I made some artsy envelopes for a pen pal gathering a few years ago, where I taught a class on quickie ways to decorate envelopes.

Let’s check out a few and how to make them quickly, efficiently and oh-so darn colorful. 

First, IMAGINE your pal (or family member) opening their boring old mail box to see this POP OUT!  Whoooopeeee!

The wild red envelope above is simple.. I cut a sticky to the size I wanted to leave blank for writing in the pen pals address and stuck it where the address goes to keep it white. Get it?

Then grab stamps, colorful inks, and STAMP like a CRAZY LADY!  Grin!

Everywhere and any where!  You can do 10 in five minutes… honestly!

Here is another.. I used several colors this time, just not in the same red family. Even the boring beige color looks nice filling the entire envelope with a pattern, then a few green bugs, and a few RED RED flowers and you are done!

Again, you can make OODLES of these in minutes. Stamp 10 envelopes with the background color. Switch to the next stamp and color, stamp them here and there, another color, stamp stamp. Done.

Don’t think long and hard about it. Don’t make them perfectly placed… its just an artsy colorful envelope. Get it?

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As the Beatles sang, “Hope is All We Need”….

In today’s economy that is certainly true! But this is a fantastic way for pals to help the USA regain some HOPE!

I do hope you will take the time to read this, and then REMEMBER…..
Write HOPE on your envelopes!

Go directly to the HOPE Website!