Sunflowers to Lina

 

Forgot to take before pics (drats!)

This was a magazine pic and I thought it not only perfect for fall, but that I also have a stamp to match!

I messed up the address (just the state part, NC), but not bad. I love finding near perfect pages like this that work with the address AND stamp!  ;)

Tiny env. to Jean

I know Jean likes tiny things, so I found this env. and thought I'd send to her, using my white callig markers.

It looks more like Halloween, but oh well! (and Oct. is only a few months away)

This was the only stamp I had that went well. Not really liking my r.

And here it is with the dimensions!

Not quite square (whew).

 

brush to Kristi (SMC Aug)

Here is Kristi's

Wish I had done a yellow dot for the first i, but I couldn't cover it up.  :/

Tried matching the flowers from the stamp a bit, on the back

 

SMC Envies (Aug)

Here are a few env.'s sent out this month to the Aug. SMC participants:

This was actually a salvaged env (a Cmas fail) in which the uncial R was already on it. I had saved b/c I was going to cover it up somehow, but instead, i got the idea to do her name using my other markers. I had fun with it, and hope she likes!

Here are the others (the top 2 didn't turn out, so I won't post those separately).

Peace to Lina (Aug)

Up to this point, I haven't tried matching the lettering to the stamp with these button ones, so I tried with Lina's and not bad! (I just wish I had done the A in the light blue color, but I wasn't thinking.  :(

I also forgot to erase the white before taking a pic.

close up

Purple collage to Nanski

Similar to the one to Jean ( https://snailmailingmadness.blogspot.com/2025/07/collage-to-jean-july-ptex.html ) I did one for Nanski, but with her name.

I wrote her name big with puff paint, then connecting caps i the middle (clear Glaze gel pen), and on the side in various hands (metallic ink)

PP uncial for the blue name.

before

Close up

Diff angles

 

Brody Letters

At times, I use the abstract lettering of Brody N, and for this month, I decided to do so for a couple of env.'s.

For this one, I first used my white Callipen, but then had to outline with a pp.

On Jean's, same as above, but no need for outlining. I was tempted to add more coloring, but also didn't want to over do, so I kept it simple with just a few added touches to match the stamp.