Week 1- My First ATC

I have finished lesson 1 of my class with Mary Green. Collage Basics with Vintage Paper. This is my first time of attempting to make an ATC. Let me tell you 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 is pretty small area to work with.
Somehow I scuffed the eye on the photo,thinking maybe I need to get my brayer out and use that when I am adhereing the pics with glue. I am thinking maybe I rubbed to hard?
I'm not real happy with the outcome because of that. I used a gold metallic marker to outline the stamp and photo, but forgot to outline the music. It's a learning process and I know the more I do the better I will get.

Collage Basics

I've added a new link to my sidebar for anyone who may be interested in learning Collage. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time. I have never tried to attempt learning collage because I didn't have the materials needed to try it. In this class Mary supplies all the collage materials needed to be able to make some beautiful collage pieces. I am really excited and can't wait to begin. Am hoping to get going after Thanksgiving. Speaking of which I wish all my followers a very Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope your travels are safe!

Mail Art Swap

Lenna Andrews is hosting a mail art swap. I decided to give it a try. I made my own envelopes using some templates I had purchased then decided to do Zentangles on 3 of the envelopes and a collage on the other. You can see the wonderful mail art that Lenna has already received here

Below are the back of the envelopes.


The front of the envelopes.
The back of the envelope.
And the front.
The mailing label was attached where the gaps are in the above photo. I happened to get a really nice mail lady at the post office and she helped me find some pretty neat stamps for them. And she hand canceled the envelopes too!