Pink card

One of the new groups I joined on facebook, had a pink swap for October.
Here's what I made:

Basically, I raided my stash and pulled out a bunch of pink stuff. The background is from a paper pad especially made to make cards. The journaling card is from a swap as is the butterfly die cut. The trim is from Michaels.
Of course, when they partnered up, they kinda changed the rules on me. Since it's October it's supposed to be about surviving breast cancer and courage, the original rules were anything pink, in the partnered post it said pink and about courage, so I made another one and sent it to my partner:

The papers are from my stash, I found the quote online and drew the pink ribbon.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 And the inside:

I love the little punches she included.

Alphabet Tags, D E and F

I'm in an Alphabet Tag swap in one of my facebook groups, every month we do three tags. This month it was D E and G. I had made a D tag earlier, and then I promptly lost it before the swap was due.
Here's what I created:

I started the dictionary background on the A-C tags, and have decided to do it for the rest of the alphabet.
The D has a dreamcatcher, dog and donut on it. The E has an earthworm, egg and eyes on it. The F has a fairy, fox, frog and flowers on it.
Here's what my partner made:

I love the eggplant and the feather on the flamingo

Mini Halloween pocket letter

I'm not a huge fan of Halloween. I liked it when I was little and got some cool candy, and then when I was in high school and my friend had a party every Halloween, but it doesn't do anything for me nowadays. It seems like the candy isn't as cool, I don't get trick-or-treaters, but I do love seeing the little kids dress up for downtown trick or treaters.
I'm also not that interested in Halloween art stuff, but I like seeing what other people make and in order to have those things, I have to create Halloween stuff.
I signed to do a mini Halloween pocket letter in one of my facebook groups. Here's what I made:

 I had some paper from another pocket letter, so I trimmed them down for the cards. I also used some vintage ephemera that I picked up at Micheal's last year. It's very simple, but I like it.
Here's the back:

I just put in some more of the vintage ephemera for my partner.
My hope in signing up for mini pocket letters is to keep them at one stamp when mailing, but I'm not that good at it. I think I may have achieved it this time.
How cute is the way my partner packaged my return swap?

 The front:

 and back:

I didn't realize the skeleton was actually attached to the pocket letter until I opened it.

November Calendar Tag

I signed up to do another calendar tag in my facebook group. This month, the theme was pumpkins. Here's what I made:

I picked up some pumpkin paper at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago with the plan to use it as the background, but I decided it was too busy, so as I was covering the packaging I was using as backing, I chose this paper.  The giant pumpkin I got at a garage sale. I love the way the circle of the calendar fit so perfectly on the pumpkin. The 'it's a wonderful life' sticker came from Dollar Tree. I made a litter banner of leaf confetti (from a garage sale) and added some pumpkin stickers on top of them. I like the simpleness of it.
Here's what my partner made:

 and some goodies:

I love what she made for me, don't get me wrong, I'm a little disappointed though, because the theme was supposed to be pumpkins. I actually changed what I was going to make because of that.

Halloween Index cards

I signed up to make some Halloween index cards in one of my groups, here's what I came up with:

The background is packaging from some stickers. I had the bird sticker from Hobby Lobby last year, it's a clear sticker so I put it on white paper and attached it to the background with foam tape. I thought it kinda looked like a raven, so I spelled out 'nevermore' in gold glittery letters. It needed something else, so I added the foam bat stickers from Walmart.

I love how this one turned out. The background is from my stash. The witch girl I got in a swap years ago. The 'boo' banner is from a swap. I wanted to add some color, so I accented her dress and hat and the banner with some purple glitter glue from Hollar. I thought the tombstone was a cute touch, it's from Dollar Tree.
Here's what my partner sent me:

Halloween pocket letter

I signed up for a few Halloween pocket letters in my facebook group.

 I wanted it every card to be separate but also connected, so I cut three white cards, three green cards and three orange cards. Most of them came from Hobby Lobby, the top left card was from a swap. I also used three different washi tapes on the cards.
First row, first card: the Frankenstein is from a swap. Second card: the bat is from my stash, the boo is from a swap. Third card: the Day of the Dead bride is from JoAnn's.
Second row, first card: the ghost is from JoAnn's, the skeleton is from my stash. Second card: the candy is from my stash, the mummy and ghost are from Dollar Tree. Third card: all the stickers are from my stash.
Third row, first card: the jar is from Hobby Lobby, the gravestone is from my stash. Second card: the Frankenstein is from a swap. Third card: the spider is from my stash, both ghosts are from Walmart, the mouse is from the Dollar Tree.
I alternated putting things on the actual cards and the outside of the pockets. Some of the elements were more 3D than others, so I put those on the outside.
The goodies:

 I always try to include some of the stuff I've used on the front, so I included a lot of stickers. The box of stickers is from Dollar Tree. The sequin mix is from another swap. The adhesive sequins are from Hobby Lobby. The washi is from Dollar Tree, Target and Hobby Lobby.
Here's what my partner made:
Here's another one I made:

 I really like how this one turned out. The skull is on the outside of the pocket letter, I got it from a book we withdrew from the library. I put black cardstock as the background paper. I liked the whole simplistic look of the black background, but I also thought it needed some embellishments, so I added more black stuff. The foam bats at the top are from Walmart. The bling are from a swap, the blingy cat is from a swap. The spider web, 'boo' 'halloween' and 'spooky' are die cuts from a swap. The bat is also from a swap.
The goodies:

I continued the black theme with my goodies. The bats I used on the front. I liked the skull pin from Dollar Tree, the box of stickers is also from Dollar Tree. I don't have just black halloween washi, so I put in black and white mostly from Target. There is a bicycle paper clip, a speech bubble paper clip and a regular black paper clip. I also included some black buttons, some black glitter and black glitter spiders.
Here's what my partner sent:

 Again, I love the shaker on the bottom left. I love that little skeleton guy in the middle and the pom pom spiders on the bottom right.
The back:

 Sadly, there's no letter in it, so technically it's not a pocket letter.
The goodies"

Flip book

I signed up to do a private swap with someone in one of my facebook groups. She likes unicorns, and I feel I have a lot of those right now, so I made a unicorn flip book:

 I have a lot of flower paper, so I used that as background papers. The moon and stars are from a swap, they have a bit of wink of stella on them (the person who sent these to me told me she liked the Wink of Stella pen because the glitter doesn't come off, I beg to differ, I had glitter on me every time I touched anything it had been used on.). The 'make your own magic' piece and the unicorn are from Micheal's. The washi is from Dollar Tree, the arrow piece is from my stash.
When you open it:

 Left page:

 I just made a pocket in the paper and stuffed it full of goodies. The 'hello' was an acetate piece that I put on some teal paper.
Right side:

 The stars are fuzzy, they are from a swap. The 'different is beautiful' is a clear sticker that I layered on green and then purple paper (it is from a Peachy Cheap grab bag). The unicorn is from TJ Maxx. The washi at the bottom was layered on some green paper.
When you flip this page to the right:

 Middle page:

 These are all sticky notes from Target, I gave a sample of each to her.
Right page:

 I put a bag for unicorns someone made for me here.
When you remove the bag:

 I didn't want it to be just a blank page, so I added the washi (from a swap), the jumping unicorn (from a swap) the My Little Pony unicorn (from a RAK) and the sun sticker (from Micheal's) to it.
The back:

I had bought some wall art stickers (from Dollar Tree) for a flip book, sadly they were a bit too big for this one, so I had to trim this one down to make it fit, I also added some bling flowers (from a swap) to the bottom.
Here's what I got in return:

 Here's the front of the flip book:

 Love the use of the teal color.
First flip:

 Second flip:

 Third flip:

 I love that she made a side waterfall of journaling cards and a shaker at the end there.
The goodies:

 I really love that ribbon tassel she made.
Here's what was in the other envelope in the first picture:

I love that she sends me die cuts. I love die cuts, I rarely use them, but I love getting them