Wild Whisper - Strong & Free Canada 150 Pocket Pages!

Hi friends! I'm back again to give you a sneak peek of the pocket pages I'm sharing over at the Wild Whisper blog today! I am absolutely in love with the amazing Strong & Free collection and was so excited to document a date with my hubby that we went on the night before the big Canada 150 celebrations. Here's a look at the two pages I created.

Be sure to head over to the Wild Whisper blog to see all the details and closeups on these pages! Here's a look at the process video I created -

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful and crafty week ahead!

Linked to:
FFC #198 - AG
Emerald Creek Dare - Fireworks & Sparks
SSS Monday Challenge - You've Got The Edge (using pocket pages to create an edge for each photo/card)
Word Art Wednesday - AG
Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge - Outdoor Adventure (page 2)

Pocket Letter using Scrapbook Supplies!

Hi crafty friends!! We are starting to have some lovely weather here in Calgary, Alberta, and since you never know when that will change we've been trying to enjoy as much as we can of it. When I do get a minute to be crafty, one of the things I do love to do is create something out of my scrapbook supplies even if I'm not scrapbooking!

Today, I'm sharing an eye spy pocket letter with you that I made for a swap in one of the Facebook groups I'm in. For the background papers for my pocket cards I used the 6x6 BoBunny paper pads from the Believe and Butterfly Kisses collections. I just love the papers in both of these collections! The Believe papers especially have a mixed media layered look to them that is so pretty.

I included at least one of each eye spy item on my page:

- Owl, Heart, Key, Cupcake, Mason Jar, Butterfly, Clock, Crown and Coffee Cup

I pulled out lots of stamps, including stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps, Tim Holtz, Imaginesce and Graphic 45 and whatever else I felt would work with this pretty letter.

I added some Tim Holtz Chit Chat stickers and used some Stickles and Glossy Accents along with a doily that I cut up and some washi tape for closing up the pockets with beads and sequins on the back.

On the back, I added some goodies for my partner and a note from me.

I love that these pocket letters can fold into thirds and fit into an A10 envelope! I decorated my envelope with some Tim Holtz stencils and coordinating stamps and some Distress Inks.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I'd love to hear what you've made lately with your papercrafting supplies!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Patterned Paper

St. Paddy's Pocket Letter!

I've had fun this year crafting a bit more for St. Paddy's day, and this pocket letter is something I created to send to a friend!

I used my Cricut Explore to cut lots of St. Patrick's Day images from, which I layered on some pretty background papers. The Rainbow stamp and sentiment is from Pretty Cute Stamps, and I added sequins, glitter tape and gems to add some lucky shine! I had two pieces of St. Paddy's paper in my stash, and other than that just combined green patterns with diecuts to create this fun pocket letter.

How cute is this leprechaun from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge?! You can see another project I used his 'brother' on here.

The Spring Holiday Cards cartridge worked perfectly to cut into just the right size to fit in my pockets. They would also work for a Project Life page!

I cut the pot of gold from the St. Patrick's Day cartridge. By using a piece of cardstock that already had a black distressed pattern on it I created a neat look for my pot.

On the back I added some diecuts, flowers, stamped images from the new Pretty Cute Stamps release, glitter tape, gems, a note about myself, sequins, LUCKY STARS and doilies! Lots of fun goodies for my pal!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a very lucky week!

Linked to:
Cut It Up Challenge - St. Patty's Day

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - A Bit Of Green

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge - March Link Up

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Lucky Stars (in the back pocket!)

FCCB #266 Anything But A Card!

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

Challenge #266 Anything But a Card

This Weeks Sponsor:

$15.00 Gift Certificate

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

And, if you submit a project in our challenge that isn't a card, you will get two entries for a chance to win the prize instead of one!

For my project this week I've created a Christmas Pocket Letter to send to a friend. 

On the front of my letter I used the following Cricut cuts - 

Candy cane phrase (bottom left), ornaments (middle center) - Merry and Bright

Lamppost (middle left), bell (top center) - Christmas
Frames (top left & bottom right), tree (bottom center) - CTMH Art Philosophy

I used the Believe paper collection by Heidi Swapp that I absolutely love! Some of the papers are glittery and so beautiful. I looked through my stash of diecuts and found lots of snowflakes, Christmas trees and a string of lights to use in my pockets, along with browsing Cricut Design Space for some lovely Christmas images. I used a couple sentiments from the lovely Pretty Cute Stamps Nativity 2 stamp set and two peppermint candy cane diecuts from the PPPR Peppermint Cutting Files (bottom left). To finish off the front of my pocket letter I used a white gel pen to trace around some of the images and added some Stickles for shimmer. 

On the back these are the Cricut cuts I used -

Tree (top left) - CTMH art philosophy

Window, Mistletoe (bottom center) - Christmas 

Since the back side of the Believe paper is white I decided to use some Christmassy Tim Holtz stencils. I sponged on Distress Ink through the stencils with my foam applicator, not worrying if it overlapped colours a bit. 

I added some fun goodies in each pocket for my friend to use for her own crafty fun - 

Top left - snowflake die cut, Top center - adhesive flowers and diecuts, Top right - clip from Kelly Purkey's Holiday Clips by Hero Arts and mini journaling cards from the 6x6 Heidi Swapp Believe paper pad.

Middle left - More fun cuts and stamped images from Kelly Purkey's Holiday Clips by Hero Arts, Middle center - a mini file folder made using the WR Memory Keepers 123 punch board (love!!!), Middle right - yummy breakfast tea.

Bottom left - coin envelope using the WR Memory Keepers 123 punch board with diecuts inside, Bottom center - Cricut diecuts, Bottom right - sparkly bakers twine.

Thanks so much for joining me today! Don't forget to stop over to the FCCB blog to see what all the other Design Team members have come up with for our Anything But A Card challenge - and enter your own project that includes a Cricut cut for your chance to win! 

Linked to:

PDE Linky Party - Always Anything Goes!

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - December Link Up

DL Art - Thankful Thursday December Challenge - AG

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - December Linkup AG Christmas

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Let it snow!

Pocket Letter Goodness!

I'm back today to share a post on the Scrapendipity Way Of Life blog! Recently I pulled out some Maggie Holmes and Dear Lizzy papers and I just had to make a Pocket Letter to send to a friend who's been under the weather lately. I layered my papers with fun diecuts from the Maggie Holmes Crate Paper diecut pack and added some Heidi Swapp stickers. I did a little stamping and added some beads and sequins and a cute little paper clip!

On the backside I added in a few more diecuts, some pre-printed and some cut with a machine, some flowers, cork stickers, baker's twine, buttons, washi tape, mini journaling cards, and ribbon.

I love how you can fold these pockets in thirds and pop them into a regular A10 envelope! I added a doily and a couple more diecuts.

I'm sure my friend will have fun getting this surprise in the mail - and I hope it makes feel a bit better! Thanks for joining me today, and I wish you a happy, crafty week!

My First Pocket Letter!

I'm back today with a very fun Pocket Letter feature for the Scrapendipity Way Of Life Blog! This is the very first Pocket Letter I have ever done, and it was so fun!!

Have you heard of Pocket Letters? Do you remember when ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) were big? Well, I still have all mine stored in a binder in baseball trading card sleeves! These Pocket Letters remind me of them - they are little 2.5" x 3.5" cards, usually following a theme, tucked into these sleeves and then folded into 3 parts so they fit into an A10 size envelope - ready to mail off to a friend! Often people tuck some paper crafting goodies into the back and enclose a letter for the recipient. There are websites, YouTube videos and Facebook pages dedicated to these crafty projects!

I decided to make my letter with a food theme and used papers from the Echo Park Made From Scratch collection as well as a food themed Smash kit and diecuts from a Ruby Rocket Pack. I used some BoBunny background stamps to add stamping and embossed details to my cards before layering my papers on and added some fun foodie washi tape!

On the back of my Pocket Letter I added some goodies my friend could remove and use in her own crafting - some baker's twine, diecuts, stickers, washi paperclips, extra papers, tea and ribbon. I tucked a letter I wrote into one of the pockets with a 'pull' tab and put my paperclips into a fun paper pocket.

Here's a few close ups of some of the pockets:

Background stamping and fun food diecuts-

Tim Holtz mini blueprint coffee stamps-

Twine wrapped around a mason jar diecut-

Cheese and Bread diecuts from the France Cricut Cartridge-

I added a recipe for Tea Biscuits that I've used for the last 20 years, handwritten on a recipe card I had - here it is if you want to try it out! 

This is my pocket letter folded into 3 and wrapped up with a doily and some rickrack! I can see this will not be my last pocket letter!!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you are inspired to try something new today or maybe even send a Pocket Letter to someone you know. Don't forget to stop over to the Scrapendipity Online Store for some Canadian Shopping and have an awesome week!