Challenge #214 Earth Day
The challenge this week is quite obvious by the title :) You can see The Diva's challenge and everyone's entries here. I haven't taken a look yet, but I'm sure they are wonderful as usual.My entry is quite simple... I tried to use tangles I rarely use or have not used in a long time a I had a lot of fun with it.
Envelope Swap
I was asked if I wanted to participate in a painted envelope swap. It sounded very interesting and challenging as I have never been involved in one or seen very many around. So, I decided to go for it, and was actually surprised how much fun I had creating these envelopes. There are a lot of pictures coming up, so you can skip them if you're not interested :)Instead of using bought envelopes, I decided to make my own so they can be colorful all over. So, I grabbed some Americana Satin paint and an old credit card and got color on both sides of printer paper (and 2 deli papers as well, just to see how they would turn out).
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| As you can see... completely random and... not pretty :) |
Here are the same papers, now cut into the envelope shape from a template I created. Once cut, I grabbed some of the stencils I designed and cut, and with a cosmetic wedge and some of the same paint, got some designs and shapes on top of the painted paper.
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| Starting to look a bit more interesting with a stenciled layer |
How they are looking now folded and glued. You may see some others here as I was trying some with regular Americana acrylic paint (not satin). I like the feel of the satin paint better, it feels smoother to the touch, so those are the ones I used for the swap.
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| Front of envelopes waiting for the next layer |
Next each envelope was stamped with a couple of hand-carved stamps to add another layer, and a bit more interest (maybe too much in some cases :)). Then I grabbed pens, brushes, H2Os, Inktense pencils and started playing. This is what I ended up with.
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| Front of envelopes after all the playing - deli paper envelopes are on the top (middle) and the one on the bottom. |
Some other views of the finished envelopes.
Instead of writing my name and information on the envelopes, I saved some of the paper each was created with, stenciled something on one side and wrote the info in the back.
I hope you enjoyed looking at these colorful envelopes and cards. It was my first try, but I really enjoyed the process and it worked well with my lack of time (a few minutes here... a few minutes there...)
