International Envelope Exchange (local, too!)

Here are another couple of envelopes for my Envelope exchange. I haven't sent one of them out yet so I hope they don't read my blog before they get it! OH well.... Here they are....
I created both of them on the day that my cousin, Caroline from Hawaii, was here visiting. We made a bunch of "Paste Paper" pages for my sister's wedding invitations and when we were done, we started using some WILDER colors to turn out these beauties! This one, to Thea, was well received. She has already emailed me and told me that mine was her "favourite" envelope so far in the exchange. I think she was just making me feel good, but I hope I made HER feel good when she received it in her mailbox. I used INKS on this and while they were still VERY wet, I put plastic wrap/film over them to let dry for 24 hours.... This gives a stained glass effect.

For Brian's... it was acrylic paints on wet paper. I used combs and things to make the cool texture and I think I also put some metallic paints in there, too, to give it a little more character. To do both of the white lettering... I used Doc Martin's bleed proof WHITE ink. I hope he will enjoy it when he eventually GETS it. I have it already done, for June, so I can get a handle on other things that NEED my attention soon! ENJOY! Hope you like 'em.

Shhhhhhhh!!! Don't tell Brian till after June.... he's not usually on the computer, but you never know!