Mail Art for Inkurables

The plain white envelope was first stamped with the Stampin Up Medallion in three different oranges. Inkadinkadoo birds were first stamped in Basic Gray colour and then stamped and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Distress ink Tumbled Glass was smudged over the envelope leaving an area clear for the address. The edges were done with Not quite Navy ink. Sending sunshine from Darkroom Door and stamp stamp from Cavellini.

Things are a little quiet (artwise) around here

As you know I'm training to be a chef. Most of my creativity has been channelled into my cooking lately. Sad but true. Yesterday it was a 3:00am start and it was off to the Sydney Fish Markets for a school excursion to learn all about fish and crustaceans. As a lover of any seafood it was a real eye-opener into how it actually gets to our table. I certainly have a new appreciation and the reason why some seafood is so costly. Afterwards it was onto the taping of READY STEADY COOK. It was a great experience, and, we got a goody bag and a photo!!

Mail Art

There's a new phenomenon going around and it's called Mail Art! Rachel over at Darkroom Door put out a call for people to mail an envelope which they had decorated with Darkroom Door products so they would be able to display them on their SIA booth . They recieved quite a few and you can check out the photos on the Darkroom Door site. Check out the lovely display of stamps and if you have really really really good eyesight you maybe able to make out some of the new products coming onto the market soon. Oooohhh I wish I could have been there!

This is what I sent her:

Art from across the miles

All the way from Belgium. Els and I organized a swap with one of our Inkurable birthday challenge. What a thrill to recieve one of Els creations and to know that a little piece of my art has travelled all the way to Belgium!

Inkurable Challenge

Red,Black & White was an interesting challenge. Not the usual colours I deal with, but then again..... what are the usual colours I choose? I'm lovin' Soft Suede (Stampin Up!) and Basice Grey, oh and distress inks, just love them too. Tumbled glass is the most gorgeous blue. Its funny how you get stuck in a small rut. So I think doing Inkurable challenges helps you get right out of that rut and onto other ideas. Here's what I did.

This is my baby

I thought it was about time I introduced you to our furry baby. Narla isn't a baby anymore. She's 14. Not as perky as she used to be and likes life to be a little on the quiet side. She is suffering from a disease called Cushings Disease. She is ok though, and so far the only symptoms are a unsatiable thirst and a ravanous appetite. She has never been one to be a scavenger but of late I constantly trip over her in the kitchen. We still love her though!

Cute little gift cards

The first card was stamped on hand made paper. Stamp image on the paper with Stazon Black. Blend around the edges very carefully with a blending tool loaded with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Get the old trusty sewing machine out and sew the corners of the hand made paper and light blue cardstock. Use aqua pen and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and colour in flower, add button and DD sentiment and you're done!

The next two are as easy as! Just stamp the image in Tumble Glass and Basic Gray sew around the edges add a bit of fibre and a button. The edges of the gray one were torn and inked.
These last three are pretty self explanitary. Stamped and embossed and popped. Done!

I just love making these little cards. They are so quick and the Darkroom Door stamps really lend themselves to this size.