primary colors to Leanne

this env. is from my fun pack of Midori env.'s

Decided to add some yellow color to make it primary vs. just red/white/blue 

(but I still sent it out for July!)

hand-lettered Versals.

Rainbow Versals (Caroline PTEx)

 I did a series of Rainbow env.'s for St. Patty's / Spring.

Versals and pastels. Pointed pen name

and with Celebration stamp

Day 24: Santa

And another Pinspo idea!

I added a piece of white paper on top of the red. env., then colored over with black ink for the belt. Then added gold ink for the buckle.

Had such fun with this one. Hope she likes!

Day 23: Reindeer

I had SO much fun with this prompt! 

Would work for any name with an O.

Got the idea from my creation below (last year's ABC Advent)

No idea where I got the image from, but prob. Pinterest.

Here's the original (top one is edited to make it glow!)

Then, i created a few more:

Hope Lynne likes the insert too!

And how perfect are these stamps??? Love.

Day 9: Black Env.

In addition to trees, I also love black envs. Did this in 2021 as my 100 Days of Inspo/Redos. (I still have yet to send!)

Metallic ink.

And here's one from 2020 to Jean:

Again, metallic ink

And this one to Cathy:

(also a cross-over for Trees)

green metallic marker

Day 22: Metallic

I use to have a small selection of metallic paper, but cannot find them right now in my messy art room.

BUT for this prompt, I have a wide selection of metallic inks!

AND, I have this metallic gold wrapping paper!

So, this is my creation for Day 22 to Grace. 

I've used this before for envelopes, so I knew it'd work. You just have to use permanent marker/ink.

I wanted to do the bats 3d, but too much cutting and no time.

Before pic.

Didn't space out her name very well.

And the backside.

Day 19: (handmade paper)

So the prompt is "Cavallini" paper, but since I have no idea what that is, I did handmade paper instead.

Love how perfect this goth-theme went. (I'm not a goth fan, but had fun with this env.!)

Before pic.

Close-ups.

Pointed pen and iridescent black ink

proud of my spider!

I messed up the cat's ears, as this paper is rather delicate, so the ink bled.

I thought about doing an env. liner b/c the paper is so flimsy, but no time.

Back flap, sealed.

I also love this dripping black, as it's a happy accident! When creating my web on the front, some extra ink bled, so I added more and made it look like dripping blood!

insert I sent along (Black Magic!)

Volunteer Work

These are mock-up env.'s for donor thank you's. Since I love lettering, i offered to do these for the DMPA, as there are less than 10 that go out each month. (if there were more, then I'd want to get paid -- maybe!)  ;D  (Can this be one of the ways I "give back"?)

The fun is in the freedom I have! This was just to give them an idea of how I would possibly address . I really like the idea of the "musical" looking one (with my split nib automatic pen -- "music nib", Lower Right). It will depend on the person's name.

Below are close-ups:

I could do the name in red too, but not sure if that would be too "blood" looking. We'll see!

Can't wait to post actual ones!

Versals to Grace H

 St. Patty's Day themed one with hand-drawn versals.

Notice the small shamrocks. No idea what stamp I used.

Dec. b-day to Lauren

This is one of  those pieces where i loved it at first, but now looking bad, i wrinkle my nose.

Still kinda fun though.

Hand drawn altered versals.