Envelope Pocket Book

💜Envelope Pocket Book💜

Hello beautiful humans, it's me Patti Campbell. I am here to share with you this cute envelope pocket book. 

For this project I used:

• Golden So Flats in Fluorescent Pink, Ultramarine Blue, and Fluorescent Yellow
• Amsterdam acrylic in Reflex Green
• Golden white gesso
• PVA glue
• Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
• Two 7.25 x 5.25 envelopes
• ArtFoamie Evangeline by Sandra Evertson
  
• ArtFoamie Royalty by Sandra Evertson
  
• ArtFoamie Intricate Butterfly by Donna Downey
  
• ArtFoamie Whimsy Wings by Kae Pea
  
• ArtFoamie Woman Power by Einat Kessler
  
• ArtFoamie Queen Bee by Gypsy Soul
  
• RubberMoon Maybe A Heart by Kae Pea
  
• Double sided tape
• acrylic block
• Flat brush
• Various pieces of ephemera

Step 1:

I gessoed the front and back of the envelopes leaving the flaps plain, and allowed it to dry.

Step 2:

I painted the background on both envelopes and allowed it to dry.

Step 3:

I cut out Evangeline that I had stamped previously on a paper bag and glued it to the front of one envelope.

Step 4:

Using the Royalty stamp and white gesso, I stamped parts of the crown around Evangeline to give some background texture.

Step 5:

I stamped Maybe A Heart in the corner and glued on pieces of ephemera.

Step 6:

I stamped Intricate Butterfly on the inside of one envelope, and Woman Power and Whimsy Wings on the other. Then I stamped Maybe A Heart to decorate.

Step 7:

On a piece of scrap paper, I painted the background, and stamped Queen Bee to make the insert for my book.

Step 8:

After everything had dried, I cut the flap off the envelope I used for the front. 

Step 9:

I slid the flap of the envelope I used for the back into the pocket of the front envelope.

Step 10:

I folded the 2 envelopes together to make a book, and used the double sided tape to stick the 2 envelopes together where they connect.

Step 11:

I placed the insert in the pocket.

Wouldn't this make a nice little surprise for a loved one who needs a pick-me-up, or an insert for a journal?

Thanks for reading!

Love and laughter,

💜Patti💜

Tea for Two by Colleen Bodvig

If you follow my personal blog, Remains of the Day, you may already know that I recently experimented with a few ways to add color to a solid image stamp (RubberMoon's Teapot and Mugs).  

Taking one of my test prints (shown above), I was inspired to create this "Tea for Two" collage:

Below are a few of the steps involved in creating the layers of this collage:

First, I used matte gel medium to glue down the tea-related dictionary clippings, then used my new paint wedge tool by Catalyst along with Golden Fluid Acrylics and Making Memories Acrylic Paint to lay down a base of color.

Next I added texture with foam stamps I created from embossing folders (the text background and mini dots shown below):

I can't seem to create ANY collage that doesn't include faux post, so using 100 Proof Press postage borders and postage paper, along with RubberMoon's "teacup bird," I created some postage stamps to add to my collage:

For the last layer, I stamped with RubberMoon's "dots & circles" and "circles upon circles" using acrylic paint...

...and then I added the postal cancellation images as the finishing touch!

I hope you have enjoyed the journey!   :-)