Atcs

More random ATCs I've made. I feel like every time I make an ATC lately, I just clean off my desk.

 So, random piece of paper for the background. I added some pieces I cut out of a paper pad and a stamped image. I didn't have any good markers around to color it.

 Another random piece of paper for background. I added a cut apart, a butterfly sticker and some cupcake washi

I used scraps of paper for this background, added some washi from a swap and some stickers.
Here's what I've received in return:

Very cute.
And the other one:

Except it's not actually an ATC. It measures 3x4, it's basically a journaling card. I like it, I just don't like that it's not an ATC. And I can't trim it down to make it one, I could trim the bottom, but the sides just wouldn't work.
I'll probably make it into a small card.

Halloween tag

I'm not sure why I signed up for this swap, I don't do a lot of Halloween crafting. I even got rid of all my Halloween crafting supplies after making this.

I realized I didn't have any Halloween but not very patterned paper I wanted to use for the background, so I used a piece of yellow cardstock. I added the green and word Halloween paper on top. I attached the ephemera to some orange paper as I didn't think there was enough orange in it. I put the clear bottle sticker on some cardstock and attached it with foam tape. I added the skull and crossbones sticker at the top.
Here's what I received in return:

I like the dimension of the trick or treat bag at the bottom.
I didn't appreciate that it was just put in an envelope with no note. Is it that hard to add a little note?

Shabby Chic pocket letter

I signed up for a shabby chic/vintage pocket letter. And then realized I don't really know what shabby chic is. I made this pocket letter and people said it was shabby chic.

 I took some scraps of paper for the background. I didn't have enough of each paper for the whole background, but had enough to do a strip. I just basically used a bunch of stickers and then some flat back pearls and lace tape for the front. I like how simple it turned out.
The back:

 I filled up the pockets with beads, stickers, cut aparts, washi samples, die cuts and more stickers.
The back

 I love this paper, but the texture made it hard to attach anything to it, so I used it as my back piece.
What I received in return:

 I LOVE this pocket letter. It's so beautiful.
The goodies:

This was a great swap.

Tealightful explosion box

I made another explosion box. I had bought a paper pad, tealightful at Tuesday Morning and thought it would make a perfect explosion box.

Here's the video:

The first lid:

Basically all the paper is from that paper pad, I will mention when it isn't. I added this flower on the top.

Side view:

 All my side views of the boxes don't have decoration on the lids as they came afterwards. I went with trim and lace around the sides of the boxes.
Here it is opened:

 First side:

 I used cut aparts for each of the sides that I trimmed down a little to fit on the panels.

 Second box lid:

 I basically layered a bunch of paper flowers for this one.
Side view:

More trim and lace. The outside sides of this box were from another tea themed pad I bought that day.

Opened:

 First side. I had a harder time decorating these as the cut aparts did not fit on these panels because they are 3.5" square.

 This has a doily and a handmade flower I got in a swap.

 This one has a doily and a chipboard sticker from a sheet of stickers I also picked up that day.

 Another doily with some chipboard stickers and a gold word sticker.

 Another doily with a handmade rosette.
Third box lid:

 This one has some paper from the outside of the second box with a cut apart from the paper pad.
Side view:

 More trim and lace.
opened:

 First side:

 I just used more cut aparts and jewels

 Cut apart and pearls

 cut apart and jewels

cut apart and pearls.
I love how this turned out. I love that I basically just used stuff from the paper pad. It came together so much faster.

private pocket letter swap

I miss doing pocket letters, so I signed up to do a private swap with someone.

The background is black with white polka dots, I added some border strips, but unfortunately the pictures kinda covered them up more than I meant to. I basically just cut them from the back of a calendar. It's very simple, but I like it.
Here's the goodies:

letter, border strips, some lace, washi samples, used postage stamps, the rest of the pictures from the calendar, some word stickers, bling and some inchies.
The back:

A nice weathered wood paper.
Here's what I received in return:

 Back:

This is not a pocket letter in my opinion. I like the paper, but that's all she did was cut up paper to fit into the pocket sheet.

Pocket letter tag

I signed up for a pocket letter tag.

I already had the fruity background done, and basically just added a bunch of Dollar Tree stickers:

I love how it turned out.
The goodies:

letter, used postage, stickers, foam sparkly flower stickers, washi samples, football helmet die cuts, stickers, scraps of paper.
I covered the back with pear paper and conveniently forgot to take a picture.
Here's what I received in return:

The back:

It's about the simplest pocket letter I've ever gotten.

October calendar tag

It's time for the October Calendar Tag. I wanted to do something that wasn't Halloween, cause like I said, I got rid of my Halloween crafting stuff, so I went with pumpkins.

I started with a piece of orange cardstock and added some sunflower pieces along with some pumpkin stickers. I thought the felt pumpkin on the left was too plain, so I added some sequins to it. I didn't like the whiteness of the calendar, so I swiped it with green and brown inkpads. I added some orangey ribbon to the top.
Here's what I received in return:

Obviously my partner went with Halloween, which is fine. It is a huge tag, I realize there's nothing to compare the size to, but I think it was at least 12" tall. Love it
Here are the extras she included:

Lots of good stuff.