Vintage Merry Mail

Hi crafty friends! Thanks for stopping by today! I've been having so much fun in my craft room with the Not 2 Shabby Paper Pad Club! I was wanting a vintage feel, so die cut the EZ3 postage grid from mixed media card stock and then smooshed with gathered twigs, pumice stone, and old paper distress oxide inks. It's kind of giving tea dye vibes, don't you think?

I chose one of the patterns from the Special Delivery paper pad for the two opposing corners, then used the Merry Mail stamp of the month to stamp directly on the other grid spaces.

I then went down a rabbit hole stamping all the images from Merry Mail in various colors onto cardstock, then antiquing with distress inks and cutting with a variety of circle dies. It was such a welcome distraction from all the other stuff going on in the world these days.

I wanted some poinsettias for my stamp cluster, so perused my paper and found some in the Sparkling Christmas Wishes paper pad. I highlighted with Copic markers for a deeper red and then fussy cut  to tuck into my focal cluster.   To finish off, I glued down the grid on an A2 card base, just a bit askew for a little interest.

So glad you could stop by today! I hope you have a fantastic start to your week!

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Real Time Crafty Fun and a Video Hop

Hi friends! It's the 10th of the month and time for another YouTube Inspiration Video Hop with the Not 2 Shabby Shop team. Instead of speeding things up like I normally do, I took a more relaxed pace and you get to see the whole process in all its glory. Well, minus a few squirrelly detours I took along the way. LOL. You can watch the video below or on my YouTube Channel.

I used distress oxides and the EZ Postage Border Grid Stencil to create some mixed media backgrounds on the postage grid die cut from the EZ Wonder 3 die. Then I tore each stamp apart and pulled out the Blue Christmas collection in this month's Paper Pad Club and got to work creating these two cards.

For the first card, I pulled out a sentiment from the Cottage Breeze Card Fronts and used the EZ Wonder 3 Add-On to cut a postage border for my gold layer.  A few of those gorgeous Blue Christmas sparkling enamel dots finish things off.

I just love the dreamy ephemera and had to make another card with another one of the stamps I created in the video. For this one I added the price from the Merry mail stamp set and fussy cut the books from an ephemera piece. I collaged a few pieces to create a little scene and then finished off with a sentiment from the Tropical Leaves stamp set. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you'll pop over to YouTube and hop along. Let me know what you think of the real-time video.

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