Sissy Envelope Art

Sissy

the world traveler

 

.....more envelope art.....

 

Renee has never received her original Sissy envelope, so I wanted to give her mail route another chance.  Hooray, this Sissy arrived in a whole weeks time!

 

9" X 12" envelope

 

I'm thinking Renee's mail thief only wanted one Sissy envelope for his/her collection of stolen mail.  While making this envelope I kept thinking of the phrase "Your number's up".  A bit of a play on the phrase in more than one way.

 

I seem to like creating two Sissys at a time.

 

  Carol loved her Sissy Letter so there absolutely needed to be another. 

 

9" X 12" envelope

 

I try to be a little more whimsical in the design when it comes to Carol.  And it's pretty fun writing these make believe letters.  And I really love creating these Sissy envelopes!

 

A good mail day to you all,

Annie

 

 

 



Art Calendar Journal - August

May August be a month full of pleasant moments!

 

 

The flower petals and leaves are made from those little savings cards sent out by Kohl's Department Store.

 

 

A little more detail.

 

I'm really happy that some extra effort with journaling changed July from ho hum to fun to look at. 

 

 

Now I'm off to do what I can to fill my August days with bits of pleasant moments. 

 

I hope your days are full of pleasant moments as well.

xxx

Annie



Altered Dictionary - T

The Alpha Challenge letter this fortnight is

T

 

My word is telephone

 

 

 

I was going to enlarge a rubber stamp of a telephone, but I started looking at Internet images and suddenly was remembering the wall phone that GrandMaMa had.  We kids thought that was the most fun telephone to talk on.  For many years we had to stand on a little step stool to reach the mouth piece.  And after you dialed a number, I loved the clicking sound the dial made on it's way back to the beginning.

 

So, the page is simple but the memory is big.

xxx

Annie

Altered Dictionary - Y

The letter is Y

And the twist is to use the color yellow.

 

Now, the twists always scare me because my altering style is not like most others where the entire page(s) get painted, and I worry that I won't want them taking place in my dictionary.  So I look for ways to work around them.  So far it's all working out smoothly.

 

I chose the word yardstick (because of the need for yellow).  This one was a creamy color so I took out a color pencil and gave it a yellow tint.  (Looking a bit more orange than yellow)  So I was sure to highlight the word in a lighter yellow.

 

I've been altering a few other words along the way.....

I went to the beginning of the book to choose a word.

Abbreviate.  I stamped a list of abbreviated words.

 

 

I then turned the page and chose the word abode.  I have seen so many cute houses being created and thought this a good time to try one myself.  I DO NOT draw, so I surprised myself with this little 'abode'!

 

 



I then went again to the very next page and chose the word abreast.

 

 

At a time when I was playing with face stamps, I went in search of a word to use this "features" stamp.

 

 

Then there came forefinger.

 

And then I found this awesome bicycle rider on The Graphics Fairy blog and it just HAD to be in my dictionary.  Bicycle already had an illustration and the word rider didn't have a good space for the image, so I went to wheel.  Which also already had an illustration, but what I did not know and learned there was that a bicycle was often called a wheel. 

 





 

And that's how my dictionary alters.

xxx

Annie

 



Sissy Art...

...is not art created by sissies.  It's art created with Sissy...a large rubber stamp.  And I'm loving the challenge of working  with her!

 

I've mentioned previously that I first saw the use of this stamp on Renee's blog, Bolton House .  Renee also helped me to find my own Sissy stamp.  Once she arrived, we decided to trade Sissy Art.  Specifically envelopes.  Totally intimidating for me!  But quite an enjoyable challenge too.  This is the 10" X 13" envelope I created for Renee.

 

 

But sadly, Renee has not received her envelope.  Sissy was either kidnapped or just plain lost her way.  I tried so hard to make a swap-worthy envelope, so I hope it is somewhere being enjoyed.

I couldn't wait to start again on another envelope.  Before sending off Renee's envelope, I photocopied it for something to stuff into an envelope to Carol.  I wrote my note to Carol right on the photocopy around the design.  This triggered an idea for another Sissy envelope.  So this 9"X12" Sissy envelope went to Carol. 

 

 

I'll never know if anyone between myself in California and Carol in Wisconsin read the letter, but most humans have an irresistible nosey curious nature about them, so I hope it was enjoyed across the land. 

It was awfully fun creating both those envelopes.  I feel a need to make more!

XXX
Annie