Pocket Letter ~ Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home & Tim Holtz French Industrial

I played along with a Pocket Letter exchange over at Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance last month and, now that my swap partner has received it, I can share the pocket letter I made!

The front of the Pocket Letter was made with Graphic 45's Home Sweet Home collection - I used the 6x6 patterns and solids paper and the 8x8 and 12x12 patterned papers, as well as pieces of the coordinating chipboard. All the papers are inked with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and I added in some burlap twine to the tags/chipboard pieces.

The back of the pocket letter was made using the Tim Holtz French Industrial papers, tissue tape, rub-ons, clip and a charm. I used a Creative Embellishments French Postmark Stencil with Distress Embossing Powder in Black Soot in the background of the page. I inked the edges of the papers with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and splattered the entire page with watered-down Distress Ink in Black Soot.

That's it for today! Thanks for popping by my blog!

Dans un jardin français ~ Pocket Letter (SOD/SOE Swap Aug. '15)

Hello Scrappy Friends! A quick share tonight of a pocket letter I made for a swap with Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance! I hope my swap partner, Cindy, likes this pocket letter I made for her! I've called this pocket letter Dans un jardin français (In a French Garden) because the paper I used has some beautiful french translations of Shakespeare Sonnets. I had lots of fun fussy cutting, making  pockets and little tag inserts and embellishing the front side of the pocket letter!

I decided to keep the back of the pocket letter flat since the front side was so dimensional (and I had to fit it in the pocket sleeves)! So I echoed the yellow, red, gold and sepia tones from the front and used my gelli plate and some mists to create a background for a stamped/mixed media pocket page featuring stamps by Finnabair. I added some gold glitter paint to the page to tie into the gold glitter on the front as well.

Here's a peek at the back of the tag inserts from the front page - I also used Finnabair stamps on these.

And, finally, some photos of the pocket letter in plastic page - I made a fun ribbon tassel to add to the edge of the page as a final embellishment!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Scrapping!

Vintage Pocket Letter ~ Meg's Garden DT

Hello! Today I am sharing a new project for the Meg's Garden Design Team using a combination of the gorgeous Butterfly Garden and Forgotten Meadows collections, as well as some embellishments from the Meg's Garden Store and from my stash. Have you heard of pocket letters? I just recently learned about them and, since I love making Artist Trading Cards, I thought it would be fun to create a pocket letter page, which is (essentially) a collection of coordinated ATCs in a trading card page! The Meg's Garden Mini-Papers and Cut & Create Ephemera papers are absolutely perfect for creating pocket letters - you can also use bits and pieces leftover from your larger papers! I wanted this page to look as though it were a collection of vintage memorabilia from a trip to Paris, so I have distressed and added Vintage Photo distress ink to the edges of the papers.

 Here are some close-ups of each of the rows  (out of the plastic trading card page to avoid glare)!

I hope you like my pocket letter page - it was so fun to make! If you create one with Meg's Garden products, leave me a link in the comments below so I can pop by for a look!

Happy Scrapping!

Meg's Garden Products Used:

Forgotten Meadows Paper Collection - Cut & Create Ephemera and Mini Paper Pack

Butterfly Garden Paper Collection - Cut and Create Ephemera and 12 x 12 A Flower Garden for Butterflies

Meg's Bundle of Goodies - Temptations in Cream and Sage and Temptations in Blue