Going Postal: More cards from snippets, scrap + stamps

Hello again.

As I menioned yesterday, when I introduced this card design with stamps and papers in shades of blue, I've made others in various colour schemes. I hope this gives those of you who were going to try it out, a few more ideas.

Here's a yellow one featuring a stamp where a white-haired man is being pulled along by a cat/rabbity type thing:

 And a green variation where I've used a scrap of paper I punched a butterfly from for another project:

 Fuchsia pink and mint green this time, again the papers are from the leftover scraps from my Guest DT Quirky Kit last month. And I still love that Kesi-Art paper with the jeans on it:

If you're getting the idea that it's the colour combining which I'm more excited about, rather than the actual stamp design itself, you're probably right. My main aim was to blend colours successfully and to not really give a second thought to the stamps' subject matter.

Which explains how a baboon made it on to on this one:



As for where to get used stamps from well:

•  many of the ones I used came from James's collection, [which, if you're new here is my other half ... and not a shop] - don't panic - it wasn't a 'proper' stamp collection.
• I've also had some in a pack from WHSmiths;
• Plus I've had lots more tucked into various mixed ephemera packs I've had over the years.
• I've also spotted them in junk shops and car boot sales and many etsy sellers stock them.

Speaking of which ... all of the cards from this post are on sale now in my etsy shop. [I've even given it a fresh new header etc especially to mark the fact I'm uploading new things!].

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Thanks for your comments on yesterday's post and make certain to link me up if you try out this card or when you get round to any postal-themed blog posting.

Over the next few weeks there'll be postal-themed giveaways from at least 3 fabulous shops and designers ... and I'm working on more.

Before then I'll be bringing you details on a crafty international  postal project you can get involved with so do keep dropping in to see what's freshly landed on your blogging doorstep.

See you soon.
Julie

Going Postal: Cards from scraps, snippets and stamps

Hello postal-people.

Firstly let me say a big thank you to those who've told me they're planning something already!   I'm really looking forward to starting pinning your postal-posts! [Try saying that fast 3 times!].

If you're still pondering about joining in then you might be interested to know I edited the introductory post to add in the fact that I'm more than happy for you to combine the postal theme with any other ongoing project or blog-challenge entry out there.

For example, if you follow a sketch-blog - as long as your sketch-project features a postal item/theme somewhere you can enter the sketch challenge and 'Going Postal' with one project.

OK ... enough admin ... on to the craftiness and my stampy, scrappy greetings cards:

These came about, as so often the best ideas do, entirely by accident.

I'd been sorting through the pizza box filled with the Crafty Templates Quirky Scrapbooking kit which I'd been guest designing with when I came across some small snippets of paper I'd cut out when I created the micro-mini-book I blogged about here last month.

Despite some of the scraps being quite tiny I'd held on to them [rather than dropping them in the recycling bag] as they were still so pretty and interesting. There were several of them floating around the bottom of the box and I just began moving them around, matching-up and contrasting colours:

Then I got out the packet of postage stamps I'd recently rediscovered and tucked into my crafting bag and started arranging them, in colour themse, alongside my paper scraps.

I then mounted them onto CoreDinations cardstock, which I'd sanded around the edges to reveal the lighter core-colour beneath.

Finally I ran them under the sewing machine for some free-style wobbly stitching lines:

These were the Father's Day cards James and I sent this year and tomorrow I'll share some colour variations of the same idea.

It's a really simple, satisfying way to use up scraps and I think they'd work well framed, as well as being posted ... or even afterwards. Hopefully someone will like it enough to pop a frame around it!

Thanks for reading.

I hope the weekend brings you something good in the mail!

Julie