Pocket Letter Tag

I signed up for a pocket letter tag in my new group. Here's what I made:

 I already had the background ready. She said she liked quotes, to I went through all my journaling cards and picked out 9 that I thought had good quotes.
The goodies:

 ephemera, stickers, canvas hearts, sticky notes.
The back:

She also said she liked butterflies.
Here's what I received:

 It's so beautiful. She said she read that I liked mermaids, so she went with that. The only downside is the glitter is coming off a bit, but I decided it will be upright in the binder, so it should be fine. LOVE IT!!!
The back:

This is one I didn't want to take apart, it's so beautiful!!!

Fantasyland flip book

I signed up to do a fantasyland flip book in one of my facebook groups. Here's what I made:

 I used some paper I got from Hollar for the backgrounds, this fairy is a wall sticker from Dollar Tree.
When you flip it open

 Close-up of left page:

 This paper was from my stash, the purple flowers are from a unicorn wall sticker pack from Dollar Tree. The fairy is from a swap, I colored it with gel pens.
Close-up of right page

I added a unicorn to the background (Dollar Tree) and some punched butterflies (a swap), I also added some bling as their bodies (my stash).
When you flip it to the right:

 Close-up of middle page:

 The flowers and leaves are from the fairy wall sticker (Dollar Tree), I added lace to the bottom (garage sale) and some puffy fairies and a toadstool house (RAK).
Close-up of right page:

 I chose monsters for this page. I added half of a journaling card (a swap) for a pocket. I have a lot of monster stickers that I never seem to use. I fussy cut the purple guy (Dollar Tree), added some tiny ones (Walmart) and the kraft colored one (Walmart) as well as the puffy yellow guy (Dollar Tree). I added the ogre to look like he's peeking out of the pocket (Micheal's), I also added the fairy to the pocket (Micheal's). I added some monster tape (Dollar Tree) to the bottom.
When you flip this page to the right:

Close-up of third page:

 I added some rainbow tape (Dollar Tree) to the bottom. I had put the purple unicorn (TJ Maxx) on the bottom first and then decided to add the tape, so one of his legs is sad. I added the pegasus (Dollar Tree) to the top as well as the 'Best Day ever' sticker (Hobby Lobby), it's a clear sticker, so I put it on white paper before adding it to the page. I also added the two small unicorns (Micheal's) to the bottom.
Close-up of right page:

 I added layers of the paper on foam tape to make waves. I put the blue haired mermaid (Dollar Tree) behind one of the waves. I also put the pink haired and purple haired mermaids (Hobby Lobby) so they are partly behind and on top of the layers. I then added the two mermaids (a swap) to the bottom. I also added a sun sticker (TJ Maxx) to the top. I was going to put a few mermaids in behind the top wave, but I forgot.
Here's how I packaged it:

I wrapped some fibers (a swap) around the book, tied them in a bow and added a unicorn charm (garage sale) and a couple unicorn paper clips (swaps). I also included another of the Dollar Tree fairies in the back for my partner.
Here's what I got in return:

 I love the style of this flip book, it's like a bunch of mini file folders.
First flip:

 Second flip:

 Last flip:

 And the goodies:

I really like all the printouts she included.

Mermaid file folder pocket letter

One of my facebook groups had a swap for a mermaid themed file folder pocket letter and it sounded interesting. Basically you take a file folder, staple a pocket letter inside it and decorate.

I picked up a plain file folder from the bookstore for a whopping 20 cents. Someone said they were going to send one to me, it never showed up and she said she'd send out a 2nd one, never saw it, so I just bought one at the book store. I also picked up a mermaid coloring book to use on this:

Here's the front:

I painted the file folder with some blue and green paint that I've had forever. I used to always pick up paint when it was on clearance on JoAnn's or Hobby Lobby, but I don't really use it anymore. After stapling in my pocket letter, I covered up the staples with this shiny green tape from Dollar Tree. The grouping in the corner is from a swap. I colored the mermaid with some crayons and used a marker for her hair. I also added my partner's name in gold letters.
Here's the back of the front cover:

 The videos I watched added an envelope to this page. I remembered this gift bag I got at TJ Maxx, so I cut it in half and glued it in. I put my bigger goodies in here. At the top I added some leftover paper from the back page. I also added some washi from Michael's on the side.
Here's the pocket letter:

 I think I need to take a step back from mermaid stuff for awhile. This pocket letter is very flat, it's just all stickers with a die cut in the middle pocket. I added some sandy looking paper to the bottom with some sea stickers. The 'wonder' is a chipboard sticker from my stash. All the sea creature stickers are from Dollar Tree. The top two mermaids are from Michael's. The die cut is from a swap and the bottom mermaid is from Dollar Tree. I'm not as excited about this as I am about the file folder.
Here's the back:

I included some tags, a lot of mermaid/under the sea themed stickers, some green/blue washi, and a pile of sticky notes.
Here's the back page:

The background looks like weathered wood, it's from the Newsworthy paper pad from Hobby Lobby. The sea turtles I cut out of a card. The heart shape is from a swap. The die cuts are from a swap. The mermaid is from Dollar Tree. The crab sticker is from Dollar Tree.
Here's the back of the folder:

I just put down a lot of water themed paper, covered up some ugly spots with other paper and added the whale sticker.
Here's what my partner made me, the front:

 The inside:

 The back of the pocket letter and file folder:

 The back of the file folder:

I love the coloring technique and the use of the Graphic 45 paper.

Mermaid Tag

I signed up to make a mermaid tag in one of my facebook groups.

I love how mine turned out

I used some teal wood grained paper for the background. I added the teal pearls to the top. The starfish is from a swap, I put a blue eyelet on it with some fiber for the string. The starfish at the bottom are from a sticker sheet from Hobby Lobby. I didn't like any of my mermaid stickers, they were too cartoony, so I made my own. I started with the fish scale looking paper and made a tail and then went on a hunt for a picture that fit the tail. In hindsight, I should have found a picture first and then made the tail. She was holding a child, so I cut out the child and part of her arm, I put some 3D flowers to cover her arms. I have an orange egg as her chair and then I found this 'rock' (I don't know what it is) it was in my stash and liked that as her chair better. She still didn't look like a mermaid to me, so I added the sequin 'crown'.
We had to have texture and something shiny. I feel my rock works for the texture, and the sequin crown works for the something shiny.
Here's what I got in return:

 I like the paper she used.
Here's the back:

It's a cute quote.

Mermaid pocket letter

Someone sent me this die for my birthday

but I don't have a die cutting machine, so I did a private swap on one of my facebook groups, I have so much stuff, so I just asked her to make me a mermaid pocket letter.

This is what she sent me:

She said it's her favorite pocket letter.
I'm not a huge pink person, but I LOVE this pocket letter.

She also filled it with goodies that I like. Usually there's something in one of the pockets that I don't like, but I love all the goodies in this one.

Mermaid pocket letter

I signed up to do a mermaid pocket letter through one of my facebook groups. I originally planned to do a color copy of this:

I think it's 11x14 size canvas, but I'm not sure. I remember doing more to this, but I can't find the picture, I'm also not entirely sure where this piece is right now, so that didn't work out. I should have seen if I still had the mermaid picture on my computer. Oh well, I like what I did do:

I used a piece of blue vellum that I attached to a blue piece of cardstock because it was a tiny bit too small. I had this mermaid suncatcher that I picked up for the paints at the dollar tree. I never was going to use the suncatcher itself, this was the paper behind it with coloring suggestions. I basically cut her out and attached her to the paper and then cut it up to fit in the pocket. I put some gems over the drops on the image and some stars to cover the stars on the image. Then I just filled in with some stickers I had.

First row, first card: the jellyfish is from Dollar Tree, the sea turtle from my stash. Second card: the ray is from my stash, the yellow fish from Dollar Tree. Third card: the top fish from my stash  the other two from Dollar Tree. They were reward stickers that I cut off the words from.

Second row, second card: the fish is from my stash. Third card: the mermaid is from Dollar Tree, she had some giant googly eyes on her, I traded them out to a more proportional set.

Third row, first card: the seaweed is from Dollar Tree as is the crab. Second card: the fish is from Dollar Tree. Third card: the seaweed on the left is a piece of washi from Walmart, the jelly fish and seaweed on the right is from Dollar Tree. The jellyfish is also a reward sticker. I got this strip of paper in a swap.

I put some washi I got from a swap on the side and added some charms. The fish and dolphin are from a swap, the other beads are handmade from a swap.

Here's what I received from my partner: 

I love her use of die cuts. She also added actual sand to the bottom.