desk cleaning - kate's pink flower + finn's black scribble

this was an envelope with the stamp on it. not sure why. nothing new. maybe i owe all y'all another one.

it did not have a black border, i scanned it on a black background.










soooooo...more desk cleaning. had started one for finn and messed it up, but figured it was worth trying a scribble solution. i goofed up the flourish and almost threw it away, but, tried erasing the metallic pen and voila, it erased all the metallic and left a nice color. so i was happy to discover that new technique. the gel pen was one that leaves a colored outline on either side of the glitter. so, you erase the glitter and you get just the color.

then, parting with my last johnnie cash stamp was pretty hard, but finn's been a good little grasshopper and he's gotten a lot of mileage out of johnny.  so, happy end of year.

peanuts to finn

this variation has the fine lines, but in two colors. i did not have a stamp in mind and was pleased with how the red and green on this stamp looked with the lettering. again, would have preferred the stamp in the upper right corner.

blue snowflake to miss cathy

i said i was going to try some variation on this style. first one was to put in snowflakes instead of fine lines, which is what the original ones were. i like it, although i would prefer to have the stamp in the upper right corner.

i used a g-tec

lessmore - 3

i'm calling this style lessmore. a couple of these are oct exchange envelopes. i am wildly crazy about this style. maybe i should think of some variations so i can do more.

catherine's cosmos

i did the dividing in pencil and then did the zip that is just the number, not an outline. then i did the outline of the name and did not like how the two styles of lettering looked together - so i outlined the zip. now i have to figure out how to make them go together. and i may give up. or i may show this one again, after it is resolved. sometimes it is good to have a record of the process so you can go back to the point where it had possibilities. or maybe after i put the address in, it will will be fine, because there are three styles. it all depends on if i choose the right style for the address.....