Sarkis BD 2026

I created the env using Genoa Bond paper and my funky lettering style, doodling in each letter. Sponged some Distress brown around the edges. Added a bunch of stamps I liked.

The card was made after an ECS class with Sally Towers-Syblliss

Dec 16/25 post link below

https://www.facebook.com/yogi.grunwald/posts/pfbid03882WdbjXDgH9iBtyJgfAoVR93LTwWJRn2kFhxaY6DeFKfmhD5eD7vWehgEhuP8dVl

Purple Geli Print - Origami Env - Bow Closure

size: 5"w x 3.5"h

I saw this cute bow origami env and had to make 1 (actually had to make 2 others before I got to this one...) 

Hopefully this gets you to where I saw it on Instagram (Raushan Willms Apr 16/26 https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXHjahnthlm/) 

I used my purple toned geli printed paper 20cm sq

I love the bow it makes. 

ECS Env Exchange - Jan 2026- Edwina Klein

Using my cut off ends of a bunch of Geli prints created the envelope. Drew out Edwina's name on a yellowish cardstock, outline with a black ZIG Writer and cut it out.

Card was also made with geli print ends and words done in shadow lettering style...

BVCG Env Exc 2025/26 - Violet Smythe

5"h x 7"w

With a ZIG Calligraphy pen wrote out Violet's name then doodled with a white gel pen. Added the swirl-y doodles with a Unibal gold gel pen.

The artwork on the card is something I was playing with and decided to make a card of it... hence the various colored circles to make it my normal card size...

BVCG Env Exc 2025 - Diana Carwithen

 Diana Carwithen (Dec 2025)
Env created on Canson Mixed Media paper (I think). Drew out the elongated letters of her name and colored with every color of my ZIG Calligraphy marker set...

The card was from my stash... I'm trying to use them up.

BVCG Env Exc - Laurie Broadhurst - Nov 2025

ID: Laurie Bradhurst (Nov 2025)
Env created on Canson Mixed Media paper. Drew out some circles and with a broad edge red ZIG Calligraphy pen wrote out Laurie's name. Painted with Kuretake Yellow Gold paint between the letters. Added "Laurie with a black ZIG Writer. Edged a border on the envie with the same gold

The card is a funky center fold. Wrote out the AUTUMN word with various colors of the Calligraphy markers. The "vibes" word doodled with a black ZIG Writer. The leaf created with various scraps of paper glued to another sheet and die cut with Tim's "Layered Leaf" Sizzix Bigs die.

BVCG Env Exc - Oct 2025 - Bev Duke

ID: Bev Duke (Oct 2025)
Env created on Genoa Bond paper. I decided to go with bit of Celtic... Created the grid layout and colored with various media and doodled with various tools. Bummer you can't see the lion stamp more clearly...

The insert (not a card) was something I created a long time ago creating faux coffee rings and my funky lettering.

BVCG Env Exchange - Donna Uncles Sept 2025

Donna Uncles (Sept 2025)
Env created on Columbia Mills LBS End paper Gelli print. Funky lettering with a broad edge marker and touch ups... Die cut bits of scalloped circles.

The card was created with leftovers of the Gelli print paper.

BVCG Env Exc - Aug 2025 - Renate Worthington

Env created onGenoa Bond paper, Funky letters with a Marvy 5.0 Calligraphy marker and doodled with various colored metallic gel pens. Deco roses with Prisma colored pencils.

The insert (not a card) was something I created a long time ago and colored with FineTech metallic paints

BVCG Env Exc - July 2025 - Joleyne

ID: Joleyne Mayers-Jaekel (July 2025)
Env created on Arches Text Wove paper using splattered watercolors. Funky lettering (Wisdom Teeth Font) done with Gelly Roll metallic gel pens.

The card (4"w x 6.5"h) was created during one of the Workshop Week online classes I took. Every once in a while I like doing only black & white..

ECS Env Exchange - May 2025 - Donna Bereska

I used a piece of Edge Mixed Media heavy paper for both the env and card trying out different powders to create her name done in Lisa Engelbrechts funky lettering style. For the envelope I used Bister powders (Yellow, Red and Blue), a 3.0 Parallel pen dipped in water and when dry, shadowed with a Juice Up pen. Adhered the artwork to a plain envelope and added a geli print border.

For the card (7"w x 5"h) I used Brusho Powders (yellow , red & ost Blue) and shadowed with a Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump. Mounted on a yellow cardstock card base.

BVCG Env Exc - Roxanne Smit - May 2025

Roxanne Smit (May 2025)
Env created on Columbia Mills LBS End Paper, Funky/doodled letters with a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, white gel pen, and various colors of Juice Up pens.

The card was created during one of the online classes I took

BVCG Env Echange - April 2025 - Kathleen George

ID: Kathleen George (April 2025)
Env created on Arches Text Wove paper in lettering style taught by Lorraine Douglas in Letters As Art class in March. Drew out the letters with a Zig Writer and painted with various w/c colors.

The card was created from a doodled piece I had done and mounted onto one of my geli prints.

ECS Env Exchange Feb 2025 - Jeanine Alexander

Env: Funky style lettering on the envie using Prisma colored pencils and Juice Up pen for outlining. Rubber stamped corners by Lili of the Valley using Distress pad Barn Door and clear embossed.

Card done on cold press watercolor paper rubber stamped with various leaf stamps by Designed By Ryn. Words done in Gwen Weaver style writing.

ECS Env Exchange - Jan 2025 - Barbara Keir

For the envie I used a heavy weight (unknown brand) of text paper. I adhered the design done on Canson Mixed Media paper to the front and camouflaged it with the red border... For the lettering used 2 (3.8) parallel pens, one filled with Ecoline Scarlet ink the other with deAtramantis pearlescent (Cyan/Copper) ink in a funky style lettering, graphite/paper stump shadow. Address with 2 colors of Juice Up pen.
Card was something I created last year.

BVCG Env Exchange - Dec 2024 - Laurie Broadhurst

ID: Laurie Broadhurst (Dec 2024)
Envie made with Canson Mixed Media paper. Cadel style initial using a 3.4 parallel pen and 2 brushes, one loaded with water and the other 2 with a green and blue watercolor (Holbien Permanent Green #1 & Peacock Blue) dropped into the wetness. Thin lines with a pointed nib.
The card: Wax seal turtle and Dot lettering

BVCG Envelope Exchange - Nov - Violet Smythe

Violet Smythe (Nov 2024)
Env created from Canson Mixed Media paper, funky lettered with an Automatic Pen (from Betty Locke) using a lot of water then spraying with Brusho powder Ost Red, dropping in a touch of walnut crystals and the Neuberg Ebel gold powder. Let dry then shadowed with a gold gel pen.

The card was created for a Scribbled Lives challenge (Cut & Paste) funky letters cut from brown craft cardstock and doodled with a white gel pen.

ECS Envelope Exchange Oct 2024 - Arlene Bowles

Arlene Bowles (Oct 2024)
Env: Created the env on Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper. I love this Blue Rider Typeface that I discovered a while back for your name on the envie and quote on the card front. Colored with Posca colored pencils. I'm using Tutti Designs Leaves Background "Tutti 388" die from white cardstock then colored with various Distress pads in yellow, red and green. Cut them apart to border the envie.

I've been playing with my wax seals again (it's been years since I used them last...) so had to add one to your card front.

ECS Env Exchange - Oct 2024 - Kathy Gynane

Kathy Gynane (Oct 2024)
Env: I used Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper. I love this Blue Rider Typeface that I discovered a while back for your name on the envie and quote on the card front. Colored with Posca colored pencils. I'm using Tutti Designs Maple Vine Frame "Tutti 139" die from white cardstock then colored with various Distress pads in yellow, red and green. Cut the frame apart to border the envie.

I've been playing with my wax seals again (it's been years since I used them last...) so had to add one to your card front.

ECS Env Exchange - Valerie Louis

Env: Created the env on misc calligraphy paper using my funky lettering style colored with Posca colored pencils. Shadowed with a Zig Writer and graphite pencil and paper stump..

The stenciled card is artwork I created a long time ago and then adhered to a card base.