Created: January 8, 2023
Modified: December 7, 2023

I love decorating envelopes and decided to join in this exchange

I've been playing with doodling and had created the Xmas ornaments so finished it off as a greeting card. Created the envelopes with doodled Xmas ornaments as well.

Used2 sizes of calligraphy markers in a burgundy and black. Ornaments with gel pens and colored pencils. Sponged Distress around the edges.

This one used a Zen kind of doodle and colored pencils for the card.

Envelope with Broad edge calligrapher marker then doodled with a gold gel pen.

Ornaments with w/c

I went through some calligraphy styles I collected in 2015 which I really like - funky... so thought I'd play with it.

On misc unknown brand of calligraphy paper using a 5.0 Marvy calligraphy marker, Signo Unibal gel pens - gold for outline and decorations, white for doodling

The card was created during one of the summer workshop weeks I attended.

Used a 2.0 Marcy Calligraphy marker, Unibal Signo gold for outline leaves, and border and a white for doodling. 

The card was created during one of the summer workshops I've taken.

I used an unknown brand of calligraphy paper to create the envelopes.

On Bogus Recycled Rough Sketch Paper, Bleed Proof white ink, Kuretake Gold Mica ink and pointed nib a la Kathy Milici style. Cut down and adhered to glossy side of photographic backdrop paper then unto a Bogus envelope

Card made during a summer workshop week

Envelope created on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper using Brusho powders (Lemon, Ost red and Sea Green) and using my newest pen an EZ-A from Alan Ariail wrote out the name. Outlined with a Juice Up pen.

The card was one I made in a ZOOM class this summer. 

Envelope created on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper using Bister powders (Yellow, Red and Blue) and using my newest pen an EZ-A from Alan Ariail wrote out the name. Shadowed with a graphite pencil and paper stump.

The card was one I made in a ZOOM class this summer. 

ID: Valerie Louis (May 2023)

Again I decided to use one of the alphabets I transformed (Curls).

On Black 2 sided photographic background paper, using the glossy side, wrote out the name with a Uniball Signo white gel pen and doodled with a Juice Up white pen.

Card created during one of Barbara Close's border classes.

ID: Kathy Gynane (May 2023)

On Black 2 sided photographic background paper, using the matte side, wrote out the name with a Uniball Signo silver gel pen in Moshik Nadav style lowercase lettering

Card created during one of the pen and doodle classes I've taken

ID: Violet Smythe (Apr 2023)

I haven't played with Kersal/Versal lettering in a long time...

On Edge Mixed Media Sketch paper, created my envelope and drew out the letters, surrounding boxes and curlicues with a Uniball Signo black gel pen. Painted the letters by loading it with water and dropping in Brusho and Color Burst powders (Brusho Yellow, Brilliant Red, Turquoise and Color Burst Lime Green) and moving them around a bit...  Added some dots in the outer box. The rest of the name done in the Kersal's monoline style I created a long time ago using the Unibal pen, a Juice Up black pen for the border and Prisma colored pencils.

You can see more Kersal stuff HERE that includes an exemplar

ID: Jeanine Alexander (Apr 2023)

On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper created my envelope, created my letters with a Simple Simons #6 Chisel brush and water sprinkling each one at a time with Brusho and Color Burst powders (Brusho Yellow, Brilliant Red, Turquoise and Color Burst Lime Green). Outlined with a Juice Up black pen then shadowed with a Caran d'Ache 2B pencil and paper stump. When dry added a layer of Glossy accents.

Created the stripe below with water and the same powders using a #12 brush. When dry wrote out her last name with the Juice Up pen.

ID: Betty Locke (Mar 2023)

I just took a basic Celtic Knotwork class with Nancy Hays Hill and thought I'd practice...

Hand made envelope from Edge Mixed Media 90lb sketch paper.

For the knotwork design a Zig Writer and colored pencils and blended with a Lyra Splendor Blender. Kane with a 3.0 green Kuretake calligraphy marker, shadow and dot work with a Juice Up gold metallic pen.

The card was one I did during one of the online classes I took taught by Zengoala.

ID: Donna Bereska (Mar 2023)

I just took a basic Celtic Knotwork class with Nancy Hays Hill and thought I'd practice...

Hand made envelope from Edge Mixed Media 90lb sketch paper. I used a black Zig Writer for the knotwork and Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils. The name with a 5.0 Zig Calligraphy marker. Details with a Unibal Signo white gel pen.

The card was one I did during one of the online classes I took.

ID: Catherine Harris (Feb 2023)

I love Liesbet's style of funky lettering...

Wrote the name with a Simple Simon #6 chisel brush and Magic Color acrylic ink "Delta Violet" and Dr Martin's "Iridescent orchid" ink outline. White dots with a Uniball Signo white gel pen.

The card was one I did during one of the online floral classes I took.

ID: Barbara Keir (Feb 2023)

I just took the 1st day of Mike Kecseg's Pointed Pen lettering class and thought I'd put what I learned into practice...

I used a Nikko G nib and Magic Color Delta Violet and Solar Scarlet for the background lettering. A Simple Simon #12 chisel brush and Payne's Grey watercolor for her last name. Added a Juice Up red outline around the large letters and the address with Bleed Proof white.

The card was one I did during one of the online floral classes I took.

ID: Margret Ingibergsson (Jan 2023)

I was in a mood for a little funkiness - nothing new with that. BIG GRIN

  I wrote your name in the funky style of Carrie Imai's Carrioka using a 3.8 parallel pen filled with Pilot red ink.

ID: Violet Smythe (Jan 2023)

I was in a mood for something a little different for me... something I saw done by Letterjack on Instagram.

I used a 3.8 parallel pen filled with Pilot red ink.