Red and Black Explosion box

My friend's birthday was Wednesday, so I made her an explosion box.

Her favorite colors are black and red, so I used those as the base and added other things to complement them.
The outside:

The sides are this damask paper. The lid is a red plaid that I added the top of a flower pic to it and some red/black washi to the sides.

I apparently don't have a picture of the first layer open, so refer to the video.

 All the backgrounds are the same black/white/red damask paper. I layered some black and then red paper with a flower die cut.

 On this piece I have some black paper with a red sticker that says 'cake', I also have some red paper with a chipboard sticker of a cupcake.

 Again I've layered black and red, this time I added some party hats.

 To mirror the other side I added some black paper and spelled out 'happy birthday' in red sticker letters. I also have some red paper with another chipboard cupcake sticker.
Here's the second box:

 The outside has some black/red/white striped paper. The lid is black paper with another flower die cut. I added a clear sticker on some red paper and added red/black and white present washi to the lip.
Second layer:

 My friend also likes foxes, she said she liked this layer the best. The backgrounds are all pink/black polka dots, I didn't realize they were pink until I started putting it on the paper, it was too late to change by then.

 I added a clear sticker to some black washi and a layered fox sticker.

 I added a clear sticker to some white paper and layered it on black paper with some fox stickers.

 This clear sticker is on the background with a fox and tree sticker.

 This one has another clear sticker on black paper with a fuzzy fox sticker.
Last box:

 The outside of this one has another damask print, but the black is velvety, I was going to put it on the outside, but I didn't want the black to get gross. The lid is red/white polka dots, I added a metal piece to the top and layered black and red washi to the lip.
Last layer:

 The backgrounds are all red/black plaid.

 I added some balloon stickers here.

 This is a really bad picture. I added the clear sticker to some white paper and then on to the background.

 I added a cake sticker here.

And here is another clear sticker I layered on white paper.

Easter Pocket Letter

I signed up to make an Easter pocket letter in one of my groups. Here's what I made:

 I used some spotty paper as the background. The eggs and chicks I got from another pocket letter, I loved how they looked. I added some butterfly stickers so the chicks were looking at something. The middle row has a vintage Easter card that I cut apart, I also added some puffy egg stickers to the cart. I added some flower stickers and a Happy Easter sticker as well. The top row has some bunny die cuts I got in another pocket letter. I also added some spotty washi tape to the side.
The back:

 I added stickers, washi, some tags, some die cuts.

As I'm still trying to use up some of my paper, I added this cute bunny paper to the back.

Here's what my partner sent me:

 Isn't it beautiful? I love the bunny in the top row, middle card, the fence is a wooden fence she added to the top. I love the doll on the left side. I love all the different elements she included.
The goodies:

 She included a keychain, some stickers, some sequins, a sheet of bling, some die cuts and more stickers.
She also included this bag of extras:

There was also a gummy bunny, but I ate it.

pink pocket letter

Someone in one of my groups posted asking to do a private swap for a pink pocket letter. I really love how mine turned out:

I used some journaling cards I picked up from Tuesday Morning back in December as my inspiration. I basically cut up pieces I thought would fit in the pocket letter, some of them turned out to be a tiny bit big, so I just put them on the outside of the sleeves. I added some bling, a couple stickers and some marbled vellum as the backgrounds. The first card sadly doesn't have the vellum because I misplaced a piece.
The goodies:

 I added some star stickers, some die cuts, some heart stickers, some bling and some paperclips.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 I think that middle pocket was a shaker because all the bits were throughout the package.
The goodies:

We're thinking about doing more swaps in the future.

April Tag

It's time for the monthly tag swap. I was going to go with an Easter theme, but then someone posted theirs that had a flower theme, so I sorta went that direction, sorta not.

I knew I wanted flowers, then I started looking through my stuff and decided I wanted the retro looking lady. I was originally going to put the calendar down by her feet, but it didn't fit with the border. I went with a yellow paper to mount the calendar on to pull out the yellow in the lady's dress. There was this flowery thing that I couldn't cut out of the image without ruining the lady, so I layered a die cut, a chipboard piece and a rosette over it. I love how it turned out.
Here's why my partner sent me:

 The big April calendar actually comes out of the pocket.
She also included some cute card kits for me:

Alphabet tags S, T, U

We're getting closer to the end of the alphabet. I actually finished all my tags awhile ago, it makes it a little easier knowing that I don't have to worry about them (as long as I don't lose them before I need to mail them).
Here's S, T, and U:

Star, Saturn, Squirrel and Shark, they're all stickers from my stash.
Triangle, Telephone and Turtle, the triangles are a scrap of paper, the other two are stickers.
Umbrella, Unicorn, Unique, I had a hard time with this one. I knew I had unicorns, I knew I had umbrellas somewhere, too, but I couldn't find them, this one is cut from a coloring pad. The unique is from a minion sticker collection.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 And they're double sided:

 Goodies:

How cute are those clovers?

Easter Pocket letter

I signed up to do an Easter pocket letter in one of my groups:

 I saw someone create a washi banner in a youtube video and thought I'd try it out for the somewhat bare top on this one. I picked three patterned washi, folded them over the twine and popped them up with foam tape, I added some sparkly chipboard sticker letters to the top. I wanted a large egg for the middle card, but didn't have any in my stash, so I found an oval die cut and traced it on some paper. The rest of the eggs are stickers, the bunny is a felt sticker that I added a better egg to.
The second row has some Easter stickers in the first pocket, I didn't have enough of the striped paper so I substituted some spotty paper on the middle card, I messed up on the bunny, though. There's a brown one under the wordy one, I was supposed to put the wordy one on foam tape so you could see the dimension. The last card has a word bubble and a teddy bear die cut that I added an egg sticker to to cover a heart he was holding.
The bottom has a bunny, egg, and chick die cut that I got in a swap. I made my own basket of eggs for the middle card. I just basically filled up the other two with stickers. I added an egg to the middle of the flower to cover the ugly center.
The goodies:

 jar die cut, sequin mix, bunny stickers, bunny paperclip I made, jeweled bunny stickers, Easter washi, more Easter stickers, egg eraser. I also added some paper scraps in with the bunny paper clip.

I backed it with this wordy paper, and added egg washi to the side.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 Isn't it cute?
The back:

I love all the die cuts she included, but there's no letter, so technically, it's not a pocket letter.

flowers and feathers tag

I signed up to make a flowers and feathers tag in one of my facebook groups. Here's what I made:

I covered the background with some flower paper from a Paris paper pad (Hobby Lobby), I added the yellow flowers (thrift store) down the side and across the bottom. Next I layered a few flowers (sparkly green, blue/pink and pink flower) for the corner piece.  I'm actually very proud of that large flower. I took the stamens out of the pink/blue flower and shoved them in the middle of the fabric pink flower. I thought it looked to plain so I added teal flat back pearls to the centers of the yellow flowers. I found these three feathers in my stash and added them to the tag. I dug out the vellum sticker, put it on some white paper and fussy cut it out. I added the three colors of seam binding to the top.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 I love her choice of colors and the style of the tag.
The extras:

Lollipop box

I get a subscription box every month, that is journaling/planning related. I've subscribed since last August. Thought I'd pimp it out, it's called the Lollipop Box Club, it's based in England and gets mailed about the 17th of each month, it takes about a week, sometimes less, to get here.
August:

September:

October:

November:

January:

I don't have everything from all the boxes (though I tend to hoard most of it).
Every month, you get:
a roll of washi:

 A cute felt paper clip:

 I have them set out by month: August-pail and shovel, September-camera, October-pumpkin, (I'm missing November which was a mermaid tail), December-star, November-cloud and February-envelope.
A stamp:

 August-ice cream, sun, and pineapple; September-film strip and camera; I seem to be missing October; November-mermazing; December-flag, snowflake and heart; January-cloud and February-envelope.
Tags:

 There are a few tags in each box, there's usually one on the papers when you open the box saying hello and then there's another inside with your paper clip taped to it.
Postcard:

 August-Yay, September-camera, October-pumpkin, November-mermaid tail, December-happy people, January-forever dreaming, February-happy mail.
postcard sized extras:

 Stencils:

 I don't use these, so I've sent most of mine out in swaps, this one is from February.
There's always a charm:

 August-pineapple, September-camera, October-jack-o-lantern, November-jar and mermaid, December-snowflake, January-dream, and February-envelope.
There's always a DIY:

 There's always a writing utensil:

 Sometimes we get these cute little acrylic charms:

 There's always exclusive papers:

 There's always planner stickers:

 There's always some tiny little word phrases:

 And there's always extras:

 Here's a close-up of the really tiny ones:

And there's always a lollipop, but it's the first thing I take care of while I'm exploring the box, so no pictures of those.

Feburary's theme was Happy Mail:

There was a bunch of envelope themed items, stamps, and 'happy' stuff. March is springy looking. I'm excited to get it.