Monthly Mail Art with Kristina Werner – June 2018
Hello, all! Kristina Werner here again with your monthly installment of Mail Art! This month I did some simple masking, blending, and stamping.
I started with an Audrey Blue envelope (still one of my favorite Simon colors), and created a heart mask by die cutting some masking paper with one of the Nested Hearts dies. I placed the heart mask on the envelope, making sure to leave room in the top right color for the postage stamps. I blended two Distress Ink colors onto the bottom edge of the envelope: Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire.
Before removing the heart mask, I stamped the top half of the large Brushed Branches stamp in Versafine Onyx Black ink on the bottom edge of the envelope.
Then I removed the mask and was left with a perfect space for the address. I penciled the address in first and then went over it with a black pen.
NOTE: Address used with permission. Thanks, Dena!
The last step was to adhere the postage stamps. If you want to, you can further protect your envelope by applying Distress Micro Glaze to the envelope (be sure to skip the postage stamps since the Postal Service will need to cancel the stamps when your envelope is processed), however I didn’t do this step and it is optional.
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This is beautiful! :)
Love the envelope!! Great way to use the background stamp too!!! I think I could handle doing this one, recreating it!! Thanks for sharing!!
Simply Gorgeous!
I love how you put as much thought into the envelope as the card…. and I’m always excited to see your stamp selection. You have inspired me, and I now use stamps to match the themes of my cards….. Love it.
Take care
Tracy
This is absolutely stunning!
Your envelope art is always so interesting and pretty!
Very pretty!
Such an amazing envelope to receive in the mailbox! Beautiful, Kristina!
Wow! Awesome colouring! Love these wonderful shades of blue! <3
Beautiful card and I like when you also include and envelope. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Just amazing!!
Love the shades of blue on the envelope. So pretty!
So pretty!
How wonderful that you decorated the envelope. I will try that, hoping that the post office won’t deny it :)
Love love the blue – I have been doing some colorful envelopes lately – tfs
Would love to receive an envelope like this
in the mail. Need to start sending some
out – but there is hardly any outgoing
mail any more. thanks for sharing
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Hi, This is always one of my favorite post on SSS Mail Art, Love this one, Love the Ombre blue and love the heart for the address I am so going to try that one. I also love the stamps. Thanks
That Audrey blue envelope is perfect! Always love your envelope art! You teach me something new every time!! Thanks! Gotta get those BLUE stamps too!
As always another beautiful envelope. Thanks to you and Jennifer McGuire I have been trying to decorate my envelopes, you are such an inspiration!
Absolutely Stunning!
Beautiful envelope! Love the simple design! Thanks for sharing it!
Awesome effect!
Gorgeous blending!! Audrey Blue is so lovely! Love how you used the tree to mimic vines at the bottom.
I need to start doing this. So beautiful
What a delightful envelope. Always enjoy seeing what the next envelope will look like tfs
That looks lovely, great way too stretch the Stamps
Oh, what a pretty envelope. I love it.
Thanks for sharing.
I’m loving the blue and the tree leaves are gorgeous!
Cool envelope art. I like the heart to write the address in.
Love this! And that you could make several at a time to have on hand.
I LOVE HER ENVELOPES!!
I love your ideas Kristina for your envelopes. They are always so fun.
Soooo Beautiful!!!!
Your envelope are is always so stunning!
This looks fabulous. Your work is amazing!
This is lovely!!
A wonderful work of art! What a fun way to send mail!
WOW so beautiful, love that envelope!
I love this serie of gorgeous envelopes you always make. Awesome one this time with the bleu envelope as starting point. Thank you Kristina.
Wow !! What an incredibly beautiful envelope !!
Who wouldn’t love finding this in their mailbox! Adorableness!!
Adore all this Blueness…. Really nicely done.
What a lovely way to send mail to someone. I’ll have to think about trying to make my mail more interesting.
Love the colours and the design. Great job. Love it.
I love how this turned out. And the stamps you used are the perfect blues to go with the ones on the envelope. Thanks again for sharing!
Beautiful shades of blue!
Really gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing….
just too sweet – love it:)
I love Kristina’s decorated envelopes, This one is awesome!
How pretty. Can you imagine getting an envelope like that in your mailbox.