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.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

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!

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please welcome a new special guest to our blog today! Pretty Pink Posh designer, Lexa Levana has made two gorgeous cards to inspire you! Please read on and enjoy!

Hello everyone! Lexa here today with two cards featuring some of Pretty Pink Posh new release. Let’s begin with the first card I made.

I start my card with an idea of a night sky in mind, so I created one using Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor. I use some blue, purple and black paints. I love how vibrant and gorgeous this watercolor is, I finished my night sky with some white paint splatter. To create some tree’s silhouettes I stamped the trees from Winter Friends with Black Soot Distress Ink and fill them with black watercolor paint. After all the paints dried up, I add some Texture Paste along with SSS Falling Snow Stencil upside down. I stamped the plane (Fly Away Friends) and a penguin with Versafine Black Ink and watercolor them using Distress Markers. It looks so adorable on the plane, don’t you agree? I created the fishtail banner using some strip of leftovers and blended Seedless Preserves Distress Ink and white embossed the sentiment.

Here’s a closer look of my first card, I add some shimmer using the Gansai Tambi watercolor but it’s so hard to capture it on a picture. I never forget the PPP Sparkling Clear Sequins, the love is real. Hehe. Let’s go to my second card which screams summer!

For my second card, I got my inspiration from both of my kids who really really love to play sand whenever we go to the beach. This time I created a window card with a little surprise inside. This popular set from PPP is a real deal, it’s super cute! Summer Friends stamp set has really cute beach elements that everyone needs. I stamped all the images with Versafine Black Ink and watercolor them with Distress Markers. I created the sand hill with kraft cardstock and blended Tea Dye Distress Ink on the top part to create dimensions and shades. The Scallop Frames is just perfect for this card. I also die cut some clouds using Rainy Days Coordinating Dies in two sizes and it completes the beach scene. Not forget mentioning my most favorite crab from Sea Friends to accompany the little girl in the front.

On inside I blended some Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Tea Dye) to create a little scene and of course the sky for both outside and inside’s scenes. I also stamped the sentiment “You Are My Favorite” from Friends Forever Stamp Set.

Look who are waiting for you inside? They represent both of my son and daughter as they play together and have fun on the beach. Oh, did you notice that I add a sun on the girl’s tee and some stripes for the boy’s? :) I really hope you guys like my cards, which one is your favorite? Let me know. Thank you so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day!

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Thanks so much for reading today, and thanks to Lexa for being our guest!

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