Monthly Mail Art – January 2017

Monthly Mail Art - January 2017

Hi all! Kristina here! I’m excited to share with you a new monthly feature here at the Simon blog: Monthly Mail Art. On the first Thursday of every month I will be showing how I create a custom mail art envelope. This month I’ll be sending an envelope (with a card inside, of course) to Kelly Marie of Lawn Fawn. :)

Most envelopes are not made out of paper or cardstock that can handle lots of stamping and watercoloring, so I first created my own envelope out of Strathmore Bristol paper with the aid of the We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board. This punch board does envelopes, bows, and boxes. For this envelope, I followed the instructions for an A2 envelope.

I stamped images from Lawn Fawn’s Fairy Friends stamp set and ink blended some Distress Inks from the edges of the envelope. I then watercolored the images using Zig Clean Color Markers.

Monthly Mail Art - January 2017

I used Concord & 9th’s Perfectly Penned stamp set to add Kelly Marie’s name on the envelope and wrote the Lawn Fawn business address below.

Monthly Mail Art - January 2017

Before the last step of applying some Distress Micro Glaze, I made sure to add the postage stamps. The postage stamps won’t stick to the envelope if the Distress Micro Glaze is applied first since the glaze seals off the surface and makes it fairly slick (it protects the paper from moisture so it’s perfect for protecting all the ink and watercoloring I did). So just to avoid having that problem, I stuck the postage stamps to the envelope first. Then I rubbed the Distress Micro Glaze into the envelope using my fingertips. Once applied over the entire surface, I buffed off any excess Distress Micro Glaze using a dry paper towel.

I hope you enjoy today’s envelope. And yes, this will definitely go through the mail! You just have to make sure the address is legible. :)

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  1. I love to see that I’m not the only one that likes to use vintage stamps on her cards. Your artwork is spectacular! What beautiful happy mail to send to someone special!

  2. What a beautiful envelope. I am excited to try to make one for myself. I’m looking forward to your monthly designs.

  3. A very inspiring, beautiful envelope! Many people would love to get decorated mail. Doing an envelope once a month sounds like a fabulous idea!

  4. What pretty snail mail. I love that even your stamps match. Thanks for mentioning the Microglaze after the stamps are added. I tried to add a pop dot after applying Microglaze and found it really would not stick!

  5. DELIGHTFUL!
    WOW – I would be thrilled to find an envelope like this in the letterbox => definitely got to make & send some :)

  6. This is something I have never tried, but I can only imagine how excited I would be to receive such an envelope. Absolutely beautiful – I love Kristina’s work. I’m going to watch the video now to find out all the details. Thanks!

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