Saturday, February 15, 2020

Shake that Post Box



Hi Friends and Stampers,

When I first saw this Post Box die and stamps, I fretted all the way til payday that they would sell out before I had the opportunity to buy them, lol. Sometimes you see something that makes the want bump explode! Does that ever happen to you? I see really cute stuff and I do want it, but then occasionally I just NEED some of the things I see.

I just love shaped cards and I just love this post box. The matching stamps and dies  are a perfect accessory to this post box. All made my Honeybee stamps. I have several of their stamp sets and I just love them all.

I had so much fun making these post box shaped cards. I belong to a stamping club so I went ahead and made a dozen of them. The first one to try out and get a sample of what I want it to look like and then the rest was assembly line which goes much quicker than the making of the original.

I really had no idea that Delicata Silvery shimmer ink works so well on colored card stock. I was originally thinking I would have to emboss the postal wavy lines with a heart on each of papers. But it worked like a charm and maintained the image. A lot of colored ink gets soaked up into the card stock. So this was a great surprise. I also used wink of stella for the stamps on the envelope. Sometimes you just need a little glitter here and there.

Do you ever get free sequins in your orders? I do occasionally and I keep them in my stash for just this occasion. Most of these sequins came from Kat Scrappiness in little "Thank you" samples. I would like to buy more sequin samples, but the drawer I use for these and other supplies is currently full to the brim, so I enjoyed using my stash for these.

This is also going to look really cute in a scrap page layout. I haven't quite got that design in my head yet, but I'm working on it.

I hope you get some snail mail love in your mail box soon.

Holly





Happy Valentines Day

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Happy Valentines Day!!! I made a card for Joe using The Rabbit Hold Designs cute couple. The stamp set is called, "love you more". 


Eventually I will get a new camera to replace the one that was stolen in the break in last year. But for now, my Iphone takes a pretty good picture. 

I have done the bokah background before, but when I saw this card, I knew I had to try out her tutorial and add the hearts.  This is a way cuter version of Joe and I, but it reminded me of us, he in his glasses and me and my messy bun. 

They do have dies to cut the couple out but I tend to forget I have matchy dies until I've already fussy cut my images, so I rarely get them. 

I colored this couple with my copic markers and used my distressed inks for the background. 

I hope everyone has a great Valentine. 

Holly