Fall themed to Nele

This was a salvaged env. from a disastrous attempt at masking (specifically with my white grease pencil). I turned it into a "blustery leaf day" with book leaves because of National Book Month!

Tried my best to cover up another name under the leaves with ink and embellishments. 

(b/4 adding stamp)

pp for name

back side.

The dark ink says, "Welcome Fall" and the silver script lettering is an autumn quote: "a falling leaf is just summer's wave goodbye". I love this type of layering.

All the goodies I sent her. (the bottom insert, "Magic", matches the same ink/style used on the orange env. (fineliner and white ink)

And close ups:

Mini env. from a book page

and on the back did her initials

mini insert

another mini env & insert

salvaged envie

This is a practice sheet as I was experimenting with my fineliner (but I cannot remember the ink used, however, I love the raised effect!)

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