Envelope tattoo ideas

39 photos and flash · 72% Traditional, 15% Fine line · Upper arm most common

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Black line drawing of a traditional-style bird carrying a sealed envelope with a scalloped flap and small heart, with flowers and radiating rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird carrying a love letter with flowers
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of a grey owl with orange eyes carrying an envelope, with two banners reading Don't count your owls until they have been delivered, set against blue clouds and stars.
Owl carrying an envelope with banner scrolls
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring red roses, a ship in a bottle and a dagger in bold colour.
Traditional rose and ship sleeve on arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing red roses, a grey envelope with a red wax seal, forget-me-not flowers and a banner with lettering.
Roses and envelope with banner on upper arm
Black ink flash sheet of small hand-drawn designs including a leaf sprig, yin yang, candle, umbrella, lotus, sailboat, crown, smiley face and the words MOM, YES and love.
Hand-drawn small tattoo flash sheet
Fine line tattoo of an airmail envelope with a red heart and swirls above, and a blue banner reading curiosities and delights, on an upper arm.
Airmail envelope with curiosities and delights banner
Traditional style flash drawing in colour of a blue envelope with red flowers, green leaves and two red hearts.
Envelope with flowers and hearts
Fine line black envelope tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a wall covered in postage stamps and envelopes.
Small envelope tattoo on wrist
Close view of black script lettering across the ribs and abdomen, with a traditional envelope tattoo and a larger coloured design on the thigh, on a person lying on a grey patterned blanket.
Script lettering on ribs with thigh tattoos
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an owl in flight carrying an envelope, inked on the outer thigh.
Owl carrying a letter on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red wax-sealed envelope, two red roses, blue forget-me-nots and a banner with lettering.
Envelope, roses and banner on upper arm
Two traditional-style tattoos on a calf: a mug with a heart and the word MOM beside a pink flower, and an envelope with a heart and the word DAD beside a pink flower.
Mug and envelope tattoos on a calf
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo on skin showing a flying saucer with a small figure beneath it, a stars, a red heart on an envelope, and a red and blue heart at the top.
UFO, envelope and heart tattoos on a limb
Traditional flash drawing of two swallows with red flowers and green leaves, one carrying a heart and the other an envelope, shown on cream paper with no body placement.
Two swallows with a heart and envelope
Two forearms with matching black line-drawn envelope tattoos, each with a soft blue or purple watercolour splash, held together by clasped hands.
Matching envelope tattoos on two forearms
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm of an envelope with a red emblem, a black silhouette profile on stacked cards and a red rose, with a printed sticker of the same design held below.
Envelope, silhouette and rose on upper arm
Traditional-style flash drawing of an open envelope with a letter reading FUCK OFF, a red flower and black leaves on the left.
Envelope with red flower and FUCK OFF letter
Black line drawing of a sealed envelope with a monogram wax seal, two roses and script reading No post on Sundays, in a traditional flash style.
Envelope and roses with No post on Sundays lettering
Black outline traditional flash design of an open envelope with a heart on the flap and two flowers with leaves, on tracing paper laid over a wooden surface.
Envelope with heart and flowers flash
Black line drawing of a hand holding a letter envelope with a red heart, leaves and the words I'll love you forever, in a traditional flash style on torn paper.
Envelope, heart and leaves flash design
Small fine line tattoo of an envelope outline with a red heart in its centre, placed at the base of the neck on the upper back, fine line style.
Envelope with red heart on upper back
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the thigh of an owl perched on a sealed envelope, with a castle and purple clouds behind it.
Owl on a letter with castle on thigh
Black linework flash sheet on tan paper with designs including a winged key, open book, wand, winged snitch, owl with envelope, sorting hat and hourglass.
Wizarding themed flash sheet
Black and grey pencil sketch design of an owl in flight in front of a castle inside ornate scrollwork, with a triangle and circle symbol.
Owl, castle and triangle symbol design
Colour tattoo of a swallow carrying a heart envelope, with green leaves and a curling vine, in a traditional style on the lower back.
Swallow carrying a heart envelope
Traditional style tattoo of an open envelope with a red heart and red and yellow flowers with green leaves, on the top of a foot.
Envelope, heart and flowers on a foot
Black and grey pencil flash design on lined paper showing a rabbit-masked figure with ribs, a jet, a heart, a book, a knife and speech bubbles.
Rabbit-masked figure design sketch
Black linework flash sheet of small tattoo designs themed on the number 13, including a rose, spider, skull, eye, bicycle and envelope.
Friday the 13th flash sheet
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a grey castle under an orange sun, a sealed envelope with a red wax seal, a winged golden ball, calla lilies and red flowers.
Castle, sealed envelope and winged ball on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a quill over a scroll reading Dear John, with a red rose, black feathers and a heart envelope.
Quill, scroll and rose flash design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Traditional style tattoo of a fox in a dark suit and red bow tie holding an envelope with a red heart seal, with a green leaf partly visible at the top left.
Fox in a suit holding an envelope
Small traditional-style owl tattoo wearing round glasses and perched on an envelope with a red seal, sitting behind a person's ear on the neck.
Owl with glasses on an envelope behind the ear
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a traditional style, showing a hand holding a letter with a heart, two roses, leaves and a butterfly, on a tracing sheet.
Hand holding envelope with roses and butterfly
White line drawings on a black background of traditional tattoo flash, including a skull with a dagger, a horseshoe, an anvil, roses, an envelope reading I HATE YOU and a spider web.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, dagger and horseshoe
Black linework traditional flash sheet showing a perfume bottle, a potted plant with a banner, a sundae, a hand holding lipstick, a pin-up, cherries and a knife with banners.
Traditional flash sheet with pin-up and cherries
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a palm tree over water, a crescent moon, a thought bubble reading CAN I LIVE, and several small icons.
Fine line icons and palm tree on upper arm