Hello scrappy peeps!
Today I'd like to share a little something I published on the Sizzix UK blog a little while ago.
It's a fun 'new' thing I discovered from my eldest
daughter. Yup, I'm sure you have all heard about it before ; SNAILMAIL.
Admit
it, for most of you it has an oldfashioned ring to it and you probably
have not sent one for years. For the young people (and even slightly
older :-) ) there is now something cool and fun about snailmail. There are
several clubs where you can connect with likeminded to correspond with
eachother. -Much like the old penpal-clubs I remember from my
highschool days.
Here is the set we prepared and are sending off to DD's friend Hillevi who's in London:
As
you see we have not written the letter yet at this point, -maybe
because we did not want it published all over the internet,...LOL! Of
course it looks a lot cooler with the text in place, but at least the
base for the letter is there.
One thing not to miss when you send a snailmail is the ever popular 'tuck in'
-the little something that you add to the envelope to make it all more
interesting. I have made a few 'bagatelles' with my Sizzix dies to tuck in as well as added some old book pages, doilies and some pretty flair buttons.
I
started by cutting down the 12X12 paper to a good letter size. I misted
it and added a strip of paper where I wanted the name to go. Hillevi is
really into movies and all that stuff so we thought the filmstrip die
was a good one to grab and the chipboards for the name was made with a
Bigz alphabet. Then I added some black chalk to make them stand out
more.
Just take
a look at those dainty little butterflies, die cut from an old book
page. Those belong to one of Paula Pascual's new die sets. They are so
precious!
In the photo above is the birthday baner I made to tuck in and I will present it in a
small vellum envelope. You can also see the cute frame made with one of
the new awesome cool thinlits sets. I added a couple of those cut from
different papers. The 'smile' and the couple cut from red cardtock in
the main photo are also from one of the new thinlits sets.
These are all rather nice little 'gifts' for those who don't own a Big Shot machine.
I
actually made some decorative chipboard decorations using my frameworks
dies. The fact that you can cut 'almost anything' with them is one of
the many reasons to love the Bigz dies. These chippies have been painted
with gesso and then misted with Prima's new Color Bloom mists and I
think they look really nice. Especially considering they were made from
an empty box of dishwasher tablets :-D I think they have certainly come
up in the world :-)
Another
cute little something that I made is a small sign for her to hang
somewhere in her room. I imagine it dangling from a key for a cupboard
or a wardrobe.
I
diecut the quote and backed it with different coloured papers. Then I
added a red frame all around before glueing it to a piece of thin
cardboard. I used a heavy embroidery needle to add the red and white
bakers twine.
Gorgeous Sizzix products that I have used:
Thanks for looking ! So nice to see you here :-)
