Monthly Mail Art with Kristina Werner – January 2018
Hi all! Kristina here. I’m back with another year of Monthly Mail Art! I’m so excited to start of 2018 with a fun, watercolored envelope.
I love the soft blue color of a Metallic Sea Glass Envelope, but also wanted to watercolor the images from the new Best Friends stamp set. Watercoloring on the envelope wouldn’t give a good result, so I decided to cut a piece of Strathmore Cold Press Watercolor paper to the size of the envelope, paint my scene, and then adhere the watercolor paper to the envelope. You could also create a custom envelope out of watercolor paper if you wanted to skip the adhering step.
After stamping the animals image from the Best Friends stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink, I watercolored the scene using Distress Inks. And I addressed the envelope using an Extra Fine Envelope Addressing Pen from Pilot.
NOTE: Mailing address used with permission. Thanks, Vicki!
To make sure the watercolor paper was adhered completely on the edges, I used X-Press It Tape. This allowed me to apply the adhesive right up to the cut edge of the watercolor paper. I pressed the watercolor piece onto the envelope and then added my return address to the flap on the back.
I hope you enjoy today’s envelope video! Thanks for stopping by!
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Happy New Year. I love your mail art videos. I love all your videos. Great job.
This is so sweet, love it!!
I love the idea of doing the mail art on a piece of watercolor paper or even a piece of Neenah paper and then adding that to an envelope. What an awesome idea!! Never even crossed my mind to do that!! I love the envelope and I love that you painted that donkey to look like Eeyore :)) I love Winnie-the-Pooh!! Grew up watching The Wonderful World of Disney on TV and fell in love with Pooh!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
So cute, and what fun to receive. I imagine it making people smile as it makes its way to its destination!
This envelope is ADORABLE!!!! Would be thrilled to receive something like this in the mail:)
as always, would like to receive your Mail Art anyday!
Lovely decorated envelopes. Lucky recipient.
Like the cute critters on this mail art stamping.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Kristina! Great start to 2018. Now I just need to have the confidence to begin lettering. I’m working on it. I loved everything about this envelope! CONGRTS and Good Luck in 2018.
How fun is this? Great work!
That is just so gorgeous!
So fun and cute, i love the idea!
Amazing! You make it look so easy! Love the trick used for the layers of clouds! Way cool!
Beautiful envelope–I adore this stamp set!
That’s the cutest envelope !
A totally fun and happy enveloppe! Think the mailman will have a better day just seeing this one!
Oh my goodness, how beautiful
Oh my!!! How sweet!!! ???
Beautiful envelope!!
Gorgeous envelope – I love it. The colours and the animals are just brilliant. x
Love this – so fun and sweet:)
They are holding hands – how cute!!
OMG, Kristina, this is just stunning.
A real work of art. *sigh* I love your work.
Stinkin’ cute!
Great video and love the idea to making these for envelopes! Love the whimsical edge of the clouds and am ordering that Xpress it tape too!!TFS!
This envelope made me smile big time. It’s such a happy mail!
Another awesome envelope! Looking forward to another year of the monthly mail art!
Pretty colors in the background and cute critters.
This would be SO AWESOME to get in the Mail!! I’m thinking this would be PERFECT for those LITTLE People in our Lives who might ENJOY getting something ENCOURAGING in the Mail!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! <3 <3 <3
I wish I would have something wonderful like this envelope in the mail.
Beautiful envelope! Love the Monthly Mail Art feature.
Such a cute envelope – I love the colours used, and the animals are adoreable – I especially love the moose!
WOW – you make the MOST MAGNIFICENT HAPPY Mail Kristina!
… you don’t even need to put anything inside :)
I would seriously have to frame the envelope if I ever received one of Kristina’s in the mail. She is the queen of gorgeous envelopes!
Your envelopes always turn out fantastic! I love the stamp set you used, so cute! I’m trying to learn how to watercoloring, so I really appreciate the tutorial.
such fun and happy mail indeed
This envelope is my absolute favorite!!! It is just way to stinkin’ cute!!!!
WOW, I love how you created the clouds!
Super fun. What a delight to get this in the mail. HUgz
Wow! This is so pretty! The colors are lovely!
How lucky is Vicki to receive such a gift!!
What a fun and amazing mail art, Kristina.
Love watching your process video.
Thank you for sharing it.