Smash & Amy - Add&Pass

I guess there were three more to post - and I put these two in one post.

Above is the final image that Mary sent to me before she forwarded it to Susan/Smash.

Below is what it looked like when I passed it along. I put in the name. I'm not sure who added what -- but I think it's a very nice mix of styles and shapes and everyone made excellent choices.

 This is what Amy's looked like when it left my house. 

JeanR had done the name and I added the white circles.

Below is how it looked when it arrived back at Amy's house.

It was so nice to have the USPS involvement.

The number on her street address was incorrect.

Her carrier put the circle around the incorrect number and brought it to her house.

I also love where the cancel is....so perfect.

Here are the notes that we all added as the envelope travelled from coast to coast and back. While we all agreed that it wasn't easy and some of us had regrets and second thoughts - I'm impressed how the whole thing pulled together and is whimsical. I think we did a good job on all of them

Jean Rothfusz :

 

1. I place the stamp in traditional space.
2. I decided to copy the lettering on the stamp for Amy’s name.
3. I found two more colored envelopes to practice.
4. Both envelopes: suni ink for basic letter shape.
5. Tried “sharpie” markers. Didn’t like fuzzy edges. 
6. Tried “manuscript” double dip markers.  Good results.
7. SURPISE!

The first letter on the REAL envelope – “F” - I immediately saw the yellow the suni ink making a mess.  That did not happen on the sample.  So I tried to lay down the other colors without much contact with the black. 

JeanW:

Grrrrrr at myself - it took me a week to draw the 2 white circles. Add & Pass is a lot harder than I expected it to be. The lines are wimpy. Feel free to beef them up.

Juliana:

I agree with Jean, add and pass is harder than I expected. I feel like I’m completely blank on ideas, or have so many thoughts that I need to rein myself in. I added the bee and tulip. The bee is obviously a sticker but the drawing was all done with Posca pens. Lovely choice of stamp by the way. I love these circle ones.

Mary:
I may have ruined it with the address. I wasn’t sure where to put it and then I second guessed adding the color. I also added leaves to the tulip.

Susan/Smash:

Sorry, I made Jean’s circles worse. The Posca dots didn’t work as well as expected. I filled in the leaves and added the black line in center. Overall, the envelope is pretty cute.