desk cleaning for jean

another 2011 envelope leftover. this time i filled in some detail with the Gelly Roll Clear Star and tried a photo rather than a scan to see if I could pick up the glittery details. on the phone, it looked like little bits of glitter. hopefully it looks good on a screen, too. in person, it's quite nice. and i'm not always that fond of glittery stuff. i like the subtlety of the glitter on gray. the last white rose stamp was happy to make it onto this envelope even though it clashes with the drawn flowers.

flowers for rachael

to make up for the october/halloween envelopes that are still tagging along in january, here are some very early spring flowers

i like how tombo markers dissolve g-tec pens. not as pretty as real watercolor, but so handy.

and technically this is from the desk cleaning pile. maybe it was a bad idea to get rid of that pile. maybe it was full of refreshing change-of-pace material.

desk cleaning - 2 navy flowers

the flowers on these are from the gel pen and colored pencil binge of 2011. they went with the garden of love stamps.

snowflakes and flowers do not go very well and the edges of the stamp on the top one really bother me. i  hope i do not sound like i have lost my marbles - but the two straight edges plus the two zigzag edges are like fingernails on a chalkboard.
anybody else have problems with mismatched edges? it is a frequent problem when you buy books of stamps.

i tried a photo to show all the sparkles. probably just picked up glare.

badger 2

a friend asked if i had done anything with the cowboy stamps yet. i have these great antique-looking envelopes left over from a holiday job. since i am still obsessed with upright ornamental, this is the first idea. the blue castle badger needed an envelope with the correct name of his shop. i can't wait to do barbed wire letters. and lariat letters. and you can't imagine how long it took to find the spelling of lariat.