ATC Flower #48

#550 Flower Large

The next few posts are going to be flowers, and then there will be several posts of cards I made for the restaurant staff at the hotel Laudenella, Switzerland. Most of the cards, from this post through the restaurant card posts, I gave away to hotel and restaurant staff and to airline stewards and stewardesses. I enjoy giving my cards out to people who have been really helpful, to random people, and to people I like.

#551 Flower Large

It never ceases to surprise me how happy people are to receive a card, especially when they have been watching me doodle one. Sometimes it takes them a few minutes to understand that I don't want anything in return. It seems that it is more unusual to be given something without any expectations of return than I realize. I get joy from giving the cards out and that is good.

Have a beauitful day!

Theta

ATC Birthday

#548 Happy Birthday

These two ATCs went out with Birthday Happy Mail. The names were in the empty part of the leaf. I scanned them before putting in the names so that you can print them out and write in a name :)  Enjoy them.

Have a happy day!

Theta

#549 Happy Birthday

ATC Flower #47

#546 Flower Large

Here are two flowers that I doodled in April. They finish 2016's first quarter of ATC's. My backlog of cards is getting smaller, but in the meantime I'm making more.

I want to use some hand-lettered quotes in the album I'm making of our vacation. So... I am doing some experimenting and making some ATCs with quotes. Some quotes are applicable and some are just for fun. I will post them after I'm caught up... That's funny, since I keep creating, I'll never be caught up on posting.

Have a creative day!

Theta

#547 Flower Large

ATC Birthday and Mother's Day

#544 Happy Birthday

The two ATCs today are special flowers for special people.

The bottom half of the leaf on the Happy Birthday card is blank so you can print it and fill in a name.

The Mother's Day card is the last ATC I gave my mother. She really liked receiving the cards and often printed them off of my blog onto 8.5 x 11 photo paper. Sometimes she colored them in Photoshop before printing. She liked having lots of color in her environment.

Have a lovely day!

Theta

#545 Mother's Day

ATC Bunny #3

#542 Bunny 2016

Here are the last of the half-dozen bunnies I made for the Easter Happy Mail, a fuzzy one and a pink one.

Have a great day!

Theta

#543 Bunny 2016

ATC Bunny #2

#540 Bunny 2016

Day 2 of Easter Bunnies :)

Have a hoppy day!

Theta

#541 Bunny 2016

ATC Bunny #1

#538 Bunny 2016

The next three posts are of the bunnies I doodled for the Easter Happy mail I sent in March 2016. Everyone received a copy of each rabbit and one of the originals.

Have a blessed day!

Theta

#539 Bunny 2016

ATC Flower #46

#536 Flower Large

Today is the start of catching up on my posting of my ATCs. These are two flowers I doodled in February.

Have a beautiful day!

Theta

#537 Flower Large

Happy Mail - Outgoing

Front

This happy mail is for my dad. I started it using the birds and then found out he was having trouble with pigeons... so I added pigeons :)

The envelope in the first flip has a couple of photos and the envelope at the second flip has a letter. The first flip pocket also includes ATC sized cards with pigeon pictures, just in case the pigeons leave and he gets lonely ;)

I started out with two 12 by 12 sheets of scrapbook paper glued together (they weren't double sided) and began by cutting it like some of the file folder flip books I've seen, but then things went sideways... Anyway the flip book is 3 in by 6 in with a central pocket. My dad doesn't really like taking small things out of little pockets and putting them back in, so most things are solidly glued down and the pictures and letter don't need to go back in their envelopes. I glued a belly band to cover the ribbon that goes around the back of the folder and ties in front. I put washi tape around the edges of the folder largely because two sheets of paper glued together often fray and pull apart. With the tape around the edges, it will hold up better.

Back

Have a wonderful day!

Theta



Materials:
Dies - Sizzix; Crafter's Companion, Downton Abby; Spellbinders, Leaves 2, Feathers, Heart Circles; Cardmaking and Papercraft, Thank you Die Cut; Immediate Media Company Bristol Ltd., Paisley Die Cut; ART-C, Feathers, Lace
Washi - Michaels and Daiso
Paper - Graphic 45, Mother Goose, Humpty Dumpty; Colorbok, French Prep; scraps
Punches - Fiskars; Recollections; EK Success; China
Printables - Kathy Holden, Vintage Button Collection; Paper Crafts Inspirations Magazine, printables; eclecticanthology, jpg printable;
Diecuts - Recollections, Gold Butterfly, Color Splash Feathers; Pebbles, Summer; Doilies, Dom
Sticky Notes - Daiso, Sticky Notebook, Travel
Stamps - TPC Studio, Girlfriends; Martha Stewart; Studio G
Card with quote - technologyrocksseriously, pigeon quote
Cards (not shown) - Pintrest Pigeon board; note - I didn't end up using the black and white pigeon paper, I drew my own pigeons (instructions here) and cut them out

First flip

First flip, Pocket inserts

First flip open

Second flip

Second flip open

Interactive Birthday Card - the last one of this design for the year

Inside cover and first page

I haven't posted in a long while and have a bit of a backlog. Hopefully I will be able to get some more stuff posted soon...

Onto the Birthday Card - Under the ribbon is a crown pop-up card. The second page has a flap and a bunch of tags and quotes. On the divider is an envelope with a happy birthday banner. The large envelope under the flap holds a note or picture from family members. On the page under the divider are more quotes and confetti. The last pages have a rosette and a pocket with lots of goodies.

Second page

Happy Birthday Interactive Card 

Materials:

Paper: Recollections - Michaels; Cardstock - Fabriano; Orange - Leeno; Light blue and White - ROCO

Elements: myplannerenvy.com; Bring on the Cake Journalers - katehadfielddesigns.com; Project life Cards - onevelvetmorning; Lunchbox notes - ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com; Birthday Wishes Freebie 1 - Kath K Designs; Label - blog.worldlabel.com; tickets - sgtstamper; Happy & Bright Birthday Tags - iheartrosemarywatson.blogspot.com; motivational planner stickers - beautyholicsanonymous.com/2015/08/free-download-motivational-printable-stickers-planner/

Gems: SBC and China

Second page with flap open

Stickers: Twin Seven, Modern, SBC; Gold Notarial - MACO

Pens: Silver and blue - Jelly-Gel, Sikorea; White - Gelly Roll, Sakura; Black - Micron; Letraset Promarker

Pop-up crown - littlegreenbox.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/a-royal-crown-pop-up-card/

Cover Label, pieced - Dove

Ribbon: Blue Satin - Moonflower, China; Blue Sparkle - Momotara

Second page with divider turned

Glue: Glue stick and Power contact adhesive  - UHU; 2-way clear glue - Scotch

Envelope patterns: mine :)

Ink: all ink - Memento, Tsukineko

Stamps: Happy Birthday - Fiskars; Star - Classic Wood Stamp Set, China

Binding: CombBind, GBC

Front Closure:

Bead: Old World Beads - The Beadery

Elastic: Red and White and Blue and White - UI LI, China

Last page

Life Notes - I ended up sending this card out from the States. It was almost done when I got the call that my mom had died. She had cancer for the second time and had felt great until just before her birthday. She died a few days after her 80th birthday. So that tells you the main event that has lead to why I haven't posted for a long time. Then, I spent some time with my dad while my husband and the boys went on our vacation. I joined them for our vacation and we got back a few days ago. Hopefully I'll collect myself together and get back to posting at least intermittently.


Have a great day!

Theta

Spend time with those you love. One of these days you will say either, 'I wish I had', or 'I'm glad I did.' - Zig Ziglar

P.S. People like Happy Mail when you can't be with them. For a short time, when they receive your mail, you are with them and they know you are thinking about them often enough to take the time to send them a note, a card, or even a postcard.

Goodies from pocket