Book-themed to Lina

One of the first book-themed envies to go out this month!

(i love these leaf stamps! BUT I do wish the po sold more Halloween themed ones)

and similar one to my oldest!

Book Themed (Banned Book Week!)

October is such a GREAT month! Not only for Autumn and Halloween-themed envies, but it's National Book Month as well. So, I sent this to Zoe late Sept. using a book page for her name

Her last name could have been better, but I used the wrong darn pen at first. Still fun colors on red.

I messed up the O! (upside down)

#readbannedbooks #nationalbookmonth #bannedbookweek

Practice Sheet turned Hall. Envie (to Nava)

It's October!!! Time for some Halloween and Fall themed envies!

This is from a practice sheet of free-flow italic script.

practice pages (blech, not good!) from a recent online class:

wrote some script lettering in-between

Salvaged envie to Sarah

Got a new pen pal and thought I'd send her this collage env. I salvaged from some spilt ink.

Was working with green and my darn bottle flipped over. So I tried my best to make a design out of it. The theme is "End of Summer/ New Beginnings".

close up.  I know the book art is upside down, but I did so purposely.

 

Funky Print to Grace H. (another #tbt)

And another Throwback Thursday! (Going through my drafts folder and publishing saved ones I'm not that thrilled or proud of!)  😆

I loved this envelope though! So fun, and perfect space for addressing (however, I don't like the stamp).

Here it is without.

Before pic

Back

And with the stamp. I didn't have one that went perfectly (the yellow Ellsworth would have been it!), so this one was the closest. Not bad, but I don't like the placement. Still, a fun envelope.

another handmade env. & insert

This was done ages ago -- a redo of a surname. I made into a mini env. and lettered a quote about Courage over in white India ink.

Folded pen and black India ink, color pencil

Wish I had lettered another quote about courage, but in a way, this IS about courage, for it's courageous to be yourself instead of going with the crowd. #beauthenticallyyou

backside

 

on a roll! (handmade envies)

Ever since the SMC swap, I've been taking some scraps/failed pieces/practice pages and converting to mini env.'s

Again, top Left clockwise (forgot to do before pics):

1) "Stay Calm" in folded pen, 2) an exemplar using marker, 3) "ABC" with walnut ink and drop-in colors, 4) magazine page (from usps catalog), 5) practice sheet from my Sharon Zeugin class (love how it looks Halloween-ish!), and 5) folded pen and gouache. (actually sent this to Lina! -- will post update!)