Mail art
When I mailed the butterfly tags, I had some fun with mail art. Dollar tree stencils and Ikea markers.
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Butterfly tags- Jenniebellie August 2022 art swap
I swapped tags with three people in Jenniebellie's August 2022 art swap. The theme was butterflies. 1. Tulip tag- I printed a black and white image from thegraphicsfairy.com and then colored it with color pencils dipped in vaseline. I saw this trick on YouTube and it actually worked. I then glued the tulip to a black and white background and added a sticker from Dollar Tree. The granite looking background is too dark in my opinion. I have more of this cardstock- if I do another tag similar to this I would lighten the background with some splatters of white gesso first. 2. Round tag- Printed another image from thegraphicsfairy.com onto paper I had marbled using shaving cream and cheap acrylic paint. The background is from an experiment in soap bubble marbling. In true Jennibellie fashion, the green is mesh from a bag of avocados. I printed the quote onto tracing paper. The tag needed a strong straight line so I chose the gold ribbon as the tab. However since th
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