Friday, September 9, 2016

pet stamps - betta fish

thank you again, jan, for the faber castle brush markers. this one was so easy. after struggling through 4 envelopes, trying to use up the ones that were half done and match them with a stamp - i gave up and pulled out a pile of plain white envelopes. the white background on these stamps makes them work best IMHO on a white envelope. but, it would be fun to see other options. i suppose if the stamp matched the hot pink or blue - it might look really nice. that's the bad part about this series - only one of these per book.

here is the stack of mail going out today. i finished the exchange envelopes. i put myself on all the lists. this time i had 22 to do. then i obsess because not every one of them is a favorite and i don't want to send any of the duds. so...if you think your envelope is a complete dud, let me know and i will do an extra one for you. unless i thought it was a really good one. then i won't. i will be interested to see if anyone who got a dud can spot it and will let me know. spoiler alert.... miss cathy - yours is wretched - and i will do a make up envelope ASAP. i would have ditched it, but i had put in an insane amount of time and even put the stamps on it...sometimes i think the ugly ducklings have feelings. and there was that one time that something was beyond hope and then i had a good idea and resolved it. sadly, the ones i mail won't be here to resolve...




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  1. I received my birthday envelope from you - it's so lovely! Thank you! What kind of pen did you use? (Multi-colored, super-thin lines)

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  2. I received my birthday envelope from you - it's so lovely! Thank you! What kind of pen did you use? (Multi-colored, super-thin lines)

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    1. the candles and flames were ZIG brush markers. the gold gel pen was uni-ball. the fine lines are G-Tec - by Pilot - i love the G-Tec's - i have to order them online - John Neal for black and a few colors - more colors available at JetPens.com.

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