyone to see!

By the way....have you checked out the GPP Street Team Crusade this month? It's all about cutting stencils like I have above and inhaling spray paint fumes. What are you waiting for? You know you want to.....

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! Have a great weekend!

A quick project....

Fun trick: The floral graphics on this mail art were achieved by making a gel medium transfer. I found this image in a magazine. Since the image was brown on a pure white background, all that transferred was the brown. White will not transfer. Just a quick tip to help you in selecting your images to transfer. Have a great day!

(Don't let the title of this post fool you.....I let my transfers cure up and dry over night...ergo, I guess this really isn't a "quick" project...my bad.)

WS: Purple

This is a 6x9"ish bubble mailer that hit the road today. I wonder where it's going?? That green flash you see is the scanner picking up the lovely interference green paint I used along the edges of the envelope. (I think my cherry blossom stamp looks pretty good in black ink!) See you tomorrow!