Hello my friends. As you know I am on the design team for City Crafters Challenge Blog. All of our team was invited to play along with the team from Lessology.. There theme is You got mail! Lessology is a challenge blog that uses recycled or up-cycled projects.. So I decided to make my own Envelope.. A Big Envelope... My project started with an old file folder.. I hope hubby doesn't mind that I took this from his drawer. It was empty!! I started off by painting the file with acrylic paint. And then started ripping all types of paper. Scrapbook... sheet music... magazine... doily.... No there is no Toilet paper here! Hee Hee. Then I just started gluing them all down on the folder with my gluestick. So much fun!! All this tearing and gluing made me feel like a kid again.. Then I added the lined paper and added the words From and To.. I added some cut out flowers.. And then I painted them with my watersoluble colors.. I added a tiny piece of flowery lace.. Is that even a word "flowery"... Then I added stitching all the way around to close it up.. Once you add what you want inside you can fold the top down and sew it shut... I wonder if it would really make it through the mail!! Here is the Back!! So there you have it, my altered BIG envelop.. I had a blast making this.. I just want to thank all the gals over at Lessology for letting us play along with them.. You can find them HERE!!