I have been looking for some much needed crafty inspiration these past few months. I wanted to take a class or two to try out some new techniques and play with new ideas. Last month, I signed up for (and was lucky enough to get one of the 20 spots) in Ronda Palazzari's Art of Pen Pals online class. This is a great class where you get matched up with a pen pal, create a monthy creative assignment and mail it along to your pal along with a letter. It was so great to receive my first letter and fun artwork from my pen pal in the mail the other day!
Before the class started, Ronda showed us how to make this great stationery holder. I knew I wanted it to be something special that I would be able to keep, so I decorated it with some of my favorite Hero Arts stamps.
The background was made with the butterflies from the Antique Engravings set stamped over the Old Letter Writing stamp. The butterflies were "painted" in by scribbling Distress Markers on a craft sheet and using them as paints with a waterbrush.
The wood flap? Made with my favorite Wood Background stamp-stamped with Frayed Burlap Distress Paint.
Once the paint was dry, I went over it with Old Paper Distress Ink. I think it looks pretty wood-like!
I decorated the insde with some tissue paper and a stamp from the My Favorite set :
This will be a great place to store letters I receive as part of the class, as well as a quick little set of notecards that I made.
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This is so pretty, Cheiron! I love the envelope and the cards you made for it. I need to break out that woodgrain stamp!
Posted by: Emily Leiphart | June 03, 2013 at 05:46 PM
I love it! And I love that you are taking that class...it sounded like a lot of fun, but I'm so oversubscribed right now I will just have to live vicariously through you!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | June 03, 2013 at 10:36 PM
This is a FABULOUS project. I would love to know how to make something like that. I may have to deconstruct your post!!! lol Absolutely LOVE the woodgrain with paint. just put that on the top of my list. I need those paints!!!
You are a creative genius and I just love seeing your work in my e-mail box every day!!! :) *mwah!
Posted by: Michelle Liimatainen | June 04, 2013 at 10:49 AM
What a gorgeous and creative project! I love the stationary holder with that wooden flap (awesome) and those notecards are just lovely! NJ on this!
Posted by: Carol L | June 04, 2013 at 08:45 PM