Monoprinted mail art envelopes

I don’t think sending snail mail should be boring! A gorgeous and bright mail art envelope tends to bring a smile to everyone that comes in contact with it. Here’s how I created a few to send out recently.

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmedia

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These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaI started off each envelope by monoprinting with acrylic paints, a Gelli® plate and a few of the new stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop.

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaI wanted to create a base layer of paint with different designs on each of the manila envelopes.

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaAs you can see, each stencil created such different results with the paint! That is such a fun effect of monoprinting…you just never know what you will get. The stencils I used for the base layers were Tribal Fish, Spikey Wheels and Corncob Etching, all in the 12×12 size.

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaI then just played with adding a ton of layers by mixing up the stencils and changing colors. I also added the 12×12 Pebbles Tied stencil into the mix. The results were fab! I felt like I had a super set of backgrounds to now add to.

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaI couldn’t resist using the 6×6 Painted Lady stencil. This is definitely one of my favorites in the new collection!

These mail art envelopes have been monoprinted, stenciled, doodled, collaged and painted to create a fun, bright snail mail piece of art! • AtopSerenityHill.com #stencils #mailart #mixedmediaBy adding more paint, doodling, Washi tape and some book pages for the addresses, I was able to produce one-of-a-kind mail art envelopes. I used two of them the next day and the lady at the post office made a special point of finding the perfect stamps to match!

Have you tried your hand at creating mail art? What is your favorite technique to use? Share below in the comments!

Thanks for joining me today!

Consie

The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member

13 thoughts on “Monoprinted mail art envelopes

  1. Awesome envelopes!!! My mail art is too “shy” & clean… I’ll try with more bright paints, stencils, doodling; thanks for your tips!

  2. Those are beautiful and I agree snail mail should not be boring! Wish we could get them to send our bills in fun envelops haha at least it would be a tiny bit enjoyable to receive them then 🙂

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