Pick of the Week ~ Envelope Art

Today Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions is allowing me pick a few stamps to feature — I was so excited to do this because I was fortunate enough to attend The Great Yosemite Stamp Escape and while there I got some inspiration from a demonstration of envelope art by Nola Chandler.

Here are the supplies you will need:
envelopes
fine line ink pen
your favorite ink - I used Memento
your favorite coloring medium
(markers or pens or pencils)
stamps of your choice

Here are the stamps I used:
4219-J, Raccoon
4211-K, Beaver
2629-G, Morning Glories
1709-I, Stencil Bouquet
and
4303-M, Nap Time Fairy

I quickly stamped these on the front of the envelopes and colored with different pens and markers. If I wanted to make the stamp look like it was peeking from behind the address, I just used a simple mask from some typing paper

Here are the envelopes:

Then I drew a simple box with a fine line pen where the address would go. I didn’t try to make it look perfect - in fact I kinda accented that the lines were not straight.

These are so much fun - and quick, quick, quick to make. Thanks again to Nola Chandler for her inspiration. And thank you for looking at my project.

~ Joy

For this week only (May 20-26, 2019), get 20% Off the stamps used in Joy’s creations above when you use the coupon code POTW52019