"Mail Art" - Postcard

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This week's Our Midweek Muse theme was "Mail Art".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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The sun is gonna keep on shining
Can you feel it?
That's the power of love

Alright - Red Carpet (Brad Carter Radio Edit)

The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis and The News

Mail Art - Week 09 - The Book of Days

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This week's theme for my Book of Days was Mail Art.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.36.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Mail Art 01" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses theme was "mail art."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.30

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Snail Mail Sun" - Postcard

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A few weeks ago, the Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme was "Snail Mail." I made two very similar pieces for it, but I preferred the red one that I made. I didn't post this one at the time, because I was unsure if I even liked it. Seeing it on its own, without being next to the red one, I decided that I do like it, so I'm posting it now.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Snail Mail Red" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme was "Snail Mail."

I'm still in a Valentine's Day state of mind, so I made an envelope back in red.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the sampler here.

"Mail Art (For Lisca)" - Postcard

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I made a mail art piece for the backside of a postcard. Lisca receives postcards from people all over the world, so I asked her if I could send her one of mine, and she said yes. I mailed the postcard today (3/7/2019), so it will be interesting to see how many days it takes for her to receive it. The US post office told me it would take about a week. (The front side of the postcard is this.)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Mail Art Envelope 2" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Mail Art."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Air Mail Art" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Air Mail."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

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"Air Mail Art" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses challenge was "Mail Art."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Mail Art" - Envelope and Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Mail Art".

I made a postcard and matching envelope.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.18.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Mail Art" - Postcard

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This week's Take a Word challenge was "Mail Art".

I made a postcard and matching envelope.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.18.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Mail – Moo (1.1" x 2.8")

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This week’s Moo Mania challenge was "Mail."

I created an envelope first, then used some of the images from it on this Moo.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

"Postal Mail" – Postcard Envelope 6.5 x 4.5

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This week’s Artful Times challenge #55 was "Mail Art."

This week’s Moo Mania challenge was "Mail."

I created a 6.5" wide by 4.5" high postcard envelope template that would be large enough to mail postcards in, using GIMP 2.8.10. Then I used the template to create this mail art envelope, printed it, cut it out, and glue sticked the edges.

My printer is low on ink, so the color didn't print uniformly on this. Then when I folded it, I was off a little, so the image didn't line up. Lastly, I got some of the glue on the front of the envelope, tried to wipe it off with a wet Kleenex, and ended up smearing/staining the ink.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

"Music" – Postcard Envelope 6.5 x 4.5

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I created a 6.5" wide by 4.5" high postcard envelope template that would be large enough to mail postcards in, using GIMP 2.8.10. Then I used the template to create this mail art envelope, printed it, cut it out, and glue sticked the edges.

I'm using this envelope to mail the postcards I recently created. They can be seen here, here, and here.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

"Bon Voyage" – Postcard Envelope 6.5 x 4.5

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This week’s Three Muses challenge was "Bon Voyage Mail Art."

I created a 6.5" wide by 4.5" high postcard envelope template that would be large enough to mail postcards in, using GIMP 2.8.10. Then I used the template to create this mail art envelope, printed it, cut it out, and glue sticked the edges.

The vintage transportation images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

The words are from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."

The fonts are:

Architects Daughter
Orniste tfb
Palatino Linotype

Some or all of them can be found on dafont.

"Medieval" – Postcard Envelope 6.5 x 4.5

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I created a 6.5" wide by 4.5" high postcard envelope template that would be large enough to mail postcards in, using GIMP 2.8.10. Then I used the template to create this mail art envelope, printed it, cut it out, and glue sticked the edges.

The vintage Medieval images are from a DuckDuckGo search.

Greens Farms Station - Mail Art Envelope - Train Series

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I created a standard #6 3/4 Envelope (3 5/8" x 6 1/2") template in GIMP 2.8.10, then used it to start a "Train Series" of Mail Art Envelopes. I intend to mail each letter in my Train Series from the actual train station that is the envelope's return address. This will be the first one that I mail.

I created the 3" x 5" Greens Farms card and 2.5" x 3.5" bird ATC to mail inside the envelope. The 3" x 5" Astronomer card is one I had created awhile ago.

I printed the envelope on parchment card stock paper, cut it out, and used an Elmer's Disappearing Purple Glue Stick to seal the edges. I also used that to seal the envelope flap after I put the cards inside of it, then added a piece of Scotch Tape over the seam.

"Mail Art" – A9 Envelope

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This week’s Three Muses challenge was "Mail Art Envelope."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.8.

The images are from a tag that I created, a GIMP script, and a DuckDuckGo search.

The font is Corbel Bold.

"Bees" – Postcard Backside

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Bees."

I made both sides of a postcard for this. This is the backside. The front side is here.

The vintage digital stamps are from a DuckDuckGo search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The fonts are:

intimacy
Pericles

"Butterflies" - Postcard

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This week’s Collage Obsession challenge was "Butterflies."

I made three different pieces for this, and liked this one best.

The images are from an Internet search.