Monthly Mail Art – August 2017
Hello again! Kristina here! :) I’m back today with another Monthly Mail Art envelope and video!
Since I knew I would be doing some coloring with colored pencils, I chose to use a thick white envelope from Simon. This particular envelope has a nice, thick paper with a soft texture. I thought it would be perfect for colored pencils.
I used the new Hooray stamp set from Waffle Flower to create a whimsical scene on the bottom edge of the envelope. I stamped the images in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Before I starting coloring the images, I softly ink blended some Lake Shores hybrid ink (fount in this set of cube inks) from the top edge of the envelope. This created a soft sky background shade. I then colored the scene using some Prismacolor colored pencils.
When writing the recipient’s mailing address on the envelope, I made sure to pencil it on first to avoid any mistakes. Then I went over the address with a black waterproof pen.
NOTE: Mailing address used with permission. Thanks, Sharon!
To protect the envelope from any moisture, I coated it with a thin layer of Distress Micro Glaze and buffed off any extra using a paper towel. Be sure to not put any glaze over the postage stamps! The postal service needs to be able to cancel the stamps and won’t be able to do so if the glaze is coating the stamps.
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Encouraging Words Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello friends! Have you’ve seen our NEW Encouraging Words product release which was revealed last Thursday? This fabulous release is bursting with Back to School fun and encouraging and kind words — and how cool are those planets???
To celebrate, we hosted a two-day blog hop! The hop featured many talented designers and each one created beautiful projects to inspire you. If you missed the hop, you can find the hop links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hop! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to your our winners!
DAY ONE HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Catherine Padgett!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Sophie F!
from Kathy Racoosin’s blog: Lagene!
from Yana Smakula’s blog: genmil!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: MissScrapAlot!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Bunny!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Jackie Parkins!
from Sarah Moerman’s blog: Patty!
from Jessica Frost-Ballas’s blog: Ginny Whitcomb!
from Virginia Lu’s blog: ericastwilight!
from Barb Engler’s blog: bev p!
from Anna-Karin Evaldsson’s blog: Nox!
DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Deb R!
from Kristina Werner’s blog: Angela D. Myhre!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Maggie B!
from Amanda Korotkova’s blog: Maryjo Monterosso!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Tami Priebe!
from May Park’s blog: Dee Kepler!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Tracy Chambers!
from Shari Carroll’s blog: Marty Fishman!
from Kelly Latevola’s blog: Wendy!
from Lin Brandyberry’s blog: Helen Budz!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Stefanie Staniak!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let her know that you are one of our Encouraging Words Blog Hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our new Encouraging Words release and that it gives you creative enjoyment all year long!
