Easter Pocket Letter

An Easter pocket letter I did for a group:

 I went with a springy paper for the background. I used some grass washi for the first and third rows. The first row I also stamped 'happy Easter' and colored it in, cut it down and attached it to the front of the pocket letter. I used a few diecuts I had gotten in swaps. Second row I used these weird egg stickers with some butterfly stickers and a rabbit die cut. Third row, I used some egg ephemera I got in a swap and added some golden bunny stickers with some birds and a sun sticker.
The goodies:

 paper clips, sequins, planner stickers, puffy stickers, Easter stickers, scraps of the springy paper and egg ephemera and some springy washi. I really don't like thin washi so I've been trying to get rid of it.
The back:

Love this paper.
What I received in return:

 I love how she used what looks like vintage clip art.
The goodies:

Lots of cute stuff

Spring tag

I signed up for a spring tag swap in one of my groups, it couldn't be flat, had to have some dimension.

I used a scrap of springy paper on the tag, but it wasn't big enough to cover it, so I added some pink paper flowers to the side. I also added some trim and flower trim to the bottom as well as the 3D bottle sticker and some flower buttons to it.
I feel it's a bit too much pink, but I had already attached the pink flowers on the bottom when I was trying to figure out what to put on the side and those paper flowers just worked.
What I received in return:

 I love that she used my favorite colors.
The extras:

Mail journal

March 4th, I received an owl tag:

 I used the note and a few stickers:

And another Send Me Something Unique:

 And a surprise:

 I used the notes from them, the return labels and some stickers from a penpal letter I also received:

March 5th, I received a hearts tag:

 I used the note, one of the memo sheets, some of the washi, some of the stickers and a part of the envelope:

I also received a send me something unique:

I used the note, some stickers from the envelope, washi from the envelope and the tiny nail stickers:

A Use what you get swap:

 I used the note and a scrap of paper from my desk:

March 6th I received a secret sister package:

 I used the note and some washi that was on the package:

March 7th, I received a wish grant of something hedgehog

 I used the note and part of the envelope:

 A wish grant of tea:

 I used the note, the washi that was on the envelope and some stickers that were on the envelope:

Another wish grant of tea:

 I used the note, I cut out the image on the front of the card, and the washi that was holding the tea down:

6x6 loaded pocket

One of my groups had a swap for a 6x6 loaded pocket but we were supposed to include a bunch of die cuts, multiples, which I don't have. So, I suggested the swap in another group, but letting us fill it with whatever.
Here's what I created:

 I used a double sided paper, added some ribbon and stickers to the front.
Here it is loaded:

 And what was in it:

Tags, planner stickers, washi samples, seeds, stickers, diecuts and a paper clip.
Here's what I received:

 And everything that was in it:

This was a fun swap, and I'd love to do it in the future.

Taped up Thursday

In one of my groups, I signed up for a tag where we were to make a piece of artwork with washi on a 4x6 card or larger. Here's what I made:

I had a hard time with this. I'm not so great at creating art, like out of nothing, I'm better at taking elements and making art from those. So, I took three tapes, the green patterned, the pink stripey and a marbled black and white. I covered a bunch of paper with them, cut them up and layered them together. I also added a 'random little thoughts' sticker on top.
Here's what I received:

I love these.

Use those scraps

I signed up for a swap where we used our scraps to create this card sketch:

 This was my first card:

 I wasn't exactly pleased with it. I don't have any great star elements, and I should have made the strips coordinate better, but I felt that might have not been in the guidelines of using my scraps.
I made another card with a few tweaks:

 I used washi instead of scraps and then butterfly punches instead of stars. I really like how this one turned out. I mailed them both to my partner, but may have to recreate the butterfly one in the future.
Here's what I received:

I like how she tweaked the design and used clovers.