pocket letter

One of the challenges at ScrapbookSteals.com's Monday Craft Challenges back in June was to create a pocket letter. Since I wasn't in a swap I decided to design one for a friend to send as a gift to her. And, yes, I made this in June and am now just getting around to posting it!

Each pocket contains something that reminds me of her. Here is the entire pocket letter:

Pocket #1
Polka dot paper, fussy-cut flowers from another paper, stamped on vellum, and a Mod Melt hot glued to a gold paper clip.

Pocket #2
She is an artist and loves birds and dragonflies. Stamped on ledger paper, ink drops, glued on and distressed dictionary paper, stamped and fussy-cut dragonfly, Mod Melt frame surrounding stamped bird.

Pocket #3
This one was so fun to do. She loves coffee as much as I do. And I really wanted to use this "be strong" stamp somewhere on this project and I thought the coffee card would be perfect and funny. I stamped, colored and fussy cut each image and popped them with foam. The two top coffee beans were stamped and fussy cut. The bottom coffee beans were from brown cardstock cirlces. I cut them into more of an oval shape and creased down the middle.

Pocket #4
She can sew. And loves vintagey things. And lace. I stamped and fussy cut more images onto a woodgrain paper.

Pocket #5
Another fun one to make. I just love this stamp. And HAD to turn it into a shaker card. I used my Fuse tool to fuse the pocket closed after adding lots of sequins and confetti.

Pocket #6
She loves dragonflies. More stamping and fussy cutting here.

Pocket #7
She loves birds. And I thought this sentiment was fitting for her too. It is just stamped onto patterned paper.

And her name was made by gluing patterned paper to some chipboard alphas and edging with a black marker.


Pocket #8
More bird stuff. Washi tape. Feather stamped on vellum and fussy cut. Paper clip flag I made with paper and another Mod Melt.

Pocket #9
She plays instruments and sings. Wonderfully. I wanted to incorporate music into a card and thought this stamp was perfect. I fussy cut some leaves and hot glued a cabochon to a paper clip.

Whew. This was really involved but oh so fun to make!

Here are the stamps I used:

1. You are Important, 

2. Empowered Words, Vintage Handwritten (behind bird); Flying Dragonflies

3. Coffee Side by Side, Tea Love, Empowered Words

4. Vintage Handwritten (on background), sewing set is a discontinued SP and Company set 

5. Bright, Happy You

6. Empowered Words; Flying Dragonflies

7. She Remained True

8. Feather
9. Musical Butterfly (discontinued from SP and Company)


Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. And making it all the way to the end of the post!

Have a great weekend!

Growing up is optional

Here are my last 2 cards for the Itty Bitty a Day challenge at the Unity {Show & Tell} facebook group.

 

I used Numbers, Etc to stamp the background for this card and added lots of washi strips.

 

This sentiment is from SP & Company. So awesome.

And I added a banner-shaped Epiphany Crafts epoxy.

 (this card is listed in  my shop)

 

This card forced me to use another uninked stamp called You're a real fun-gi. I can't believe I've had it so long and hadn't use it!

I simply watercolored the mushroom. So quick and easy.

 



 

Thanks for stopping by today.



 



Happiness & Joy

I just love the big sentiments in the Bold Sentiments II: Birthdays stamp set!

This is one of my favorite SP and Company stamps!

 

 

 I stamped on a banner and the sentiment is big enough to carry this whole card with just a couple embellishments. And, many sentiments in this set can be used for any celebration - not just a birthday! This would be a great sentiment for a New Year's card even.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

I hope  you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

My kids are out of school now so today will be a cookie-making/crafting kind of day!

 

 

 

Supplies:

SP&Co Bold Sentiments III stamps

Basic Gray What's Up paper and embellies

wire from my stash

StazOn Jet Black ink

 



Totally Awesome!

Well, it's time for another challenge over at The Paper Girls! This time we are using neon!

So much fun.

I am a child of the '80s and love anything to do with that decade!

 

 

I made some neon rolled flowers in pink and orange. Punched some leaves in neon green.

Made a banner in turquoise using Mix n Match Sentiments: Friends stamps to create my custom sentiment. How can you use neon and not say "Totally Awesome"?!?

 And then a few neon hearts to fill in some space.

 

Come join us for this fun challenge and your chance to win some totally radical crafting supplies.

 

Be there or be square.

 

:)



Thank You

Here's a card I made several weeks ago but forgot to post!

I saw this card and knew right away I wanted to replicate it.

 

 

I used Unity's Just a Note for the frame. The leaves were from a Unity grab and I can't find the name of the set on the website. Maybe it's retired now. Anyway, I love these leaves.

 

 

So simple. I mass-produced these to send out for an event last month.

I'm thinking I need to make some with pinecones and snowflakes now!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

I'm linking up to Unity's Monthly Challenge and Friends with Flair blog hop!

 

 

Supplies:

American Crafts Kraft cardstock

Unity's Just a Note stamp set

SP & Co Ultimate Sentimetns II stamp set

Distress Ink in Crushed Olive, Rusty Hinge, Ripe Persimmon, Scattered Straw

StazOn in Jet Black

It's a boy!

This week I've got one more project for SP and Company using the Hello, World! Baby Announcement builder stamp set:

 

 

And, surprise! It's actually a baby announcement this time!

 

Lots of layers and mixed patterns including This & That Charming 6x6 pad (the aqua paper and yellow/white stripe) and This & That Christmas Borders (green chevron) plus some cardstock from my stash.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Check out the SP blog for more ideas using the SP stamps.

 

Hello, Grandma!

This week for my SP and Company design team post I've got another casrd using the Hello, World Baby Announcement stamp builder set.

 

And once again I didn't make a baby announcement!

 

I just used some scrap and made hanging banners in the background and curved the ends out.

Added a die-cut frame and stamped my sentiment.

And 3 little I-rock stones finish it off.

 

Thanks for stopping by and check out the SP blog for more stamping ideas!

 

 



Hello, my friend

This week for my SP and Company DT post I combined the new Hello, World Baby Announcement  stamp set with an oldie, but goodie, set called Sewing Chic.

 

 My patterened papers are from the Echo Park This & That Charming 6x6 pad.

I hope you took advantage of the Black Friday sales at SP! If not then head on over because the sale runs thru Monday! There are single stamps as low as $1 and stamp sets as low as $4.75.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!



It's a boy!

For my weekly SP and Company DT post I've got a little baby boy card!

 

I stamped and fussy cut the banner from the new Hello, World! Baby Announcement builder stamp set. Then I stamped the sentiment inside the banner.

 

I framed it out with several different colors and patterns of paper to really make it pop.

 

Then I finished it off with some of this gorgeous Orange Chevron Stripe twill ribbon also from SP.

 

I think this might be my new go-to baby card design from now on. I think it's so much fun!

 

Make sure you visit the SP blog for more stamping ideas.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

SP & Co November blog hop and stamp reveal!

We are shaking things up a bit with the holidays on the horizon and combining the November and December stamp release into one big party! That means extra projects for you today! All of these gorgeous stamps are available now! We will not have a December release party so that everyone can concentrate on family & friends.

This month's color is Teal! After you're done hopping around today, make sure you play along with this month's Teal challenge (click here for details) for a chance to win some amazing SP and Company prizes! 

Do you want to win some amazing SP &Company Products? Then don't forget that the Prize Patrol is always watching! Leave a comment on every single blog to be eligible for the prizes!! The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning something fabulous!

 

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Welcome to my stop on the blog hop! The first stamp set I worked with was Hello, World! Baby Announcements. Although this set is fantastic for making baby announcements, I just loved that great big "Hello" sentiment! It seemed so fun and festive so I had to use it in a bright card for a friend:



 I sprayed some teal paint, made a few washi tape banners to hang, stamped the sentiment, and rounded one corner.

 

The other set I worked with was Happy Mail.

 So of course I had to make a matching envelope for this card!

I simply added a strip of washi and then stamped right above it.

 



I've never stamped my envelop before but I like it! I think I may be putting this on all my mail from now on  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

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Make sure you check out the SP Blog to see what Samantha did with the new stamps! And don't forget to hop around to each Design Team Member's blog - there are brand new projects that will inspire you! 

This is also the first blog hop with our NEW Design Team Members, so make sure you stop by each and every blog to check out the amazing projects!!! We also have a fabulous guest designer joining us today!

Chrissie

 Kelli

Michelle

Evgenia

Amber {...you are here...}

Jenn

Vicki 

Guest DT - Roxanne

 

 

Remember to link up your own Teal projects for your chance to win! See detailas at the bottom of this post.

Sweetest Holiday Wishes

Hi folks! This is my last project using SP and Company's October release Winter Pocket Fillers.

On the 10th we are releasing the new stamp sets for November! So make sure you come back for the blog hop and your chance to win!

 

 

Now back to this card.

The background is from Echo Park's This & That Charming 6x6 pad and the green chevron paper is from the SP September Monthly Kit and is EP This & That Christmas.

The candy canes, sentiment, and holly are all from Winter Pocket Fillers.

This set is meant to coordinate with the pocket from the All Zipped Up set, but you can see that it can be use alone as well.

 

 I just added some twine and olive and red washi tapes from my stash to finish it off.

 

Now I've got about 2 Christmas cards done and only a bajillionty to go!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!



Thankful for you

It's Thanksgiving week over at SP and Company.

I used the leaf from the Vintage October: Falling for Autumn set to stamp my background.

I added a few strips of paper from Echo Park's This & That Charming 6x6 pad, some burlap ribbon, and this Orange Chevron twill ribbon. This twill ribbon is new to the SP store and is SOO gorgeous in person!

I clustered some fussy-cut leaves from Falling for Autumn and a homemade acorn. If you are not a fussy cutter then Sami's got you covered with some svg files for this set. That sentiment is also from the Falling for Autumn set.

And then I just loved the tag from the EP Fall Fever paper that I had to add it. It's not even part of the paper but rather the name strip at the bottom.

 

'THANKS' to all of you for stopping by today!

 

 

Supplies:

Vintage October: Falling for Autumn stamp set from SP and Company

Orange Chevron twill ribbon from SP and Company

Echo Park This and That Charming 6x6 paper pad

Offray burlap ribbon

SU Crumb Cake cardstock and ink

thin cork sheets from Paper Made Bakery

 

Owl Always love you

I am so happy to be using SP and Company's Vintage October: Falling for Fall stamp set. I love the cute little images and couldn't wait to ink up this little owl and sentiment:

 

I created my background by repeatedly stamping Hearty Hearts background in several autumn colors. All the stamps in this heart set just line up so easily. Please don't think you need to only use this set in February with red and pink!

I tied coordinating Twinery Twine in Marigold, Mandarin, Cappuccino, and Charcoal to match my inks.

I paper-pieced the owl and placed him on a branch. I almost put the sentiment on a banner but stopped myself. I'm trying to not use banners on every card! But I needed a way to make the owl say this. Then it hit me. A word bubble! Duh.

 

I am entering this into Young Crafters Unite Warm and Cozy Colors Challenge.


Thanks for stopping by today!

Sweetest Halloween Wishes

I've got another SP and Company design team post for you. It's Halloween week over at the blog so here's what I created!

 

I used the notebook paper and lollipops from Winter Pocket Fillers along with the sentiments "Christmas Wish List" and "Sweetest Holiday Wishes" (with selective stamping) to create this little kid's candy wish list.

I colored 3 little pumpkins from the Vintage October: Falling for Autumn set and added a little Twinery twine in Peapod and some washi and that was it for the embellies.

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Love is in the air

For my DT post this week I was hoping this little scene on my card would mimic a Polaroid shot.

What do you think?

 

I used the heart lollipops from the Vintage October: Winter Pocket Fillers set and turned them into balloons using twine for the string! I just layered them over some clouds and a blue background.

And I just LOVE that sentiment from the set! Even though this set coordinates with the All Zipped Up set, it can stand on its own without the pocket too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

SP Blog Hop

This month's color is Black! After you're done hopping around today, make sure you play along with this month's Black challenge (click here for details) for a chance to win some amazing SP and Company prizes!


Do you want to win some amazing SP & Company Product? Then don't forget that the random prize patrol is watching! Leave a comment on every blog to be eligible for the prizes!! The more blogs you comment on, the better your chances are of winning something fabulous!

 

 Here's what I made today:

 

I stamped the pocket from Vintage October: All Zipped Up and the candy canes and sentiments from the NEW Winter Pocket Fillers that just so happens to coordinate with All Zipped Up!

 

I colored the candy canes and fussy-cut them then added a little tag.

 

Make sure you check out the SP Blog to see what Samantha did with the new stamps! And don't forget to hop around to each Design Team Member's blog - there are brand new projects with the stamps that came out TODAY to inspire you! And we have a guest designer too this month! Welcome, Sonya!

 

Here is the list of designers that will inspire you today:

 

Chrissie

 Kelli

Michelle

Amber

 

Vicki 

 

Guest DT - Sonya

 

 

 

Supplies:

SP and Company stampsVintage October: All Zipped Up and Winter Pocket Fillers sets

Lifestyle Crafts Twirl embossing folder

R43 and R46 Copics

Black Soot Distress ink

Studio G grey and white pigment inks

Season's Greetings

 It's Christmas Cards week over at SP and Company!

I really liked the woodgrain effect I got from my last card that I had to make more using the Vintage October: Wooden it Be Nice set. I was hoping this panel would emulate a front door:

To make the wreath I used Poppy Field Summer. Yep, you read that right! I used the stamp shown below and only inked up the leafy portion in green as you can see below (never mind the stained flowers - there is not really ink on them).

I just repeatedly stamped that section in green while I slowly rotated my cardstock panel until I had a circle. I added some red glittter glue and ribbon and called it a wreath!

For the sentiment I used Ultimate Sentiments II and Mix n Match Sentiments Basics to create the banner.

I now have my first Christmas card of the year! I can almost smell the evergreen and hear the carols...

Supplies:

SP and Company Wooden It Be Nice, Poppy Field Summer, Ultimate Sentiments II, and Mix n Match Sentiments: Basics stamp sets

Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs and Pine Needles Distress inks

Versamark Watermark ink

StazOn ink in Jet Black

American Crafts ribbon

Distress Stickles in Barn Door

Zing embossing powder in Chestnut

SU Very Vanilla cardstock

Thinking of you

It's time for my weekly SP and Company DT post and I have finally started making some fall-themed cards! I know most of you are probably working on Christmas and Valentine's cards! But I just can't go that far ahead!!

 

I love woodgrain papers but I run out so quickly. So what's a girl to do? Make her own of course!

I took the Wooden It Be Nice background set and heat-embossed it in dark brown onto white cardstock (which I always have). Then I sponged on a medium brown ink over the entire card to complete the look.

I added some wide pale blue ribbon and Twinery Twine in Mandarin. To attach the twine I poked 5 holes at the top of the card, threaded the twine on a needle, and ran it through and around.

I punched a few leaves from yet more of my scrap papers (the same ones as my last card!). Finally, I added a sentiment from Bold Sentiments I and popped the doily with foam.

Now I have a seasonally appropriate card to use for multiple occasions! Thanks for stopping by today! Remember - you still have a few more days to apply to be on the SP and Company Design team! See details here.

 

 

Supplies:

SP&Co stamps - Wooden It Be Nice and Bold Sentiments I

Zing embossingp owder in Chestnut

Versamark embossing ink

Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs

Offray ribbon

Twinery twine in Mandarin

Wilton doily

SU Early Espresso ink

Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer (on outer part of doily)


P.S. - You still have a few more days to apply to be on the SP and Company Design Team and work with great stamps! More info here : http://www.thescrapmaster.com/2012/09/design-team-call-sp-company-stamps.html. The call ends September 30th.