Kristina Werner

Hi all! For Day 11 of Mail Art Month 2024, I was inspired by some Minnie Mouse ears I recently saw at Disney World. I just had to recreate the cute red flowers on a pink background and here we are! NOTE: To see the video where I create the Dazzle Dry manicure shown in…

LIVE REPLAY! Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 10 – Ink-Blended Galaxy Envelope

Hello, all! Last night I hopped on YouTube for my weekly live stream to create a galaxy envelope! This was a ton of fun (including “pranking” my husband–lol!). You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the edited replay. Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to m…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 9 – Colorful Pencils

For Day 9 of Mail Art Month, I created a school-themed envelope by sketching pencils and coloring them with Copic markers. I then put the name and address on the pencils. Super colorful and fun! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the e…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 8 – No-Line Watercoloring & Gift Wrap Envelope

Hello, all! No livestream tonight because I’m traveling. :) For Day 8 in Mail Art Month 2024, I first created a card using Mama Elephant’s new Surprise Boxes stamp set and Simple Friend Bubbles stamps (with coordinating die). I no-line watercolored a cute scene with a bunny and a bear. So cute! Then…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 7 – Photo Card & Vintage Wallpaper Envelope

For Day 7 in Mail Art Month 2024, I created an envelope for a card I made using the February 2024 Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp. To mimic the damask pattern on the patterned paper in the kit, I used a stencil to create a sort of vintage wallpaper look (the stencil I used…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 6 – Surprise Slider Card & Stripes

For Mail Art Month Day 6, I created a surprise slider card using the Slider Typewriter and Camera stamps and coordinating dies in Simon Says Stamp’s latest card kit for February 2024. The paper slides out of the typewriter revealing the greeting! So fun! To mimic the cardstock stripes on the card, I…

LIVE REPLAY! Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 5 – Multi-Layer Stenciled Greeting & Ink Blending

Hello, all! Last night I hopped on YouTube for my weekly livestream to create a card and envelope for Mail Art Month. I started out by creating a greeting using the new Just My Type: Friend stencils from Simon Says Stamp, along with the matching dies. Then I used the Flower Burst cling stamp to…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 4 – Three-Step Stamped Hearts & Colorful Blocked Address

Hello, all! For my fourth card and envelope in Mail Art Month, I chose to use the new Printmaking Hearts stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, and then created a blocked address on the envelope using similar colors. I also used the new Ornate Borders and Frames stamp set on the card to add a…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 3 – Cardstock & Ink-Swipe Stripes

Happy Wednesday! For Day 3 of the Mail Art Month, I created a cardstock striped shaker card using Concord & 9th’s Pop Heart dies. For the matching envelope, I kept it simple and did an easy ink-swipe of ink cubes in the same colors as the stripes on the card. (Wondering what I used in…

LIVE REPLAY! Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 2 – Matching Stamped Card & Envelope

For my second envelope in Mail Art Month 2024, I created a matching card and envelope live on YouTube. I used Sunny Studio’s Bighearted Bears stamp set and My Heart stamps for the card, and then one of the pandas and the mailbox on the envelope. You can choose to watch the full length replay,…

Mail Art Month 2024 – Day 1 – Clean & Simple Card + Masked Stripe Envelope

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hello, all! Welcome to Mail Art Month! All throughout the month of January 2024, I’ll be creating and sharing custom envelopes to go along with cards. For this first video, I created a clean and simple card with the Faux Mini Envelope…

Mail Art Week 2023!

LIVE REPLAY – Mail Art Week! Envelope No. 5 – Postage Stamp Inspired

Hello, all! For the final video for Mail Art Week, I hopped on YouTube for my weekly livestream. I created an envelope inspired by one of the postage stamps! You can choose to watch the full length replay, or the edited replay. Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to mul…

Mail Art Week! Envelope No. 4 – Colorful Clouds & Masked Name

Happy Thursday! I love today’s envelope–it’s so happy and colorful! For my fourth installment of Mail Art Week, I created an ink blended and masked “rainbow cloud.” I used the Slimline Ribbon and Lace Border dies from Sunny Studio to create the scallop edge. I also used the Hayley Uppercase and Hayl…

Mail Art Week! Envelope No. 3 – Masked & Stenciled

Hi all! Today is my third installment for Mail Art Week. Today’s envelope features masking off the center area of the envelope and then using a stencil over the top. I used Mama Elephant’s Snail Mail dies to create the postage stamp edge mask, and then three colors of ink from Simon for the stencili…

Mail Art Week! Envelope No. 2 – Color Blocking

Welcome back for my second envelope in Mail Art Week! Today’s envelope features an easy way to highlight the recipient’s name with blocks of color. This looks particularly striking on a dark envelope (like the Aubergine envelope I used), but would be just as fun on a lighter envelope–which wouldn’t…

Mail Art Week! Envelope No. 1 – Transferring Printed Text

Happy Monday, all! This week is Mail Art Week! I’ll be sharing a new mail art envelope each weekday. For today’s envelope, I showed how to take a printed name and transfer it to the envelope for embellishing. This is a super easy way to get a precise font or lettering style. I used Acrylograph ...