Neon Rainbow to Leanne

 Well, I forgot to take a pic of this addressed before I sent SO, here is the before pic:

Used neon acrylic paints and neon color pencils, splattered with gold. Then I lettered her name in white, pointed pen uncial. I think I used a green Innovation stamp.

St. Pat's Day themed.

If I ever get a pic of it addressed, I'll update. Idea for next year though!

*UPDATE:

So, Leanne posted this on her IG account! Looks like I did her name in pp uncial with white ink, and the address in pp as well, but prob. foundational. Thanks Leanne!

St. Pat's to Janet

 So, I messed up both my St. Patty's day themed env.'s to Janet (which is why I sent her 2 as I messed up one then the other.) However, I DO like how the longer one turned out:

I originally wrote her name in uncial using a callig marker, but it didn't turn out. So instead of wasting the env, I turned it upside down and wrote her name again (in uncial), but this time with my Pilot parallel pen. THEN, after adding neon colors and 3d elements, I wrote her name again in green metallic pointed pen.

Here it is flipped.

Diff. Light

And here is a close-up.

Back.

I tried creating an insert that said, "Lucky to have you as a friend." or "Lucky to be your pen pal.", but I think I might have been trying too hard, as it was last minute and not turning out.  😩

2nd one. This was just some cardstock that I folded into an env.

Again, used my Pilot pen. Didn't show up well, so at first filled in with metallic wc, but I didn't like (looked too Cmas-y), so I went over with color pencils, and outlined with white.

backside with metallic.

Funky Neon to Shannon

 Did this one originally for my 100 Days of Neon as well, but decided to send to Shannon in March.

Neon acrylic paint. Below is the before:

And here are 2 others I created a few years ago. Inspired by Rachael Yallop.

Created card to match.

Pink to Lina (Think Spring)

I felt so bad, as I couldn't remember if I owed Lina a letter or was waiting for one from her (after our V-day ones). So, since I love sending to her, I decided to go ahead, even if they crossed-paths.

I wanted to do a spring-type one, but also tried to do one for my IG Neon challenge, however, this was a bit of a fail. I like how it turned out ok, but not for neon. 

Just did her name quick, and then decided to add some "daisies". Also, used one of my last EK stamps (waaaaa.)  😕

Backside. Love how pretty her name turned out with gold pointed pen! Wish I had done a few of the daisies 3d.

W/insert of a 3d flower (now, THIS I used for my neon!)

Close up. I originally was just going to do the flower, but then decided to add lettering for another lettering challenge.

Repurposed Red design to Janet

This is a repurposed one that I don't think I covered up very well. Was originally addressed (name only) to another person, where I did the name big, but I don't like how it looked and not sure why I kept it (although now I save ruined env.'s b/c I know I can repurpose them!) 

Instead of doing opposite stroke marks to cover the name better, I just made them thicker to look abstract. I then added swirls and scribbles and 3d elements and am hoping all Janet sees is a funky design and not a covered up name!

I love red envelopes and hate when they get ruined, as I have a hard time finding others. 

The 3d parts are puff paint, a metallic teal paper square (above her name), a wood circle to the right, and a small red gem sticker in the middle. Hope they all stay on!

*UPDATE:  They did! Once again, Janet sent me a pic:

Canvas Env. to Jean

 So, if you refer to my previous post (Canvas Env. Fail), you'll see how I was trying to make env.'s out of old canvas acrylic paintings: https://snailmailingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/03/canvas-env-fail.html

That one was hard to fold, AND the stamp kept falling off. This one to Jean was very easy to fold, BUT again, the stamp kept falling off. I sent anyway, in hopes it stayed on. (Told her to let me know.)

white ink on canvas, with oil-based opaque sharpies. Thought stamp matched it well.

Was hard to letter her name and the address (I think I used pointed pen and india ink)

Before pic cut out.

Folded

Back side.

Canvas env. Fail.

If you venture over to my other blog ("lovemesomeart.blogspot.com"), you'll see that I have done a few acrylic paintings (which, I enjoy, aside from the mess and clean-up, and how time-consuming it can be! 😄)

Anyway, I have a few failed paintings that I've held on to, as I love parts of them (usually the background), and have always wondered what I could do with them.

Well, I finally decided to try and make a few into envelopes! So, I cut out the one below (tried to do the 4 seasons) and it seemed to fold rather well.

You can see it's canvas from the inside. Folded pretty easily.

Original painting I tried lettering on with a folded pen (fail!), but I love how the "summery" background turned out.

Here is it cut out.

Cut into env. template

Folded backside.

Addressed, which was hard to letter on. I had no idea how to letter it, so I used a pink sharpie (thought that would go well with the summer feel), but I didn't like it. Used a small sharpie for the address, but still tricky, b/c of the texture.

The reason I couldn't send was b/c the stamp would not stay attached. I thought about roughing up the paint part underneath, but who knows if that would work, as it might not adhere to the plain canvas itself even. SO, I decided to send to Janet anyway, but inside another env. (see upcoming post, "Repurposed Red to Janet")