Sometimes my sense of humor veers into the Very Cheesy. So my own Elevated Envelopes from the Spring exchange made me snortlaugh a little. I am such a nerd!
My envelopes were decorated with more envelopes.
Flying envelopes…
Elevated envelopes.
GET IT?!!
I used leftover kraft-colored A7 envelopes, stamped them with my super cool Calligraphy Address Stamp (ahem), and then got out the spray paint again. I can confirm that Angelique was right – there is a whole world of artsy spray paint out there. The Montana Gold colors were verrry tempting, but I had to stick with their basic white. (The envelopes are meant to by floating high through misty clouds, after all.)
I made the actual envelope shapes with some faux gold and silver leaf – something I’ve always wanted to experiment with. I used an old paintbrush to paint the adhesive on in little freehand rectangles and/or envelope outlines. Then I applied the leaf, and brushed away the excess (very messy – gold bits everywhere – keep your vacuum handy). For the solid envelopes, I scraped away the actual envelope flap shape after the fact with a metal scoring tool.
(It honestly took forever… So if you try this, just know that upfront.)
The wings were made out of 2 tiny hand-carved stamps (fun and easy!), then I used a little more spray paint, and then I wrote the addresses in calligraphy. Helpful Hint: Do your spray painting after you do your calligraphy. Duh! Obviously the spray painted surface was uneven and hard to write on. The ones that came out better are shown here 
They took so long that I only did about 25 total – 15ish for random early bird participants, and the rest for a few friends. Oh, plus 4 for the backlog of prize envelopes! (February-May) Did you get one? What did I send you? I can’t even remember
–Tara
I hope I am one of the lucky ones that will get this envelope, it looks great.
I signed up for the summer round, but never received an email with addresses. I sent an email the day after they were suppose to go out, but never received a reply. I really need to know if I need to start working on my envelopes, because I don’t want to disappoint anyone!
Thanks,
Laura
Hi Laura – there were several people who say they never got their original emails. I do have you in a group, and I did receive your emails, and replied, but it sounds like none of my replies went through. If you have a different email address, please send me a message from there. Or, you could call me so we can figure it out! 425.301.3203. PS. Check your spam folder?
beaaaaaaaautiful!
I love the way these turned out! The layers! the sparkles! the avian stationary!
They’re gorgeous Tara….beautiful concept and work
Hello Hello Lovely Girl – I posted my Envelopes out this week – just hoping you can pop over & let me know when you recieve yours – so i can blog all about it! (don’t want to ruin the surprise!) Thankyou for hosting such a fun creative project! xo
Will do! I am behind on my blogging / mail opening duties, but I’ll get back to you ASAP.