Valetine's Card and Mailbox

My daughter seems to think I never make her cards or anything else so I wanted to make sure this Valentine's day she had something made by me *okie swears she makes that kid stuff and the kid just doesn't remember*.

I had plans for a grand card that had great elements on the front and on the inside and that all went to chit when the glue made the papers wrinkle and into the trash it went and I had to hurry up and come up with something else. Even though I used some scrap pieces to do the card and mailbox, to tell ya the truth, I think this one came out better anyway!

The mailbox is one from Target that were available a few years ago. I had my friend Carmen pick me some up and send to me. I haven't used many of them...yes it is the dreaded "but if I use it I won't have it anymore" disease!

I did ink the white metal a bit to help take down the starkness of the white. I could have used a pink or red mailbox but neither color looked good with the papers.




I absolutely love, Love, LOVE making square cards but dont make them often because they can't be mailed without extra postage. I also want to make really embellished cards but yet again I don't because they can't be mailed without a degree of difficulty. This was my perfect chance to make a nicely embellished square card!

I don't generally break out the pretty Prima flowers and nice pearl brads for cards but this time I made an exception. I added mounting foam between the bottom layer and the middle layer and also under the bottom layer, I really wanted dimension didn't I? I also foamed the layers on the tag. The stamp was one I have had for a long time and I have no idea who made it, maybe Sugarloaf.





You can see a little of how dimensional the card is in this picture. I used a stick pin to attach the bow to the tag, just pushing the end down into the foam. Stick pins are another thing I like to use but rarely do because it makes a card too thick to mail, heck makes them hard to even fit in a regular envelope!

My daughter was thrilled with her card and mailbox. I guess maybe she has been a sweetheart lately since Chuck and I both went to great lengths to make sure she had handmade cards this year!

The last mailbox

This is my last one. The final one. There are no more. *okie says in dramatic voice and look on face.....then cracks up laughing*.

I used yet another K & Company stack for this one also. It does have prima flowers. The centers of the flowers I cut felt circles and then dotted with cinnamon Stickles.

The small butterflies are the Martha Stewart punch and the large is the Cuttlebug Tag Team. I did use Alcohol Inks on the top layer of the large butterfly. I used the lettuce and ginger, with a touch of copper additve and layered it over a brown butterfly. The small butterflies have turquoise stickles and a white gel pen on them.


The saying "Nature is the art of God" was part of the K & Company pack. Almost forgot....I added 3 buttons along the bottom and then cinnamon Stickles in the midde.

Well now that these are all decorated I must move on to something else........BUT WHAT?? HHmmm

Let me think. I have the 3 recipe books I want to do the 6 chipboard mini 4x6 albums, numerous greeting cards, Christmas centerpieces, oh yes I could go on and on and on. I have to have all this done by December 6th which is the date of my Annual Girlfriend Christmas party! OH DANG! Just remembered I still have to design and make the invitations! I think I better get busy! Anyone wanna come help???? please.......

And the 3rd mailbox

After this one I only have one more to do. WHEW! But wish I had about 10 more! These are just too fun to alter! I once again used a K & Company pack. I think this one is called Chocolat, but don't quote me on that. The butterfly is from the Cuttlebug Tag Team set and is cut from a foil pan. The flowers are Primas and I have a variety of bling used. The bloom where you are planted is from the K & Company pack. The brown paper on the front and the flag is something else, but I don't know what since I just used scraps I had. I used a ribbon buckle and some brown velvet ribbon which you might be able to see better if you click the picture.

I did mess up at first and had the words upside down on the side where the decorations were suppose to go but I just poked a hole and put the flag on the opposite side, easy peasy! And now no one will know! Well guess they will if ya'll tell them, but I know ya'll won't........will you?? *okie wonders*

I can't believe how fast these go. Had I started sooner tonight I probably could have gotten the other one done. Oh well as long as I get it done before Wednesday night before "Dirty Sexy Money" comes on I will be okay. I LOVE THAT SHOW!!

Altered Mailboxes

I picked up a few mailboxes at my LSS that were on clearance. I made sure they were big enough to hold A2 greeting cards as I plan on using them as gifts for people.

This first one is using some Fancy Pants paper I had. I did darken the swirls that were on the paper by using a Fantastix and some Tim Holtz Distressed Ink. The flowers are Primas and the butterfly is from the Cuttlebug Tag Team set. I added rhinestones to the end of the swirls and in the flower centers.









This one is with a K & Company pack I have had for awhile now. The post cards and such are punchouts from the pack. I used some gingham ribbon and a prima flower at the bottom. The little butterfly is the Martha Stewart butterfly punch. I double layered the butterfly to add extra dimension.