Mail Art

Hi, everyone!  It's been a long time since I've been on the blog.  Summertime is always a busy time and I love every minute of it!  I do a lot of dabbling in the summer and a lot of gardening but not a lot of computer time.  I love being outside enjoying the long days.  So, studio time suffers and that's okay because ideas keep percolating and eventually I'll get to them.  For now I want to share something I did finish yesterday.  Our young goddaughter is going to Girl Scout camp alone for the first time next week.  Her mom asked if we would send her a snail mail letter to make her feel more comfortable.  Apparently, the leaders suggest this for first time campers.  So, of course, I said we would send her a note and I would do some mail art on the envelope.  So, that's what I did this week and I had a blast doing it!  I decorated the front and back of the envelope and the front of the note card.  I hope she'll like it.  I think she will!  She loves art and crafting so I think she'll enjoy getting this in the mail.

Here is the front of the envelope.

 

I traced a stencil for the flowers and another for the leaves.  Then I filled in with Zentangle patterns and colored it with colored pencils.  I didn't want to use water soluble markers in case it got wet and I don't have enough colors of permanent markers to make it as colorful as I wanted.  The back of the envelope looks like this.

 

 

 

I think this phrase, which I first saw on a Mary Engelbreit card, is so cute.  I thought it would make her giggle so I put it on the back of the envelope.  

 

 



 

 

This is the front of the notecard.  Once again I traced a stencil and used Zentangle patterns to fill in each petal and colored it with pencils.  I love doing those little Zinger flowers and the related patterns so I used them for a border along the bottom of the card. 

 

 

I'm really pleased with the way the whole thing turned out.  It's bright and cheery and I hope she enjoys getting some mail.  I think she'll do fine with her first trip to camp on her own.  She decided she wanted to go with her friends so I think she'll have a great time. 

 

 

Thanks for joining me today.  It's been a long while since I've shared anything with you and I appreciate you stopping by to visit.  Have a great day!