Cmas to Judy H

Had this matching set in my Cmas folder and decided to send to Judy this year. 

Stamp really doesn't match but oh well! (Love these lovely little elves!)

Also, tried some pp K Caps on the back!

 

Blue Festive to Lina & Shannon

I'm having such fun with my altered K Caps! (Roman K Caps?)

This layout/design was a Pinspo:  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/284993482665728936/ 

No idea who orig. artist is though.  :/

Did a blue theme trying to match the blue in the stamp (but since I needed an additional stamp, I also could have done red).

and the back (Started out blue as there was leftover ink) then turned to green.

I also did a similar one to Grace (who also sent me bday wishes AND who also has a Dec. bday!) but I tried to do hers in more of a tree shape to match the stamp (a bit of a fail though. 😔)

And the flip side of Grace's

Extras b-day TY's

I thought all these were on the simpler side so I'm grouping together.

Had fun with Amy's name and the dots.

Wish I had done Jessica's thicker and added more embellishments

 

Ty to Jean R (Tree shape K Caps)

Jean sent me a belated bday card (I got it a week later, so it felt as though my bday was extended!) so here is my ty to her.

Tree shape with altered K Caps & 3d star sticker.

 

Ty to Sharen (bday)

Saw this last year and couldn't wait to do! (the white tree on blue)

Sadly, the K Caps didn't turn out (A clashes with the H) -- waaaa. Maybe if I had angled. (Learning opp!)

 

Elf to my oldest

A bit of a different take on the Elf theme!

Last year, when attending Julie W.'s online holiday party, I sketched out my son's name, trying to be creative with the A and I noticed that it resembled an elf foot (shoe). So, I knew I'd be doing something similar for him with it this C'mas!

Love how I could make the X match too.

The env. started out as just a design and I thought I'd just add a name but nothing fancy. But his name could be bigger as a design itself. I also planned to do a matching insert using the same design as the env. but then I incorporated the Buddy the Elf theme (again, using the legs in the lettering).

And I had to get "funny" on the back!

Hoping he gets a good laugh from it.  😄😆

 

Abstract design to Nava

Did this design a long time ago and loved it so much I couldn't part with it. (Made a matching insert too.) BUT this year, I'm sending to Ms. Nava!

I feel like I messed up her name with my pp uncial. AND the stamp design as I didn't realize I was putting so much in the env. itself. (I'm not good with more than one stamp esp. if I didn't plan it that way).

 

Die Hard to my oldest

Last year I created this free-hand ( https://snailmailingmadness.blogspot.com/2024/12/die-hard-envie-last-min-idea.html ) so this year, i created on the computer. A bit time-consuming, but the red "windows" are better ("cleaner", same size and spaced out better).

I still hand-drew the explosion at the top though! However, no falling guy.

Except for on the back!  :D 😆

Welcome to the party, Al!

Hello Hans! (or goodbye?)

#YesDieHardisaChristmasMovie

holiday tree to Maggie

I did this design in 2022 for my 100 Days of Redos. Finally decided to part with it.

And my darn ink wasn't flowing well, so I messed up her name (wish I had done a ligature with the M and A, as it would have looked better. Sorry Maggie!)

Insert, which turned out better!

 

Yearly Fam Cards (2025)

Did my altered Roman K Caps for our family holiday cards this year...

I still need to work on my layout and letter positioning as well as a few ligatures.

I LOVE how Mark & Tony's turned out!!

And had a little fun with this one (actually a happy accident as I was trying to cover up some mistakes).

Holly to Lynne

Created this design a few years ago for my 25 Days of Cmas Envies and decided to send to Lynne as a ty for my bday env.!

I want to remake with the design flipped.

 

Reindeer to Kristine

Gonna start posting some holiday Thank You's heading out to those who sent me bday wishes!

Did a reindeer theme for Kristine with altered Killian Caps

Hard to see on the red but I'm getting low on brown craft env.'s

Happy Bday to ME! :)

I was so surprised with all the lovely bday snail mail I got this year!!!

(and 2 others that arrived a bit late! They also had goodies in them, one even giving me postage stamps! -- I'll always take a stamp!)

thanks so much to my snail mail pals!  Made this year even more special.  😊