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two postcards with birds on them are next to a pair of scissors and thread

I inherited my great Aunt Esther's collection of post cards and I used a pair of them to create a bit of mail art with some Stampendous birds. One bird was stamped on plain tissue paper, the other on a vintage book page, and both were cut-out and pasted on the cards. I did this mainly because I could play around with the placement and avoid a mis-stamp that can't be undone. The pine trees and leafy dots were also done this way. There's a bit of collage paper and miscellaneous stamping to…

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an envelope with two fish on it

2016 Topic 24: Mail Art Kasia Avery Winter wishes everyone, Darcy here with our final challenge of this year. how is it possible that we have finished another full year already. I hope you have loved sharing this year with us, exploring new themes and joining the challenges. This challenge will last for just ONE week, so as soon as you finish reading, crack open the paints and join in. This means this challenge will close NEXT SUNDAY. But never fear, we have something new and exciting…

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a stamp with an image of a deer and a hedgehog

Fantastic pair of stamps for Indonesia's 9th Pekan Olahraga Nasional, or the National Games. It's interesting to see how other artists designed sports icons after Otl Aicher shut down the game with his 1972 Olympics icons. That said, I love how there is just enough variety between the style of these icons to keep them interesting, but still very much all in the same family.

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