Lost Coast Designs challenge 121, Mailart

 Hi, today I have a tutorial for the mailart challenge from Lost Coast Designs.

As this is my first mailart ever, I started with a postmark.

Years ago I bought a envelope with al kinds of postage stamps.

And yes, I was lucky.

I found a stamp with a chimpanzee.

And I could combine it with the three monkeys stamp.

This is what I used:

Lost Coast Designs three monkeys stamp.

 Stencils

Distress Oxide:

Scattered straw,

Speckled egg,

Shabby shutters,

Peeled paint.

Ground espresso.

Masking tape.

Markers or color pencils.

Brown fineliner.

Stazon Timber brown.

And this is how I made the envelope.

I started with an envelope template and cut the envelope.

I tore a piece of masking tape to tape off the address portion.

And started sponging with the 4 colors, but not the ground espresso.

When I was done with that I sprayed some water on it, to make it a bit more interesting.

With the ground espresso I made some circles with a stencil.

And I sponge some around the masking tape and where the stamp will be.

When I removed the masking tape, I found the address spot to be very white. 

So I sponged some yellow distress there. 

But that is of course to everyone's own taste.

I stuck the masking tape back on its place.

With the ground espresso and a stencil,

 I sponged a bit more around the stamp spot and the address spot.

Now remove the masking tape,

and draw a fineline round the adress space.

Stamp the three monkeys on a thin paper with Stazon Timber brown. 

Color them and cut them out. 

Glue the monkeys and the stamp in place.

And now you are done.

I hope you liked it.

The team would really appreciate it if you let your work participate in the challenge. 

You can also win rubber stamps. So that's a bonus.

Please read the rules first.